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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Engraving of five women with lamps greeting a haloed figure between classical columns, with rays of light and verse below.

The Wise Virgins before Christ

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of haloed Christ approaching five veiled women holding lamps beside classical columns, with rays of light.

The Wise Virgins before Christ, plate 3 from "The Wise Virgins and The Foolish Virgins" (Les Vierges sages et les Vie…

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of five women seated in a candlelit room by a fireplace, with a crucifix and open book on a table.

The Wise Virgins Resting Whilst Awaiting the Arrival of The Husband

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of women seated in a candlelit room by a fireplace, with an open book and cross on a table.

Foolish Virgins Sleeping (Les Vierges folles somnolent en attendant l'arrivé de l"époux)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of a father handing money to his son in an interior, while the son leaves with a bundle down steps outdoors.

The Prodigal Son Leaves Home, plate 1 from "The Prodigal Son" (Histoire de l'Enfant Prodigue)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraving of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe seated among classical statues, with coins and a box on a table.

Andrea Odoni

Cornelis Visscher, 1649-58

Etching of a village market with vendors at stalls, shoppers with baskets, and a thatched cottage behind them.

Village Marketplace (Le Marché de Village)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca.1735-40

Etching of an outdoor scene with a man dancing before a standing woman, seated onlookers, a large tree, and a reclining statu

Impromtu Dance (Le Bal improvisé)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 1742

Etching of a rustic cottage with thatched roof, figures, chickens, a ruined tower and a river with a sailboat.

Rustic Landscape

Nicolas Pérignon the Elder, 1772

Print of ten horizontal panels showing bacchanal scenes with classical figures, chariots, and dancing revelers in pink-tinted

Plate with Ten Bacchanal Scenes

comte de Paroy Jean Philippe Guy Le Gentil

Etching of soldiers and women resting in a camp with tents, a campfire, a cottage and trees in the background.

Halte des Troupes (Soldiers and Women in an Encampment)

Jean-Baptiste Pater, 18th century

Etching of cavalry riders clashing with swords near trees, with a fallen horse in the foreground and a cloudy sky.

Clash of the Cavalry

Hubert Robert, n.d.

Engraving of a young man with a walking stick seated on a rock under a tree, with pigs grazing in a landscape behind him.

The Prodigal Son Guarding Pigs

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraving of an old man embracing a kneeling younger man on a colonnaded terrace, with onlookers and a garden landscape behin

Return of the Prodigal Son

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraving of a seated old man with young couple and servant in a columned interior, with garden terrace view and verse captio

The Prodigal Son Changes Clothes

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraving of a lavish banquet with seated guests, columns, a chandelier and a garden view through the windows.

The Banquet for the Return of the Prodigal Son

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraving of a dying man in a canopied bed with a skeleton and demons, while mourners and a priest stand nearby in a room.

The Death of the Rich Man

Abraham Bosse, mid-17th century

Engraving of a dying man on a bed attended by angels and a praying woman, with an angel descending in light above.

The Death of Lazarus, plate 1 from "The Parable of Dives and Lazarus" (La Parabole du mauvais Riche et de Lazare)

Abraham Bosse, 1620-76

Engraving of a seated man turning to a ragged family beside a colonnade, with well-dressed onlookers at left and a garden bey

Clothing Beggars, from "Acts of Mercy" (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde)

Abraham Bosse, possibly 1635

Etching of a woman in a doorway welcoming travelers with staffs and a turbaned man, with garden trees behind.

Lodging Pilgrims, from "Acts of Mercy" (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde)

Abraham Bosse, possibly 1635

Engraving of a well-dressed woman offering bread to beggars on a terrace while an elegant couple watches from a doorway.

Feeding the Hungry

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Etching of a lavish banquet with seated diners in feathered hats, a standing servant, and a garden view through a window.

The Banquet of the Rich Man, plate 1 from "The Parable of Dives and Lazarus" (La Parabole du mauvais Riche et de Lazare)

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a prodigal son changing clothes in an elegant interior while a seated father and onlookers watch.

The Prodigal Son Changes His Clothes

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraving by Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636: a young man takes leave of his father in a columned room while he walks away outdoors w

The Prodigal Son Leaves Home

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Etching of a sailing boat on the sea beside weathered wooden posts and a seated figure on a shoreline with windmills.

The Little Marine -- Souvenir of Medway

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879

Etching of a dark cliff above a bay with calm water, a distant ship, and a stormy hatched sky.

The Cliff - Bay of Saint-Malo

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1889-90

Lithograph of a Parisian couple in a top hat and wide hat walking past haystacks in a countryside field.

A Summer Sketch: Parisians in the Countryside

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Daumier lithograph of a man lounging on a bench beside a woman, with a garden of trees behind them.

A Country House Near Paris: --Well, my dear... it's a good thing we had the idea to plant a house. Without it, we wou…

Honoré Daumier, May 24, 1858

Watercolor elevation of a Louis XV style salon wall with mirror, marble fireplace, rococo paneling and cupid medallions.

Elevation of a salon decorated in Louis XV style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a rococo ceiling with a sky oculus, three cherubs with ribbons, and gilded scrollwork.

Design for a ceiling in rococo style with a trompe l'oeil oculus

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century