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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,465 works

Sepia drawing of a family in classical dress walking a path with children and a dog, with a seated reader in a vignette above

"The Return"

Johannes Riepenhausen, late 18th-19th century

Engraving of armored warriors and horses gathered before a canopy, with figures in helmets and draped cloaks.

Alexander welcoming Thalestris and the Amazons

Master FG, mid-16th century

Etching of a bacchanal scene with a reclining man, goat, kneeling woman with mirror, and statue on an altar among trees.

Bacchanal before an altar to the gods

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645

Etching of a reclining draped body with a kneeling man and bearded onlookers beside it, set against dense crosshatched shadow

Finding the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul (fragment)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647-51

Pen drawing of five men in old German costume playing cards at a table in an inn, with a dog and a bird.

Five Men at a table in German Renaissance costume, playing cards in an inn

Paul Mila, 1825

Circular etching of two caryatid terms supporting cornices, a draped central pillar, and flanking architectural fragments, da

Two Terms, Two Cornices and a Pillar

Hugues Sambin, 1554

Green lathe-work medallion with radiating looped lines and scalloped border printed on pale paper.

Banknote motif: small circular ornament containing floral lathe work

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif with a large capital V inside an oval of fine lathe work, with a partial letter A at lower left.

Banknote motif: capital V within an oval containing basket-like lathe work

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Print of a large ornate numeral 2 over a circular scalloped lathe-work panel, with a small letter A in the upper right.

Banknote motif: number 2 against a circular panel of lathe work with a scalloped edge

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved circular ornament with wavy edge and lathe-work florets around a central star, printed on cream paper.

Banknote motif: a small six lobed ornament with a rope border, the interior adorned with lathe work florets

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Octagonal blue print of a spiral pattern made from repeated words Five thousand dollars around a central rosette.

Banknote motif: a circular lathe work design composed out of the repetition of the words "Five thousand dollars"

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraving of putti with a sickle and wheat sheaves under a tree and sunbeams, representing summer.

Summer

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1735

Etching of putti warming themselves by a fire beside a thatched cottage, with swans on a pond and a bare winter tree.

Winter

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Etching of putti playing with garlands of flowers in a garden with a fountain, a trellis arbor, and a flying cherub above.

Spring

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Etching of putti with grapes, a goat, a wine barrel and a basket, with a dedication inscription below.

Fall

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Engraving of Sancho pursued by kitchen boys in a grand hall, with dogs in the foreground and elegant onlookers at a table.

Sancho Pursued by the Kitchen Boys of the Duke

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 18th century

Engraving of an allegorical woman with arrow and comic mask, flanked by two cupids, within an oval frame with French verse.

Satyrical Poetry

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, ca. 1741

Engraving of a laurel-crowned woman with a lyre, cherubs, doves and flowers in an oval frame, titled Lyrical Poetry.

Lyrical Poetry

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, ca. 1741

Engraving of putti gathered by a fire near a thatched hut in winter, one carrying a bundle of branches, under a cloudy sky.

Winter

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 1735-86

Engraving of a reclining woman feeding a goat while two putti hold grape bunches beneath a tree.

Autumn

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 1735-86

Engraving of three children fishing with a net and rod in a pool among reeds and flowers under a cloudy sky.

Water

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 18th century

Engraving of three putti gardening beside a well, with a hoe, wheelbarrow, watering can, trees and French verse below.

Earth

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 18th century

Engraving of a boy in a headscarf fishing from a pond bank beside a thatched shelter, reeds and flowering shrubs.

Fisherman

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, ca. 1753

Engraving of a startled boy seated in a cluttered workshop beside a furnace, with glass flasks, a mortar and an arched window

Glass Blower

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, ca. 1753

Engraving of winged putti working at a forge with hammers and arrows, beside a classical colonnade and rocky cave.

Fire

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 18th century

Engraving of three cherubs with a bird cage and a net beside a broken tree, birds flying over a ruined tower in the distance.

Air

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 18th century

Engraving of chubby putti carrying wheat sheaves and gathering flowers in a field under clouds, with French verse below.

Summer

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 1735-86

Etching of two winged putti on clouds, one carrying a basket of flowers while the other reaches toward it.

Two Children, One Holding a Basket with Flowers

Gabriel Huquier, 1738-45

Etching of three winged putti among clouds, holding a garland of grapes and fruit, with drapery trailing across the scene.

Three Children with a Fruit Plate

Gabriel Huquier, 1738-45

Etching of two winged putti on clouds, one holding a sword and the other lifting a plumed helmet.

Two Children, One With A Sword, Another With A Helmet

Gabriel Huquier