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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Engraving of nude men tying a sack and loading a horse beside a brick wall and trees.

Plate 2: various figures carrying out tasks that include tying a sack and loading a horse

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Etching of a frieze with a mermaid on a dolphin, bearded sea gods, cherubs and sea creatures in parallel hatching.

Plate 4: marine gods and other cavorting figures

Giulio Carpioni, ca. 1640-70

Sepia print of nude Diana reclining in a forest clearing beside a bow, with nymphs and an altar fire in the background.

Diana and her Nymphs

John Kirby Baldrey, January 1, 1783

Engraving of Galatea in a shell chariot pulled by dolphins, with nymphs, a cupid, a triton and waves.

The Triumph of Galatea

Philippe Trière

Engraving of two nude women bathing by a fountain while a third holds an oval mirror in a garden setting.

David and Bathsheba

Robert van Audenaerde, 1680-1743

Etching of three nude women in a wooded landscape with a seated man, a child, and a reclining figure in the background.

The Judgement of Paris (?)

Giuseppe Canale, 1740-1802

Etching of nude figures, children, and animals in a pastoral landscape beneath an oak tree, labeled Aetas aurea.

Plate 3: The Age of Gold (Aetas aurea), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

Antonio Tempesta, 1606

Etching of nude giants on rocks hurling stones and spears toward gods on clouds above, captioned Gigantomachia.

Plate 6: The Giants Attempting to Storm Olympus (Gigantomachia), from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

Antonio Tempesta, 1606

Engraving of an armored leader raising a sword before troops, with a winged angel, a walled city battle, and an Italian verse

Plate 11: Illustration to Canto XI, from Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata III"

Antonio Tempesta, ca. 1590-1630

Engraving of the Farnese Bull group: nude men roping a bull while a seated figure and dog sit in the foreground.

Amphion and Zethus Tying Dirce to a Wild Bull [The Farnese Bull], from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Diana Scultori, 1581

Engraving of the mutilated Pasquino statue against a building, with Latin inscriptions and two figures on a street at right.

Statue of Pasquin in the House of Cardinal Ursino, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1550

Engraved naval battle with galleys, armored warriors, spears and nude rowers on rough sea waves.

Naval Battle, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Master of the Die, 16th century

Engraving of Roman soldiers with shields and helmets beside a rearing horse and a fallen warrior in the foreground.

Trajan Fighting the Dacians, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of satyrs and maenads dancing around a central herm with garlands, a goat, and fruit baskets, with verse below.

Sacrifice to Priapus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Master of the Die, 16th century

Engraving of a nude classical male statue in a niche with a crown, a child figure, and a decorated shield at his feet.

Atreus Farnese, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Cornelis Cort, 1574

Engraving of a nude male figure with a sword and a small winged statue in a shell-backed niche, after classical sculpture.

Diomedes with the Palladium in his left hand, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Pieter Perret, 1582

Engraving of the classical Laocoon group: a muscular bearded man and two sons struggling against entwining sea serpents.

Laocoon, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Sisto Badalocchio, 1561

Engraving of a muscular bearded man as Hercules in a niche, with lion skin, club, and a small infant beside him.

Emperor Commodus as Hercules, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Jacob Bos, 1550

Engraving of a reclining nude figure tended by a bearded man in a turban, with a donkey and distant town beneath trees.

The Good Samaritan

Werner van den Valckert

Engraving of a muscular bearded figure as Hercules in a lion skin, holding an infant, standing in an arched niche.

Emperor Commodus as Hercules

Jacob Bos, 1582

Engraving of the classical sculpture Laocoon, a bearded man and two sons struggling against entwining sea serpents on a pedes

Laocoon, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 16th century

Engraving of mythological figures tying a bull to a rock, with a dog and Latin text along the bottom edge.

The Fate of Dirce, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Georges Reverdy, 1579

Engraving of gods and figures among clouds, with a central seated figure raising his arms, after Sistine frescoes.

Sistine Frescoes, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

René Boyvin, 16th century

Engraving of nude Hercules with bow beside kneeling centaur Nessus and nude Deianira, with a city in the distance.

Hercules Killing Nessus, from The Labors of Hercules

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of a nude hero struggling with centaurs beside a table and drapery, with a Latin inscription below.

Hercules Preventing the Centaurs from the Rape of Hippodameia, from The Labors of Hercules

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Woodcut of a battle in a snowy forest between nude men and clothed fighters with swords and pikes, bodies on the ground.

Battle Between Peasants and Naked Men in a Forest

Master NH, 1522

Engraving of a bearded man hauling a fishing net beside a sea serpent, with a trident figure and ships on a coast.

Zebulun, from "The Twelve Patriarchs"

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550

Engraving of a reclining muscular man beside a horse, with a figure holding a globe on a pedestal at right.

Issachar, from "The Twelve Patriarchs"

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550

Engraving of a nude warrior with sword and spear, a wolf beside him, and a battle with a burning city behind.

Gad, from "The Twelve Patriarchs"

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550

Engraving of a crowned bearded man with a scepter and lion beside a standing nude figure, with classical ruins behind.

Judah, from "The Twelve Patriarchs"

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1550