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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,959 works

Engraving of a reclining river god embracing a young woman, with three nude nymphs carrying jars near rocks and trees.

Daphne embracing her father, the river-god Peneus, at the left three nymphs bring jars from the 'Story of Apollo and…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Satirical engraving of robed figures, a donkey, and a skeletal figure processing before a tavern with onlookers.

The Mystery of Masonry Brought to Light by the Gormagons

William Hogarth, [first published December 1724] later reissue

Satirical engraving of crowned figures on a platform with a telescope and attendants, set within a circular frame with clouds

Some of the Principal Inhabitants of the Moon, as They Were Perfectly Discovered by a Telescope...

Samuel Ireland, May 1, 1788

Engraving of an allegorical stage scene with lottery wheels, a central pedestal of gods, and crowds of figures below.

The Lottery

William Hogarth, after 1724

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask

Bust of a Man Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask

Engraving of haloed Saint Roch with a dog and staff beside trees, an angel above, and a town in the background.

Saint Roch

Master of the Die

Engraving of men gathered around a well with camels at right, a flock of sheep and a village on a hill behind.

Joseph in the centre being sold by his brothers standing above a well, camels at the right

Master of the Die, 1533

Engraving of a haloed woman with long hair holding a covered jar aloft, with castles and hills in the background.

The Magdalene standing facing right, jar held in her raised right hand

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of the Descent from the Cross: Christ lowered by men on ladders while mourning figures gather below.

The Descent from the Cross

Master of the Die

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross among soldiers with a banner, a walled town and mountains behind.

Christ carrying the cross surrounded by soldiers, several on horseback

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of bearded river gods pouring water from urns beside rocks, with a winged figure in clouds above and a woman in the

River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne from 'The Story of Apollo and Daphne'

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of men at a classical altar with fire, leading a bull and ram, with a nude statue on a pedestal at left.

Psyche's father consulting the oracle, from 'The Fable of Psyche'

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a seated woman carried on a litter past grieving figures, a winged child and pipe players, with Italian verses b

Plate 5: Psyche carried on a litter to a mountain, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Apollo with a lyre gesturing to a kneeling man while nude Marsyas is tied to a tree at left.

Apollo seated at the right with a lyre on his knee, pointing to a kneeling man who is about to flay Marsyas who is ti…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a donkey, an old woman spinning, and a young woman seated by a cave with a dog and Italian verse below.

Plate 1: Apuleius changed into a donkey listening to the story told by the old woman spinning

Master of the Die, 1520-70

Engraving of a crowd in classical dress before columns, with cupids and a goddess among clouds above.

Plate 2: the people rendering divine honors to Psyche, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of crowned figures seated on a dais under drapery, attendants standing beside columns, with Italian verse below.

Plate 3: Psyche's two sisters are married to kings, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of men sacrificing a bull and ram at a flaming classical altar, with a nude statue and Italian verse below.

Plate 4: Psyche's father consulting the oracle, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Zephyr carrying Psyche through clouds above a seated woman, with attendants and columns in a garden at right.

Plate 6: Zephir carrying off Psyche to an enchanted palace, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a winged angel pointing to a seated woman under a tree, with a child lying on the ground nearby.

An angel appearing to Hagar

Pietro Monaco, 1727-72

Mezzotint of a man in armor holding a dagger over a reclining woman in a white gown who looks up in alarm.

Tarquin and Lucretia

Johann Peter Pichler, 1792

Hogarth etching of a crowded London street with a whirligig ride, gamblers, a monument column and a devil figure.

The South Sea Scheme

William Hogarth, 1722

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman beside a table with a flower vase and a draped curtain.

A female figure seated beside a flower vase

Simone Cantarini, 1775

Pen and ink sketch of a seated woman in drapery beside a small putto, with loose cross-hatching and an architectural setting.

Seated woman with a putto

Simone Cantarini, 1775

Pen-and-ink print of a standing woman in a loose gown beside a table with a book, shaded with crosshatching.

Woman with a book

Simone Cantarini, 1775

Peasant Woman

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a pointed cap and white collar, turned three-quarters, with dense cross-hatched shading.

Old Man with White Collar and Pointed Hat

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraving of seven figures in traditional dress dancing in a circle, holding hands under large trees with a town in the dista

A Native Dance (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vo…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Etching of a laughing elderly man in a cap, turned to the side, with wrinkled face and dense hatched shading.

Laughing Peasant

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85