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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,750 works

Watercolor landscape of a hillside village above a bay, with dancing women and seated figures among trees in the foreground.

View of Vietri with Young Country Women Dancing for Shepherds in the Foreground

Joseph Anton Koch, 1800

Engraving of a ragged young man with a staff sitting under a tree beside grazing pigs and a cow near a river.

The Prodigal Son Guarding Pigs (L'Enfant prodigue garde les cochons)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraving of a young man seated at a table with women in an elegant interior, a dog and kitchen beyond, French verse below.

The Prodigal Son in a House of Ill Repute (L'Enfant prodigue dans une maison de débauche, version couvert)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraving of a barber shaving a seated man in a richly furnished room with a four-poster bed and open window.

The Barber (Le Barbier), from "Trades" (Les Métiers)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1632-33

Engraving of women in 17th-century dress bringing gifts, including a copper pot, into a kitchen with a seated woman at a tabl

Presents Offered to the Bride (Les Présents offerts à la Mariée), plate 1 from "Le Mariage à la Campagne"

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Engraving of Fortune above clouds scattering laurels over courtiers, soldiers, and a battle scene with ships at sea.

Fortune Favoring France (La Fortune de la France)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635-37

Engraving of a couple embracing by a fireplace while a maid draws a bed curtain, with verses below.

Touch (Le Toucher), from "The Five Senses" (Les Cinq Sens)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a bride with attendants and gentlemen in a candlelit interior with a window and wall sconce.

The Bride Taken Home (La Mariée reconduite chez elle), plate 2 from "Marriage in the City" (Le Mariage à la Ville)

Abraham Bosse, 1633

Engraving of men brawling beneath a grape arbor beside a table of grapes and fruit, with a dog and French verses below.

Autumn (L'Automne)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1637

Engraving of a man in a plumed hat beside a tower and cannon, with a burning castle and fireworks in the background.

Fire (Le Feu)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1648

Pencil portrait of a young woman with dark hair, dark lace collar and shawl, signed and dated 1842.

Portrait of Baroness Gudin, née Margareth Louis Hay

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1842

Hand-colored print of a skeleton wheeling a drunk man in a barrow past a woman with a cane and a thatched inn.

The Sot (The English Dance of Death, plate 12)

Thomas Rowlandson, July 1814

Engraving of the Man of Sorrows, a seated bearded figure with a crown of thorns and halo, hands crossed on his chest, dated 1

The Man of Sorrows

Albrecht Dürer, 1515

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular man bound and hanging by his wrists from a crossbar between two wooden posts.

A Man Hanging by His Arms (the Corpse of the King?)

Frans Floris, mid-16th century

Pencil and red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man praying with clasped hands before a bowl of soup and apples.

The Benediction

Jacques-André Portail, ca. 1760

Engraving of a standing sibyl in feathered headdress holding a flower, with a haloed figure in light at right.

Sibylle Agrippa, from "Douze Sibylles"

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1635

Etching of a kneeling woman restrained before a crowned figure, with a mounted rider, an angel above, and crowds in a city st

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine

Claude Vignon, ca. 1627

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: the Virgin holding the Christ Child, a kneeling crowned king, attendants, and a star's

The Adoration of the Magi

Claude Vignon, 1619

Etching of two draped saints resting in a stone tomb while a winged angel with a palm frond hovers above.

Death of St. Peter and St. Paul (Saint Pierre et Saint Paul dans le tombeau)

Claude Vignon, 17th century

Panthée

Gilles Rousselet, 1647

Engraving of a standing woman in a feathered headdress holding a lily and a sword, with a tented bed in the background.

A French Christian Woman (Une Dame Chrétienne et Française)

Gilles Rousselet, 1647

Graphite drawing of a woman in a bonnet with three young boys in tunics arranged in front of her.

Portrait of Woman and Three Children

Gustave Boulanger, 1852

Chalk study of a bent male figure in a cloak holding a diagonal staff, with a grid drawn behind it on grey paper.

Study of a Soldier

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1851-52

Engraving of the crucified Christ with INRI sign, grieving figures in clouds, and two mourners with a skull below.

Crucifixion, after Michelangelo

Nicolas Béatrizet, mid-16th century

Engraving of the Virgin seated on grass with the Christ child on her lap, beside a wooden fence and a small bird.

Virgin and Child on a Grassy Bench

Albrecht Dürer, 1503

Engraving of a white-bearded bard playing a harp atop a rocky cliff, with warriors and waves below under a stormy sky.

The Bard

John Hall, 1784

Engraved portrait of a curly-haired man in a lace collar leaning on a drafting ruler, with French inscription below.

Portrait of Pieter de Jode the Younger

Pieter de Jode II, 1606-74

Engraved print of a standing man in a turban and fur-trimmed cloak holding a serpent-entwined staff, with French verse below.

Cléobule

Jean Couvay, ca. 1639-40

Engraved full-length figure of a bearded man in a turban holding a laurel wreath, with a seated statue and verse below.

Sphiron

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1639-40

Engraving of a bearded man in a spiked crown and armor holding a torch, with a lighthouse and harbor behind him.

Ptolémée

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1639-40

Engraving of a crowned man in a fur-trimmed robe holding a scepter and laurel, with a smoky scene and stairs at right.

Périandre

Jean Couvay, ca. 1639-40

Engraving of a plumed and crowned female figure with a sword and shield before an ornate building.

Antiope

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1639-40

Engraving of a crowned pharaoh holding a sceptre, with pyramids and an obelisk in the landscape behind him.

Pharaon

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1639-40

Engraved print of a bearded man in a laurel wreath and embroidered cloak holding a laurel branch, with a small smoking figure

Théagène

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1639-40

Etching of a haloed Christ standing in light before kneeling and seated apostles in a dim interior, by Rembrandt.

Christ Appearing to the Apostles

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656

Engraving of an elderly bearded man and a young woman seated together, with a saddled horse, trees, and a castle in the backg

Ill-Matched Couple

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Tonal print of a ruined castle above a waterfall, framed by dark trees and boulders under a grey-green sky.

Ruins of a Castle

Carl Blechen, ca. 1827

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ child with an older man beside them, under a radiant God in clouds, with a river landscape

Holy Family with a Dragonfly

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1495

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling beside a lion in a rocky wilderness with cliffs, trees and a distant castle.

Saint Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of a nude woman nursing an infant on rocks, with a castle town and a lion in the background.

The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1496

Engraving of the Virgin Mary standing on a crescent moon holding the infant Christ, surrounded by radiating light rays.

The Virgin on the Crescent (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of a nude woman balancing on a sphere, holding a thistle stalk, with a cloth draped behind her.

The Little Fortune

Albrecht Dürer, 1495-96

Engraving of the Virgin seated with the infant Christ, a bird, and a chained monkey, with a tower and river landscape behind.

Virgin and Child with the Monkey

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Engraving of a couple walking under a tree, with a skeleton figure peeking out behind the trunk.

The Promenade (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, pierced by arrows, with a small monogram on the trunk.

Saint Sebastian Tied to a Tree (reverse copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree with arrows piercing his body, with a monogram at right.

Saint Sebastian Tied to a Tree

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1501

Engraving of a nude man bound to a column, pierced by four arrows, with a rocky landscape behind him.

Saint Sebastian Bound to the Column

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1499

Engraving of the Man of Sorrows, nude and crowned with thorns, standing before a cross with arms outstretched, with a skull a

Man of Sorrows with Arms Outstretched

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1500

Engraving of a bearded man with a bow beside a turbaned woman holding an infant, on a plain ground.

Turkish Family

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1496

Brown ink drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of horses over clouds with sun rays and a winged female figure.

Chariot of Apollo

James Thornhill, 1700-1734

Engraving of a peasant man gesturing with raised arm beside a woman with braided hair, standing on grassy ground.

The Peasant and His Wife

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1497

Engraving of three men in conversation, one holding a basket of eggs and another wearing a turban, with hatched shading.

Three Peasants in Conversation (reverse copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of two draped women with an infant, under a radiant dove and clouds in the sky.

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Christ and Saint Anne

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1500

Engraving of a young man holding a banner pole, wearing a feathered cap, with sea and sailboats behind him.

The Standard Bearer

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1501

Engraving of a woman on horseback with a plumed hat beside a halberd-carrying soldier, with a castle and mountains behind.

The Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1497

Engraving of a haloed figure holding a sword and scales, seated beside a lion, by Albrecht Dürer.

Justice

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1499

Engraving of the seated Virgin nursing the infant Christ on a grassy bank beside a wooden fence, with a bird and a monogramme

Virgin on a Grassy Bench

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1503

Engraving of a small armored horse standing in a stone archway with a lance, a flaming brazier, and a monogram block.

The Little Horse

Albrecht Dürer, 1505

Engraving of an armored horse with a lance standing in a stone archway, with a flaming brazier visible behind.

The Little Horse (copy)

Johannes Wierix, n.d.

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside a tree with a serpent, Eve offering fruit, surrounded by animals.

Adam and Eve (copy)

Johannes Wierix, n.d.

Engraving of a ruined town with a well, timber house, and a Nativity scene in the lower right corner.

The Nativity (reverse copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of the crucified Christ with grieving figures kneeling below and a distant town in the landscape.

Christ on the Cross

Albrecht Dürer, 1508

Engraving of the Virgin with a starry crown holding the Christ child, surrounded by radiating lines, by Albrecht Dürer, 1508.

Virgin on the Crescent with a Starry Crown

Albrecht Dürer, 1508

Engraving of Saint George in armor on horseback with a banner and halo, a dead dragon beneath the horse's hooves.

Saint George on Horseback

Albrecht Dürer, 1505-8