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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,950 works

Engraving of allegorical figure Fiducia with flag and scroll, trampling a fallen woman surrounded by theatrical masks.

Fiducia, from "Virtues Conquering Vices"

Jan Sadeler, 1579

Engraving of a haloed woman handing a bowl to a bearded beggar while a child holds his leg beneath an arch.

Alms-giving, from "Christian Virtues"

Raphaël Sadeler, 1589

Engraving of St. Cecilia's death: women attend the fallen saint as Christ and an angel with a crown appear above.

Death of St. Cecilia

Hieronymus Wierix, ca. 1599-1605

Engraving of Judith: a banquet tent scene, a woman with a sword by a bed, and soldiers battling before a walled city.

Judith, illustration to "Biblesche figuren ofte afbeeldingen..." by Hendrik Jansen van Barrefelt, called Hiel

Pieter van der Borcht, 1662 or later

Engraving of a bearded robed figure in a turban standing before crumbling stone arches overgrown with plants.

St. Philip(?), standing with his left hand on his hip and his right hand resting on his head, from "Christ and the Tw…

Lambert Suavius, 1545

Etching of a rural landscape with travelers on horseback, a small columned shrine, billowing clouds, and farm buildings among

The First Spring

Allart van Everdingen

Engraving of the allegorical figure Justice holding a sword and scales, with a jug and tree in the landscape behind her.

Justice, from "The Seven Virtues and Knowledge"

Johannes Wierix, 1579

Engraved portrait of a man in decorated armor with a lace ruff, beside a plumed helmet, curtain and column.

Philip William of Orange

Johannes Wierix

Etching of a young pastry seller in a turban holding a tray of hot small pies, with an oven behind him.

Pastry Seller

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1738

Etching of a young woman in a headscarf and apron carrying a bucket beside a stone cistern, looking back over her shoulder.

Walnut Seller

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1738

Etching of an elderly man in a wide hat and long coat, leaning on a staff and holding a jug beside a stone wall.

Old Bricklayer

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Etching of a seated woman in a headscarf sewing at a table against a hatched stone wall.

A Woman From Savoy

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Engraving of a man in a tricorn hat playing a fife and drum, standing against a hatched wall.

A Man From Provence

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Etching of a young milkmaid in headscarf and apron, balancing a large jug overhead and carrying a wicker basket on her arm.

Young Milkmaid

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Etching of two women seated on a stone block shelling peas, with a basket at their feet and a window behind them.

Pea Shellers

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Etching of a young chimney sweep in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat, holding a brush, against a cross-hatched stone wall.

Chimney Sweep

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Engraving of a seated woman in a cap sewing beside a window, with a basket of cloth on the floor.

Sewing Apprentice

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Engraving of a young lantern seller in a tricorn hat carrying tin lanterns on a pole and a sack over his shoulder.

Lantern Seller

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Etching of a thatched barn and stepped-gable house with shepherds and sheep grazing in a field.

Shed with Cottage, from The Small Landscapes

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1559-61

Fashion plate of a woman in a dotted crinoline gown with blue hem, holding a parasol and flowers in a park.

Robe Trianon, Dollfus Mieg & Cie

Lemercier & Cie., 1865

Hand-colored fashion plate of two women in bustle dresses and a girl with a doll beside a draped sofa and curtain.

The Latest Fashions Expressly Designed and Prepared for the Milliner, Dressmaker and Draper and Illustrated Household…

Jules David, 1880-82

Etching of a town street with a standing woman, a seated man, a dog, old buildings and ships in a harbor at left.

A Woman Standing by a Seated Man

Watercolor fashion drawing of two women in 1880s dresses and feathered hats on a city street beside a jewelry shop window.

Two Women in Day Dresses: Preparatory drawing for a fashion plate from Le Moniteur de la Mode

Jules David, October 19, 1886

Hand-colored 1887 fashion plate of two women in bustled dresses and feathered hats on a city street, one at a shop window.

The Latest Fashions, Expressly Designed and Prepared for Le Moniteur de la Mode

Jules David, March 1, 1887

Watercolor of two women in 1875 day dresses, one in a striped gold coat and red skirt, one in blue plaid with a train, in an

Two Women in Day Dresses

Jules David, 1875

Portrait of Johann Gottlieb Samuel Rösel

Ludwig Emil Grimm

Etching of an elderly man in a fur hat and fur collar, looking downward, with fine hatched shading.

Portrait of a Man, after Rembrandt

Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1633

Etching of a herdsman playing a horn beside a bull on a rope, with a pastoral landscape behind them.

Young Herdsman with a Bull, plate 1 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde, 1659

Etching of a man with a fish tub by a wooden sluice, a seated woman, and boats with fishermen on a pond.

Von Weihern und Fischteichen, figure 65 from "Glück und Unglück Spiegel"

Balthasar Schwan, 1652

Engraving of a seated nobleman watching caged songbirds as an old bird seller reaches toward cages, with German and Latin ver

Von allerhandt Freudenvöglen, figure 66 from "Glück und Unglück Spiegel"

Balthasar Schwan, 1652