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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,744 works

The Five Orders of Periwigs

William Hogarth, November 1761

Ink sketch of four standing men in period dress compared against a height scale, labeled short, Quin, Garrick, and tall.

Sketches of Quin and Garrick

William Hogarth, May 12, 1797

Etching of John Wilkes seated, holding a pole with a Liberty cap, with North Briton papers and an inkstand on a desk beside h

John Wilkes, Esq.

William Hogarth, May 16, 1763

Engraving of a bear in a coat holding a tankard, with a dog, books and a palette in the foreground.

The Bruiser

William Hogarth, August 1, 1763

Engraving of a draped woman watering a tree labeled Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, beside a fountain and a royal bust.

Frontispiece to the Catalogue of Pictures Exhibited in Spring Garden

I Charles Grignion, May 7, 1761

Etching of a dressed monkey watering bare saplings in pots labeled OBIT, examining them through a magnifying glass.

Tailpiece to the Catalogue of Pictures Exhibited in Spring Garden

I Charles Grignion, May 7, 1761

Circular engraving of Circe raising a cup beside Ulysses' companions in a boat, with monstrous figures near her.

Circe drinking from a cup with the companions of Ulysses in a boat at left, a circular composition

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of mythological figures in classical dress with ruined arches and a distant town, a spear-holding man at center.

The story of Jason and Medea: at the left she carries off her son, in the middle she is shown in her madness, Jason s…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Mercury, nymphs, a satyr and putti in a landscape with classical ruins and an obelisk.

Mercury at the right telling the story of Pan and Syrinx

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Cupid bound to a tree among many nude figures in an Elysian landscape, with a flying figure above.

Cupid in the Elysian Fields tied to a tree in the center, surrounded by many figures

Giulio Bonasone, 1563

Engraving of Neptune with sea horses calming a storm over ships and struggling men in turbulent waves.

Neptune calming the Tempest Aeolus raised against the Fleet of Aeneas

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a nude couple embracing by the sea, with a sleeping nude figure below and winged figures in clouds above.

Jupiter's love for Juno rekindled when she puts on Venus's Girdle

Giulio Bonasone, 1546

Engraving of mythological figures on a rocky hillside, with an eagle on a throne, a goat, and a peacock in a landscape.

Jupiter and Juno being received in the heavens by Ganymede and Hebe, from "Division of the Universe"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a kneeling bearded man praying beside a large tree, with a garden and distant building behind him.

St. Augustine

Claude Mellan, 1660

Engraving of the Holy Family resting: Mary seated with the infant Christ, Joseph kneeling beside, a donkey grazing at left.

Holy Family (Repos pendant la fuite en Égypte)

Claude Mellan, 1635

Engraving of five robed saints standing under a cloudy sky, with a veiled woman at the center looking upward.

Sts. Anne, Joseph, Joachim, Bernard and John the Evangelist (Parenté de la Vierge)

Claude Mellan, 1648

Engraving of a kneeling nun in a dark habit praying with clasped hands in a room with a crucifix and skull.

St. Theresa Kneeling in Prayer

Claude Mellan, 1661

Engraving of a young woman with a shepherd's staff and open book resting beside grazing sheep under oak trees.

St. Genevieve as a Young Girl

Claude Mellan, 1680

Engraving of a drunken Silenus riding a donkey, supported by satyrs, with a dog and deer in a landscape.

A drunken Silenus riding an ass being supported by satyrs

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of nymphs bathing with horned satyrs beside a rocky grotto, with a classical building in the distance.

Nymphs and Satyrs bathing

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a sun-god driving a horse chariot through clouds, with a reclining nude couple and a putto below.

An allegory of the rising sun, a naked man wearing a shroud and accompanied Father Time is being drawn by horses

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Neptune in a shell chariot pulled by seahorses through waves, with winged figures in clouds above.

Neptune in his Chariot being drawn by seahorses, from the 'Division of the Universe'

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Bacchus reclining on a carriage in a triumphal procession with satyrs, nude figures, grapevines and a lion.

Triumph of Bacchus who is seated on a carriage at left

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a wounded laurel-crowned soldier held up by armored companions, surrounded by onlookers in helmets and robes.

The wounded soldier Scipio in the centre surrounded by figures

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a bacchanal procession of children riding a horse and elephant with lions, before a landscape with a tree and vi

A children's bacchanal with animals

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Pluto driving a chariot with horses into a dark cave, with serpent-wielding figures in the underworld.

Pluto riding a chariot descending into Hell, from "Division of the Universe"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of two seated biblical ancestors of Christ flanking an inscribed tablet reading Iesse, David, Salamon.

The ancestors of Christ flanking an inscribed tablet, an arched top composition

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of three nude gods dividing the universe on a rocky shore beneath a large cloud, with a winged figure and urn.

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto dividing the universe, from "Division of the Universe"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of two satyrs with a donkey beside a crowned king and bearded men under a tree.

Two satyrs brining Silenus King Midas standing at the left

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of two nude lovers embracing on a draped bed, with a child seated behind them against a dark curtain.

Two lovers on a bed, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of a seated nude youth on a draped bed, reaching toward a standing nude figure as a cupid draws back a curtain.

Apollo and Daphne, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of nude Pluto and Proserpine embracing beneath drapery while a winged putto restrains a three-headed dog.

Pluto and Proserpine, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of a nude woman by a bed with a sea monster at her feet and a crouching putto in the foreground.

Neptune and Melanthe, from "The Loves of the Gods" (Amorosi diletti degli dei)

Giulio Bonasone, ca 1531-76

Engraved title page with an oval cartouche inscription, pilasters, pediment, garlands and a crown.

Title page from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-60

Engraving of nude figures with Bacchus at left holding grapes beside a wine tub, a child, and two women near drapery.

Bacchus at left giving grapes to women, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-60

Engraving of an eagle above a tree, a bearded man holding an infant, a winged figure and a reclining woman in a landscape.

The Birth of Bacchus, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of two nude figures embracing on a bed, with a small figure peeking from a draped curtain at upper left.

Apollo and Leucothea, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of two nude figures embracing on a bed under curtains, with a small winged child with a bow at the left.

Venus and Mars, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-60

Engraving of a reclining nude figure on clouds above a man beside a white cow in a landscape, with Italian verse below.

Juno watching Jupiter and Io, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-60

Engraving of a nude woman holding drapery as a nude man embraces her beside a bed, with a winged figure above.

Two lovers, a man pulling a woman toward a bed, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-60

Engraving of Apollo behind a seated nude woman painting at an easel, with a putto painting on the canvas and another beside i

Apollo standing a beside a woman representing an allegory of painting, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-60

Engraving of Venus and Mars on a bed as Apollo's sun chariot rides overhead, with an Italian inscription below.

Venus and Mars discovered by Apollo, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-60

Engraving of nude Venus on a cloud with tumbling putti above, a river god in water below, and onlookers on the shore.

Venus tumbling with putti in the clouds, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of nude Leda with a swan's wing and drapery, standing before a hatched background.

Leda and the swan

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraved title plate with classical architecture, a helmeted warrior woman, a nude male figure with a caduceus, and the title

Title plate to "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a nude woman suspended in air by her raised arms, framed by ornate decoration, cherubs and Italian verse below.

Juno suspended in the air, set within a frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a seated woman with a child and an armored warrior with a spear, framed by putti, dogs and birds.

Juno, Mars and Cupid, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of seated nude Tantalus speaking to Diana beside a tree, within an ornate frame with Italian verse below.

Tantalus at left speaking to Diana at right, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Juno gesturing to winged Sleep with a staff, framed by ornate caryatids and putti, with Italian verse below.

Juno summoning sleep to descend upon Jupiter, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of the judgment of Paris with nude goddesses, Mercury, and a cupid, set within an ornate decorative frame.

The judgment of Paris, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Pan seated beside a nymph with a garland, Cupid with cymbals, and a bearded man under a tree.

Pan at the left seated next to a standing nymph, to the right Cupid holding cymbals

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a seated nude woman having her hair dressed by attendants in a room with a canopied bed and tiled floor.

The toilet of Psyche who is seated in the centre being attended to

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of carriages and horse riders on winding park drives among rolling hills, with onlookers and pedestrians.

The Drive in Central Park, New York (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IV)

Winslow Homer, September 15, 1860

Hand-colored satirical print of a mannered man in a blue coat beside a woman with a feathered hairstyle, by Thomas Rowlandson

Italian Affectation, Real Characters

Thomas Rowlandson, 1786-91

Satirical etching of an exaggerated man clutching his chest beside a woman in towering feathered hair among bushes.

Italian Affectation, Real Characters

Thomas Rowlandson, September 1, 1780

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man holding a blue tankard beside a barrel, with pipe-smoking figures in the background.

Sr. Samuel House

Thomas Rowlandson, [1780] reissued 1786-91

Etched caricature of men crowding around a roulette wheel on a table, with exaggerated faces and gestures.

Private Amusement

Thomas Rowlandson, January 1, 1786

Caricature etching of a horned devil wrestling a man with shears, with running men and India House in the background.

Great Cry and Little Wool

Thomas Rowlandson, December 22, 1783

Satirical etching of a woman on a donkey labeled with a bill, with a man, a seated stout man, and a Plan of Economy figure be

The Departure

Thomas Rowlandson, April 29, 1784

Engraving of Britannia lifting a caricatured man by the leg while another flees across clouds, with a shield and spear.

Britannia Roused, or the Coalition Monsters Destroyed

Thomas Rowlandson, February 3, 1784

Hand-colored caricature of two men, one in a wig peering through a monocle, one in a striped nightshirt, with verse below.

The Incurable

Thomas Rowlandson, April 4, 1784

Hand-colored 1784 print of two men in period dress kicking a huge flying trunk, by Thomas Rowlandson.

Billy Lackbeard and Charley Blackbeard playing at Football

Thomas Rowlandson, February 7, 1784

Hand-colored caricature of an infant Hercules strangling serpents with politicians' heads on a Shield of Chatham disc.

The Infant Hercules

Thomas Rowlandson, February 3, 1784

Hand-colored satire of a man in a blue coat luring rats with gold coins and a pension paper beside a Treasury sign.

The Apostate Jack Robinson, The Political Rat Catcher-N.B. Rats Taken Alive!

Thomas Rowlandson, March 1, 1784