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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,065 works

Etching of three cherubs among clouds playing a tambourine, a horn, and drums beside a trumpet.

Earth

Louis-Félix Delarue

Engraved print of a woman reading a letter beside a cupid and a dove, inside an oval frame with a dedication below.

A Love Letter

Simon Charles Miger

Etching of a country fair with dancing figures, a wooden stage, a stone tower, a tent, and diners at a table under cloudy ski

Country Fair

Pierre Charles Lévesque, 1762

Engraving of a barefoot young woman in a wide-brimmed hat carrying a basket of eggs past a fence and stone arch.

The Egg Merchant

John Ingram, 1741-63

Engraving of a barefoot woman seen from behind carrying a basket of celery beside a fence and cottage.

The Seller of Celery

John Ingram, 1741-63

Engraving of a young woman carrying a child beside a basket, broom, copper pan and vegetables in a domestic interior.

The Young Housekeeper

John Ingram, 1741-63

Etching of a seated woman gardener in period dress beside a pumpkin, rake and basket, under a leafy tree.

The Gardener

François Boucher, 1741-63

Etching of a barefoot boy with a marmot and wooden box beside a stone wall, with foliage and a tall tree behind him.

The Savoyard with His Box

John Ingram, 1741-63

Engraving of a woman in flowing robes with a fan, as a small dog stands on its hind legs beside her in a garden.

The Small Dog Standing on Hind Legs

John Ingram, 1741-63

Etching of three winged cupids on a ledge with a mirror, a flute, and a garland of fruit and leaves.

Three Cupids, Two Playing Music, One Holding Palm Leaves

Louis-Félix Delarue

Engraved interior of a family at a tea table, with a seated woman, a man pouring, a standing woman, a child and a doll.

Luncheon

François Bernard Lépicié

Lithograph of a couple embracing by a fountain while a man peers from behind trees at right.

The Fountain

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1826

Lithograph of Doric temple columns framing a mountain view, with three figures in hats and cloaks in the foreground.

The Temple of Neptune in Pestum

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1826

Lithograph of two cloaked bagpipers in front of a stone building with a balcony and arched doorway.

The Bagpipers

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1826

Lithograph of two kneeling women before a classical niche, a man with a rifle and dog, and Colosseum ruins behind.

Scene at the Coliseum

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1826

Lithograph of two women pilgrims with staffs and a child walking on a dirt path toward distant hills.

The Pilgrims

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1826

Lithograph of an arched Roman courtyard with a woman tending a plant and a young man peeking from behind a column.

View of a Courtyard in Rome

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1826

Lithograph of a poor family walking a road: an older woman, a young woman with a stick and bundle, and a barefoot child.

The Ill-Fated Family

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1826

Watercolor sketchbook page of ornament designs, three colored pitchers and a green scalloped basin, with a floral border moti

Designs for an Pierced Border Ornament, Three Pitchers and an Open Basin (recto); Design for a Candle Stick (verso)

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Brown wash drawing of two lying figures by a fountain with a reclining river god, wooded landscape and distant town.

Pyramus and Thisbe

Cornelis Schut, early 17th-mid 17th century

Album page of numbered watercolor and ink designs for decorated cups, with floral, grape and scrolling ornament.

Ten Designs for Decorated Cups, including Osborne Pattern

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Page of numbered pen and watercolor designs for decorated plates with blue Greek key borders, green scrollwork and ivy motifs

Six Designs for Decorated Plates

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor and pencil designs for nine decorated plates, numbered segments with floral, scroll and geometric borders on a pag

Nine Designs for Decorated Plates

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Pen drawing of a circular ornamental panel above a small oval brooch design with gem stones, on a sketchbook page.

Designs for a Panel of Ornament and a Brooch

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], ca. 1851

Album page with six watercolor designs for decorated cups in floral, shell and figural patterns, in pink, green and yellow.

Six Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Sepia drawing of two carved stone ornamental panels, one with grapes and foliage, one with a central face mask and scrolls.

Two Carved Stone Ornamental Panels

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Brown wash drawing of a carved ornamental panel with a shell and scrolls, and a small classical female statue below.

Carved Stone Ornamental Panel and Classical Female Figure

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Lithograph of a woman turning from an angry man gesturing beside a tree, with a figure in a cap at right and French caption b

The Curse

Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1832

Hand-colored print of a young woman in a white dress and black hat adjusting her garter while seated by a tree in a wooded la

The Garter

Salvatore Tresca, ca. 1810

Engraving of two women and a girl in an interior, one woman touching another's cheek while the girl holds a small box.

The Wedding Present

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1815