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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,065 works

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing two studies of a standing soldier holding a spear, in patterned tunics.

Studies of a Soldier

Giovanni Buonconsiglio, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman beside a bust and classical sculptures in a studio, dated 1704.

Allegory of Sculpture

Jan Claudius de Cock, 1704

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with light hair in a dark overcoat and white cravat, with signature below.

John Trumbull

Asher Brown Durand, 1833

Lithograph of a child lying at the foot of a dim staircase while a woman above holds a candle over the banister.

A Fall Down the Stairs

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1834-35

Etching of an old beggar woman seen from behind, wearing a bonnet and shawl, with a walking stick, beside trees and a house.

Old Beggar Woman

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1833-38

Lithograph of hunters on an open plain, one firing at birds overhead while dogs search the grass in the foreground.

Hunting in the Field, from "Hunting Scenes"

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1829

Etching of two washerwomen at a stone trough beside a pool, with a ruined arch, bare tree and a dog in the foreground.

The Washerwomen

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1833-38

Engraving of a kneeling hooded monk gazing upward in a rocky cave with skulls, a dog, and a cross nearby.

St. Bruno

Watercolor of Saint Elizabeth in a blue gown giving alms to a seated figure, in a Gothic arch, within a carved wooden shrine

Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia Giving Alms

Karl Ballenberger, 1833

Engraving of a veiled woman mourning over a dead body on a stone slab, with mourners and a rock tomb behind.

Lamentation

Claude Mellan, 1683

Lithograph of a standing woman between tall palm trunks, with a hammock strung overhead in a tropical clearing.

An Indian Woman and Her Son

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1830

Etching of a seated pig keeper viewed from behind, wearing a wide hat, with mountains and grazing animal in the distance.

Pig Keeper

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1843

Lithograph of two men embracing on a mountain road, with a donkey and rider behind them and a bundle on the ground.

The Thieves and the Donkey, from "L'Artiste"

Alphonse-Charles Masson, ca. 1849

Sepia print of three women washing by a thatched cottage beneath tall trees, with a wooden shed and cloudy sky.

The Washerwomen (Les Laveuses)

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1771

Circular grey wash drawing of helmeted Minerva leading a procession of women beneath a tree in a landscape.

Minerva Leading a Procession of Women

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, mid-16th century

Pencil landscape drawing with a standing man, a snake near a stream, a rock arch, tall trees and distant mountains.

Southern landscape with a man and a snake

Heinrich Dreber, 1847

Engraving of allegorical figures under oak trees, with a helmeted woman with a spear, a pointing youth, and a rooster in the

Allegory on Good Government in France

Claude Mellan, 1685

Engraving of a seated nude man and reclining draped woman before classical columns, with battle scenes and a Latin dedication

Theological Thesis of Antoine Talon

Claude Mellan, 1648

Design sheet with three rows of ornamental panels in gilt frames, painted medallions, floral motifs and red grounds, in water

Designs for panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Engraving of an equestrian statue of Ferdinand II flanked by Hercules statues within a classical columned rotunda.

Allegory on the Glory of Emperor Ferdinand II

Antonio Circignano or Circignani

Etching of Saint Andrew bound to a diagonal cross, nearly nude, with two onlookers and a hatched cloudy sky.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Claude Vignon, 1623

Etching of a nude woman with a cherub, a seated man holding a child, and grotesque faces peering from a tree at left.

La Rascienne Honteuse

Etching of three men playing cards in a country alehouse, with a dog, pitcher, and walking stick beside the table.

A Game at Put in a Country Alehouse

Thomas Rowlandson, August 10, 1810

Etching of two women reclining on a blanket on grass, one with a parasol, beside a garden pool and colonnade.

On the Grass

James Tissot, 1880

Etching of a woman in a cape on stone steps, with a couple by tall columns and a church tower beyond.

The Portico of the National Gallery, London

James Tissot, 1878

Etched caricature of a knit-capped man leaning in to listen to a spectacled reader holding a Gazette by candlelight.

Attention (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a hungry boy in a green coat gazing at a plum pudding in a shop window.

Admiration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 20, 1800

Caricature of a rustic man in a hat gaping at a juggler with a card and candle on a table.

Admiration with Astonishment (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature of an antiquarian with spectacles gesturing over a cracked cup held by a second man, pen and ink print, 1800.

Veneration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature print of a singing ballad woman, a rapt old clothesman, and a child with a basket, drawn in brown ink.

Rapture (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800