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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,774 works

Mezzotint portrait of a man with long hair holding a palette and a miniature of a woman, inscribed Bartholomeus Vander Helst.

Bartholomeus van der Helst

Abraham Blooteling, ca. 1670

Young man facing three quaters right wearing a fur headdress with a plume, jewel and a headband, from series of 'Smal…

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Man wearing a turban facing left, from "Large Oriental Heads"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Head of an old man facing right, from "Large Oriental Heads"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Head of an old man facing left, from "Large Oriental Heads"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Head of an old man with a turban facing left, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Young man with a trumpet facing left, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Etching of a bearded old man in a fur-trimmed turban, with small sketches of an animal head and hand below.

Head of an old bearded man with a turban, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Young man wearing a plumed turban, facing right, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Head of an old bearded man facing right, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Head of a bearded man with a turban facing right, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Head of an old man looking down, facing left, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Young man facing three quaters right wearing a fur headdress with a plume, jewel and a headband, from "Small Heads in…

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a fur cap with curly hair, looking toward the viewer against a pale background.

Head of a man wearing a feathered cap (possibly Bernini, possibly a self portrait), from "Large Oriental Heads"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Etching of a man's head in shadow wearing a fur hat with a feather, turned slightly left, with a wrapped cloth at the shoulde

Head of a man in shadow turned slightly to the left, from "Large Oriental Heads"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Etching of four men among classical ruins and tombs, with an inscribed tablet reading Temporalis Aeternitas and a winged figu

'Temporalis Aeternitas', four scholars amongst ruins

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645

Etching of a woman and boy approaching a stone pedestal among classical ruins, with a kneeling figure and a carved urn behind

Theseus finding his father's arms

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645 (published 1648)

Etching of shepherds with a cow, dogs and flock of sheep in a wooded landscape with distant hills.

Shepherds with their flock

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1650-55

Head of an old bearded man facing right, from the series of 'Small Heads in Oriental Headdress'

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-1650

Head of an old man looking down, facing left, from "Small Studies of Heads in Oriental Headress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered cap with curly hair, gazing sharply toward the viewer.

Head of a man wearing a feathered cap (possibly Bernini, possibly a self portrait), from the series of 'Large Orienta…

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-1650

Etching of a young herdsman on horseback playing a pipe, followed by sheep, a cow and a dog beneath trees.

Young herdsman on horseback

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1638

Etching of a melancholic seated woman with a skull, surrounded by an armillary sphere, urn, cat, dog and tools.

Melencholia

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-46

Etching of figures gathered by torchlight around two draped bodies on the ground in a dark wooded landscape.

Finding of the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647-51

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man with long hair resting his hand on his chin, pensive pose, on tinted paper.

Self-Portrait

Gustave Courbet, ca. 1866

Brown ink and wash drawing of two women embracing in a classical courtyard, with onlookers and angels with a child on clouds

The Visitation

Nicolas Mignard, ca. 1649

Grey wash drawing of a saint ascending among clouds and angels, framed by an ornate oval border with allegorical figures.

The Apotheosis of a Saint, Project for a Ceiling

Johann Anwander, 18th century

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with pearl necklace and upswept curled hair, with Latin inscription banner below.

Portrait of Agathe de Châtillon

Engraving of the full moon showing craters and dark plains rendered in fine parallel hatched lines on a dark background.

Full Moon

Claude Mellan, 1635

Engraving of a young man strangling a lion on rocky ground, with a billowing cloak and grazing sheep in the background.

David Strangling the Lion

Claude Mellan, 1631

Engraving of seated Minerva in a plumed helmet holding a spear, with a shield, books, a sphere and instruments beside her.

Minerva

Watercolor of a domed baroque church seen across a park, with strollers in top hats and tree-lined paths in the foreground.

View of St. Charles Church and the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna

Rudolf von Alt, 1831

Engraving of satyrs around a table in a garden, gazing at a cylindrical mirror showing an anamorphic elephant.

Satyrs Admiring the Anamorphosis of an Elephant

Hans Troschel, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of two servants filling urns at a fountain, one bending while water pours from an urn.

Servants Filling Urns

Francisco Vieira de Mattos, 18th century

Engraving of French royal arms with fleurs-de-lis, two putti, and two seated allegorical women holding a book and a laurel br

The Arms of France Accompanied by Personifications of Law and Good Faith

Claude Mellan, 1664

Engraving of winged Fame flying with a trumpet and a shield bearing a crown and the letter L, with a Latin inscription below.

Fame Bearing a Shield with the Initial of Louis XIV (La Renommée volant)

Engraved title page with two draped allegorical women, winged putti, a papal tiara and coat of arms, and a Latin title on a p

Title Page: Philomathi Musae Juveniles

Claude Mellan, 1655

Engraving of a kneeling monk gazing up at the Virgin and Child seated on clouds, with cherubs around them.

Saint Bernard Kneeling before the Virgin and Child

Claude Mellan, 1640

Engraved oval portrait of Ludovica Maria Gonzaga with curled hair, pearl necklace and inscribed border, with crowned monogram

Ludovica Maria Gonzaga, Queen of Poland

Claude Mellan, 1645

Engraving of a storm-battered rock in churning sea with lightning, two figures on the shore, and a coat of arms on the rock.

Allegory Against the Pelagian Heresy (Allégorie contre l'hérésie pélagienne et armoiries de la duchesse d'Aiguillon)

Engraved portrait of Cardinal Richelieu seated at a desk writing, with cherubs holding laurel and a harbor view.

Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu

Claude Mellan, 1651

Engraving of a reclining nude woman with three children, one holding grapes, beneath draped fabric, with small sketches in th

Allegorical Subject: Nude Woman, Three Children and a Mousetrap (La Sourcière)

Engraved headband with three putti, a cardinal's hat, tassels, and a banderole reading POUR LE GRAND ARMAND.

Headband: Two Infants with a Cardinal's Hat, a Third with a Banderole

Engraved ornamental frieze with a central ram's head, drapery swags, rosettes and a fruit garland along the top edge.

Headband with Ram's Head

Engraved horizontal band with two cherubs holding a crown over a shield with fleur-de-lis, flanked by birds and scrolls.

Headband: Two Infants with the Arms of France and Navarre

Hand-colored print of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon, surrounded by an oval of rays and saint medallions.

The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

Master d, ca. 1450-1460

Antique 1857 map of Llewellyn Park and villa sites on Eagle Ridge, with curving roads, wooded lots, and a turreted villa vign

Map of Llewellyn Park and Villa Sites, on Eagle Ridge in Orange & West Bloomfield

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1857

Engraved self portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and lace collar, set against a cross-hatched background.

Claude Mellan: Self Portrait

Claude Mellan, 1635

Engraved title page of Code Louis XIV showing a seated king in a fleur-de-lis robe with a lion, scales, and an open book.

Title Page: Le Code Louis XIV

Claude Mellan, 1667

Engraved frontispiece by Claude Mellan showing a winged angel writing Greek text on a cross, with cherubs holding a ribbon ab

Frontispiece for New Testament in Greek

Claude Mellan, 1642

Engraved title page showing a bearded man with a harp beside a crowned figure, with arches and a Latin inscription below.

David: Title Page for Talon, L'Histoire sainte, III

Claude Mellan, 1645

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and lace collar, with an inscription panel below.

Henriette-Marie de Buade-Frontenac

Claude Mellan, 1641

Engraving of a man and a draped woman with a mask, a laurel-wreath-bearing cherub above, and laurel branches.

Frontispiece: Horace, Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera

Claude Mellan, 1642

Engraved frontispiece with a draped man holding a book, a winged youth with a lyre, and a putto lifting a laurel wreath.

Frontispiece: Virgil, Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera

Claude Mellan, 1641

Engraved title page with a winged cherub above an oval laurel garland with ribbons and tassels, centre left blank.

Title Page: Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, L'Office de la Vierge Marie

Claude Mellan, 1645

Circular etching of two caryatid terms supporting cornices, a draped central pillar, and flanking architectural fragments, da

Two Terms, Two Cornices and a Pillar

Hugues Sambin, 1554

Engraving of a blacksmith raising a hammer over an anvil, with a sheep and trees in a rural landscape behind him.

The Smith

Dirck Vellert, 1520-25

Engraving of a curly-haired man in a cloak holding a fish, with a bird flying above and a distant landscape with a sailboat.

Man with a Fish

Dirck Vellert, August 16, 1522

Engraving of haloed St. Barbara holding a sword beside a tower, with rays behind her and drapery falling to the ground.

St. Barbara

Nicolaas Hogenberg, 1525

Engraving of a standing lansquenet soldier in slashed dress and plumed hat, leaning by a tree, with mountains behind him.

A Lansquenet

Sebald Beham, 1520

Engraving of a plumed lansquenet soldier in puffed costume standing beside a tree trunk, with mountains behind him.

A Lansquenet Standing by a Tree

Sebald Beham, 1520

Small engraving of a seated woman with curly hair playing a harp beside a tree, with a grassy landscape behind her.

Woman with a Harp

Sebald Beham, 1520-25

Engraving of two men in ornate costume facing each other beneath a decorative arch with putti, ca. 1531.

Emperors Charles V and Ferdinand I

Christoph Bockstorffer, ca. 1531

Engraving of Christ's face wearing a crown of thorns, rendered in fine curving lines with long hair and beard.

Face of Christ on St. Veronica's Cloth

Claude Mellan, 1649