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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

278 works

Etching of a sleeping nude infant reclining beneath a tree with two birds in the branches and a club beside him.

Infant Hercules asleep

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Lithograph of soldiers and horsemen crossing a snowy Alpine pass while a man in a cocked hat points forward.

Passage through Mt. Saint-Bernard

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Pen drawing of a curly-haired child carrying a puppy on his shoulder, with a large dog and children near a tower.

Child Carrying a Puppy on his Shoulder

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Engraving of a satyr carrying a nude woman over his shoulder, with a dog below and a flowing cloth behind them.

Woman Being Carried to a Libidinous Satyr

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Etching of a thatched cottage under a full moon, with a shepherd, dog and sheep in a fenced lane at night.

Christmas, or Folding the Last Sheep

Samuel Palmer, 1850

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scroll border, acanthus capitals and curved pediment, with a scale bar b

Design for a Chimneypiece with a Frieze with Floral Decoration and Capitals Decorated with Animals

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Watercolor drawing of a brown and grey songbird perched on a curved branch with exposed roots, labeled Castrica Passerina.

Castrica Passerina

Vincenzo Leonardi

Watercolor sketch of a castle courtyard with arched galleries, a balcony of figures, and two horses in the foreground.

Lea Castle, View in Tilt-Court, Facing North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Engraving of two robed saints in a wooded landscape with a pig, a bird, a castle, and boats in the distance.

Saint John and Anthony in a Landscape

Master IQV, ca. 1544-45

Circular engraving of a haloed seated figure with a lamb in rocky landscape, framed by winged symbols and scrollwork.

St. John the Baptist in the Desert

Master ES, 15th century

Etching of an elderly man in a cap seated with a small dog beside a stone doorway covered in climbing vines.

The Old Man and his Pomeranian Dog

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Circular etching of a landscape with a large tree at left, two horseback riders in the foreground, and rolling hills beyond.

Le Cavalier

Engraving of nude men fighting on foot and horseback in a wooded landscape, with a dog at lower left.

Group of naked men engaged in battle in a wooded landscape, some on horseback; a dog at lower left

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Pen and brown wash drawing of two women embracing on steps, with onlookers, a donkey, and architecture in the background.

The Visitation

Bernardino Poccetti, ca. 1599-1610

Engraving of a young woman playing a flute beside sheep in a wooded pastoral landscape, within an oval frame.

Pastoral Poetry

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, ca. 1742

Engraving of a dove descending in light above twelve robed apostles gesturing toward it before an archway.

The Holy Spirit as a bird descending with spread wings at top center; the twelve Apostles standing below gesturing to…

Domenico Campagnola, 1518

Etching of a blind beggar stumbling into a stone pillar in a ruined city street, with a dog and onlookers nearby.

Blind Beggar Bumping A Pillar

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Pen-and-ink drawing of a blacksmith running off with a raven as a bearded figure leaps from a rock.

The Blacksmith Chooses Ye Raven and Runs Away With It, for "The Wonder Clock"

Howard Pyle, 1887

Circular engraving of a reclining figure on a shore with sea creatures, crabs, birds in flight and lions on rocks.

The Fifth Day (Dies V): The Creation of the Kingdom of Animals, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Etching of a boy reaching toward a seated blind beggar beside a ruined tower, arcade, dog, and donkey rider.

Lazarillo Stealing Grapes from the Poor Blind Beggar

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a plumed horseman with bow and quiver seen from behind on a horse facing right, with other riders in a distant lan

Polish horseman with a bow and arrow, seen from behind with his horse facing right, a circular composition, from "Fig…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Line engraving of a battle scene with armored warriors, horsemen, and a fortified city on a hill.

Gates of Paradise

Feodor Ivanovich Kalmuk, 1798

Etching with sketch studies of hares, rabbits and a standing figure carrying a bundle, with dense cross-hatched shading.

Study with Brigands (Upper Section)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1633

Etching of a plumed rider in a fur hat on a harnessed horse, facing right, in a circular frame with a landscape behind.

Polish hussar in profile facing right with wings attached to his back, a circular composition, from "Figures on Horse…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a woman in a hat leaning on a wire fence, watching pheasants and birds on grass beneath trees.

In the Zoological Garden

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1873

Brown ink and wash drawing of a forest scene with pines, birch trees, a stream, and grazing cattle.

Landscape with cattle in Weißbach on the Rhön

Carl Wagner, 1841

Etching of a plumed Hungarian horseman riding right, with two riders in the background, inside a circular frame.

Hungarian horseman riding towards the right, other horsemen in the background, a circular composition from "Figures o…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of an eagle perched on rocks, beak open, beneath a radiating sun and drifting clouds.

L'Assiette Républicaine

Félix Bracquemond, 1868

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned emperor at a banquet between columns, with courtiers, a page, and a dog in the foreground.

Episode from the "Gesta Romanorum": The Emperor and the Page

Jörg Breu the Elder, 1500-1537

Etching of two horsemen on horseback in a circular frame, with smaller riders in the background.

Two Polish horsemen with their horses facing left, from "Figures on Horseback" (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hongrois)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651