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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,940 works

Etching of a woman and a man walking with a child between them, a dog nearby, and a rocky hillside village behind.

Christ Between His Parents Returning from the Temple

Dominique Vivant Denon, n.d.

Engraved print of a mythological scene with a woman and children in a columned interior, framed by ornate grotesque decoratio

Medea Kills Her Two Children by Jason (Pour qui d'Absyrte a le sang repandu, fait que du sien le tort lui soit rendu...)

René Boyvin, 1563

Engraving of a Bacchic revel with dancing satyrs and figures around a Priapus statue hung with grape garlands, with Italian v

The sacrifice to Priapus who is in the form of a statue in the centre, Bacchus and a satyr at the left

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Christ handing keys to a kneeling Peter as apostles watch, with sheep and a hilltop town behind.

The Delivery of the Keys to Peter

Master of the Die

Engraving of Juno and Venus in chariots drawn by peacocks and doves, with a cupid above and birds in a landscape below.

Allegory of Marriage and Love; Juno in a chariot drawn by peacocks at left, Venus in a chariot drawn by three doves a…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Apollo driving a horse-drawn chariot beside Venus in her beast-drawn chariot, with flying Cupid and swan above.

Apollo in his horse-drawn chariot at the left, above him above Jupiter hurls a thunderbolt, Venus at right in her cha…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Satirical engraving of robed figures, a donkey, and a skeletal figure processing before a tavern with onlookers.

The Mystery of Masonry Brought to Light by the Gormagons

William Hogarth, [first published December 1724] later reissue

Engraving of an allegorical stage scene with lottery wheels, a central pedestal of gods, and crowds of figures below.

The Lottery

William Hogarth, after 1724

Two Male Busts with Head-dresses for the Ballet

Engraved bird's eye map of Rome with walls, rivers, monuments, and labeled districts, with Latin inscriptions.

Bird's Eye View of Rome

Giulio de Musi, 1553

Engraving of the Virgin being crowned by Christ, with God the Father blessing above and angels in clouds around them.

The coronation of the Virgin, Christ holding the crown over her head, God the Father blessing above

Master of the Die, 1532

Engraving of men gathered around a well with camels at right, a flock of sheep and a village on a hill behind.

Joseph in the centre being sold by his brothers standing above a well, camels at the right

Master of the Die, 1533

Engraving of Christ gesturing to sheep as kneeling Saint Peter holds keys, with apostles standing behind on the left.

Christ standing at left indicating to a flock of sheep, before him kneels St. Peter holding the keys to the church, b…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraved frieze of classical figures and putti in a wedding procession, with a veiled seated woman at center.

The wedding of Jason and Creusa, at left Medea takes her children

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of reclining Bacchus with putti, one crowning him with vine leaves, and a nude statue of Priapus at right.

Bacchus surrounded by Putti, a statue of Priapus at right

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a woman pointing while a kneeling figure fills a jug at a fountain guarded by serpents, with a rocky landscape b

Venus ordering Psyche to take water from a fountain guarded by dragons, from 'Fable of Cupd and Psyche'

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Apollo with a lyre pointing at a kneeling man about to flay Marsyas, bound naked to a tree at left.

Apollo seated at the right with a lyre, pointing to a kneeling man who is about to flay Marsyas tied naked to a tree…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of men at a classical altar with fire, leading a bull and ram, with a nude statue on a pedestal at left.

Psyche's father consulting the oracle, from 'The Fable of Psyche'

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Jupiter with an eagle and Mercury on clouds, Venus in a dove-drawn chariot at right, from The Fable of Psyche.

Venus in her dove-drawn chariot complaining to Jupiter who is accompanied by Mercury, from 'The Fable of Psyche'

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a seated woman carried on a litter past grieving figures, a winged child and pipe players, with Italian verses b

Plate 5: Psyche carried on a litter to a mountain, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of four winged putti with a bow and arrow, fruit garlands on columns, and birds flying overhead.

Four putti, two embracing in front of a large garland, two behind, the one at left holding an arrow, the one at right…

Master of the Die, ca 1530-40

Engraving of eight nude winged putti playing among trees, one holding a garland and another a spear.

Eight putti playing

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of three winged putti, two holding dishes of coins toward a crowned central putto, framed by fruit garlands and a l

Two putti presenting cups full of gold to a putto in the guise of the god of riches, from a series of tapestries made…

Master of the Die, ca. 1530-40

Engraving of Apollo with a lyre gesturing to a kneeling man while nude Marsyas is tied to a tree at left.

Apollo seated at the right with a lyre on his knee, pointing to a kneeling man who is about to flay Marsyas who is ti…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a donkey, an old woman spinning, and a young woman seated by a cave with a dog and Italian verse below.

Plate 1: Apuleius changed into a donkey listening to the story told by the old woman spinning

Master of the Die, 1520-70

Engraving of a crowd in classical dress before columns, with cupids and a goddess among clouds above.

Plate 2: the people rendering divine honors to Psyche, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of crowned figures seated on a dais under drapery, attendants standing beside columns, with Italian verse below.

Plate 3: Psyche's two sisters are married to kings, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of men sacrificing a bull and ram at a flaming classical altar, with a nude statue and Italian verse below.

Plate 4: Psyche's father consulting the oracle, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Zephyr carrying Psyche through clouds above a seated woman, with attendants and columns in a garden at right.

Plate 6: Zephir carrying off Psyche to an enchanted palace, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a winged angel pointing to a seated woman under a tree, with a child lying on the ground nearby.

An angel appearing to Hagar

Pietro Monaco, 1727-72