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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,072 works

Etching of a gentleman in a wide hat and spurred boots with a sword, standing before a town square with buildings and passers

A gentleman, turned three-quarters to the left, wearing a hat and boots with spurs, carrying a sword in his belt, a t…

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Engraving of a fashionable woman with a fan beside an elderly bearded man in a cloak, with Latin text below.

An Aged Soldier and An Aged Lover Are Sad Sights, from "Mascarades"

Robert Boissard, 1597

Engraving of three haloed women in flowing gowns, one holding a cornucopia, on a grassy ground with fine hatched shading.

Three Haloed Female Figures

Matthäus Merian the Elder, ca. 1610-50

Print of a man thrusting his arm into a flaming altar beside a boy and a draped woman, in chiaroscuro hatching.

The Sacrifice, or Mucius Scaevola

Parmigianino, 16th century

Engraving of a central female bust in an oval, flanked by women, with reclining figures and ornamental frieze below.

Bust of a woman flanked by three women on each side, set within an elaborate frame

Battista d'Agnolo, ca. 1540-80

Bust of a woman in profile facing left, set in an elaborate frame with figures in niches at left and right

Battista d'Agnolo, ca. 1540-80

Engraving of two satyrs leading Silenus toward a crowned king and attendants, with a mule beneath a tree.

Two satyrs leading Silenus to King Midas, who stands at left with two male attendants, a mule trails behind the satyrs

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1550-80

Woodcut print of a forger at an anvil pulling a chained man, with a winged figure and crowd in the background.

The forger standing by an anvil pulling a man in chains, from "The various operations of alchemy"

Domenico Beccafumi, ca. 1540-50

Engraving of two women meeting on a terrace, with a donkey, rooster, hens and a woman carrying a basket nearby.

The Visitation

Pieter de Jode II, 1625-74

Etching of a landscape with tents, classical gateway, fountain, a turbaned man and a lion at right, city spires beyond.

View with a man in a turban and a lion standing at right, tents and classical architecture in the background

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1680-1710

Portrait of George Sand

Luigi Calamatta, 1837

Engraving of Judith beheading Holofernes with a sword in a canopied bed chamber, a maidservant watching from the doorway.

Judith, from "Famous Women from the Old Testament"

Etching of a standing cow beside a seated cowherd and resting calf, with a village and clouds in the background.

Cowherd with cow and calf on a hillside, the cowherd viewed from behind and seated in the grass, the cow standing and…

Karel Dujardin, 1658

Etching of a horseman looking back at a nude corpse on a battlefield, with a fallen horse and mounted soldiers with flags beh

Battlefield with horseman looking over his left shoulder toward stripped corpse on the ground, a clothed figure and h…

Karel Dujardin, 1652

Etching of a windswept landscape with three porters carrying loads on a dirt path and a standing man at left.

The Three Porters

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of two men wading in a river beside a rocky outcrop, with trees and a distant hilltop in the background.

Two men standing ankle-deep in a body of water with a rocky outcrop behind them, to the left a rocky bank, trees and…

Karel Dujardin, 1658

Engraving of a banquet in a columned hall with a crowned king, a halberd-bearing soldier, servants and a city bridge beyond.

Allegory of the Government of a Wise King

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1588

Engraving of a banquet in a columned hall with a seated king, feasting courtiers, and scenes of burning towns and battle.

Allegory of the Government of a Childish King

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1588

Engraving of foolish figures under a tree with an owl and a monkey, with Latin verses printed in two columns below.

The Wisdom of Fools, from "Six Proverbs"

Jacob de Gheyn II

Engraving of a helmeted musketeer firing a matchlock musket, with smoke drifting from the barrel.

A soldier on guard shaping the match between his thumb and his forefinger, from the Marksmen series, plate 41, in "Wa…

Jacob de Gheyn II

Engraving of a bearded soldier in helmet and armor holding a smoking musket, numbered plate 37 in a military exercise series.

A soldier on guard freeing his right hand, from the Marksmen series, plate 37, in "Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquet…

Jacob de Gheyn II

Engraving of a plumed soldier in armour holding a pike horizontally across his shoulders, facing right.

The second movement for bringing the pike on to the shoulder and holding it horizontally, from the Lansquenet series,…

Jacob de Gheyn II

Engraving of a nude youth crowned with cypress branches beside a wounded stag in an oval woodland scene.

Cyparissus, from "The Rural Gods"

Cornelis Cort, 1565

Etching of a pastoral caravan with donkeys, sheep, and travelers moving along a rocky ridge under clouds.

The Journey of Jacob in Egypt

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Cosimo de Medici, Prince of Tuscany, and His Wife, Marguerite Louise d'Orleans

Stefano Della Bella, 1661

Etching of a feathered-cap figure leading a horse by the bridle beside two men, one seen from behind, in hatched lines.

A Pole Leading a Horse by the Bridle and Speaking with Two Other Men

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Charles Henri Plantade

Antoine-Achille Bourgeois de La Richardière, 1806

Engraving of Triptolemus holding a grain basket beside a winged dragon, with a barn and tree in an oval frame.

Triptolemus, from "The Rural Gods"

Cornelis Cort, 1565

Etching of Roman ruins on the Palatine Hill with a tall brick tower, arched walls, and overgrown vegetation under clouds.

View of ruins on the Palatine Hill with trabeated facade at left and arcades at center, from "The Ruins of Rome" (Pra…

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of Roman ruins with broken columns, arcades, and a large arch, with small figures and rubble in the foreground.

View of unidentified ruins with trabeated facade at left, arcades at center, and arch at right, from "The Roman Ruins…

Hieronymus Cock, 1551