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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,442 works

Engraving of crucified Christ with Justitia and Fides, a horned Satan beside them, framed by Latin scripture inscriptions.

Satisfactio Christi, from "Allegories of the Christian Faith, from Christian and Profane Allegories"

Hendrick Goltzius

Hand-colored caricature of a wedding night with richly dressed figures, a bag of money, and a framed painting in a room.

The Wedding Night

Isaac Cruikshank, May 20, 1797

Hand-colored 1815 print of three stylized fashionable figures in London-style dress, including a man in a top hat between two

L'Amour et les Graces Arrivant de Londres; Le Suprême Bon-Ton No. 24

Le Jeune Adrien Pierre Godefroy, 1815

Etching of revelers in a woodland with a radiant Bacchus figure, above a vignette of children harvesting grapes by a ladder.

The Vine, or Plumpy Bacchus

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Etching of five nude putti and a wreathed satyr playing with grapes and drapery across a shallow ground.

Five boys and a satyr, from "Paedopaegnion"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Engraving of Atalanta running while Hippomenes passes golden apples, with Cupid on his back and a Latin inscription below.

Atalanta and Hippomemes, from "Four Mythological Scenes"

Virgilius Solis, ca. 1535-62

Engraving of Hercules strangling the Nemean lion beside a tree, shield, and castle in the background.

Hercules, in profile, killing the Nemean lion with his arm around its neck, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Sebald Beham, 1548

Engraving of Venus standing on a shell with Cupid holding a torch beside her, a drape raised behind her.

Venus and Cupid

Engraved ornamental design with a central grotesque mask, two fauns, an eagle, urns and drapery, dated 1549.

Ornamental Design with a Mask and an Eagle between Two Fauns below

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1549

Engraved vertical ornament with two pairs of satyrs flanking a central horned mask and an urn of foliage.

Ornament with Two Couples of Satyrs

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1549

Engraving of nude Tomyris placing a severed head into a sack held by a soldier, with a body on the ground.

Tomyris, shown nude from behind, placing the head of Cyrus into a sack held by a soldier, the decapitated body of Cyr…

Georg Pencz, ca. 1539

Engraving of a seated nude woman in reeds with a crowned archer drawing a bow in the background.

Cephalus and Procris, from "Four Mythological Scenes"

Georg Pencz, 1539

Engraving of nude Hercules wrestling a centaur beside draped curtains, with another centaur on a bench behind.

Hercules Fighting the Centaurs

Master PM, 1577

Engraved vignette of two nude nymphs embracing, framed by grapevines, medallions, and a lyre under radiating light.

Vignette with Two Nymphs

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1778

Engraved frontispiece of a cherub reading beside a river landscape, with a rotunda, rocky hill and a perspective instrument a

Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby's "Perspective of Architecture" (1761)

William Woollett, July 1760

Engraving of a horned satyr holding grapes beside two tigers, with a cup and vine leaves, in fine hatched lines.

Satyr with Grapes and Two Tigers

Lucas Vorsterman II, 1614-1679

Etching of playful children dancing and one playing a pipe beneath trees in a woodland clearing.

Four Dancing Children (Bacchantes) and Two Making Music

Erasmus Quellinus, 1640-1650

Engraved design of a term pedestal topped by two intertwined bearded bacchic figures wearing ivy wreaths, with a tassel below

Design for a Term with Two Bacchic Figures, from: Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antique…

Jean Le Pautre, 1645

Etching of a satyr seen from behind with a floral wreath, resting on an ornamental term with garlands and scrollwork.

Design for a Term with Two Embracing Satyrs, from: Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiqu…

Jean Le Pautre, 1645

Engraved ornament panel with a satyr, a sphinx, scrolling foliage, a shell motif and a cornucopia within a decorative frame.

Design for a Panel with Two Variants containing a Satyr and a Sphynx, from "Panneaux d'ornement"

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Etching of a seated satyr holding a child beside amphorae, with a tree and distant landscape at dusk.

Evening: a seated satyr clasps his child, a figure hangs a garland on a pier beyond, from "Hours of the Day"

Charles Le Brun, ca. 1640

Engraving of two laughing satyrs pinning a drawing to a tree, a globe beneath one, with a bearded man and woman watching.

Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at…

Claude Mellan, ca. 1636-45

Sepia etching of a title page: an inscribed pedestal draped in ivy, topped by a satyr-head vase, flanked by trees and ruins.

Title page: a wall in center surrounded by ruins and poplar trees, surmounted by a vase decorated with the head of a…

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

Engraved print of a garden fountain topped by a reclining Diana with a bow, a stag and a hound, on an arcaded base.

Fountain with a Sculpture of the Godess Diana at Chateau d'Anet

Jacques Androuet, 1607

Etching of Silenus and a satyr with wreaths beneath trees, one holding a cup, with a child and a wine vessel nearby.

Silenus and Satyr

Nicolaus Chapron, 1634-56

Engraving in an oval frame showing a hero fighting a man on the ground, with two horses and a stable behind, plus Latin borde

Hercules Killing Diomedes

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving of a hero leading a white horse from a stable while a man lies sprawled in the foreground, with a Latin inscription

Hercules Stealing the Horses of Diomedes

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving of Apollo playing a lyre on a rock with the Muses making music in a forest, a winged horse at upper left.

Apollo on Parnassus (Apollon sur le Parnasse)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving of Diana and Orion in a forest with attendants, hunting dogs, and a leaping deer, with a Latin caption below.

Diana accepts the huntsman Orion into her company (Diane admettant en sa compagnie le chasseur orion)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving of an armored figure standing before a trophy of arms, with burning buildings behind her, in an oval frame.

War: Bellona sits on a trophy of arms (La Guerre: Bellone assise sur un trophée d'armes)

Etienne Delaune, 1575