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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,828 works

Watercolor of a young couple on a path under a ruined stone arch, with green trees and a sunlit ruin beyond.

A Young Couple Viewing Ruins near Bingen

Christian Georg Schütz the Younger, 1801

Grey wash drawing of two riders with spear and bow, a winged horse, a lion and a hound on the ground.

Man's Fortitude

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, late 18th-early 19th century

Red chalk and brown wash sketch of a winged angel flying upward, holding a lily, with billowing drapery.

An Angel holding a Lily

Cosmas Damian Asam, early 18th century

Architectural drawing with elevations, sections and floor plan of a church, in ink and wash, with handwritten inscriptions.

Design for the Parish Church of Merkershausen

Balthasar Neumann, 1738

Watercolor of a sleeping woman in blue drapery reclining in a shadowy landscape beside a golden vessel and a tree.

Psyche Asleep in a Landscape

Karl Agricola, 1837

Etching of lapwings flying over a marsh with teal ducks swimming in the water, framed by leafy branches and reeds.

Vanneaux et Sarcelles

Félix Bracquemond, 1862

Etching of a seated woman in a long dress and a bearded man leaning on a pedestal in an ivy-covered garden.

La Broderie à l'aiguille

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1855 (?)

Etching of a shaded forest path lined with dense bushes and tall tree trunks, with light opening into a clearing.

Rue des Bruyères, à Sèvres

Félix Bracquemond, 1868

Daumier lithograph of two seated card players at a table, one in classical robes, with a standing man speaking from the doorw

Je viens prévenir le roi Agamemnon qu'on va commencer le 4e acte..., from Croquis Dramatiques, published in Le Chariv…

Honoré Daumier, November 27, 1856

Engraving of three people playing cards at a table in a rustic room with a fireplace and leaded window.

The Interrupted Game (Le Jeu intérrompu)

Jean Heudelot, 1730-68

Etching of a smiling older peasant man in a knit cap, leaning on a chair and holding a pipe beside a table.

Peasant with a Pipe

Adriaen van Ostade, 1640-80

Engraving of the allegorical figure Dialectica seated with a bird on her head and a snake on her arm, beside a philosopher in

Dialectica, from "Seven Liberal Arts"

Jan Sadeler, 16th century

Engraving of a fearful seated woman beside a tree with a hare, hedgehog and owl, with a farmhouse in the distance.

Timiditas from Four Vices

Raphaël Sadeler, 1560-1628

Etching of an elderly woman in a fur-trimmed cloak and headscarf, seated in a chair, looking left.

The Artist's Mother Seated at a Table, Looking Left: Three Quarter Length

Rembrandt van Rijn, after 1631

Etched portrait of an elderly woman in a cloth headdress with head bowed and eyes lowered, inscribed Rembrandt 1633.

Rembrandt's Mother in a Cloth Headress, Looking Down

Dominique Vivant Denon, 17th century

Grey lithograph of a group of figures in traditional dress gathered around a standing woman in a light lace-trimmed gown.

The Andalusian dance (El Vito)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1824-1825

Etching of a man in a plumed hat and a woman in a bonnet, with the man holding a quill over paper.

Rembrandt and his Wife (copy)

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, 1786-1844

Etching of a kneeling man embraced by an older cloaked figure at a doorway, with onlookers and a distant landscape.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Brown ink and wash drawing of a landscape with cypress and pine trees, a stone arch, two figures, and a distant town.

View in Rome near the Colosseum

Michiel van Overbeek, mid-17th-early 18th century

Architectural elevation and floor plan of a domed cruciform capitol with columns, a rotunda, House and Senate chambers, and a

First Premium Design for the Capitol of Ohio at Columbus by Walter of Cincinnati

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Architectural elevation and floor plan of a domed, colonnaded capitol building with colored legislative chambers, drawn in in

The Second Premium Design for the Capitol of Ohio, Columbus

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Watercolor architectural drawing of a domed capitol building elevation above its floor plan with a central rotunda.

Plan by T. Cole, Esq. for the Capitol of Ohio

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Architectural drawing of a domed capitol building elevation above its floor plan, with a scale bar and caption for Ohio.

For the Capitol of Ohio, by A.J.D. arch

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Lithograph cover of sheet music showing two cadets shaking hands in an oval frame with a river landscape and ornate border.

United States Military Academy: Song of the Graduates (sheet music cover)

James McNeill Whistler, 1852

Engraved U.S. Coast Survey chart of Smith's Island with soundings and compass rose, above a cliff view of Anacapa Island.

U.S. Coast Survey...Reconnaissance of Smith's or Blunt's Island, Washington / U.S. Coast Survey...Sketch of Anacapa I…

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-57

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.

Woodcut of a woman with a hammer and tent peg above a sleeping man, under large trees beside a walled town.

Jael and Sisera

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1520-25

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 a seated nude woman from behind examining her foot beside a tree, with a hilltop town in the distance.

Venus removing a thorn from her foot

Master of the Die, 1532

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

Engraving of a reclining river god embracing a young woman, with three nude nymphs carrying jars near rocks and trees.

Daphne embracing her father, the river-god Peneus, at the left three nymphs bring jars from the 'Story of Apollo and…

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

Satirical engraving of crowned figures on a platform with a telescope and attendants, set within a circular frame with clouds

Some of the Principal Inhabitants of the Moon, as They Were Perfectly Discovered by a Telescope...

Samuel Ireland, May 1, 1788

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

Pen and ink sketch sheet with about nine studies of animal heads, including sheep, a dog, a pig and a cat.

Study of animal heads

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Two Male Busts with Head-dresses for the Ballet

Clément Marot

René Boyvin, 1576

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask

Bust of a Man Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask

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 haloed Saint Roch with a dog and staff beside trees, an angel above, and a town in the background.

Saint Roch

Master of the Die

Engraving of Saint Sebastian with a halo, bound to a tree and pierced by arrows, in a landscape with towers and a bridge.

Saint Sebastian tied to a tree and pierced with arrows

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of nude Apollo shooting an arrow at a winged serpent, with muses above left and Cupid on a cloud at right.

Apollo standing at left shooting a python with an arrow, above to the left are the muses and at right on a cloud Cupi…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

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 the dead Christ seated on a tomb held by two angels, with a grieving woman at right and crucifixion scene behind

Christ seated on the tomb supported by angels

Master of the Die, 1530-60

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 the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds with angels, while apostles look up in prayer around an open tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin, below the apostles surround the tomb

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Saint Barbara with a palm frond, resting her hand on a tower, with a walled town in the background.

Saint Barbara standing, palm in her right hand, resting her left hand on a tower

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a haloed woman with long hair holding a covered jar aloft, with castles and hills in the background.

The Magdalene standing facing right, jar held in her raised right hand

Master of the Die, 1530-60

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

Engraving of the Virgin holding the infant Christ on clouds while two angels crown her, with cherubs and a distant town below

The Virgin seated on clouds being crowned by angels

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of the Descent from the Cross: Christ lowered by men on ladders while mourning figures gather below.

The Descent from the Cross

Master of the Die

Engraving of Hercules with a raised club driving Envy or Avarice from a temple while the Muses watch.

Envy or Avarice at the right being driven from the temple of the Muses by Hercules who raises a club, the muses watch…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a seated woman with wheat riding a chariot pulled by two lions, with farm labourers in the background.

Cybele in her chariot drawn by two lions

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Saint Sebastian, nude and haloed, tied to a tree pierced by arrows, with castles and a river behind him.

Saint Sebastian tied to a tree pierced by arrows

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross among soldiers with a banner, a walled town and mountains behind.

Christ carrying the cross surrounded by soldiers, several on horseback

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 the crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves, a kneeling centurion, mounted soldiers and grieving women below

The conversion of the Centurion who flings his arms open before Christ on the cross

Master of the Die, 1532

Engraving of Christ transfigured in a halo above figures and apostles on a rocky mountain, with a crowd below.

The Transfiguration of Christ, below him various figures including the Apostles

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of bearded river gods pouring water from urns beside rocks, with a winged figure in clouds above and a woman in the

River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne from 'The Story of Apollo and Daphne'

Master of the Die, 1530-60