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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etching of a man in white grappling with a charging bull in an arena while two cloaked onlookers watch at right.

Plate 16 of "La Tauromaquia": The same man throws a bull in the ring at Madrid

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bullfighter in a cape turning beside a lowered-headed bull in an arena, with spectators sketched above.

Plate 14 from "La Tauromaquia": The very skillful student of Falces, wrapped in his cape, tricks the bull with the pl…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a mounted rider in plumed hat facing a charging bull in an arena, with spectators in the stands above.

Plate 13 of "La Tauromaquia": A Spanish mounted knight in the ring breaking short spears without the help of assistants

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bull charging in a bullring, tossing horses and picadors while men scramble and spectators watch from the stands

Plate 32 from "La Tauromaquia": Two teams of picadors thrown one after the other by a single bull

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bullfight: a bull in an arena with a bullfighter holding banderillas, smoke burst, and mounted picadors behind.

Plate 31 of "La Tauromaquia": Banderillas with firecrackers

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a matador with cape and sword facing a horned bull in an arena, spectators watching from the stands above.

Plate 30 from "La Tauromaquia": Pedro Romero killing the halted bull

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a matador making a close pass as a bull charges in a bullring, with mounted riders behind.

Plate 29 of "La Tauromaquia": Pepe Illo making the pass of the 'recorte'

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a bull charging a horse in a bullring while a picador lances it, with a crowd in the stands behind the wall.

Plate 28 of "La Tauromaquia": The forceful Rendon stabs a bull with the pique, from which pass he died in the ring at…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Engraving of two men lifting the dead Christ with a shroud, three crosses on a hill in the background.

Entombment of Christ, two men lifting Christ into a tomb, with a shroud underneath the body, three crosses on Golgoth…

Giacomo Piccini, ca. 1656

Etching of an elderly man with white hair engraving a plate at a desk, with a framed portrait and a crowded street scene behi

Carl Ernst Christoph Hess

Ludwig Emil Grimm

Watercolor landscape of a stream cutting through a plain beneath blue snowy mountains, with a domed building on the horizon.

Landscape near Rome

Albert Venus, 1867

Pencil drawing of a wide rural landscape with a farmhouse, cattle, wooded hills and distant mountains.

Panoramic landscape near Bergen

Monogrammist DS, 1813

Engraving of three startled men facing a robed, crowned ghost emerging from a cloud beside a stone tomb.

Hamlet and the Ghost of his Father

Adam Vogler, mid-19th century

Engraved battle scene with armored soldiers and horses on a riverbank, a bridge at right, and angels in clouds above.

The Battle of Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, after Raphael

Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri, ca. 1569

Etched title page with a coat of arms held by two lions, cherubs holding drapery, and the inscription Livre d'Oyseaux.

Title Page from "Livre d'Oyseaux" (Book of Birds)

Albert Flamen, 1655-60

Pencil and watercolor study of a sprawling thistle plant with pink blossoms and spiny leaves on pale green paper.

Study of a Flowering Thistle

Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1846

Etching of a classical temple interior with Corinthian columns and a funeral procession of robed figures carrying a body up s

Funerary Scene in a Temple

Pierre Moreau, ca. 1760

Etching of a classical temple with Corinthian columns, a relief-decorated pediment, and a broad staircase with small figures.

View of a Temple

Pierre Moreau, ca. 1760

Etching of a pyramid-topped funerary monument with spiral columns, statues, and an arched crypt entrance at its base.

View of a Funerary Monument and Crypt

Pierre Moreau, ca. 1760

Etching of a harbor with classical colonnaded buildings, a pediment, and two masted ships on choppy water.

Port Scene

Pierre Moreau, ca. 1760

Etching of an imaginary classical interior with a large arch, Corinthian columns, a statue, and small figures.

Figures in an Imaginary Architectural Interior

Pierre Moreau, ca. 1760

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel kneels offering a lily to Mary seated indoors while a dove descends in light.

The Annunciation

Hendrick Goltzius, before 1652

Etching of a woman in a dim interior beside a large multi-paned window with curtains.

The Dressmaker

Henri de Braekeleer, ca. 1863

Etching of a woman in a wide hat and fur stole, with a man in a top hat behind her, both seemingly in motion.

Pursuit

Ernst Oppler, n.d.

Etching of a dancer in a ruffled costume and tiered skirt, arms outstretched and holding a flower, on a cream mount.

Coquette

Ernst Oppler, 1921

Etching of a stone city gate with columns, a horse and cart in the foreground, and pedestrians on a cobbled street.

Lille: Porte de Donai

Ernst Oppler, 1916

Etching of a ruined street with horse-drawn carts, rubble and small figures in front of damaged buildings.

Lille: Ruine

Ernst Oppler, 1916

Etching of two musicians performing at a piano and cello in a dim room, with a standing listener and a framed picture behind

Cello Sonata

Ernst Oppler, n.d.

Etching of Russian ballet dancers in flowing costumes performing on a dim stage with dark drapery overhead.

Russian Ballet

Ernst Oppler, late 19th-early 20th century

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