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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Engraving of two peasant couples walking on grass, the men carrying swords, with inscribed names above.

May and June from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1546-47

Engraving of a reclining bearded river god with putti, a crocodile and cornucopia, framed by a Latin inscription and ornament

The Nile, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, mid-16th century

Engraving of a seated helmeted Roma figure between two bearded captives on a carved pedestal, with Latin inscription below.

Roma Victrix, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1549

Engraved view of the Sala Regia with an enthroned audience, rows of courtiers and guards, and a caption tablet on the right w

Vatican Reception of the Duke of Tuscany, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, ca. 1570

Engraving of gods and figures among clouds, with a central seated figure raising his arms, after Sistine frescoes.

Sistine Frescoes, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

René Boyvin, 16th century

Small engraving of two peasants dancing on the left and a couple walking on the right, one man carrying a dagger.

Copy of July and August from The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months

Sebald Beham, after 1547

Engraving of two peasant couples: one wrestling playfully, the other walking, labeled September and October by Sebald Beham.

September and October from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1546-47

Engraving of two peasant couples dancing, one woman holding a basket, with labels Martinus Wintermon and Nicolaus Cristmon.

November and December from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1546-47

Engraving of peasants brawling with swords and sticks in an outdoor setting, with a scroll banner above.

Peasants' Brawl from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1547

Engraving of peasants by a wattle hedge with a pig, a man with an axe, and a couple embracing, with German banderole inscript

Peasants Behind the Hedge from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1546-47

Engraving of a dancing man and woman in an apron beside two pipe-playing musicians under a tree, with a table of drinks.

The Year's End from "The Peasants' Feast" or "The Twelve Months"

Sebald Beham, 1546

Engraving of peasants feasting at a table under a grapevine trellis, with a standing couple at left and a banner above.

Peasants' Feast from The Peasants' Feast or the Twelve Months

Sebald Beham, 1546-47

Caricature of a grocer wrapping cheese in newspaper while a top-hatted man reads the paper in a shop interior.

Newspapers at the Grocers (Les journaux chez l'épicier) from La Caricature, October 23, 1842

Honoré Daumier, 1842

Engraving of the centaur Chiron in a cave with Thetis, while armored youths and a lion skin stand at right.

Thetis and Chiron

Georg Pencz, 1543

Engraved portrait of a man in a wig pointing at a harbor with ships, with a dedicatory inscription below.

William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts

Peter Pelham, 1747

Pencil and white chalk studies of a seated woman reading a songbook, with hand studies and a red chalk head sketch.

Studies of a Couple Seated on the Ground, Looking at a Songbook

Nicolas Lancret, ca. 1740

Engraving of demons and dragons attacking in the sky above a town, forest, and rocky cave with a large tree.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1506

Woodcut of a battle in a snowy forest between nude men and clothed fighters with swords and pikes, bodies on the ground.

Battle Between Peasants and Naked Men in a Forest

Master NH, 1522

Portrait of Albrecht Dürer

Erhard Schön, ca. 1538

Mezzotint portrait of Sir William Pepperrell in a wig and embroidered coat, holding a baton, with a distant town behind him.

Sir William Pepperrell

Peter Pelham, 1747

Engraved print of an actor in Richard III costume gesturing from a draped bed, with armor and a crown beside him.

Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

William Hogarth, June 20, 1746

Engraved scene of a stone city gate with soldiers, a friar, beggars, and a woman carrying a basket in the foreground.

O the Roast Beef of Old England--The Gate of Caiais

William Hogarth, March 6, 1749

Engraving of a crowded city gate with a soldier, a friar, a stout man, beggars and a cooking pot under heraldic shields.

O the Roast Beef of Old England--The Gate of Calais

William Hogarth, March 6, 1749

Engraving of Paul in chains addressing seated Roman governor Felix, with soldiers, scribes and classical columns in the backg

Paul Before Felix

Luke Sullivan, February 5, 1752

Engraving of Pharaoh's daughter seated on a dais receiving a young boy brought by a woman and an older man in a palace.

Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter

William Hogarth, February 5, 1752

Portrait of Michelangelo in profile facing right set within a recess

Enea Vico, 1545

Engraving of a seated princess receiving a child from a woman and bearded man, with attendants and an Egyptian-style landscap

Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter (Exodus 2:10)

William Hogarth, February 5, 1752

Engraving of an artist's studio with statues, anatomy figures, and a border of ornaments, heads, and plants by Hogarth.

Analysis of Beauty, Plate 1

William Hogarth, March 5, 1753

Engraving of a crowded ballroom with dancing couples and chandelier, framed by numbered studies of faces and ornamental curve

Analysis of Beauty, Plate 2

William Hogarth, March 5, 1753

Engraved street scene of an election: men handing out papers beneath a hanging campaign sign, with a crowd, tavern table and

Canvassing for Votes, Plate II: Four Prints of an Election

I Charles Grignion, February 20, 1757