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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,858 works

Etching of two men conversing outdoors, one in a tall plumed hat and ruff, the other with a basket beside a thatched cottage.

Grotesque Figures

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of an old man in a cloak offering spectacles to a woman at a wooden stall, with a child and basket in the foreground.

Eyeglass Merchant

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a military punishment: a man tied to a post, chained prisoners, soldiers with flags and a drum, castle ruins behin

Cutting Off the Nose (Modern Military Punishments)

William Hogarth, after 1725

Etching of a painter at an easel in a dim workshop, with a leaded window and a second figure working at a table behind him.

The Painter

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a peasant cottage interior with a seated man, a child on a stool, and an older woman by the hearth.

Father Feeding Child

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of nearly nude men led past soldiers, tents and a wooden palisade with standards, by William Hogarth.

Decimation (John Beaver, Roman Military Punishments, 1725)

William Hogarth, after 1725

Etching of a street quack at a barrel stall under a tree, surrounded by a crowd of townspeople including a woman with a baske

The Quack

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a crucifixion, a hanging man attacked by two lions, soldiers on a cliff and a tent camp in the distance.

Crucifixion, etc. (John Beaver, Roman Military Punishments, 1725)

William Hogarth, after 1725

Etching of a soldier hanging by the thumbs from a post, with mounted officers and troops watching in a military camp.

Hanging by the Thumbs (Modern Military Punishments)

William Hogarth, after 1725

Etching of a village street with houses, a tower, and figures including a seated musician and a boy with a hoop.

The Humpbacked Violinist

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of soldiers executing a kneeling man beside a distant military camp with tents and figures.

Beheading (John Beaver, Roman Military Punishments, 1725)

William Hogarth, after 1725

Etching of peasants outside a tavern under a large tree, with a seated violinist, a child, and a distant church tower.

Violinist and Little Organgrinder

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a military camp with tents where soldiers beat prisoners with clubs while officers and standard-bearers look on.

Breaking the Legs (John Beaver, Roman Military Punishments, 1725)

William Hogarth, after 1725

Etching of a rustic tavern interior with men drinking and playing cards at a table, a woman and a dog nearby.

The Taste

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a man in a cap and loose clothes beside a barrel and jug, under a large tree, with a cottage in the distance.

The Pissing Man

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a crowded tavern interior with men smoking clay pipes, drinking, and sitting near a large fireplace.

Smokers at the Inn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraved plate of an emerald vessel with a wide bowl on a stepped base, with Latin caption below.

An Emerald Vessel (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724,…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Etching of a peasant man in a cap leaning on a half-open wooden door of a timber-framed building with leaded windows.

Peasant

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of an older man in a wide hat talking with a woman carrying a basket on a village street.

Conversation in the Street

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a hooded woman and a man in a tall hat walking side by side on a plain ground.

Man and Woman Walking

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of two seated figures singing at a table while a violinist in a tall hat plays behind them in a dim room.

Singing Couples and Violin

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a peasant family in a cluttered kitchen, with a woman nursing an infant by the hearth and a dog nearby.

The Family

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of peasant men gathered in a rustic courtyard beside a thatched cottage with a lattice window and open doorway.

Traveling Musicians

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a man in a cap blowing a long horn beside hanging bread loaves and a wooden beam in a dark interior.

Baker Blowing Horn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1630-85

Etching of two men conversing in a street, one in a tall feathered hat and cloak, the other in a brimmed hat and coat.

Grotesque Figures

Adriaen van Ostade, 1630-85

Etching of two elderly women in headscarves talking in a village street, with trees, cottages and figures behind them.

Two Gossips

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etched portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a brush, with dense hatched lines and a dark table at right.

James McNeill Whistler

Percy Thomas, 1874

Monochrome print of a man with curly hair, mustache and cravat, head tilted, shoulders sketched in soft strokes.

James McNeill Whistler

Paul Adolphe Rajon, ca. 1880

Soft grey lithographic portrait of a man with curly hair, a full mustache, and a dark jacket, with a feather in his hair.

Whistler with the White Lock

Thomas Robert Way, 1890-1900 (?)

Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Artist's Mother

Thomas Robert Way, 1892

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair in a wide-lapelled overcoat and cravat, labeled George W. Whistler.

George W. Whistler, 1800-1849

William G. Jackman, 1841-60

Engraving of an allegorical cart procession with horses, chained figures, and a distant hilltop town beneath mountains.

The Triumph of Want, from The Cycle of the Vicissitudes of Human Affairs, plate 6

Cornelis Cort, 1564

Grey wash drawing of allegorical figures guiding cherubs toward a ship, with an eagle, shield and fruit in the foreground.

Allegories of Wisdom and Truth Leading the Infant Arts to America

John James Barralet, after 1796

Engraving of two ornate ewers with mythological sea scenes, masks, cherubs and scrollwork on a light background.

Two Ewers

Engraving of two ornate candlesticks decorated with cherubs, sphinxes, grotesque masks and scrolling ornament.

Two Candlesticks

Engraving of two ornate containers with figural supports, satyr mask, putto and draped caryatids on a pale ground.

Two Containers (Deux nécessaires)

Engraving of an ornate ewer with a central scene of Venus in a shell boat, cupid, and decorative grotesque masks.

Ewer with Venus

Engraved ewer decorated with Neptune riding sea horses over waves, with shells, putti and scrollwork ornament.

Ewer with Neptune

Engraving of an ornate covered cup with three nude figures forming the stem and putti harvesting grapes on the lid.

Covered Cup with Nude Figures Forming Stem

Engraving of an ornate covered cup with reclining nudes and putti on the lid, grape garlands, and children on the base.

Covered Cup with Children on the Base

Engraving of two footed braziers and three decorative salvers with fruit garlands, masks and figural supports.

Two Braziers and Three Salvers

Engraved print of two ornate salt-cellars with mythological figures, animals, and decorative pedestals.

Two Salt-cellars

Engraving of an ornate salt-cellar topped by a crowned woman with lions, a goat and a stag, on a stem of nude figures.

Salt-cellar with Cybèle

Etching of an ornamental salt-cellar topped by reclining Neptune with sea horses, with putti and winged figures on the base.

Salt-cellar with Neptune

Engraved portrait of a woman in a fur-trimmed gown and jeweled headdress holding a book, with an inscription below.

Mary I, Queen of England

Francis Delaram, 1600-1627

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a ruff and jeweled crown, holding a scepter and book, with French verse below.

Queen Elizabeth I of England

Frans Huys, late 16th-early 17th century

Engraving of nymphs attending Psyche in a bath, with a sleeping figure in bed at right and Italian verse below.

Plate 7: Psyche attended in her bath by nymphs, in the background right Psyche represented again laying in bed, from…

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1520-36

Engraving of Psyche at a table with winged Eros and attendants, drapery behind, and men reading at right.

Plate 8: Psyche seated at a table and attended by invisible servants, Eros beside the goddess, from "The Fable of Cup…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of nymphs helping nude Psyche dress her hair in a draped bedroom, with Italian verse below.

Plate 10: nymphs assisting Psyche to dress her hair, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Psyche presenting a basket of treasures to two seated sisters before classical columns, with winged figures in c

Plate 11: Psyche gives presents to her sisters, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of two seated women and a standing woman in an interior with curtains, a column, and a sea view with boats.

Plate 12: Psyche's sisters persuade her a serpent is sleeping with her, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a kneeling nude woman gazing up at winged Cupid in a tree, with a river landscape and Italian verse below.

Plate 14: Cupid airborne gleeing from Psyche, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Psyche speaking with two sisters before classical columns, with a winged Cupid above a rock and Italian verse be

Plate 15: Psyche relating her misfortunes to her sisters, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of gods on clouds around Jupiter, with an eagle, a peacock, and Mercury kneeling at lower right, above Italian vers

Plate 30: Venus and Cupid pleading their case in the presence of Jupiter and other Gods, from "The Fable of Cupid and…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a phoenix on a tree above resting animals including stags, lions and a bull, with pigeons on a ruin at right.

A phoenix sat atop a tree, wings open, an assortment of animals below

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraved ornament panel with winged putti, acanthus scrolls, female term figures holding urns, and rosettes in symmetrical de

A panel of ornament with putti and other figures

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraved ornamental panel with putti, goats, a central urn, scrollwork and a grotesque mask at the base.

A panel of ornament with putti, goat and other figures

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a monkey holding a bound putto on a fruit garland, with two winged putti flanking it and birds above.

A monkey holding a bound putto standing on a garland in front of which are two winged putti, from a series of tapestr…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraved ornamental panel with a winged putto holding a windmill, flanked by eagles, acanthus scrolls and a grotesque mask.

A panel of ornament with a putto in the centre holding a windmill

Master of the Die, 1532

Engraved ornamental panel with a central urn, two draped figures, putti, winged lions and dolphins among acanthus scrolls.

A panel of ornament with a large jar in centre, putti and other figures

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of two gladiators with swords and shields fighting before a classical arch and colonnade.

Two gladiators fighting in front of an arch

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Venus directing the kneeling Psyche to sort grain before classical columns and arches, with a seated figure behi

Plate 22: Venus ordering Psyche to Sosort a heap of grain, from the 'Fable of Psyche'

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a muscular man carrying an older man on his shoulders with a child beside him, a burning city behind.

Aeneas carrying Anchises on his shoulders while Troy burns in the background

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraved ornamental panel with putti, acanthus scrolls, fruit baskets, winged birds and classical figures holding flaming urn

A panel of ornament, putti standing on cornucopia in lower section

Master of the Die, 1530-60