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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,931 works

Etching of crumbling Roman ruins with broken arches and overgrown plants under a hatched sky.

Ruins of St Croix de Jerusalem, from "Roman Ruins"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century

Engraving of Judith: a banquet tent scene, a woman with a sword by a bed, and soldiers battling before a walled city.

Judith, illustration to "Biblesche figuren ofte afbeeldingen..." by Hendrik Jansen van Barrefelt, called Hiel

Pieter van der Borcht, 1662 or later

Engraving of three haloed holy figures in a garden with a fountain, one holding a lily, with the caption Conversatio Sancta.

Conversatio Sancta

Cornelis Galle II, 1638-78

Etching of a rural landscape with travelers on horseback, a small columned shrine, billowing clouds, and farm buildings among

The First Spring

Allart van Everdingen

Etching of a thatched barn and stepped-gable house with shepherds and sheep grazing in a field.

Shed with Cottage, from The Small Landscapes

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1559-61

Etching of a thatched farmhouse among bare trees, with cattle and figures on a path in the foreground.

Farm, from The Small Landscapes

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1559-61

Etching of a town street with a standing woman, a seated man, a dog, old buildings and ships in a harbor at left.

A Woman Standing by a Seated Man

Engraving of a receding colonnade with Corinthian columns, vaulted ceiling, a nude statue in a niche, and small walking figur

Plate from "Scenographiae..."

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1560

Engraved perspective of a hall with a receding barrel vault, niche statues, and grotesque-decorated ceiling in fine line.

Perspective view of the interior of a hall, with cross-vault decorated with grotesques, plate 18 from "Scenographiae…

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1601

Engraving of a classical arched portal framing a courtyard view with columns, a distant façade, and an ornate scrolled border

Plate from "Varie Architecture"

Johannes van Doetecum I, ca. 1560

Engraving of a Holy Family scene under a tree, with a kneeling saint, a child, and a burning town in the distance.

The Betrothal of Saint Catherine

Etching of a riverside landscape with ruined arched walls, a tall tower, small figures, moored boats, and trees under clouds.

Riverscape with Ruins of a Castle, from "Landscapes and Ruins"

Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1615

Etching of a ruined round temple with columns beside trees, a path with two figures, and a calm river under clouds.

The Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from "Landscapes and Ruins"

Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1615

Etching of a castle with two round towers beside a moat, a drawbridge, a sailing boat, and a large tree at right.

The Castle

Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1616

Engraving of an old man blessing a kneeling youth as a winged angel stands beside them, with a donkey and dog in a wooded lan

Tobias Blessed by Blind Tobit

Jan van de Velde II, 1620-41

Etching of two dogs fighting on open ground, with another dog behind them and a cloudy sky above.

Fighting Dogs, plate 9 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde, 1657

Etching of two recumbent goats on a grassy slope beside a wooden cart and fence under a cloudy sky.

Recumbent Goats, plate 10 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Etching of a horned cow walking forward in the foreground, with two cattle and a bare tree in the background.

Three Cows, plate 5 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Etching of a horned bull standing in shallow water, with cattle grazing on a grassy plain in the background.

Bull Standing in Water, plate 6 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Etching of a large horse grazing in a pasture, with a foal and sheep behind it and a farmstead on the horizon.

Grazing Horse, plate 7 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Etching of a grazing cow in a pasture with distant cattle, hills, trees and a cloudy sky.

Grazing Calf, plate 8 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde, 1658

Etching of a herdsman playing a horn beside a bull on a rope, with a pastoral landscape behind them.

Young Herdsman with a Bull, plate 1 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde, 1659

Etching of a recumbent cow in a grassy field with grazing cows, trees and clouds in the background.

Recumbent Cow, plate 2 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde, 1657

Etching of a standing bull with a resting cow and grazing cattle in a flat meadow with distant trees.

Standing Bull, plate 3 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Two Cows and a Sheep, plate 4 from "Different Animals"

Adriaen van de Velde

Etching of a man with a fish tub by a wooden sluice, a seated woman, and boats with fishermen on a pond.

Von Weihern und Fischteichen, figure 65 from "Glück und Unglück Spiegel"

Balthasar Schwan, 1652

Engraving of a seated nobleman watching caged songbirds as an old bird seller reaches toward cages, with German and Latin ver

Von allerhandt Freudenvöglen, figure 66 from "Glück und Unglück Spiegel"

Balthasar Schwan, 1652

Engraving of a long-haired woman with a broom on a stone block under a crescent moon, with thorny trees and German and Latin

Von sorglichkeit ansächtung, schwere und mühsamkeit der Tugent, so vornemlich in der Demut betehet, figure 12 from "G…

Balthasar Schwan, 1652

Etching of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a cow, and two figures, one gesturing with a staff, beneath clouds.

Mercury Turning Battus to Stone

Herman van Swanevelt

Etching of a man in a hat holding a horse by the bridle, with a mounted rider, a dog, and a cloudy landscape behind.

Man Holding a Horse by the Bridle, from "The Horses"