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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,023 works

Etching of a Paris street with a Gothic church, tower, and arcaded building beside small figures.

View of the Fountain of the Innocents, Paris, with the Church of the Holy Innocents beyond

Israël Silvestre, ca. 1636-91

Engraved frieze of centaurs and armored warriors battling with bows, spears and shields among nude figures.

Plate VIII from "Battles and Victories" (Combats et Triomphes)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraved frieze of a winged woman seated among armor, shields, trumpets, banners and cannons, with reclining figures at the s

Plate from "Battles and Victories" (Combats et Triomphes)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Etching of a wooded clearing with a unicorn and two lions facing kneeling figures by a fountain, watched by a crowd on the hi

The Enchanted Fountain of Love's Truth (La Fontaine Enchantée de la Verité d'Amour)

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, ca. 1783

Etching of a wooded river landscape with an angel and a companion beside tall classical columns on the right.

The Angel Advises Tobie (L'Ange conseillant Tobie)

Henri Mauperché, ca. 1630-80

Engraving of a formal French garden with a central fountain, scrolled parterres, strolling figures, pavilions, and forest bey

Veüe du Grand Parterre et de la Demie Lune de Richelieu

Adam Pérelle, 17th century

Engraving of the garden facade of the Château de Richelieu with a formal parterre, fountain and strolling figures.

Face du grand corps de Logis du Château de Richelieu du côté du Parterre

Adam Pérelle, 17th century

Etching of two travelers passing classical ruins and columns overgrown with trees, with hills and clouds in the distance.

Travelers Visiting Ruins

Gabriel Perrelle, mid-17th century

Engraved ornament panel with a hippocamp holding a trident on the left and a griffin with a cherub on the right.

Design for a Panel with Two Variants containing a Hippocamp and a Griffin, from "Ornements de panneaux à la romaine"

Jean Le Pautre, 1651

Engraved ornament panel with a satyr, a sphinx, scrolling foliage, a shell motif and a cornucopia within a decorative frame.

Design for a Panel with Two Variants containing a Satyr and a Sphynx, from "Panneaux d'ornement"

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Engraved architectural design for a tabernacle with a central arched niche, winged figures, garlands, and relief medallions.

Design for a Tabernacle with Two Variants, from "Tabernacles à l'italienne"

Jean Le Pautre, ca. 1644-66

Engraved design for a decorative choir screen with carved panels, scrollwork, garlands, and figures, from Jean Le Pautre.

Design for a Choir Screen with Two Variants, from "Clôtures de chapelles"

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Etching of a seated satyr holding a child beside amphorae, with a tree and distant landscape at dusk.

Evening: a seated satyr clasps his child, a figure hangs a garland on a pier beyond, from "Hours of the Day"

Charles Le Brun, ca. 1640

Etching of an imaginary monument with a pyramid, spiral columns topped with statues, and a camel with figures in the foregrou

Imaginary Architecture with Camel and Figures, after Della Bella

Pierre Moreau, 18th century

Engraving of Christ seated in a room gesturing to a seated woman, with attendants and a kitchen scene at left.

Christ in the House of Mary

Gerard de Jode, 16th century

Engraving of the Raising of Lazarus, with figures gathered around a tomb and a classical town in the distance.

Raising of Lazurus

Lambert Suavius, 1544

Lithograph of a stormy Glenfinlas valley with mountains, rocks, and horsemen with dogs in the foreground.

Vallée de Glenfinlas (Glenfinlas Valley), from "Vues Pittoresques de l'Écosse"

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1826

Etching of a standing lion beside a tree, with a bird flying overhead and a distant landscape with ruins.

Plate 4 from "The Lions"

Marcus de Bye, ca. 1664

Etching of two horses in a field beside a plough and cart, one grazing, with a rocky hill in the distance.

Les deux chevaux près de la charrue

Karel Dujardin, 1657

Etching of a standing goat beside resting sheep and a goat in an open pastoral landscape with a distant herd.

Two Goats and Three Sheep

Karel Dujardin, 1655

Three engraved architectural drawings of a chapel: a floor plan, a front façade, and an interior cross section.

Floorplan, Façade and Cross Section of one of the Chapels at Château d'Anet, from "Les plus excellents bastiments de…

Jacques Androuet, 1607

Engraved bird's eye view of the Anet château, showing its formal gardens, courtyards, gatehouse and walls.

Birds Eye View of the Chateau and Grounds of Anet, from "Les plus excellents bastiments de France"

Jacques Androuet, 1607

Engraved plan and cross-section of a domed chapel with coffered dome, columns and lantern, attributed to Du Cerceau.

Cross sections of the Chapel at Chateau d'Anet

Jacques Androuet, 1607

Engraved floorplan of the Chateau d'Anet showing a gridded courtyard, surrounding wings, moat, and a chapel.

Floorplan of Chateau d'Anet, from "Les plus excellents bastiments de France"

Jacques Androuet, 1607

Etching of Saint John preaching to a crowd among rocks and trees, with his arm raised, by Jacques Callot.

Saint John Preaching in the Desert (Saint Jean Préchant dans le Désert), with arm upraised, surrounded by male and fe…

Jacques Callot, 1634-35

Etching of Lazarus rising from a stone slab in a cave while robed onlookers gather around him.

The Resurrection of Lazarus (La Resurrection de Lazare), set in a cave, from "The New Testament" (Le Nouveau Testament)

Jacques Callot, 1635

Etched title plate with scrolled ornament, drapery swags, and italic inscription reading Diverse Figures, on a cream sheet.

Title Plate

François Chauveau, 17th century

Engraving in an oval frame showing a hero fighting a man on the ground, with two horses and a stable behind, plus Latin borde

Hercules Killing Diomedes

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving of a hero leading a white horse from a stable while a man lies sprawled in the foreground, with a Latin inscription

Hercules Stealing the Horses of Diomedes

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving of armored warriors seizing figures from a rowing boat on a rocky shore, with ships and a classical temple behind.

Tha Abduction of Helen (L'Enlèvement d'Hélène)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83