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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,102 works

Engraving of a seated woman in a cap sewing beside a window, with a basket of cloth on the floor.

Sewing Apprentice

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

Engraving of a young lantern seller in a tricorn hat carrying tin lanterns on a pole and a sack over his shoulder.

Lantern Seller

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1737

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

Fashion plate of a woman in a dotted crinoline gown with blue hem, holding a parasol and flowers in a park.

Robe Trianon, Dollfus Mieg & Cie

Lemercier & Cie., 1865

Hand-colored fashion plate of two women in bustle dresses and a girl with a doll beside a draped sofa and curtain.

The Latest Fashions Expressly Designed and Prepared for the Milliner, Dressmaker and Draper and Illustrated Household…

Jules David, 1880-82

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

Watercolor fashion drawing of two women in 1880s dresses and feathered hats on a city street beside a jewelry shop window.

Two Women in Day Dresses: Preparatory drawing for a fashion plate from Le Moniteur de la Mode

Jules David, October 19, 1886

Hand-colored 1887 fashion plate of two women in bustled dresses and feathered hats on a city street, one at a shop window.

The Latest Fashions, Expressly Designed and Prepared for Le Moniteur de la Mode

Jules David, March 1, 1887

Watercolor of two women in 1875 day dresses, one in a striped gold coat and red skirt, one in blue plaid with a train, in an

Two Women in Day Dresses

Jules David, 1875

Portrait of Johann Gottlieb Samuel Rösel

Ludwig Emil Grimm

Etching of an elderly man in a fur hat and fur collar, looking downward, with fine hatched shading.

Portrait of a Man, after Rembrandt

Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1633

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 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

Engraving of a bearded halberdier in armor carrying a halberd over his shoulder, walking past two tents.

Halberdier walking left and carrying a halberd over his left shoulder, two tents beyond, from "Twelve soldiers of dif…

Virgilius Solis, ca. 1530-62

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"

Etching of a woodland with large trees, a hunter and dog, a marsh with herons, and a distant tower under clouds.

Woodland scene with marshy banks, from "Six Landscapes in Tyrol"

Roelant Savery, ca. 1600

Etching of a ruined aqueduct with a waterfall, gnarled trees, a reclining man and goats, and ships at sea.

Ruined aqueduct with water spilling from it to a stream below, ships at sea beyond, a man reclining on the ground wit…

Roelant Savery, ca. 1600

Engraving of a forest with a seated man holding a staff, two goats, fallen trees and a stream.

A man holding a staff and seated on a tree trunk; with two goats to either side; surrounded by downed trees, foliage,…

Roelant Savery, ca. 1600

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and ruff, flanked by two allegorical female figures.

Maerten de Vos

Aegidius Sadeler

Engraving of Atalanta running while Hippomenes passes golden apples, with Cupid on his back and a Latin inscription below.

Atalanta and Hippomemes, from "Four Mythological Scenes"

Virgilius Solis, ca. 1535-62

Engraving of a nude woman embracing a bearded man holding a sword, with a monogram in the upper left corner.

Judith walking to the left with the head of Holofernes in her right hand and a sword in her left hand, her servant st…

Sebald Beham, ca. 1530-50

Engraving of a chained bearded man nursing at a woman's breast beside a column, under an arched niche, dated 1544.

Cimon seated against a column at right, suckling from Pero who is kneeling next to him

Sebald Beham, 1544

Engraving of Judith holding a sword and a severed head, standing on a grassy mound in ornate period dress.

Judith, from "Celebrated Women of the Old Testament"

Jost Amman, 1568-96

Engraved ornamental design with a central grotesque mask, two fauns, an eagle, urns and drapery, dated 1549.

Ornamental Design with a Mask and an Eagle between Two Fauns below

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1549

Engraved vertical ornament with two pairs of satyrs flanking a central horned mask and an urn of foliage.

Ornament with Two Couples of Satyrs

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1549

Engraving of an elderly man in bed grasping a younger man's throat as a third figure reaches in from the right, 1553.

Judge Herkinbald Cutting the Throat of his Nephew

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1553

Woodcut of a bearded man in a robe touching the hand of a kneeling woman beside a tree, with a crowd and draped canopy at lef

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513