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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,010 works

Engraving of a court scene with a judge, a kneeling man in chains, armed guards and columns in a stone hall.

Allegory of Justice (Sanctity of the Law) with a court scene depicting a man being pardoned by a judge, plate XII fro…

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1605

Engraving of a judge weeping in a columned courtroom while guards and onlookers stand around a kneeling figure.

The Judge Bias Shedding Tears, plate IX from "Thronus Justitiæ"

Joachim Wtewael, 1605

Engraved landscape of a seated woman under trees overlooking a harbor with sailing ships and ruined arches.

Seascape with Bacchus and Ariadne

Claude Lorrain, 1742

Etching of Venus with cupids presenting armor and a shield to a helmeted warrior in a forest landscape.

Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas

Pietro Testa, ca. 1638-40

Engraving of muscular nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a forge, with a winged child and a draped woman at right.

The Forge of Vulcan

Cornelis Bos, 1546

Etching of an allegory of painting: a child draws on a tablet among many figures in a forest, with putti above.

An allegory of painting, who as a child in the centre left draws on a tablet, surrounded by figures, many of whom are…

Pietro Testa, 1637-38

Etching of the dead Christ reclining on a cloth while two grieving winged angels sit beside him at right.

The dead Christ accompanied by angels at right

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 1650-55

Etching of the prodigal son on a couch served wine by attendants, with a monkey on a chain in the lower left.

The prodigal son seated on a couch being served wine, revelers in the background, a monkey wearing a collar and chain…

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a veiled woman seated beside a nude infant holding a staff, with a dragon below and trees behind.

An allegory of the rest on the flight into egypt

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 1650-55

Engraving of Saints Peter and John healing a seated cripple before a crowd in a classical colonnaded interior.

Saint John and Saint Peter Healing the Cripple

Lambert Suavius, 1553

Etching of a young man mounting a horse at stone steps while servants work and elders watch from the left.

The departure of the prodigal son, shown at about to mount his horse, from a series of four prints

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a seated woman holding an infant under trees, surrounded by playful children and putti in a wooded landscape.

The garden of charity, woman representing Charity at right surrounded by children

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Etching of Plato's Symposium: bearded men recline and sit at a banquet table while a nude youth with a wreath enters at left.

Plato's symposium: Socrates and his companions seated around a table discussing ideal love interruputed by Acibiades…

Pietro Testa, 1648

Etching of the Holy Family with angels offering objects beneath a tree, with a kneeling figure and hatched landscape.

The Holy Family attended by Angels

Pietro Testa, ca. 1642-44

Etching of a kneeling young man embraced by an older bearded man, with onlookers, a dog, and classical architecture behind.

The Return of the Prodigal Son, Shown Embracing His Son

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a young man preparing to mount a horse at stone steps while servants and bearded onlookers watch, with a dog in th

The Departure of the Prodigal Son, Shown About to Mount a Horse

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a seated man on a couch served wine in a colonnaded hall, with revelers behind and a chained monkey at lower left.

The Prodigal Son Seated on a Couch Being Served Wine, Revelers in the Background, a Monkey Wearing a Collar and Chain…

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a nude man seated under a tree beside pigs, with a thatched hut and mountains in the distant landscape.

The Prodigal Son Among the Swine

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a crowd carrying a figure down temple steps past rearing horses and a chariot, with classical buildings behind.

Sinorix carried from the temple of Artemis trying to escape the effects of the poisoning

Pietro Testa, ca. 1640

Etching of a bearded centaur playing a lyre beside a young boy under trees, with centaurs and dogs in a wooded landscape.

The Education of Achilles

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 1650-55

Etching of Cato's suicide: a figure lies on a bed while horrified companions gather around him in a draped Roman interior.

The suicide of the philosopher Cato, who lies on his bed pulling out his innards watched by horrified disciples

Pietro Testa, 1648

Etching of Venus and Adonis reclining after the hunt, surrounded by putti, hunting dogs, and a dead boar in the foreground.

Venus and Adonis, surrounded by many putti, reclining after the hunt, with a dead boar in the lower right

Pietro Testa, 1631-37

Watercolor plan of a landscape design with a central university building, botanic garden, fountains, and tree-lined avenues.

Landscape Design for University of Michigan

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Etching of women bathing an infant in a classical interior, with a centaur under a tree at left and attendants in the backgro

The birth and the infancy of Achilles

Pietro Testa, 1648-50

Etching of the Holy Family under a tree, with angels bringing food and a kneeling woman offering a small vessel to the child.

The Holy Family fed by Angels

Pietro Testa, ca. 1642-44

Etching of an allegory with a winged woman holding a trumpet, surrounded by artists sketching and cherubs among palm trees.

An allegory of painting

François Collignon, 17th century

Chiaroscuro woodcut of robed apostles around a central group with kneeling and reacting figures below, grey ink on paper.

The death of Ananias surrounded by Apostles

Ugo da Carpi, 1518

Engraved elevation of St. Peter's facade with a central dome, a left tower, and a papal coat of arms above.

Antonio da Sangallo's project for St. Peters, plan of the façade extended to the left with a tower

Antonio da Labacco, 1540-49

Woodcut landscape with a milkmaid milking a cow at right, a boy with a bucket and goats at left, and a distant castle.

Landscape with a milkmaid at right and a boy at left

Niccolò Boldrini, ca. 1535-40

Engraving of Tiber Island shaped as a ship, with two temples on deck, an obelisk between them, and choppy water below.

View of the Tiber Island represented as a ship, the Temple of Aesculapius at left

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla