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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,103 works

Engraving of two laughing satyrs pinning a drawing to a tree, a globe beneath one, with a bearded man and woman watching.

Two satyrs, traditionally known as the 'Mockers,' laughing and using their limbs to pin a drawing to a tree trunk, at…

Claude Mellan, ca. 1636-45

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long hair and a lace collar, with a French verse inscription below.

Portrait of Jean Loret

Robert Nanteuil, 17th century

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a draped cloak, set within an octagonal frame.

Portrait of Nicolas Chrystin

Jean Morin, 17th century

Engraved title page of a Chinese children's games collection, showing a smiling man holding a cloth inscribed with the title

Title page: a smiling man holds a corner of a cloth tied to a fig tree and points with a stick to the cloth's inscrip…

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1759

Vertical engraved ornament print with a chinoiserie pagoda, rococo scrollwork, seated figures, birds, and swans within a rule

Kiosk Chinois, from Premier cayer de panneaux, frises et sujets arabesques

François Marie Isidore Queverdo, 1788

Engraving of Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, in a plumed helmet holding a spear, with a lion and horsemen in the background.

Zenobia, from Pierre Le Moyne's "La Gallerie des femmes fortes"

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1647

Engraving of a veiled woman gesturing with her fingers beside a toad on books, in a room with leaded windows.

Dialectic: a young woman standing in a decorated interior and touching her right index finger to her left middle fing…

Gilles Rousselet, 1633-35

Engraving of a woman in a feathered hat holding a caduceus and fan in a draped interior, with French verse below.

Rhetoric: a young woman standing in a decorated interior with a caduceus in her right hand and a closed fan in her le…

Gilles Rousselet, 1633-35

Etching of a young woman drawing water from a well with carved reliefs, surrounded by trees and a ruined building.

Plate 7: The Well: a young woman in center, seen from behind, drawing water from a well that is decorated with relief…

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

Etching of a man with a staff standing on rubble before ruined arches and an arcade, with figures below and trees at right.

Plate 8: The Triumphal Arch: a man standing atop an architectural fragment in center with two men below, seen from be…

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

Etching of a woman on a staircase giving alms to a beggar beside a domed rotunda and ruined arched walls.

Plate 5: The Ancient Temple: a woman descending a staircase at left and giving alms to a beggar, a rotunda at right,…

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

Etching of two men by an ancient relief-carved sarcophagus, with a pyramid and cypress trees behind and a sleeping man at rig

Plate 6: The Sarcophagus: two men conversing to left, another man seated and sleeping to right, an ancient sarcophagu…

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

Etching of classical ruins with columns and a carved mask, figures on a staircase, and milestones in the foreground.

Plate 4: remains of a classical monument to right surmounted by a mask and tablet, a figure sitting on the porch, fou…

Hubert Robert, 1763

Sepia etching of a classical female bust on a pedestal among trees, with a fallen amphora in the foreground.

Plate 2: The Bust: a bust of a female wearing a diadem at top left, two amphoras at bottom left, surrounded by trees…

Hubert Robert, 1764

Etching of a pulley post with a hanging lantern and ladder, two figures talking on the right, arched ruins behind.

Plate 9: The Pulley: a man and a woman conversing to right, a lantern hung on a post to left, from "Les soirées de Rome"

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

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

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark coat and white ruff collar, with inscriptions below.

Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert

Nicolas Visscher I, 17th century

Etched portrait of a man with curled hair, lace collar and cloak, with the name Justus Sustermans inscribed below.

Justus Sustermans, from "The Iconography"

Anthony van Dyck, 17th 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

Engraved architectural plate of paneled doors with a cartouche titled Portes des Appartemens de Triannon and a scale bar.

Doors of the Trianon Apartments, plate III from "Portes a Placard et Lambris"

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

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 architectural prints of the Chateau d'Anet courtyard interior and a frontal view of its gateway with arches and pila

Interior View of the Court Yard and Frontal View of the Defense Mechanism at Chateau d'Anet, from "Les plus excellent…

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 a man at an open window with a sword, a figure sprawled on the floor beside a curtained bed, and a town view outsi

Illustration for "Philosophie de la nature"

François Denis Née, 1776

Hand-colored 1881 fashion print of two women on a mountain path, one in a crimson gown, one in a plaid hunting costume.

A Lady in a Hunting Costume with a Lady in Walking Costume on a Mountain Path from La Mode Illustrée

Adèle-Anaïs Toudouze, 1881

Hand-colored 1881 fashion plate of two women in ruffled bustle gowns in a decorative interior with a palm and flowers.

Toilettes de Mme. L. Massieu, from La Mode Illustrée

Adèle-Anaïs Toudouze, 1881

Etching of two women in 1870s dresses among spring trees, one reaching toward budding branches.

Spring (Le Printemps)

Edmond Hédouin, 1873-74

Hand-colored fashion plate of two women in orange and green gowns with a girl reading in a lavender dress, 1869.

No. 51, from "La Mode Illustrée"

Adèle-Anaïs Toudouze, 1869