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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,168 works

Etching of three men beside a horse, with a bird perched on a raised bare branch in a sketchy landscape.

Three Men standing beside a Horse, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Etching of a young shepherdess beside an ox, with a monkey and an old man, a bird on a bare tree at left.

Young Shepherdess and old man with a Monkey, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Oval engraved portrait of a young man with curly hair, embroidered doublet and sword hilt, with a verse below.

Charles of Gonzague and of Cleves, Duke of Nevers and of Retellois, Governor of Champagne and Brie at age eighteen

Thomas de Leu, 16th-17th century

Etching of a ruined classical arch with two standing figures on rocks, crumbling ruins and trees on the right, and small figu

Le Pan de Muraille

Henri Mauperché, 17th century

Engraving of a veiled, robed woman beside a plinth holding a palm branch, with a harp resting against the base.

Robed woman standing next to a plinth, her right hand bears a palm branch, a harp rests against the plinth

Claude Mellan, ca. 1620-88

Engraved half-length portrait of Michaelis de Marolles in a dark cloak and white collar, with Latin text below.

Michaelis de Marolles

Robert Nanteuil, 1657

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearl necklace, inside an inscribed frame, dated 1653.

Portrait of Louise Marie, Queen of Poland and Sweden

Robert Nanteuil, 1653

Etching of figures performing an ancient sacrifice at a draped altar beneath trees, with a smoking offering and pouring jug.

Ancient Sacrifice

Philippe Louis Parizeau, 18th century

Engraving of a peacock carrying a cherub, framed by grapevines, a wine barrel, and two perched peacocks, with a Latin motto a

Epithalamium

Bernard Picart, 1726

Physionotrace

Engraving of a seated woman in period dress holding a closed fan, with a drawn curtain and a tree and clouds behind her.

A seated woman holding a closed fan before a drawn curtain, a tree and sky beyond

Henri Simon Thomassin, ca. 1710-41

Etched print of a standing officer in a long coat and tricorn hat with a sword, trees behind him.

Man in officer's dress, with sword hanging at left hip, shown in frontal view with his head turned toward the left, t…

Louis Desplaces, ca. 1700-39

Etching of a man in a tricorn hat holding a vine-wrapped staff, with trees and a cottage in the landscape behind him.

Man in tricorn hat and overcoat, shown in frontal view and holding a staff with a winding vine, landscape with trees…

Louis Desplaces, ca. 1710-39

Engraved print of a woman in pilgrim costume with a walking stick and shell-decorated cape, with a sailboat in the distance.

Actress Charlotte Desmares playing the role of a pilgrim, shown from behind with her head turned toward the right, sh…

Louis Desplaces, ca. 1710-39

Etching of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat leaning on a wooden box, with straps hanging from it.

Seated man with box in his lap, he rests his right elbow on a taller box

Edmé Jeaurat, ca. 1715-38

Engraved portrait of a seated man with curly hair, holding a pen, wearing a Legion of Honour medal, dated 1814.

Portrait of J. Louis David

Eugène Bourgeois, 1814

Daumier lithograph of a seated woman and a man on a sofa as an older man peers through the doorway, with papers on the floor.

May I come in my dear, or are you still collaborating with Monsieur?, plate 29 from "The Bluestockings"

Honoré Daumier, May 30, 1844

Two heads of women

Pierre Parrocel

Pencil sketch of a man in a large turban with a sharply drawn face, inside a double brown ink border.

Head, from the Kinnaird Sketchbook

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Lithograph of two figures in classical robes, one reclining and one gesturing dramatically, with printed caption beneath.

Oui c'est Agamemnon c'est ton Roi qui t'éveille!... (Iphigénie), plate 13 from "Physionomies tragico-classiques"

Honoré Daumier, April 27, 1841

Lithograph of a top-hatted man propped up by a ragged figure while another man lies slumped on a cobbled street.

Ne laissez donc pas vôtre ami dans cet état-là!..., plate 4 from "Vulgarités"

Honoré Daumier, June 1, 1841

Lithograph of three men in top hats in conversation, one holding a hat, with French caption below.

A New Hat, plate 45 from "The Best Days in Life"

Honoré Daumier, March 6, 1845

Daumier lithograph of a stout man in a cap smoking on a cobbled street beside a theatre, with French caption below.

The Hired Clapper, plate 19 from "Artists and Bonvivants of Paris"

Honoré Daumier, February 13, 1842

Lithograph of a dog groomer kneeling on a street trimming a dog while an elderly woman watches with clasped hands.

Le Tondeur de chiens, plate 21 from "Bohémiens de Paris"

Honoré Daumier, February 15, 1842

Lithograph of three men in top hats, one leaning in to whisper to a stout man with a cane, over newspaper text.

Un Candidat, plate 48 from "Caricaturana"

Honoré Daumier, May 18, 1837

Head of a Woman

Dr. Paul Gachet, ca. 1859-89

Circular woodcut of Judith holding a severed head before a tent, with a battle and walled city in the background.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Israhel van Meckenem

Engraving of unicorns drawing a carriage with a seated woman and sphinx, followed by robed women near a round temple.

Triumph of Chastity: unicorns draw a carriage bearing a female figure seated next to a sphinx and holding a standard,…

Georg Pencz, ca. 1539

Engraving of Cupid on a chariot drawn by four horses, with figures on foot, a temple and a hilltop town behind.

Triumph of Love: four horses draw a carriage with Cupid standing upon a smoking platform, preceded by gods and goddes…

Georg Pencz, ca. 1539

Engraving by Christoph Murer, 1596: a poor man and a seated rich man contrasted under a winged figure holding banners.

An Allegory of a Rich Man and a Poor Man (Der Lustige Arme und der Traurige Reiche)

Christoph Murer, 1596