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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,442 works

Etching of a bacchanalian procession with a wine vat cart, putti, grape baskets, and revelers blowing horns.

The Arrival of the Wine Vat

Joseph-Marie Vien, ca.1755

Engraving of muscular smiths hammering at an anvil beside a flaming furnace, framed by an ornate decorative border.

Vulcan's Forge

Master IQV, ca. 1542

Etching of Jupiter on a cloud with Juno, a white cow at left, and putti holding an eagle at lower right.

Io at the left as a cow, Jupiter on a cloud in the centre and Juno at the right with putti holding an eagle captive i…

Pietro Sante Bartoli, 1650-90

Four grey ink-and-wash studies of a nude woman in varied poses, one arm raised, a cloth draped over one leg.

Four Studies after Giambologna's "Venus Leaving the Bath"

Hans Bock the Younger, ca. 1590

Engraved allegory of seated women and a bearded philosopher on a terrace, with medallion portraits of ancient thinkers in the

Allegorical composition celebrating the Humanities

Nicolas Dorigny, 1695

Print of Venus reclining on rocks while armored Mars embraces a winged Cupid, with a grotesque-faced shield in front.

Venus, Mars, and Cupid

Francesco Lamarra, 1725-80

Engraving of Pan reaching toward flying Diana with a crescent moon, beside a goat, altar and tree with arrows.

Pan foiled by Diana

Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, 1675-1741

Engraving of Venus reclining nude beside a sleeping Cupid, with a flying cherub holding a dove, in a garden setting.

Venus and Cupid

Jean-Baptiste Michel, May 1, 1779

Engraving of Mercury handing infant Bacchus to nymphs by a stream, with a satyr, grapevines and swans in a landscape.

Bacchus as a child given by Mercury to the care of the Nymphs

Andrea Procaccini

Sepia print of nude Diana reclining in a forest clearing beside a bow, with nymphs and an altar fire in the background.

Diana and her Nymphs

John Kirby Baldrey, January 1, 1783

Engraving of Galatea in a shell chariot pulled by dolphins, with nymphs, a cupid, a triton and waves.

The Triumph of Galatea

Philippe Trière

Engraving of the goddess Diana seated by a stream among trees, with a classical temple and waterfall behind her.

Diana at the Bath

Louis Desplaces

Chromolithograph card of yellow daffodils and a red flower with green stems, captioned Daffodils, from an 1890 cigarette seri

Daffodils (Narcissis Pseudo-Narcissus), from the Flowers series for Old Judge Cigarettes

Goodwin & Company, 1890

Print of mythological figures in a landscape, including a spear-bearing armored figure, a seated woman, and embracing figures

Gods and Goddesses in a Landscape

Giuseppe Canale, 1740-1802

Engraving of Theseus with sword and shield fighting the Minotaur in an arena, numbered plate 74 with Latin caption.

Theseus and the Minotaur (Minotaurum Theseus vincit), plate 74 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" (Metamorphosean Sive…

Antonio Tempesta, Published after 1606

Engraving of a nude satyr carrying the child Bacchus on his shoulders in an arched niche with grapes and a goat.

Bacchus on the Shoulders of a Satyr, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Cornelis Cort, 16th century

Engraving of the nude, muscular Farnese Hercules standing in a niche beside a club draped with a lion skin.

The Farnese Hercules, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giorgio Ghisi, 16th century

Engraving of a muscular nude statue of Hercules holding a club, standing on a garlanded pedestal within an architectural nich

Hercules with the apples of the Hesperides, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Diana Scultori, 1581

Engraving of the classical Apollo Belvedere statue, a nude youth with a draped cloak and quiver, beside a serpent-wrapped tre

Apollo Belvedere, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1552

Engraving of a Corinthian capital with winged horses and a seated winged figure, above an ornate decorated base.

Pegasus capital from the Temple of Mars Ultor and decorated base, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop, ca. 1537

Engraving of Bacchus reclining with putti, a nude Priapus drawing back a curtain, and a basin and ewer in the foreground.

Bacchus Surrounded by Putti with Priapus holding back the curtain, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Master of the Die, 16th century

Engraving of a nude male statue of Perseus standing in an arched niche, holding a sword and a severed head.

Perseus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giacomo Lauri, late 16th century

Engraving of satyrs and maenads dancing around a central herm with garlands, a goat, and fruit baskets, with verse below.

Sacrifice to Priapus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Master of the Die, 16th century

Engraving of a muscular bearded man as Hercules in a niche, with lion skin, club, and a small infant beside him.

Emperor Commodus as Hercules, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Jacob Bos, 1550

Engraving of a muscular bearded figure as Hercules in a lion skin, holding an infant, standing in an arched niche.

Emperor Commodus as Hercules

Jacob Bos, 1582

Engraving of three seated women reading books beneath a flying winged putto in an arched frame.

Three Muses and a Gesturing Putto

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of nude Hercules with bow beside kneeling centaur Nessus and nude Deianira, with a city in the distance.

Hercules Killing Nessus, from The Labors of Hercules

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of a nude hero struggling with centaurs beside a table and drapery, with a Latin inscription below.

Hercules Preventing the Centaurs from the Rape of Hippodameia, from The Labors of Hercules

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraving of three draped women reading a book beneath a winged putto playing a lyre in an arched niche.

Three Muses and a Putto with a Lyre

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of three seated muses playing instruments while a winged putto clashes cymbals above them.

Three Muses and a Putto with Cymbals, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for t…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s