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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Hand-colored print of a woman in a striped yellow dress, flowered hat, lace veil and purple shawl before trees and a dome.

Le Guide de L'Étranger

Hand-colored fashion plate of two women: one in a black ruffled gown, one in a blue and white striped dress, beside trees.

Modes de Mme. Antonie Lalanne, No. 791, from Le Moniteur de la Mode

Jules David, 1848

Watercolor of two women in 1860s dresses holding hands in a gallery with framed landscape paintings behind them.

Two Women in an Art Gallery

Jules David, 1868

Hand-colored 1869 fashion plate showing five women and a child in bustled dresses in a garden with parasols.

Le Coquet, No. 22, from "Journal des Modes Spécial pour Couturières"

Laure Noël, July 1, 1869

Engraved fashion plate of six women in full-skirted 1860s dresses and bonnets, standing outdoors near trees and a railing.

Six Women Outdoors, No. 676, from "La Elegancia"

Hélöise Leloir, 1865-66

Pen and brown ink drawing of a biblical scene with a bearded prophet raising his arm while Pharaoh's soldiers are overwhelmed

The Destruction of the Pharaoh’s Army

Hendrick de Clerck, late 16th-early 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of figures preparing and drying fish at a camp with tents, racks, and a smoky fire.

Itelmen Preparing Fish to be Dried

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1769

Two etched friezes showing groups of playing putti wrestling and tumbling across horizontal panels.

Two Friezes with Playing Putti, Premier Livre, Sixieme Cahier, plate 34 from "L'Oeuvre de J. B. Huet"

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1780 or after

Engraved frieze of armor, weapons, banners and trumpets with a helmeted female warrior at center and reclining figures.

Combats et Triomphes

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraved battle frieze of armored horsemen and foot soldiers fighting, with fallen men and horses in the foreground.

Plate from "Combats et Triomphes"

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving of Judith raising a sword and holding Holofernes' severed head by the hair, with bed curtains behind her.

Judith and Holofernes

Abraham Bosse, 1645

Etched view of a domed palace with wings and corner pavilions, two horsemen in a field, and a pyramid at right.

View of a Town, plate X from "Livre de paysages dédié à Monsieur de Beringhen"

Sébastien Leclerc I, 1693

Etching of a town of stone houses beside a path, with a windblown tree on the left and a mountain behind.

View of a City, plate XI from "Livre de paysages dédié à Monsieur de Beringhen"

Sébastien Leclerc I, 1693

Etching of a man reaching toward a fallen column beside a seated man, with ruined arches and a bare tree behind.

A man reaches toward a fallen column, a seated man beside him, trees and ruins beyond, frontispiece from "Views of It…

Israël Silvestre, 1645

Etching of a Paris street with a Gothic church, tower, and arcaded building beside small figures.

View of the Fountain of the Innocents, Paris, with the Church of the Holy Innocents beyond

Israël Silvestre, ca. 1636-91

Engraved frieze of centaurs and armored warriors battling with bows, spears and shields among nude figures.

Plate VIII from "Battles and Victories" (Combats et Triomphes)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraved frieze of a winged woman seated among armor, shields, trumpets, banners and cannons, with reclining figures at the s

Plate from "Battles and Victories" (Combats et Triomphes)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Medal commemorating the Capture of Valencia in Italy (La Prise de Valence en Italie)

Louis Simonneau, ca. 1690-1710

Etching of a wooded clearing with a unicorn and two lions facing kneeling figures by a fountain, watched by a crowd on the hi

The Enchanted Fountain of Love's Truth (La Fontaine Enchantée de la Verité d'Amour)

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, ca. 1783

Engraving of Delilah raising her hand to cut the hair of the sleeping Samson, whose head fills the lower foreground.

Delilah preparing to cut Samson's hair with scissors in her right hand, below her chest are the head and shoulders of…

Claude Mellan, ca. 1629

Delilah preparing to cut Samson's hair with scissors in her right hand, below her chest are the head and shoulders of…

Nicolas Viennot, ca. 1630

Etching of a wooded river landscape with an angel and a companion beside tall classical columns on the right.

The Angel Advises Tobie (L'Ange conseillant Tobie)

Henri Mauperché, ca. 1630-80

Engraving of a nude man lying on rocks beneath a storm cloud, with a winged rider on an eagle above and a landscape with brid

Locrian Ajax (Ajax Locrien), from "Les Images ou Tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates Sophistes grecs..."

Thomas de Leu, 1614-15

Engraving of a formal French garden with a central fountain, scrolled parterres, strolling figures, pavilions, and forest bey

Veüe du Grand Parterre et de la Demie Lune de Richelieu

Adam Pérelle, 17th century

Engraving of the garden facade of the Château de Richelieu with a formal parterre, fountain and strolling figures.

Face du grand corps de Logis du Château de Richelieu du côté du Parterre

Adam Pérelle, 17th century

Etching of two travelers passing classical ruins and columns overgrown with trees, with hills and clouds in the distance.

Travelers Visiting Ruins

Gabriel Perrelle, mid-17th century

Engraved design of a term pedestal topped by two intertwined bearded bacchic figures wearing ivy wreaths, with a tassel below

Design for a Term with Two Bacchic Figures, from: Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antique…

Jean Le Pautre, 1645

Etching of a satyr seen from behind with a floral wreath, resting on an ornamental term with garlands and scrollwork.

Design for a Term with Two Embracing Satyrs, from: Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiqu…

Jean Le Pautre, 1645

Engraving of a woman in a long gown holding an open alphabet book in an elegant interior with a balustrade.

Grammar: a young woman standing in a decorated interior holding an open book in her left hand and pointing to the alp…

Gilles Rousselet, 1633-35

Engraved ornament panel with a hippocamp holding a trident on the left and a griffin with a cherub on the right.

Design for a Panel with Two Variants containing a Hippocamp and a Griffin, from "Ornements de panneaux à la romaine"

Jean Le Pautre, 1651

Engraved ornament panel with a satyr, a sphinx, scrolling foliage, a shell motif and a cornucopia within a decorative frame.

Design for a Panel with Two Variants containing a Satyr and a Sphynx, from "Panneaux d'ornement"

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Engraved architectural design for a tabernacle with a central arched niche, winged figures, garlands, and relief medallions.

Design for a Tabernacle with Two Variants, from "Tabernacles à l'italienne"

Jean Le Pautre, ca. 1644-66

Engraved design for a decorative choir screen with carved panels, scrollwork, garlands, and figures, from Jean Le Pautre.

Design for a Choir Screen with Two Variants, from "Clôtures de chapelles"

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Engraving of a young woman in a lace collar holding a numbered sheet beside a table with books and an inkwell.

Arithmetic: a young woman standing at a table, holding a sheet with inscribed numbers in her right hand, in a decorat…

Gilles Rousselet, 1633-35

Etching of a seated satyr holding a child beside amphorae, with a tree and distant landscape at dusk.

Evening: a seated satyr clasps his child, a figure hangs a garland on a pier beyond, from "Hours of the Day"

Charles Le Brun, ca. 1640

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long wavy hair and white collar, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Portrait of the Marquis du Mesnilgarnier

Pierre Lombart, 17th century

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

Hand-colored engraving of a woman in red fur-trimmed robe and green skirt holding a sword and white lily, with a garden balus

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

Abraham Bosse, 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 an imaginary monument with a pyramid, spiral columns topped with statues, and a camel with figures in the foregrou

Imaginary Architecture with Camel and Figures, after Della Bella

Pierre Moreau, 18th century

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 Ionic ruins with a statue, seated figures and a figure in a stone archway at right.

Plate 3: The Statue Before the Ruins: a statue to left next to three figures on a pedestal, a beggar standing in an a…

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 title page: an inscribed pedestal draped in ivy, topped by a satyr-head vase, flanked by trees and ruins.

Title page: a wall in center surrounded by ruins and poplar trees, surmounted by a vase decorated with the head of a…

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763-64

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

Etching of a large vaulted ancient gallery with timber roof beams, light at the far end, and figures on rubble in the foregro

Plate 10: The Ancient Gallery: a large covered gallery, light entering from the background, six figures standing atop…

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

Etching of a standing lion beside a tree, with a bird flying overhead and a distant landscape with ruins.

Plate 4 from "The Lions"

Marcus de Bye, ca. 1664

Etching of two cows resting in a pastoral landscape with farm buildings, trees, and a smoking chimney under a cloudy sky.

The Cow and the Calf

Karel Dujardin, 17th century

Etching of a standing horse grazing beside a reclining horse, with trees and a distant farmhouse in the background.

The Two Horses

Karel Dujardin, 17th century