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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,170 works

Engraving of soldiers fighting on a ship while nude men climb its side, with a river god reclining at right.

Plate 8: battle between soldiers on a boat and naked men trying to climb in, a river god at right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraving of armored men and robed figures unloading baskets and goods from an ornate boat onto a shore.

Plate 5: figures unloading goods from a boat at the right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraving of muscular men poling ornate decorated boats through choppy water, with mythological figures and masks on the hull

Plate 6: figures in boats decorated with mythological subjects using poles to propel them

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-60

Engraving of a dissection scene in a domed hall, with an observing crowd, skeletons, a dog, and a cauldron of bones.

The Reward of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of a dead woman on a street at night, surrounded by arguing men, a lantern, and a crescent moon above.

Cruelty in Perfection (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of a city street where a boy torments a cat as crowds watch, with dogs, a rooster and a church steeple nearby.

The First Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of a street scene with a whipped horse, a carriage, and a man beating a sheep as a flock watches.

The Second Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of soldiers and sailors feasting at a tavern with a Duke of Cumberland sign, a Frenchman at a window, and marching

The Invasion, Plate 2: England

William Hogarth, March 8, 1756

Engraving of figures in classical dress carrying barrels and baskets in a procession moving right, with trees behind.

Plate 3: various figures transporting materials, walking to the right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraving of horses, mules and oxen carrying barrels and baskets, led by figures walking right through trees.

Plate 4: animals transporting goods being led by figures going to the right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraved procession of classical figures carrying jars, baskets and a trumpet across a wooded background.

Plate 1: A Procession

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraving of nude men tying a sack and loading a horse beside a brick wall and trees.

Plate 2: various figures carrying out tasks that include tying a sack and loading a horse

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Etching of a kneeling bearded figure writing on a tiled floor, with robed onlookers, columns, and a woman before soldiers at

Christ kneels and writes on the pavement at center and a woman taken in adultery by three soldiers at right

Luca Giordano, 1653

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

Etching of ruined Corinthian temple columns above a road with travelers, goats, and a donkey, with a relief arch at right.

View of the so-called Temple of Concord with the Temple of Saturn, on the right the Arch of Septimius Severus

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760-78

Engraving of a plumed man gesturing over Roman antiquities, statues and a distant city, by Francesco Villamena, 1623.

Portrait of Ioannes Altus (Johann Alten), of the Swiss Guard, standing by the Quirinal and pointing out the antiquiti…

Francesco Villamena, 1623

Etching of soldiers hammering nails into a barrel beside horsemen, with a crumbling stone wall at left and a cloudy sky.

The death of Marcus Atilius Regulus, showng being nailed into a tub by the Carthaginians

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1661-62

Etching of a crowd beneath a man bound to a cross on a hillside, with soldiers and mourners and a rocky cliff behind.

The crucifixion of Polycrates the tyrant after his capture by the Persians

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1662

Etching of a grand ceremonial altar topped by a crown, with angel statues, kneeling crowds and a procession on the left.

The altar of the holy sacrament; at left, the sacrament beneath a canopy, carried in procession and followed by the L…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of an ancient Roman aqueduct with arched vaults, water fountains spilling into basins, and figures on a cobbled stree

View of the ancient aquaduct and fountains situated near the Chiavica del Bufalo in Rome, from "Le Antichita di Roma"

Luigi Rossini, 1822

Engraving of a laughing fool in a bell-tipped cap holding a small crowned doll-like figure, with Dutch verse below.

Laughing Fool

Werner van den Valckert, ca. 1612

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester, seated in robes with a chain of office, 1743.

The Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. Benjamin Hoadly, Lord Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of the Most Noble Order of…

Bernard Baron, 1743

Bardolph, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, May 20, 1775

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding coins, titled Shylock, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare.

Shylock, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, March 15, 1776

Duke of York, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, March 15, 1776

Engraving of Florizel and Perdita from The Winter's Tale in a rustic room with flowers, a table, and two seated older men.

Florizel and Perdita in 'The Winter's Tale,' from "The Art Journal," opposite p. 4

Lumb Stocks, January 1867

Engraving of Elizabethan-style figures dining and conversing in a paneled room with a large leaded window and fireplace.

Falstaff and His Friends, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," from "The Art Journal," opposite p. 84

William Greatbach, May 1868

Oval etching of the Virgin Mary beside the infant Christ on straw, with angels and putti in clouds above.

The Adoration of the Angels

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Christ Child before a pedestal, a kneeling crowned king, attendants, a horse

The Adoration of the Magi (copy in reverse)

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of two draped women embracing beside a stone pillar, a bearded man behind them, with a distant landscape and clouds.

The Visitation

Carlo Maratti, 17th century