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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Engraving of muscular nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a forge, with a winged child and a draped woman at right.

The Forge of Vulcan

Cornelis Bos, 1546

Etching of an allegory of painting: a child draws on a tablet among many figures in a forest, with putti above.

An allegory of painting, who as a child in the centre left draws on a tablet, surrounded by figures, many of whom are…

Pietro Testa, 1637-38

Etching of two draped allegorical women and a winged putto on a cloud within an arched architectural frame.

Study for a pendentive depicting Justice and Charity

Giovanni Cesare Testa

Etching of the dead Christ reclining on a cloth while two grieving winged angels sit beside him at right.

The dead Christ accompanied by angels at right

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 1650-55

Etching of the Virgin and Child beside a cross, with angels, putti, God the Father in clouds, and a large tree.

The dream of St Joseph, who is sleeping at the right, the Virgin and Child by a cross surrounded by angels and many p…

Pietro Testa, ca. 1635-37

Engraving of Pluto, a nude bearded male figure holding a torch in an arched classical niche flanked by columns and winged put

Pluto; on verso sketches of a figure, four heads, and a column

Hendrick Goltzius, 1592

Etching of a kneeling saint surrounded by angels and cherubs in clouds, with a young attendant standing at right.

St. Carlo Borromeo surrounded by angels

Pietro Testa, 1650-70

Engraving of Bacchus with grapes and torch, a seated woman playing lyre, and winged Cupid with bow beside a wine press.

Bacchus, Music, Amor

Jan Sadeler, 1575-1600

Etching of Saint Jerome seated under a tree beside a crucifix, with a lion and three putti at his feet.

Saint Jerome before a crucifix accompanied by a lion and three putti

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Etching of saints and the Virgin with Child in clouds, with plague victims lying on the ground in the foreground.

Three Luchese saints Sts Nicholas Tolentino, Nicholas of Bari interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630-31

Etching of the prodigal son on a couch served wine by attendants, with a monkey on a chain in the lower left.

The prodigal son seated on a couch being served wine, revelers in the background, a monkey wearing a collar and chain…

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of the Holy Family with infant Saint John holding an apple, set in a landscape with draped figures.

The Holy Family with the infant Saint John holding an apple

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630

Etching of a veiled woman seated beside a nude infant holding a staff, with a dragon below and trees behind.

An allegory of the rest on the flight into egypt

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 1650-55

Engraving of Saints Peter and John healing a seated cripple before a crowd in a classical colonnaded interior.

Saint John and Saint Peter Healing the Cripple

Lambert Suavius, 1553

Etching of Abraham restrained by an angel from sacrificing Isaac on an altar, with God in clouds above and a ram nearby.

The sacrifice of Isaac by his father Abraham

Pietro Testa, ca. 1640-42

Etching of a young man mounting a horse at stone steps while servants work and elders watch from the left.

The departure of the prodigal son, shown at about to mount his horse, from a series of four prints

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a seated woman holding an infant under trees, surrounded by playful children and putti in a wooded landscape.

The garden of charity, woman representing Charity at right surrounded by children

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Etching of Plato's Symposium: bearded men recline and sit at a banquet table while a nude youth with a wreath enters at left.

Plato's symposium: Socrates and his companions seated around a table discussing ideal love interruputed by Acibiades…

Pietro Testa, 1648

Etching of the Holy Family with angels offering objects beneath a tree, with a kneeling figure and hatched landscape.

The Holy Family attended by Angels

Pietro Testa, ca. 1642-44

Etching of a kneeling young man embraced by an older bearded man, with onlookers, a dog, and classical architecture behind.

The Return of the Prodigal Son, Shown Embracing His Son

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a young man preparing to mount a horse at stone steps while servants and bearded onlookers watch, with a dog in th

The Departure of the Prodigal Son, Shown About to Mount a Horse

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a seated man on a couch served wine in a colonnaded hall, with revelers behind and a chained monkey at lower left.

The Prodigal Son Seated on a Couch Being Served Wine, Revelers in the Background, a Monkey Wearing a Collar and Chain…

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of a nude man seated under a tree beside pigs, with a thatched hut and mountains in the distant landscape.

The Prodigal Son Among the Swine

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of the Virgin and Child in clouds above saints and plague victims lying on the ground, with angels and a distant land

Three Luchese saints interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630-31

Etching of Mary Magdalene kneeling in a desert while angels carry a cross through clouds above her.

Mary Magdalene in the desert, a cross borne by angels at the right

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630

Etched oval self-portrait of a long-haired man with a mustache, resting his hand on the edge of a large canvas.

Self-Portrait

Pietro Testa, ca. 1645

Etching of an allegorical scene with reclining figures, putti, a winged griffin, and a helmeted figure beside an inscription

An allegory in honor of the arrival of Cardinal Franciotti as Bishop of Lucca

Pietro Testa, 1637

Etching of a crowd carrying a figure down temple steps past rearing horses and a chariot, with classical buildings behind.

Sinorix carried from the temple of Artemis trying to escape the effects of the poisoning

Pietro Testa, ca. 1640

Etching of a bearded centaur playing a lyre beside a young boy under trees, with centaurs and dogs in a wooded landscape.

The Education of Achilles

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 1650-55

Etching of Cato's suicide: a figure lies on a bed while horrified companions gather around him in a draped Roman interior.

The suicide of the philosopher Cato, who lies on his bed pulling out his innards watched by horrified disciples

Pietro Testa, 1648

Etching of Venus and Adonis reclining after the hunt, surrounded by putti, hunting dogs, and a dead boar in the foreground.

Venus and Adonis, surrounded by many putti, reclining after the hunt, with a dead boar in the lower right

Pietro Testa, 1631-37

Brown ink drawing of a rhinoceros in a landscape with mountains and a tree, set within an ornate architectural frame.

Rhinoceros in a Landscape within an Ornamental Frame

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Brown wash drawing of a valley seen through a rocky arch, with a mill, river, footbridge and small figures.

View of a Valley through a Rocky Arch

Friedrich Christian Reinermann, 1806

Watercolor plan of a landscape design with a central university building, botanic garden, fountains, and tree-lined avenues.

Landscape Design for University of Michigan

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Etching of Saint Erasmus stretched on a table during his martyrdom, with two putti above holding a crown and palm.

The martyrdom of Saint Erasmus who is prostrate having in innards removed, two putti above holding the crown and palm…

Pietro Testa, ca. 1630

Etching of women bathing an infant in a classical interior, with a centaur under a tree at left and attendants in the backgro

The birth and the infancy of Achilles

Pietro Testa, 1648-50

Etching of the Holy Family under a tree, with angels bringing food and a kneeling woman offering a small vessel to the child.

The Holy Family fed by Angels

Pietro Testa, ca. 1642-44

Engraved allegory with a horseback rider on the right, a reclining figure lower left, classical columns, and cherubs carrying

An allegory with Innocent X who is seated on horsback on the right, figures represting Rome in the lowe left

François Collignon, ca.1645-55

Etching of an allegory with a winged woman holding a trumpet, surrounded by artists sketching and cherubs among palm trees.

An allegory of painting

François Collignon, 17th century

Etching with saints and putti in clouds above, and robed ecclesiastics writing and reading in a landscape below.

Ecclesiastics in a landscape writing, other in the heavenly realm above

Giovanni Cesare Testa, 17th century

Chiaroscuro woodcut of robed apostles around a central group with kneeling and reacting figures below, grey ink on paper.

The death of Ananias surrounded by Apostles

Ugo da Carpi, 1518

Chromolithograph baseball card of Robinson, second baseman of St. Louis, throwing a ball on a field, 1887.

Robinson, 2nd Base, St. Louis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithograph baseball card of a batter in white uniform and yellow cap holding a bat on a green field.

Rooks, Batter, Lacrosse, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithograph baseball card of a player with clasped hands in a white uniform, before a lake with a sailboat and mountains

Rosemann, Center Field, Mets, New York, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Ryan, right fielder for Chicago, in blue uniform on a grassy field.

Ryan, Right Field, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Trading card of a mustached baseball player in an Indianapolis uniform holding a ball at his shoulder on a green field.

Seery (Hands At Right Shoulder), Left Field, Indianapolis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tob…

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraved elevation of St. Peter's facade with a central dome, a left tower, and a papal coat of arms above.

Antonio da Sangallo's project for St. Peters, plan of the façade extended to the left with a tower

Antonio da Labacco, 1540-49

Chromolithograph baseball card of a mustached player in white uniform reaching forward on a grassy field, labeled Indianapoli

Seery (Hands Outstretched), Left Field, Indianapolis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Shomberg, 1st base for Indianapolis, in a white uniform with red trim and striped cap.

Shomberg, 1st Base, Indianapolis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraving of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome with fireworks bursting from its towers over a large crowd below.

The firework display called 'Girandola' at the Castello Sant'Angelo in Rome

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici facing right within an elaborate cartouche flanked by Victory at the left and Mars at…

Enea Vico, 1550

Woodcut landscape with a milkmaid milking a cow at right, a boy with a bucket and goats at left, and a distant castle.

Landscape with a milkmaid at right and a boy at left

Niccolò Boldrini, ca. 1535-40

Engraving of Tiber Island shaped as a ship, with two temples on deck, an obelisk between them, and choppy water below.

View of the Tiber Island represented as a ship, the Temple of Aesculapius at left

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Hand-colored trading card of a crouching shortstop in white uniform fielding a ball on a grassy field with trees behind.

Smith, Shortstop, Pittsburgh, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Vintage baseball card of a mustached batter in white uniform and blue socks holding a bat at home plate.

Strauss, Batter, Milwaukee, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithograph baseball card of a St. Louis batter in red jersey and blue knickers holding a bat at home plate.

Sullivan, Batter, St. Louis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Vintage baseball card of Sullivan, a Chicago left fielder in blue uniform, poised to throw a ball on a grassy field.

Sullivan, Left Field, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithographed card of a Chicago center fielder in blue uniform and white cap, hands clasped, gazing upward.

Sunday, Center Field, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Sutton, a Boston third baseman in white uniform and red stockings, crouched on a field.

Sutton, 3rd Base, Boston, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Thompson, right fielder for Detroit, in white uniform and blue socks before a sunset lands

Thompson, Right Field, Detroit, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithographed baseball card of Thompson, R. F., a Detroit player in white uniform and blue knickers on a green field.

Thompson, R. F., Detroit, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraved cutaway section and elevation of the Colosseum showing arcaded tiers, interior seating and arena floor.

Section and elevation of the Colosseum in Rome

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Colour lithograph baseball card of a player in a striped jersey and white cap, bent forward on a grassy field.

Ward, S. Stop, New York, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Baseball card of a St. Louis player in a red jersey and blue knickers, cocking his arm to throw on a grassy field.

Welch, C. Field, St. Louis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887