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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Etched card of a plumed armored rider on a prancing horse, with French caption text below, from Game of the Kings of France.

Pepin le bref / Chef de la seconde race..., from "Game of the Kings of France" (Jeu des Rois de France)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

A man at left in profile giving a handful of hay to a horse at center, a horseman to the right in background

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

A Polish valet, seen from behind, holding the bridle of a horse to right, a Polish horseman in profile to left in the…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of a turbaned valet riding one horse and leading another through shallow water beside a distant hill.

A valet taking two horses to bathe, sitting atop one horse in a river, the other beside him to right

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1662

Etching of a large twisted tree at right and a rider on horseback seen from behind at lower left.

A large tree at right, a man on horseback at left, seen from behind riding towards the left, plate 18 from "Various f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a horseman watering his horse at a fountain beside ruins, with a second rider in the distance.

A rider making his horse drink from a basin of a fountain at left, another horseman seen from behind riding towards t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Plate 38: Head of a man with a moustache and cap, facing right in profile, from "Various Portraits" (Recueil de diver…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Study of a young man pressing his hands together, standing in profile facing left

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Etching of a peasant in a hat walking right with a bundle and basket, a horse descending a hill behind him among trees.

Plate 11: A peasant wearing a hat at center, walking towards the right, a horse descending a mountain to right in the…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered turban and cloak, turned three-quarters right, within an oval border.

A Turkish man with a beard and turban with one long feather in front, turned three-quarters to the right, from "Sever…

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etching of a moustached man in a plumed turban and ornate cloak, turned three-quarters within an oval border.

A Turkish man with a moustache, wearing a turban decorated with five egret feathers, turned three-quarters to the rig…

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etched portrait of a balding man in an antique bust style, with a carved inscription naming Piranesi on the pedestal below.

Portrait of G.B. Piranesi in imitation of an antique bust, from "Opere varie di Architettura, prospetive, grotteschi,…

Felice Polanzani, 1750

Engraving of the Marriage of the Virgin: a priest joins a couple before a columned temple, with a dove above and a crowd arou

The Marriage of the Virgin

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1525

Etching of animals including cattle, sheep and a dog gathering near trees, with a distant village and boat at left.

Entry of the animals into Noah's ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1650-55

Engraving of Moses at a rock spring with Israelites gathering water and manna, with wooden houses in the background.

Moses Telling the Israelites to Gather the Manna and Moses Striking the Rock

Giulio Bonasone

Etching of a woman holding a child seated on a donkey, with a satyr at left, signed SB fec.

A woman at right holding her child who is sitting atop a donkey, a satyr at left looking towards the right, plate 6 f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Brown wash drawing of Saint Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross, with a crowd, a mounted rider, and a temple.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Otto van Veen, ca. 1595

Pen sketch of a man seen from behind holding a trophy of arms, with reclining figures and weapons below.

A Man, seen from behind, holding a trophy of arms, from Nouveau Livre de diverse Figures (New Book of Various Figures)

François Boucher, 1751

Etched frontispiece with a seated Chinese man, two women, a titled banner, city wall and ships in the background.

Frontispiece, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Series of Chinoiserie Figures.…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in a long robe carrying smoking incense burners on a pole, with a pagoda and garden behind her.

Chinoiserie with a female figure holding burning perfumes, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr.…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in Chinese-style robes playing a mouth organ in a landscape with a bridge and trees.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing the mouth organ, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azainc…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etched print of a woman in Chinese-style robes holding cymbals, standing in a landscape with a distant tower and trees.

Chinoiserie with a woman holding cymbals, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Se…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in Chinese-style robes playing an instrument beside a pavilion and plants in a garden landscape.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing a musical instrument, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'A…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etched print of a woman in flowing robes playing a gong in a landscape with palm trees and a building.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing a gong, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Ser…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in Chinese-style robes carrying smoking incense burners on a pole, with a pagoda and garden behind her.

Chinoiserie with a female figure holding burning perfumes, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr.…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Engraving of a woman in chinoiserie dress holding cymbals, standing in a landscape with a pagoda and trees.

Chinoiserie with a woman holding cymbals, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Se…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in chinoiserie robes holding an instrument, standing in a garden beside a small pavilion and plants.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing a musical instrument, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'A…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Engraved print of a woman in Chinese-style robes holding a gong, standing in a landscape with palms and a thatched house.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing a gong, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Ser…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in Chinese-style robes playing a flute in a garden with an urn, tree and distant town.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing a flute, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Se…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Engraving of a woman in a robe beside a birdcage, with a parrot on a branch above and songbirds on a perch behind her.

Air, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49