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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,355 works

Etching of a mounted knight with a lance freeing chained men as a fallen figure lies on the ground beside him.

Don Quixote Releases the Galley Slaves (Six Illustrations for Don Quixote)

William Hogarth, 1756 or after

Etching of a funeral with a corpse beside an open grave, a woman in a gown, digging men, and a crowd of mourners.

The Funeral of Chrystom & Marcella vindicating herself (Six Illustrations for Don Quixote)

William Hogarth, 1756 or after

Etching of an innkeeper's wife and daughter tending a bruised man by candlelight in a tavern, with an owl overhead.

The Innkeeper's Wife & Daughter taking Care of ye Don after being beaten & bruised (Six Illustrations for Don Quixote)

William Hogarth, 1756 or after

Etching of a knight with lance on horseback confronting a fallen barber beside a donkey, with a rider and trees behind.

The Adventure of Mambrino's Helmet (Six Illustrations for Don Quixote)

William Hogarth, 1756 or after

Etching of two gesturing men in a rocky landscape, with a goatherd holding a staff and a man leaning on a goat.

Don Quixote and the Knight of the Rock (Six Illustrations for Don Quixote)

William Hogarth, 1756 or after

Engraving of two disguised figures in an interior with a stag's head, shelf of pewter, and laughing seated man at right.

The Curate and Barber Disguising Themselves to Convey Don Quixote Home (Six Illustrations for Don Quixote)

William Hogarth, 1756 or after

Etched interior with two disguised figures in a doorway, a woman adjusting a garment, antlers and a shelf of pottery on the w

The Curate and the Barber Disguising Themselves to convey Don Quixote Home (Six Illustrations for Don Quixote)

William Hogarth, 1756 or after

Etching of Venus seated by a tree blindfolding a standing Cupid, with a bow and arrow on the ground beside them.

Venus tying a blindfold over Cupid's eyes, from "Sport of Love" (Scherzi d'amore)

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Etching of seated nude Venus breaking a bow over her knee while a winged Cupid holds arrows beside her in a wood.

Venus breaking Cupid's bow over her knee, from "Sport of Love" (Scherzi d'amore)

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Etching of Venus seated beside winged Cupid filing a bow beneath a large tree, with a landscape behind.

Cupid carves a wooden bow with a file, with his back turned toward Venus, from "Sport of Love" (Scherzi d'amore)

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Etching of Venus seated under a tree as Cupid draws a bow and arrow beside her, with a landscape behind.

Cupid prepares to shoot an arrow as Venus looks over her right shoulder, from "Sport of Love" (Scherzi d'amore)

Odoardo Fialetti, 1617

Etched ornamental cartouche with blank center, two nymphs on the sides, and a duck at the base, by Stefano della Bella.

A cartouche supported by a duck below and decorated with two nymphs whose arms become tree branches, plate 6 from "No…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of an empty cartouche with drapery, two reclining skeletons on top, and scroll ornament at left.

A cartouche formed by drapery and topped with two skeletons atop an Ionic entablature, plate 10 from "Nouvelles inven…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of an empty oval cartouche flanked by two winged putti on ram-head scrollwork, with tassels hanging below.

A cartouche flanked by two winged infant satyrs riding on the heads of two rams, plate 12 from "Nouvelles inventions…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etched ornamental cartouche with blank center, flanked by two satyrs, tassels and scrollwork, with a hat and rope at top.

A cartouche flanked by two satyrs, crowned with half a herm and half a cardinal's hat, plate 7 from "Nouvelles invent…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of an oval cartouche made of a tiger skin, held up by two centaurs against a feathered background.

A cartouche formed by a tiger skin and flanked by two centaurs, plate 4 from "Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of an empty cartouche flanked by two dragons whose tails support a crown, with chains hanging below.

A cartouche flanked by dragons, their tails supporting a crown at top, plate 8 from "Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of an empty heart-shaped cartouche flanked by two nude figures climbing through leafy foliage.

A cartouche flanked by Apollo and Pan, plate 5 from "Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of an ornate cartouche with a sundial, a feathered skull at top, and a Latin banner reading Umbrae transitus tempus n

A cartouche with a sundial, a skull with feathers on its head at top, from "Eight Emblems for the Funeral of Francesc…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etched cartouche with a loom, a skull at top and bones at the sides, with a Latin banner reading DUM ADHUC ORDIRER.

A cartouche with a loom, a skull at top, bones to either side, from "Eight Emblems for the Funeral of Francesco de Me…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etched cartouche with laurel and palm wreath, skull and crossbones at top, and a Latin motto banner.

A cartouche with a wreath of laurel and palms, a skull and crossbones at top, from "Eight Emblems for the Funeral of…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etched emblem with a helmeted skull with plumes, a cuirass, shield, crossed swords and the banner FIDUCIA FORTITUDINIS.

A cartouche with armor, a skull with armor and a helmet with feathers at top, from "Eight Emblems for the Funeral of…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etched cartouche with a violin in its case, a plumed skull at top, and a Latin scroll inscription below.

A cartouche with a violin coming out of its case, a skull with a helmet with feathers at top, from "Eight Emblems for…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etched cartouche with a skull and crossbones above, an eagle holding a snake, and a Latin motto banner.

A cartouche with an eagle and a snake, a skull and crossbones at top, wings to either side, from "Eight Emblems for t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etching of an ornamental cartouche with a windswept tree, a draped skull at top, and bones at the sides, with a Latin scroll.

A cartouche with a tree blowing in the wind, a skull with drapery at top, bones to either side, from "Eight Emblems f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etched cartouche with skull and crossbones, grotesque face, Latin banner and a smoking censer at the centre.

A cartouche with a censer, a skull and crossbones and a grotesque face at top, from "Eight Emblems for the Funeral of…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1640-60

Etching of a young boy in a plumed hat riding a rearing horse across a landscape under a cloudy sky.

Don Baltasar Carlos on horseback, after Velázquez

Francisco Goya, 1778

Etching of a man in period dress holding a printed lottery list, looking upward on a cobbled street.

The Reading of Lottery Winners

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1746

Etching of a mounted rider and fallen soldier beneath a figure with a cross in the clouds, with soldiers behind.

The Conversion of Saul

H. Bem, ca. 1650-1725

Etching of Christ crucified on a cross with a kneeling woman praying at its base, with a distant seaside town.

Mary Magdalene Praying at the Foot of the Cross

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, 1720-83