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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,796 works

Engraving of a warrior taming a rearing horse before a crowd and a classical temple facade.

Alexander Mastering Bucephalus

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a bearded armored knight on horseback with a spear, accompanied by a boy, with trees and figures behind.

Goetz Aided by the Gypsies, from "Le Magasin Pittoresque"

Eugène Delacroix, after 1845

Etching of a cat on a windowsill reaching toward large carnation flowers, with a lattice window and garden behind.

Cat and Flowers, from "Les Chats"

Édouard Manet, 1869

Etching of three cats: a dark cat seen from behind, a cat curled under a chair, and a cat lying with its tail extended.

Cats

Édouard Manet, 1868-69

Etching of a boy in a dark jacket holding a hat, with a shaggy dog beside him against a pale background.

The Urchin

Édouard Manet, 1861-62

Etching of a man in a dark cap seated beside a spotted dog, with crosshatched shading in the background.

Boy and Dog

Édouard Manet, 1862

Engraving of a seated woman with two children, a man holding a serpent-entwined chalice, and onlookers behind.

Sacred Conversation

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-56

Engraving of bearded men gathered around a kneeling camel by a well, with an ornate vase, trees, and a distant caravan.

Men Gathered Around a Camel

Léon Davent, mid-16th century

Engraving of Adonis's death: a wounded youth lies among grieving figures beneath trees, with a hunter and hounds at right.

Death of Adonis

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving of a nude woman looking at a sleeping muscular man with a winged Cupid, armor and a sword on the floor, and a fox.

Venus Finding Mars Asleep

Léon Davent, ca. 1545

Engraving of a mounted warrior beside armored men weighing a sword on scales before classical columns.

Brennus throwing his sword on the scales before Camillus

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Engraving in an oval frame of a young man on horseback spearing a wild boar, with hounds, hunters and a classical building be

Young Man Hunting a Wild Boar, from "Three Prints on Hunting and Fishing"

Léon Davent, 1547

Pen drawing of a perched bird and grotesque masks with scrolling ornament on aged paper.

Studies for birds and grotesque masks (recto); candelabra grotesques, ewers and vases (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink grotesque panel with satyrs, herms, a dragon, and scrolling strapwork on aged paper.

Grotesque panel with satyrs, herms, and strapwork (recto); winged creatures and strapwork (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and brown ink drawing of fantastical sea creatures, a bird, and a strapwork cartouche with scrolls and faces.

Fantastical creatures, birds, and strapwork cartouche (recto); grotesque mask and kneeling priest (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Drawing of a seated man and a standing draped woman holding a spear beside a hound, with classical columns and a tree behind.

Cephalus Receiving the Spear and Hound from Procris

Laurent de La Hyre, ca. 1644

Watercolor of a courtly procession with horsemen, a royal carriage, elegant women, and a windmill over distant troops.

Camp de Compiègne, 1698

Eugène Lami, ca. 1860

Etching of a reclining nude woman on a bed, with a servant holding flowers and a black cat beside her.

Olympia (small plate)

Édouard Manet, 1867

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman leaning on a globe beside a skull, chains, and an open book, with a bat above.

Allegorical Figure of Melancholy

Charles de La Traverse, 1763

Red chalk and grey wash drawing of a draped woman and man beside an urn of flowers, with lions beneath a pedestal.

Allegory of Earth

Charles Le Brun, ca. 1660

Pen and ink drawing of an ornamental candelabra with grotesque figures, scrollwork and flamingo and winged figure studies at

Candelabra grotesque and studies of kneeling figures (recto); two sphinxes (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink drawing of a vertical grotesque ornament panel with a seated cat, two birds, scrolls and a mask.

Candelabra Grotesque with a Cat

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and wash drawing of a grand procession with horsemen, elephants and a chariot entering a classical city with crowded terr

Alexander Entering Babylon

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Etching of a figure in matador costume with cape and sword, a charging bull and mounted rider in the arena behind.

Mlle. Victorine in the Costume of an "Espada"

Édouard Manet, 1862

Engraved battle scene with warriors, shields, a nude female rider on a rearing horse, and fallen soldiers.

Battle of Amazons

Léon Davent, 1547

Engraving of Christ in Limbo with a cross-topped staff, nude figures, and winged demons in a stone-arched underworld.

Christ in Limbo

Léon Davent, 1546-47

Engraving of Envy: a horned figure tearing at hair among flames, dragons and demons, with robed figures in clouds above.

Envy, from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Circular engraving of an allegorical nude woman with skeleton, torch, winged archer and animals including stag, boar and peli

Lust, from the "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Brown and blue wash drawing of a plumed mounted commander with a banner among soldiers carrying a wounded man on a battlefiel

Alexander and Porus

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Grey wash drawing on blue paper of the Holy Family on a donkey passing ruined classical architecture.

The Flight into Egypt

François Lemoyne, early 18th century