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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Etching of a moonlit field with haystacks, two cows, a walking figure, and dark trees under a cloudy sky.

Clair de Lune à Valmondois

Charles-François Daubigny, 1877

Etching of a hen with chicks in a meadow with wildflowers, a wooden fence, and birds flying in the sky.

Le Poule et ses Poussins

Charles-François Daubigny, ca. 1860

Engraving of a crowded, festive kitchen with feasting men, hanging sausages, a roasting spit, and a dog in the foreground.

The Fat Kitchen

Pieter van der Heyden, 1563

Engraving of Time on a chariot over scattered objects, with a trumpeting winged figure, a skeleton, horses and a village.

The Triumph of Time

Philips Galle, 1574

Engraving of a cluttered room with men hoarding sacks, chests and tools, with a village and camp visible through a window.

Everyman

Pieter van der Heyden, ca.1558

Engraving of a woman with a basket on her head, surrounded by farm and household labor, with a village and boat in the backgr

Prudence (Prudentia) from The Virtues

Philips Galle, ca. 1559-60

Engraving of allegorical Justice with scales and sword, surrounded by courtroom scenes, executions and crowds, with Latin tex

Justice (Justicia) from The Virtues

Philips Galle, ca. 1559-60

Engraving of allegorical Charity amid a crowd of beggars receiving bread and drink in a village square.

Charity (Charitas) from The Virtues

Philips Galle, 1559

Engraving of allegorical Temperance among scholars, musicians and astronomers, with a celestial globe and sun and moon above.

Temperance (Temperantia), from "The Virtues"

Philips Galle, ca.1559-60

Reddish-brown print of a stag and doe leaping right while two hunting dogs chase them across a landscape.

Stag and doe running towards the right, two dogs behind them to left, from "Hunts of various animals" (Chasses à diff…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651-57

Engraving of allegorical figures reclining beside a globe, crown and fruit, with a winged figure descending through clouds ab

The Immortal Rewards of Virtue

Cornelis Cort, 1564

Etching of a festive procession in an arena, with a figure holding a large globe at center, riders and chariots, and crowded

Entry of the Prince of Tuscany as Hercules, from "Il mondo festeggiante"

Stefano Della Bella, 1661

Etching of ten riders on rearing horses in a circle, each wearing plumed headdresses, within a double-ruled border.

Six riders forming a circle, from "La gara delle Stagioni"

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of ten riders on horseback in formation, several horses rearing, each rider wearing an elaborate plumed headdress.

Four riders in a row at bottom, five riders forming a V above and another rider in the center, from "La Gara delle St…

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of twenty-four plumed horsemen dueling in pairs, arranged in two vertical columns within a double border.

Twenty-four riders dueling and forming two columns, from "La Gara delle Stagioni"

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of twenty-four plumed riders on horseback dueling with swords in groups at the top and bottom of a page.

Twenty-four riders dueling with swords in four groups, with two groups in lines at the top and bottom of the page, fr…

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of a walled city with church spires under rolling hills, with two winged putti holding a fringed drapery above.

The villa at Nancy in the background, two putti holding a drapery at top center, from "Various views of remarkable pa…

Stefano Della Bella, 1649-51

Etching of a long palace facade seen over a garden, with a winged figure blowing two trumpets in the sky above.

View of the Palais Cardinal, from "Various views of remarkable palaces in Italy and France" (Diverses vues d'endroits…

Stefano Della Bella, 1649-51

Etching of a colossal seated giant statue in a grotto above a balustraded garden terrace with pine trees and strolling figure

Colossal statue of the Appenino by Giambologna, from "Views of the villa at Pratolino" (Vues de la villa de Pratolino)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of two paired views of a grotto with a seated sculpted figure over a fountain and receding arched vaults.

Two views of a grotto, from "Views of the villa at Pratolino" (Vues de la villa de Pratolino)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a statue-lined avenue through a pine forest leading to a domed pavilion, with small figures on a terrace.

An avenue lined with statues in a pine forest, from "Views of the villa at Pratolino" (Vues de la villa de Pratolino)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a villa front with a double staircase, obelisks, trees, a grotto niche and small figures on a terrace.

Front view of the villa, from "Views of the villa at Pratolino" (Vues de la villa de Pratolino)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a large tree over a platform and terrace with small figures, framed by tall pines.

A large tree with people below, from "Views of the villa at Pratolino" (Vues de la villa de Pratolino)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a garden alley with fountains, urns, tall conifers and a group of people walking toward a distant villa.

An alley of fountains, a group of people, from "Views of the villa at Pratolino" (Vues de la villa de Pratolino)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a walled city with church towers across a plain, with mounted soldiers and marching infantry in the foreground.

Plan and view of the city of Arras

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Etching of a ceremonial parade with chariots and horsemen circling a mountain near a fountain and triumphal arch, watched by

The Prince of Tuscany and his chariots arranged around Mount Atlas in center, from "Il mondo festeggiante"

Stefano Della Bella, 1661

Engraving of a crowd of figures around a large fire and a burning body beside classical buildings and colonnades.

Burning of a Corpse

Antonio Fantuzzi, ca. 1543

Engraving of a classical banquet hall with reclining diners, standing servants, columns and a relief frieze.

Banquet of Alexander

Domenico del Barbiere, 1540-50

Etched landscape with a large tree, rolling hills, an arcaded building, and two figures in the foreground.

Landscape with a brick factory in the middle ground, a standing man in the foreground points to the left as he faces…

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1626-80

Etched title plate with a ruined arch, carved coat of arms, seated figures on steps, and a domed church behind a wall.

Title plate of "Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate"

Canaletto, 1735-46