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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,350 works

Engraved vignette of two nude nymphs embracing, framed by grapevines, medallions, and a lyre under radiating light.

Vignette with Two Nymphs

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1778

Chalk portrait drawing on blue paper of a man in a soft cap, turned three-quarters, with white and red chalk highlights.

Portrait of Jonathan Richardson, Jr., the artist's son

Jonathan Richardson Sr., 1729

Drawing of a woman in an oval frame flanked by cherubs, flower garlands, urns and winged figures holding a globe.

Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in an ornamental frame

Johann Esaias Nilson, late 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure leaning forward, with small studies of a body held by an angel below.

Studies of the Dead Christ supported by an Angel, with subsidiary studies for the same composition

Poppi, ca. 1570

Engraving of a bear holding a tankard and club beside a dog, with books, a palette and a pipe, satirising Charles Churchill.

The Bruiser (Caricature of Charles Churchill)

William Hogarth, August 1, 1762

Engraved interior with men in academic gowns drinking at a table, a dog asleep on the floor, and a servant in a doorway.

Frontispiece to "The Humours of Oxford"

Gerard Vandergucht, April 1730

Engraving of men smoking pipes in a room while a standing man reads a book beside a hanging picture.

"Tristram Shandy," Frontispiece, Volume 1,

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, April 1760

Etching of men playing flutes in a room while a standing man reads sheet music beside a seated listener.

"Tristram Shandy," Frontispiece, Volume 1,

William Hogarth, April 1760

Engraved interior scene of a man holding a swaddled infant, a woman watching, and a man gesturing beside a table with a bowl.

"Tristram Shandy," Volume 4, page 112

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, January 1761

Engraving of a woman in a gown facing two attendants in a columned hall with a tiled floor and drapery.

Gulliver Presented to the Queen of Babilary, Frontispiece to "The Travels of Mr. John Gulliver"

Gerard Vandergucht, February 1730

Engraved interior of a paneled room with wigged men, a standing woman, and a candlelit table, labeled Act 5, Scene 5.

Frontispiece to Moliere's "L'Avare" (The Miser)

John Vandergucht, 1732

Etched street scene of a gentleman gesturing toward a woman by a brick house, with a dog and flower basket.

Frontispiece to Moliere's "Sganarelle, ou le Cocu Imaginaire" (The Imaginary Cuckold)

John Vandergucht, ca. 1732

Engraving of men in a room, one smoking a pipe, another reading a book, with a map on the wall behind them.

Frontispiece to "Tristram Shandy," Volume 1

William Hogarth, 19th century

Engraving of a bewigged man holding a swaddled baby beside a woman, with a turbaned man gesturing at a table in an interior.

Illustration to "Tristram Shandy," Volume 4

William Hogarth, 19th century

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig inside an ornate Rococo frame, with the inscription Jacobus Gibbs Architect

Jacobus Gibbs, Architectus

Bernard Baron, 1747

Engraving of an armored man with a sword and heraldic shield beside two lions, with eagles, statues and an ornate doorway beh

Allegorical Portrait of Count Tassis, from "Les marques d'honneur de la Maison de Tassis"

Cornelis Galle, 1645

Engraving of Oxford scholars in gowns drinking in a panelled room, with a woman, a servant and a sleeping dog.

Frontispiece to "The Humours of Oxford"

William Hogarth, November 1, 1807

Etching of a woman in a long skirt and bonnet walking outdoors, holding her skirt, with buildings and clouds behind her.

Woman walking and holding her skirt with her right hand, shown in three-quarters view with head turned toward the vie…

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1710

Engraving of Eve offering an apple to seated Adam beneath a tree with a serpent, with a turkey and cat nearby.

Eve Giving Adam the Forbidden Fruit, plate 3 from "The Story of Adam and Eve"

Etching of a standing man in a tricorne hat and long coat, resting one hand on a garden basin beside foliage.

Standing man with his right hand resting on a basin, shown in three-quarters view with his head turned toward the lef…

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1710

Man walking and carrying a cane in his right hand, shown in three-quarters view with his head turned away from the vi…

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1710

Etching of a standing man in 18th-century dress, hand in waistcoat, head turned left, with a tree and building behind him.

Standing man with right hand tucked into his waistcoat, shown in frontal view with his head turned toward the left, f…

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1710

Etched design of an ornate urn with scroll handles and a Bacchic relief frieze on a stone base.

Design for a Vase with a Bacchic Frieze, from: Vases

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Etching of an ornate urn with scroll handles and a siren figure holding a garland, on a pedestal against a hatched background

Vase with a Male Siren holding up a Garland, from: Vases

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Engraving of a horned satyr holding grapes beside two tigers, with a cup and vine leaves, in fine hatched lines.

Satyr with Grapes and Two Tigers

Lucas Vorsterman II, 1614-1679

Etching of a bearded pasha in a fur-trimmed robe and turban, gripping a sword at his hip, with a landscape behind him.

Pasha grasping a sword at his hip with both hands, from "Caravan of the Sultan to Mecca" (Caravane du Sultan à la Mec…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Engraved interior scene of figures in 18th-century dress, a woman and man struggling by a chair while a man in a cloak gestur

A man curled up in a chair looks toward another man who approaches him from the left in an interior setting, a woman…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784

Engraving of a man leaning toward a woman in a doorway, a seated woman gesturing beside a canopied bed in an elegant room.

A man leans toward a woman standing in a doorway at right, at left a seated woman raises both hands, a canopied bed b…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784

Engraved interior of a stately hall with a seated man on a platform, gesturing men in front, and a scribe at a desk.

A man seated in a chair on a stepped platform holds an audience, two pointing men stand in the foreground, from a ser…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784

Engraving of elegant figures in a columned hall with a vaulted ceiling, dancing couples and seated women in period dress.

Dancing couples surround four standing women in a barrel-vaulted hall, from a series of five illustrations after Jacq…

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, ca. 1784