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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,349 works

Etching of the Annunciation: an angel with a staff approaches the seated Virgin Mary in an interior, with a dove above.

Annunciation, with angel approaching the seated Mary from the left, and the dove of the Holy Spirit above

Jacques Callot, ca. 1633-34

Etching of a man raising a sword toward a recoiling woman in an oval frame, with ruins in the distance.

Martyrdom of Saint Peter, an oval composition, from "Les images de tous les saints et saintes de l'année" (Images of…

Jacques Callot, 1632-35

Etching of a kneeling haloed saint gazing at a standing radiant figure beside a column, with an angel in the distance.

Vision of Saint Catherine, an oval composition, from "Les images de tous les saints et saintes de l'année" (Images of…

Jacques Callot, 1632-35

Etching of a sword-wielding executioner beheading a kneeling robed figure, inside an oval frame labeled S. Eutropius, April 3

Martyrdom of Saint Eutropius, an oval composition, from "Les images de tous les saints et saintes de l'année" (Images…

Jacques Callot, 1632-35

Etching of Saint Sophia holding a palm frond, with an executioner raising a sword behind a kneeling woman and a town in the d

Martyrdom of Saint Sophia, an oval composition, from "Les images de tous les saints et saintes de l'année" (Images of…

Jacques Callot, 1632-35

Hand-colored caricature of a stooped elderly officer in a cocked hat, pink coat and yellow breeches, leaning on a cane.

Anything Will Do For an Officer

Thomas Rowlandson, January 1, 1796

Etching of a violent crowd scene in a classical city square, with soldiers attacking figures beside grand palace facades and

The Massacre of the Innocents: architectural facades at left and right

Jacques Callot, 1617-18

Etching of Judith presenting Holofernes' head on a tray beside a canopied bed, with an attendant and a sword in the scene.

Judith placing the head of Holofernes on a tray held by an attendant, with the body of Holofernes on a canopied bed

Jacques Callot, ca. 1621-35

Etching of Silenus and a satyr with wreaths beneath trees, one holding a cup, with a child and a wine vessel nearby.

Silenus and Satyr

Nicolaus Chapron, 1634-56

Engraving of an allegorical woman representing Rhetoric, flanked by two men, with architectural and scroll ornament.

Rhetoric (Retorique)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving of a female allegory of Astronomy with a globe and instruments, framed by ornamental scrolls, birds, and a cartouch

Astronomy (Astronomie)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraving of an allegorical figure of Arithmetic with an hourglass, books and scrollwork, flanked by two seated men.

Arithmetic (Arithmetique)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraved ornament plate with a draped allegorical female figure, grotesques, eagles and scrollwork around an inscription cart

Architecture (Arquitraicture)

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Etching of two dogs sleeping on the ground beside a plough, bundled straw and a wooden fence under a cloudy sky.

Two dogs sleeping on the ground; a plough, farm equipment, bunches of straw, and a fence beyond

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Engraved ornament with a winged female figure centred between owls, griffins, rabbits and scrolling foliage.

Bellone

Etienne Delaune, 1540-83

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in armor and ruff collar, with French verse inscription below.

Philip Emanuel de Loraine

Thomas de Leu, 16th-17th century

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in armour and lace collar, surrounded by helmets, weapons and a Latin inscription.

Charles de Gonzague, Duc de Nevers

Thomas de Leu, 16th-17th century

Henry Fielding

William Hogarth, ca. 1835

Handwritten manuscript page in brown ink about Charles de Gonzague, Duc de Nevers, with pencil notes below.

Charles de Gonzague, Duc de Nevers, attached letter

Thomas de Leu, 16th-17th century

Engraved plate with two fur-clad figures, a reindeer, and medallion portraits on a pedestal inscribed LAPONIA.

Laponia (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, pl. 312)

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Engraving of a seated couple in an ornate room, with a horned satyr figure beside them and a tea service on a table.

Lafontaine Tales, Amsterdam

Joseph de Longueil, 1763

Etching of Saint Mark with a winged lion, an angel, and putti among clouds, drawn in loose hatched lines.

Saint Mark

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1761-65

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat writing with a quill at a desk beside an organ and books.

Thomas Morell, S.T.P.- S.S.A.

the elder James Basire, February 1762

Engraving of an allegorical woman in drapery holding a book among cacti, agave and large plants, titled La Botanique.

La Botanique, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of a seated woman reading a book while a small child holds a torch, labeled DOCTRINE, with a curtain and inkwell.

Doctrine, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Benoît-Louis Prévost, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of a winged figure holding a wreath around a bull, with a crowned woman on a pedestal and cattle in the background.

Avril, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Jean François Rousseau, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of a winged child holding a goat medallion beside a bare tree, a donkey and children, labeled Decembre.

Decembre, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Joseph de Longueil, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of allegorical Africa with elephant headdress, lion, crocodile and serpents, labeled L'Afrique.

L'Afrique, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of a seated feathered woman allegorising America with a bow, a dog, putti and a palm tree, titled L'Amerique.

L'Amerique, from "Almanach iconologique"

Nicolas de Launay, ca. 1765-81

Engraving of a woman in a turban holding incense and a branch beside a camel and palm tree, labeled L'Asie.

L'Asie, from the "Almanach iconologique"

Emmanuel Jean Nepomucene de Ghendt, ca. 1765-81