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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,401 works

Engraving of a bearded man with a spade and a woman holding an infant, walking past a bare tree and rocky ground.

Adam and Eve after the Expulsion

Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Circular engraving of Christ seated and mocked by a crowd of men, framed by ornate foliage and putti.

The Mocking of Christ, from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Engraving of a seated woman nursing an infant with children beside her, a cherub above with a mirror, and a banner reading CA

Charity, from "The Seven Virtues"

Lucas van Leyden, 1530

Engraving of a seated woman nursing a child, with a cherub above, a pitcher on a table, and a CARITAS banner.

Charity, from the series The Virtues

Lucas van Leyden, 1530

Engraving of a crowd of onlookers in a town square, with a bearded man by a column and a basket hanging from a tower.

Poet Virgil Suspended in a Basket

Lucas van Leyden, 1525

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with Joseph, Saint Anne and two male saints in an arched columned interior.

The Holy Kindred, (Virgin and Child with Joseph, Anne and Two Male Saints) (copy)

Lucas van Leyden, n.d.

Etched print of a woman holding a flower vase beside children, a bird, a caged animal and a willow tree.

The Chinese Gardener

John Ingram, 1741-63

Engraved ornamental title page with eagles, monkeys, squirrels and a central oval cartouche with French and German text.

Title Page, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler

Theodor de Bry, 1580-1600

Grey wash drawing of the Madonna and Child crowned and haloed, surrounded by saints, angels and cherubs in clouds.

Madonna and Child Surrounded by Female Saints

Joseph Heintz the Younger, 1600-1678

Pastel drawing of children resting on a grassy hillside with wildflowers, with distant figures and buildings in a soft landsc

Three Children in a Landscape

Charles-Emmanuel Serret, 1840-1900

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Child in a stable, a kneeling king, attendants, horses and sheep under a lig

Adoration of the Magi

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1553-60 (?)

Engraved print of the Virgin holding the Christ child, standing on a crescent moon within a radiating halo, on an album page.

Virgin and Child (The Immaculate Conception)

Diana Scultori, n.d.

Album page with four religious prints of the Madonna and Child with saints and angels, in etching and engraving.

Madonna with Saints

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1542-46

Album page with four prints of Madonna and Child scenes with saints, one showing a bishop beneath a vine pergola.

Madonna with Saints

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-52

Woodcut of a skeleton guiding a straining man at a plough, with a nursing woman and bare trees beside them.

Adam Ploughing, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a duke in fur-trimmed robes confronted by a skeleton Death reaching for his arm, with courtiers and a kneeling chi

The Duke, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a child reaching toward a fire as a skeleton stands behind him, with an hourglass and startled onlookers nearby.

The Child, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Red chalk drawing of God appearing in clouds with an angel, a kneeling man looking up, and sheep below.

God Appearing to Moses

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1632

Engraving of a boy fleeing a woman in classical robes while two men watch, with a brazier and columns in the background.

Rome, Titus's Garden-Lucius Pursued by Lavinia (Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act 4, Scene 1)

Thomas Kirk, first published 1793; reissued 1852

Red chalk drawing of a woman dipping a cloth into a bowl held by a girl, set before a stone architectural background.

Woman Soaking a Cloth in a Bowl Held by a Girl (copy from Guercino's Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene)

Guercino, 1591-1666

Watercolor of a seated man in a green coat conversing with a woman in a pink dress before drapery and an armchair.

Illustration to Vanity Fair, Chapter 1: "Jos and Becky"

William Makepeace Thackeray, ca. 1848

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church interior with a woman carrying a child, kneeling women, children, and monks.

Saint Elizabeth Carrying Her First-born Son to the Church

Ludwig Emil Grimm, ca. 1850

Pencil drawing of a father embracing his barefoot son in a stone courtyard, with onlookers on a balcony and in doorways.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Friedrich von Olivier, 1830-35

The Artist's Children: Friedrich, Emil, and Ernst

Friedrich Preller the Elder, ca. 1848

Drawing of a wall tomb design with a central urn, two cherubs drawing back drapery, and an inscribed tablet on the base.

Design for a Wall Tomb

Avanzino Nucci, 1590-1610

Print sheet showing a standing figure of St. Philip with a staff, surrounded by other engraved religious compositions.

St. Philip

Parmigianino, ca. 1524-30

Page of nine small prints, several showing Nativity and Holy Family scenes with Mary, the Christ Child and Joseph.

The Nativity

Parmigianino, ca. 1524-30

Page of nine small prints showing seated figures, a youth between two old men under a tree, and religious interior scenes.

A Youth with Two Old Men

Pietro Aretino

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio

Engraving sheet with three prints: a seated woman, a Madonna and child, and a satyr watching a mother nursing on a bed.

Satyr Watching a Young Mother and Child Sleeping

Angiolo Falconetto