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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,432 works

Engraving of Diana aiming a bow from clouds toward Chione, who is seated with two children in a wooded landscape.

Plate 105: Diana aiming her bow toward Chione, who is accompanied by two children, in another scene at left Mercury a…

Antonio Tempesta, 1606

Engraving of a horned satyr carrying a nude nymph against horizontal hatched lines, with drapery flowing behind them.

Satyr carrying a nymph, whose right arm is wrapped around the satyr's neck, with a planar background

Giulio Romano, ca. 1505-62

Engraved frontispiece with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler above an allegorical bas relief of satyrs, a chariot, and Britan

The Frontispiece and Its Explanation (Plate 1: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth, 1725-30 (?)

Engraved title page with putti, ornate frame and Italian lettering for a book of miracles from the Florence Annunziata, 1619.

Frontispiece, from Scelta d'Alcuni Miracoli e Grazie della Santissima Nunziata di Firenze (Selection of Some Miracles…

Jacques Callot, 1619

Engraving of an ornate cross-shaped pendant with two flying cherubs, two seated nude men, and decorative motifs.

Cross-shaped Pendant and Four Other Motifs

Giovanni Battista Costantini, 1622

Oval drawing of a seated nude woman by a tree with a leering satyr peeking from foliage, a dog at her feet, and a distant lan

Diana and a Leering Satyr in a Forest

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, ca. 1600

Brown ink and grey wash drawing of a centaur carrying off a nude woman, raising a staff with a billowing cloak behind.

The Centaur Nessus Abducting Deianira

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1763-1809

Grey wash drawing of a rocky fountain design with classical figures, cupids, deer and cascading water.

Design for the Fontana di Venere e Adone, Reggia di Caserta, Naples

Fedele Fischetti, ca. 1780

Engraving of nude goddesses before a seated youth and cupid, with a chariot and winged figure in the clouds above.

Judgment of Paris

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-50

Etching of an imagined ancient Roman piazza with obelisks, columns, a domed temple, statues, and steps leading up to a palace

Plate 10: The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps [...] (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendev…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1743

Engraving of Galatea in a dolphin-drawn chariot amid sea figures, with three winged putti shooting arrows from the clouds abo

Galatea standing in a water-chariot pulled by two dolphins, surrounded by tritons, nereids, and putti, three of which…

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1515-16

Woodcut of Ecce Homo, Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by angels and putti in a dense ornamental border of vines.

Ecce Homo with Ornamental Border showing the Triumph of Bacchus

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511

Engraved frieze of mounted and foot warriors fighting, labeled Achilles and Hector, with a fallen soldier below.

Achilles and Hector

Sebald Beham, 1518-30

Woodcut of a drunken Bacchus reclining among putti and a wine barrel, with grapevines and a distant church in the landscape.

The Drunk Bacchus

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1520

Red chalk drawing of a seated satyr with a human torso, goat legs and hooves, turning his head over his shoulder.

Satyr

Gilles Demarteau

Engraving with two oval scenes: a midwife presenting an infant to a man in a hat, and a violinist with dancing putti below.

Allegories in Honor of the Birth of the Dauphin

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a naval battle with galleys inside an oval Roman arena, crowded with spectators and reclining river figures at t

Naval engagement set inside a Roman arena, with the river Tiber and nymphs at lower left and right

Etienne Dupérac, 1577-85

Engraved theatre scene with costumed players, dogs, satyr figures and a cartouche reading The Authors Benefit Pasquin.

The Author's Benefit: Pasquin

William Hogarth, 1736

Woodcut zodiac chart with sun face, Venus and Cupid, a bishop saint, and a winged bird, with red color accents.

Chart of the Signs of the Zodiac with Venus, Cupid, and a Bishop Saint

Hans Baldung Grien, probably first half of the 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a nude youth with a cloak standing beside a winged horse grazing at the ground.

Bellerophon and Pegasus

Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1790-1844

Engraved frieze of centaurs with human riders in combat above a scrolling foliate ornament, with a monogram at top.

Frieze with Centaurs Fighting at Center with Human Riders

Sebald Beham, 1500-1550

Pencil sketch in a circle of a seated shepherd with a winged cupid behind him and a ram beside him.

Cupid and a Shepherd

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Pencil sketch in a circle of a seated Venus with a winged Cupid leaning against her shoulder, with clouds behind.

Venus and Cupid

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Etching of a rocky landscape with a castle, village, central tree, two travelers with a dog, and a river with boats.

Tobit, from "Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes"

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Engraved ornament panel with two figures embracing in a central roundel, flanked by two tritons among scrolling foliage.

Cimon and Pero Flanked by Two Tritons

Sebald Beham, 1518-30

Engraved symmetric frieze with two half-satyr, half-dragon creatures holding a ribbon above a central leafy finial.

Symmetric Ornamental Frieze with Two Fighting Hybridic Creatures (Half Satyr, Half Dragon) holding Fish

Sebald Beham, 1500-1550

Engraved ornament panel with central armour flanked by two tritons playing horns, with scrolling decoration above.

Horizontal Panel with Armour at Center, Flanked by Two Tritons Playing the Horn

Sebald Beham, 1518-30

Etching of a castle on a hill, a village, and a foreground with a seated herder, a piper, and resting cattle under a cloudy s

Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep, from "Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes"

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Engraved ornamental vase with mermaids, mermen and sea centaurs on its body, a serpent handle and a grotesque mask at the bas

Vase with a Group of Mermaids, Mermen and Sea Centaurs

René Boyvin, 17th century (late)

Engraving of an ornate vase with dancing nude women and satyrs in relief, a looped handle, and a cupid at the neck.

Vase with Dancing Women and Satyrs

René Boyvin, 17th century (late)