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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,352 works

Engraved design for an ornate bed with gabled pediments, armored flag-bearers, carved panels and decorated drawers below.

Design for a bed

Daniel Hopfer, 1527

Engraving of a spotted horse with flowing mane in a landscape, with two horses and distant buildings behind it.

Horse

Johann Elias Ridinger, 17th-18th Century

Engraved elevation of an ornate indoor grotto with a tiered fountain and statues, with a floor plan below.

Cross-section and Floorplan of an Indoor Grotto

Gabriel Bodenehr, 18th century

Etching of three peasants on a stone ledge beside a mill with a water wheel, under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Peasants and a Mill

Franz de Paula Ferg, 18th century

Etching of a woman reaching for a wreath in smoke beside a ruined amphitheater, with kneeling and standing onlookers in 18th-

A Visit to Rome in 1764

Franz Edmund Weirotter, 1764

Etching of a crumbling stone tower with an arched doorway on a rocky slope, with small figures on a path below.

Plate 2: Calidarium at the Baths of Diocletian, from "The Ruins of Rome"

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1640

Etching of a waterfall cascading over rocks below a cliff with hilltop buildings, a figure in the foreground, and a distant t

Cascades near Ponte della Trave, from "The Ruins of Rome"

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639

Hand-colored woodcut of the Annunciation: an angel with a scroll kneels before the Virgin Mary under an arched frame with a b

The Annunciation

Hans Wechtlin I, late 15th-early 16th century

Engraved architectural ornament plate with an arched gated doorway, columns, a lion, winged figures and grotesque masks.

Ornament plate, from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Woodcut of a crowned figure among armored soldiers and courtiers in a columned hall, with a bowing figure in the foreground.

Illustration from "The White King" (Der Weiß König)

Hans Burgkmair, 15th-16th century

Engraving of bearded Saturn holding an infant, with a goat, scythe, and distant castle in the landscape.

Saturn, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1525

Engraving of Jupiter as a helmeted warrior with sword and shield, beside a tree and a distant walled town.

Jupiter, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Engraved print of an ornate knife handle with a marriage scene, cherubs, scrollwork, and French text panels on each side.

Design for knife handle to commemorate a marriage

Johann Theodor de Bry, ca. 1580-1600

Etching of an ornate architectural facade with a central doorway, hunting dogs, animal heads, and an archer atop the pediment

Design for an Architectural Structure with a Hunting Theme, plate 74 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Etching of an ornate fountain with a figure holding a staff on a globe above an urn with sea monsters and scrolls.

Design for a Fountain, plate 80 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraved architectural design for a lavabo with a central niche, ornate urn, scrolled pediment and grotesque masks.

Design for a Lavabo, plate 85 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Etching of an ornate fountain with nude female figures, putti, and dragons supporting a balustrade, from Dietterlin's Archite

Design for a Fountain, plate 119 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a blank central shield, flanked by dragons, birds and scrolls within an arched niche.

Design for a Cartouche, plate from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraving of an armored warrior with raised sword and shield, a goat at his feet, labeled MARS, 1528.

Mars, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Engraving of a crowned nude man with a scepter, seated by a tree beside a lion and shield, labeled SOL.

Sun, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Engraving of Venus with long curly hair holding an arrow and flaming heart beside a tree, with a bull at her feet.

Venus, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1529

Engraving of the god Mercury holding a caduceus, wearing a winged helmet, with a town and trees behind him.

Mercury, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Woodcut of Christ holding a globe, haloed and surrounded by clouds and small angels.

Christ with a Globe

Hans Baldung Grien, 15th-16th century

Woodcut of Saint Andrew with a halo, standing beside a diagonal cross with radiating lines behind him.

Saint Andrew

Hans Baldung Grien, 15th-16th century

Woodcut of a bearded horseman drawing his sword beside a kneeling beggar, with trees and a distant castle.

Saint Martin on Horseback

Hans Baldung Grien, 15th-16th century

Etching of a bearded old man in a flat cap and fur-trimmed robe, hands clasped, after Rembrandt.

Old Man with Beard and Flat Cap, after Rembrandt

Captain William E. Baillie, 1765

A bearded man wearing a tasseled headdress facing left, from "Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1648-50

Etching of robed figures seated beneath a dark stone archway in a shadowy interior, with a reclining figure at right.

Tangier, Seated Arabs

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 19th century

Etching of a nude man seated beside two hooded witches with shears and an open book, with a winged creature and heads below.

Plate 70: Devout Profession (Devota Profesion), from "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist and a lamb beside a classical column and stone steps.

The Holy Family with the infant St John the Baptist at right

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1650-57