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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,466 works

Engraving of a bearded armored knight with plumed helmet holding a standard, resting on a shield, with a landscape behind.

St. William of Aquitaine in armor bearing a standard in his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield, a lands…

Martinus Martini, ca. 1581-1610

Engraving of the risen Christ on a cloud with a banner, surrounded by cherubs, while soldiers fall below in a rocky landscape

Resurrection of Christ

Melchior Meier, 1577

Engraving by Christoph Murer, 1596: a poor man and a seated rich man contrasted under a winged figure holding banners.

An Allegory of a Rich Man and a Poor Man (Der Lustige Arme und der Traurige Reiche)

Christoph Murer, 1596

Vertical ornament print with a central candelabra, putti riding goats, grotesque masks, and dense scrollwork and foliage.

Candelabra with putti on goats at center

Lambrecht Hopfer, ca. 1525-50

Vertical engraved ornament print with a candelabra grotesque of scrolls, foliage, putti, dolphins and dragon heads.

Candelabra Grotesque with Heads of Dolphins and Dragons in the Center

Lambrecht Hopfer, ca. 1525-50

Etching of a chaotic battle in a forest, with rearing horses, armored foot soldiers with shields and spears, and a flag.

Battle between cavalry and infantry in a wood

Hieronymus Hopfer, 16th century

Print of ten stacked decorative friezes with scrolling foliage, dragons, winged putti and grotesque masks.

Designs for Ten Decorative Friezes

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1515

Vertical etching of a grotesque candelabra with satyr figures holding torches, winged monsters, and scrollwork ornament.

Candelabra Grotesque

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1485-1536

Etched ornamental IHS monogram of scrollwork and fruit, flanked by angels in clouds on a pale sheet.

IHS Monogram surrounded by Six Angels

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1485-1536

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