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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Engraving of a street scene with a whipped horse, a carriage, and a man beating a sheep as a flock watches.

The Second Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Pencil drawing of a dragonfly seen from above with four spread wings and a long slender abdomen on cream paper.

A Dragonfly

Nicolaas Struyk, early 18th-mid 18th century

Engraved allegory with reclining figures, cherubs, a griffin on a cloud, and a text panel beneath a carved stone arch.

An allegory in honor of the arrival of Cardinal Franciotti as Bishop of Lucca

Pietro Testa, 1680-1700

Etching of Saint Peter with keys among grieving Apostles, while Christ ascends in clouds above a tomb.

Saint Peter standing in the centre surrounded by Apostles distraught at the death of Christ who is shown ascending fr…

François Collignon, 1650-1700

Engraving of muscular smiths hammering at an anvil beside a flaming furnace, framed by an ornate decorative border.

Vulcan's Forge

Master IQV, ca. 1542

Sepia etching of Saint Angelo's martyrdom, a figure stabbed at left, an angel above, and a crowd of onlookers below.

The martyrdom of Saint Angelo who in the upper left is being stabbed watched by horrified onlookers, from the 'Cabine…

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1729-64

Etching of the Virgin and Child on clouds above a kneeling bishop and plague victims, with angels and a signed date of 1691.

Three Lucchese saints Sts Nicholas Tolentino, Nicholas of Bari interceding with the Virgin for the victims of the plague

Johann Michael Feichtmayr the Elder, 1691

Etching of an angel leading Saint Peter up stairs past sleeping guards in a prison, with a barred window and arched opening.

Saint Peter being released from prison by the angel

Girolamo Pedrignani, 1650-70

Etching of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, with archers and onlookers in the background and a dedicatory inscription below.

Saint Sebastian being tied to a tree

Girolamo Pedrignani, 1625-50

Engraving of a laughing fool in a bell-tipped cap holding a small crowned doll-like figure, with Dutch verse below.

Laughing Fool

Werner van den Valckert, ca. 1612

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester, seated in robes with a chain of office, 1743.

The Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. Benjamin Hoadly, Lord Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of the Most Noble Order of…

Bernard Baron, 1743

Bardolph, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, May 20, 1775

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding coins, titled Shylock, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare.

Shylock, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, March 15, 1776

Duke of York, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, March 15, 1776

Oval etching of the Virgin Mary beside the infant Christ on straw, with angels and putti in clouds above.

The Adoration of the Angels

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Christ Child before a pedestal, a kneeling crowned king, attendants, a horse

The Adoration of the Magi (copy in reverse)

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of two draped women embracing beside a stone pillar, a bearded man behind them, with a distant landscape and clouds.

The Visitation

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Virgin rising with arms outstretched, haloed, supported by cherubs and angels above a stone ledge with flowers

The Assumption of the Virgin

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Virgin with the infant Christ and young John the Baptist, with a landscape view and curtain behind.

The Virgin and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist

Carlo Maratti, 1647

Etching of the Virgin and Christ Child receiving kneeling Magi beneath a column, with a star above and a camel in the backgro

The Adoration of the Magi

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Oval etching of the Virgin with a kneeling woman, a sleeping infant, and cherubs floating overhead in a dim interior.

Virgin and Child with St. Mary Magdalen

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching in oval frame: Madonna with infant Christ under a tree, a crowned saint kneeling beside them, distant landscape behin

The Marriage of St. Catherine

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Annunciation: an angel on clouds points toward a dove as the Virgin kneels at a prayer desk.

The Annunciation

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of women attending a newborn infant in a draped interior, with a basin in the foreground and curtains behind.

The Birth of the Virgin

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of two women embracing before a stone wall, with an older man watching at left and a figure in the distance at right.

Visitation (copy in reverse)

Engraved portrait of Saint Vincent Ferrer with halo and wings, raising a finger and holding an open book.

St. Vincent Ferrer

Andrea Procaccini

Engraved allegory of seated women and a bearded philosopher on a terrace, with medallion portraits of ancient thinkers in the

Allegorical composition celebrating the Humanities

Nicolas Dorigny, 1695

Engraved allegorical frontispiece with a robed female figure, a winged putto with a laurel wreath, soldiers, and a distant ci

L'Imperio Vendicato

Pietro Sante Bartoli, 1630-1700

Engraving of a veiled woman holding a sieve in front of a dark draped curtain, with a Latin caption below.

Tuccia

Johann Jakob Frey the Elder, 1720

Etching of bearded scholars reading and talking beneath a tree, with a child and books on the ground and figures in the dista

La recompense des Sciences

Carlo Maratti, 1640-1713