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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,956 works

Etching of two commedia dell'arte figures, Scapino and Capitano Zerbino, facing each other with swords and feathered hats.

Copy of Scapino and Capitano Zerbino, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, after 1622

Etching of a haloed bishop preaching to a crowd in a forest clearing, with soldiers at right and a village in the distance.

Saint Amond, St. Nicholas, or St. Séverin

Jacques Callot, ca. 1625

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

Brown wash drawing of Roman figures in a colonnade, a youth embracing a dying man beside armor, soldiers watching.

Scene from Roman History, depicting a Youth receiving Armor from a Dying Man (Scipio Africanus and His Son?)

Mathieu-Ignace van Bree, late 18th-mid 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds, an ox and a donkey under an arched port

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelink, 1599

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 armed men on rocks facing a dragon and grotesque winged demons in a smoky fantastical procession.

Entrée de MM. de Couvonge et de Chalabre (Entrance of Monsieur du Couvonge and of Monsieur de Chalabre), from "Le Com…

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a galleon at sea surrounded by mythological sea figures, with a tree on an islet and a domed pavilion below.

Entrée de M. de Brionne (Entrance of Monsieur de Brionne), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a parade with torch bearers, trumpeters, and an ornate chariot topped by a winged lion, with a cloud scene below.

Entrée du Prince de Pfalzbourg (Entrance of the Prince of Pfalzbourg), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of armored soldiers riding fantastical beasts and pulling ornate carriages, with winged figures and a dragon.

Entrée de Monseigneur Henry de Lorraine (Entrance of Henry of Lorraine), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Etching of a processional entrance with a sun chariot, horses, a fountain terrace, a rocky grotto and dancers.

Entrée du duc Charles IV (Entrance of Duke Charles IV), from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Hand-colored print of Little Falls at Luzerne, with a waterfall, wooden mill, fisherman and hills under a pale sky.

Little Falls at Luzerne (No. 1 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822-23

Hand-colored print of a river junction with rapids, a wooden bridge, forested hills, a tall pine and a stormy sky.

Junction of the Sacandaga and Hudson Rivers (No. 2 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1821-22

Hand-colored print of a winding river with a windswept tree, dirt road, small figures and rolling wooded hills.

View Near Jessup's Landing (No. 3 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Rubens Smith, 1821-22

Hand-colored print of turbulent river rapids between rocky cliffs, with a fisherman on the bank and trees framing the scene.

Rapids Above Hadley's Falls (No. 4 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822-23

Hand-colored print of Hadley's Falls, with white rushing water over rock ledges, wooded cliffs and two figures at lower left.

Hadley's Falls (No. 5 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Rubens Smith, 1821-22

Hand-colored print of Glens Falls, with white water cascading past a wooden bridge, a mill, rocks and tall pines.

Glenns Falls (No. 6 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822

Hand-colored print of a river with a weir, tall pines on a rocky bank, a dirt road, and distant hills under a pale sky.

View Near Sandy Hill (No. 7 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822-23

Hand-colored print of Baker's Falls on the Hudson, with rushing water over rock ledges, a mill, a standing man, and trees.

Baker's Falls (No. 8 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1823-24

Hand-colored print of a river scene with a leaning tree in the foreground, rocks in the water, an island with evergreens, and

View Near Fort Miller (No. 10 (later changed to No. 9) of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822

Hand-colored aquatint of a river landscape with wooded islands, grazing cattle, a dirt road, and two walking figures.

Fort Edward (No. 10 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822-23

Hand-colored print of Troy seen across the Hudson River, with town houses, wooded islands, and a dirt road in the foreground.

Troy from Mount Ida (No. 11 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Rubens Smith, 1821-22

Hand-colored print of the town of Hudson on the river, with fishermen hauling a net, boats on the water, and clouds above.

Hudson (No. 13 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1825

Hand-colored print of Newburgh on the Hudson River with a town, sailboats, and an ox cart on a road in the foreground.

Newburg [Newburgh] (No. 14 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1825

Hand-colored print of a country road, rocks and trees overlooking a river with sailboats and hills.

View Near Hudson (No. 15 (later No. 12) of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822

Hand-colored print of a Hudson River view with hills, cattle, a steamboat, and sunbeams breaking through clouds.

View from Fishkill Looking To West-Point (No. 15 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Rubens Smith, 1825

Hand-colored print of West Point on the Hudson River with a steamboat, rowboat, rocky shore, and distant hills.

West Point (No. 16 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1825

Hand-colored print of a river valley with a stone house on a rise, a dirt road, two figures, and distant hills under clouds.

View Near Fishkill (No. 17 of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1823-24