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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,401 works

Red chalk drawing of a boy in a tricorn hat resting his cheek on his hand, leaning on draped fabric.

Portrait of a Boy

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1720-75

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with a parrot, the Virgin reading a book on a cushion before a tiled wall.

The Madonna and Child with the Parrot

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Engraving of the Madonna holding the infant Christ on a draped cloth, with a bare tree and tower behind a courtyard wall.

The Madonna and Child in the Courtyard

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Engraving of St. Christopher wading a river carrying the Christ Child on his shoulder, with a hermit and lantern at left.

St. Christopher

Martin Schongauer, 1470-91

Engraving of an ornate Gothic crozier with a Virgin and Child and angel musician in the crook, and figures in niches on the s

The Crozier

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Pencil sketches of sculptural figures on tracing paper: a seated woman with a dog, two seated figures, and a woman with a chi

Sketches of seven statues: Faith, Paolo and Francesca di RImini, Charity, Ceres, Heavenly Venus, Dancer, and Sleeping…

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil sketch of a statue of a winged guardian angel with a child leaning against her, standing on a plinth.

Sketch of a statue: Guardian Angel

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen sketches of six sculptures on pedestals, including a kneeling Magdalen, a winged angel, a boxer, and a Madonna with child

Sketches of six statues: Magdalen by Canova, Divine Love by Bienaimé, Praying Angel, Boxer by Canova, Trust in God by…

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil drawing of a nude winged boy in a helmet centered among acanthus scrolls, flowers and vines in a framed panel.

Antique Roman Sculpture with Nude Winged Boy at the Center and Leaves and Vines

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Engraving of the Virgin seated with the Christ Child on her lap, a radiating halo behind her, and a book in her hands.

Virgin and Child (upper portion)

Master I. A. M. of Zwolle, late 15th century

Engraving of two women in a boat on water, one holding an infant, beside a tree and grassy bank.

Danae and the infant Perseus cast out to sea by Acrisius

Giorgio Ghisi, 1543

Engraving of a woman on a rearing white horse leaping into a river while women and children watch from the shore.

Cloelia on horseback crossing the Tiber

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1540-60

Engraving of the Visitation with two women embracing before classical columns, a crowd, and a seated mother with infant.

The Visitation

Giorgio Ghisi, 1540-50

Etching of four ornamental vases with putti and seated figures, signed Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, 1754.

The Four Vases

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1754

Engraving of an allegory of birth: a woman in bed, a standing woman holding an infant, winged putti, and a chariot in the sky

Allegory of Birth

Giorgio Ghisi, 1558

Engraving of the prophet Joel seated reading a scroll, with putti and architectural framing, after the Sistine Chapel ceiling

The Prophet Joel; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of the Eritrean Sibyl seated with an open book, surrounded by putti and architectural framing, after Michelangelo's

The Eritrean Sibyl; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of the seated Persian Sibyl reading a book, framed by nude figures and architecture, after the Sistine Chapel ceili

The Persian Sibyl, from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding a cloth as the infant Christ reaches for it, with Saint Joseph standing behind.

The Madonna of Loreto

Giorgio Ghisi, 1575

Mezzotint of a man and woman in dark period dress with a child reaching up, set before a garden with a bust and parrot.

Rubens, his wife Helena Fourment, and their Child

Charles Phillips, ca. 1770

Engraving of the Presentation in the Temple: a high priest receives the infant Christ at an altar while Mary and two men stan

Virgin of Sorrows: The Presentation in the Temple; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, n…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Virgin Mary riding a donkey with the infant Christ while a man leads them past a palm tree.

The Virgin of Sorrows: The Flight into Egypt; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now se…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of the Madonna with a halo holding a rose, the infant child leaning on a globe beside her, against draped curtains.

Madonna of the Rose

Johann Christian Teucher

Etching of five nude putti with grapes and drapery arranged in a shallow frieze, signed Peter van Avont.

Five boys and a satyr

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1625-77

Etching of a tall stone memorial column beside a rural road, with a woman and child walking and a hay cart in the distance.

Memorial Column with an Iron Hand

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1811

Etching of a woman carrying hay along a country road beneath a stone arch, beside a farmhouse and trees.

Girl with a Load of Hay, Outside of Thorbogen

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Etching of a boy with three goats by a stone trough, beneath a tree, with a rocky cliff and stream behind.

A Boy with Three Goats

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1815

Etching of a wooded path with a stone shrine, a woman and child, a fence, and cliffs in the distance.

The Grove with Boys

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Etching of a boy in an overcoat sketching on a drawing board while seated on a tree stump in a wooded setting.

The Artist Hoffman

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1815

Etching of a family interior with two bearded older men by a tiled stove, a seated woman, a girl with a cat, and chickens on

The Jewish Family Sitting Around the Stove

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817