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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Etched frontispiece with a seated Chinese man, two women, a titled banner, city wall and ships in the background.

Frontispiece, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Series of Chinoiserie Figures.…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in a long robe carrying smoking incense burners on a pole, with a pagoda and garden behind her.

Chinoiserie with a female figure holding burning perfumes, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr.…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in Chinese-style robes playing a mouth organ in a landscape with a bridge and trees.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing the mouth organ, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azainc…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etched print of a woman in Chinese-style robes holding cymbals, standing in a landscape with a distant tower and trees.

Chinoiserie with a woman holding cymbals, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Se…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in Chinese-style robes playing an instrument beside a pavilion and plants in a garden landscape.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing a musical instrument, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'A…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etched print of a woman in flowing robes playing a gong in a landscape with palm trees and a building.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing a gong, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Ser…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in Chinese-style robes carrying smoking incense burners on a pole, with a pagoda and garden behind her.

Chinoiserie with a female figure holding burning perfumes, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr.…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Engraving of a woman in chinoiserie dress holding cymbals, standing in a landscape with a pagoda and trees.

Chinoiserie with a woman holding cymbals, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Se…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in chinoiserie robes holding an instrument, standing in a garden beside a small pavilion and plants.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing a musical instrument, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'A…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Engraved print of a woman in Chinese-style robes holding a gong, standing in a landscape with palms and a thatched house.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing a gong, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Ser…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Etching of a woman in Chinese-style robes playing a flute in a garden with an urn, tree and distant town.

Chinoiserie with a woman playing a flute, from Suite de Figures Chinoises. . .Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt (Se…

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Engraving of a woman in a robe beside a birdcage, with a parrot on a branch above and songbirds on a perch behind her.

Air, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of two Chinese-dressed figures tending a steaming hearth, with a seated Buddha statue above and hanging pots.

Fire, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of a seated elderly man in Chinese-style robes holding a net, with a child beside him and a pagoda behind.

Water, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Engraving of a turbaned woman beside a pine tree and urn, with a kneeling child holding flowers in the foreground.

Earth, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Etching of two figures in Asian dress with a gong, bells, and a stringed instrument among plants.

Hearing

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of children gathered around a wooden box with a seated old man, palms, a flowering branch and birds nearby.

Sight

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of a woman with a plumed headdress beside an incense urn, a child, a kneeling old man, and potted plants.

Smell

François Boucher, 1720-70

Etching of a bearded man in a hat and a woman in a robe, each holding a small animal, beside a tree and a fan.

Touch

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of three figures in flowing robes beside a flowered urn on a pedestal, with a tambourine on the ground.

Touch, from The Five Senses

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of a woman nursing an infant in a rustic room with children, a dog, chickens and a wicker basket.

Plate 1: Young Woman Feeding her Infant, from Premier Livre de Sujets et Pastorales (First Book of Subjects and Pasto…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Etching of a shepherd teasing a sleeping shepherdess with straw, with sheep, a dog and a thatched hut in a wooded pastoral se

Plate 3: Shepherd tickling a sleeping Shepherdess with a piece of straw, from Troisieme Livre de Sujets et Pastorales…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Engraved medley print with a central male portrait surrounded by overlapping vignettes, text cards and a playing card.

Medley Print: Sot's Paradise

Sr George Bickham, 1706-7

Etched title page with Italian text, a coat of arms, two reclining allegorical figures, and a view of Florence below.

Frontispiece for "Instructions for Chancellors" (Instruzione a' Cancellieri)

Stefano Della Bella, 1635

Etching of a laurel-crowned winged woman with a trumpet and scroll, a cherub playing lute, and a mask and books at her feet.

Frontispiece for "Poems by Desmarets" (Oeuvres poétiques de Desmarets)

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Etching of two flute players on rocks above a laughing crowd, a winged horse among trees, and a banner reading ÆTATIS SUÆ 31.

Frontispiece for "The Works of Scarron" (Œuvres de Scarron)

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Etching of a waterfall between rocky cliffs with cattle, goats and a seated woman under trees in the foreground.

A waterfall descending from the mountains in the center background, various animals and a woman and child beneath a t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching in a circle: a peasant woman on horseback leads a herd of cows, sheep, goats and dogs across a landscape.

A peasant woman seated on a horse to left, facing right, surrounded by a herd of cows, goats, sheep, and dogs, from "…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Etching of two horsemen and a walking man descending a hill toward a castle set among jagged mountains.

Two horsemen descend a hill in center, following another man on foot, a castle in the mountains in the center backgro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a naval battle with galleys, smoke, a sinking ship at right, and a rowboat of men at left.

A naval battle, a rowboat full of men to left, a sinking ship to right, two galleys battling in center, other ships b…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641