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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,003 works

Engraved print of a procession of grotesque figures with beaked masks and elaborate costumes walking across a landscape.

Procession of Monstrous Figures

the Younger Wendel Dietterlin, 1615

Grey wash and pencil design of a stone balustrade with urn finials, a stage set drawing by Eugène Cicéri.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical gods gathered on clouds, with a bearded central figure gesturing and putti below.

Council of the Gods

Giacomo Zoboli, n.d.

Blue-grey elevation drawing of an ornate balustrade with three lamp posts and carved panels on tan paper.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade wtih Lamp Posts

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil and wash drawing of a stone balustrade with floral panels and two carved lion guardian figures on pedestals.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade with Chinese Motif

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown chiaroscuro print of nude men lifting a struggling woman above a rocky base, modeled like a marble sculpture.

Rape of a Sabine Woman

Andrea Andreani, 1584

Engraved panoramic view of Jerusalem with walls, a large central temple complex, hills, and an inset map.

Prospect of Jerusalem

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1660

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with a winged figure above a chariot and horses in clouds.

Design for a Ceiling with an Allegorical Subject

James Thornhill, ca. 1713

Watercolor plan of the Kew gardens showing lakes, paths, buildings and a legend, by Sir William Chambers, 1763.

General Plan of the Gardens at Kew

Sir William Chambers, 1763

Etching of Lambeth Palace seen from the Thames, with towers, a gabled hall, rowing boats and a sailing barge.

Palatium Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis propae Londinum vulgo Lambeth House (Lambeth House: Palace of the Archbishop of…

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Long panoramic etching of London's skyline along the Thames, with church towers, rooftops and a bridge after the Great Fire.

Prospects of London Before and After the Great Fire

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1666

Etched strip of putti in a scallop shell chariot pulled by a galloping horse, with an archer putto at right.

A scallop shell chariot

William Carter, 1654

Etching of six ragged beggars with walking sticks standing in a row against a distant landscape, with a dog at left.

Men and women beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of six ragged beggars, women, men and a child, in a row on open ground with a ruin at right.

Six Men and Women Beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of a row of ragged beggars in tattered cloaks and hats, several leaning on walking sticks, in an open landscape.

Eight Beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of seven ragged beggars in a row, several with crutches, one carrying a banner, against a rural landscape.

Die Bettler Zunfft (The Seven Beggars)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etched hilltop view of Passau with a fortified castle on the right, a dense town of rooftops and spires on the left, and clou

Passau, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652-77

Etching of a long arched stone bridge over a river with towers, a hillside wall, and a passenger boat in the foreground.

Prague, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652-77

Etching of Drachenfels hill with a ruined castle, Löwenburg to the left, and boats with flags on a river.

Drachenfels and Lowenburg, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652-77

Etched panoramic view of Augsburg with a tall domed church tower, rooftops, city walls and a river in the foreground.

Augsburg, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Etching of a long covered wooden bridge with a central stone tower over a river, flanked by half-timbered houses and a tree.

Strasbourg, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Etching of a wooden river bridge with a carriage and rider crossing, a boat on the water, and a timber tower at right.

Strasbourg: The Kehl Bridge, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Etching of a river view with a long wooden bridge, a tall tower house, town buildings, a church spire and a rowing boat.

Stuttgart: The Lake, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1663-65

Etching of the town of Cannstatt beside the Neckar river, with a bridge, gabled houses, a tower and rolling hills.

Cannstadt, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Etching of a riverside town with a fortified wall, church tower, sailboats, and a distant city skyline labeled Cöln.

Deutz and Cologne, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652-77

Etching of a sailing boat on a river with a church spire on the left bank and hills in the background.

Nonnenwerdt, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652-77

Etching of the town of Esslingen with a tall tower, riverside houses, and a long arched stone bridge over the Neckar.

Esslingen, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1663-65

Etching of Strasbourg's walls and cathedral spire across a river, with a rowing boat and a rider on the road.

Strasbourg, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1663-65

Etching of the town of Ingolstadt across the Danube, with church spires, a wooden bridge and a rowing boat in the foreground.

Ingolstadt, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Etched landscape of rolling hills and a distant city with church towers, with a tall tower in the fields, dated 1663.

Stuttgart, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1663