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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,119 works

Pencil sketch of a man with round spectacles and curly hair, head resting on a cushion, on a sketchbook page.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1850

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat and frock coat seated on a balloon-back chair, legs crossed, on a sketchbook page.

Man Seated on a Chair

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1855

Engraving of the Trinity in clouds with a dove, angels, and saints with books gazing upward above a landscape.

The Adoration of the Trinity

Cornelis Cort, 1566

Engraving of enthroned Christ among saints, angels and the Holy Spirit dove, with Church Fathers debating a eucharistic monst

The Dispute of the Church Fathers over the Holy Sacrament

Cornelis Cort, 1575

Engraving of a kneeling man in a forest with a horse, a stag, and a distant village under a cloudy sky.

St. Eustace in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Etching of a masked captain with feathered hat and sword beside a stooped hooded figure, with a town street behind.

Copy of Capitano Spessa Monti and Bagattino, from "Balli di Sfessania" (Dance of Sfessania)

Jacques Callot, after 1622

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 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

Watercolor interior of a basilica with rows of columns, coffered ceilings, and kneeling figures in the foreground.

Interior View of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

Anton Hallmann, 1833

Watercolor interior of a vaulted grain hall with brick arches, columns, a dome at left, and workers stacking flour sacks.

La Halle aux Blés, Interior View

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1810

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

Red chalk drawing of a seated sibyl reading a book with putti, plus a lunette study of reclining figures.

The Cumaean Sibyl (after Michelangelo)

Jean-Robert Ango, 1767

Ink and wash drawing of a funeral monument with a skull, putti, candelabra, draped curtains and a coat of arms.

Design for a Funeral Monument (Preparatory Drawing for a Print)

Johann Jakob Schübler, 1724-41

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

Engraving of three 16th-century soldiers, an ensign, drummer and piper, standing before a fence with a dated German inscripti

Ensign, Drummer and Piper

Sebald Beham, 1543

Black and white print of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John.

The Crucifixion

Sebald Beham, 1521

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

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 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 river between wooded cliffs, with a raft of figures and a sailboat on calm water.

View Near Fort Montgomery (No. 22 (later changed to No. 18) of The Hudson River Portfolio)

John Hill, 1822

Etching of a formal garden with a fountain, a castle, a peacock, and a seated woman with playful putti gathering flowers.

Flora with Putti in a Garden

Anton Joseph von Prenner

Oval engraved portrait of a woman in a lace cap and ruff collar, with an inscription around the border.

Grietgen (Margaretha) Jansdr

Hendrick Goltzius, 1580

Hand-colored caricature of two men on a cobblestone street, one holding newspapers, the other leaning toward him with a cane.

Le Nouvelliste Sans Argent

Louis Maleuvre, 1814

Six prints of soldiers, cavalry, a mountain valley and costumed figures mounted on a green album sheet.

Soldiers and Landscapes, (6 prints mounted onto a green album sheet)

Victor Adam, mid-19th century

Soft-ground etching of a bearded man sitting up in bed beside a dark silhouetted figure in a chair.

Portrait of Meryon Sitting up in Bed

Léopold Flameng, 1858

Engraved bust portrait of an older man in a high collar and cravat, titled Carle Vernet, from L'Artiste.

Portrait of Carle Vernet, from "L'Artiste"

Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont, 1837

Pencil caricature of a balding man with exaggerated features holding a Journal pour Rire newspaper, on tan paper.

Caricature of Charles Philipon

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Pencil caricature of a standing man with large nose, round spectacles and goatee, on tan paper, dated 1859.

Caricature of Jules de Prémaray

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Caricature of Louis Marie de la Haye, Vicomte de Cormenin (alias Timon)

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859