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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,970 works

Etching of Saint Dominic in a monastic robe with halo, rosary and lilies, a dog at his feet, Virgin and Child above.

S. Dominique, fondateur de l'Ordre des Pères Prêcheurs (St. Dominic, Founder of the Order of Preachers), August 4th,…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Engraving of God in a crown bending over a sleeping Adam as Eve rises beside him, with a tree and deer behind.

The Creation of Eve, from The Story of Adam and Eve

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Brown wash drawing of Socrates raising a finger beside a cup, surrounded by mourning men in a barred prison cell.

The Death of Socrates

Jacques-Louis David, ca. 1782

Engraved family portrait: a bearded man in a military coat, a seated woman in a long gown, and a small child in a panelled ro

Lieutenant General Thomas J. Jackson and His Family ("Stonewall Jackson")

William Sartain, 1866

Etched print of a haloed bishop reclining on a bed with a crozier, monks standing in a landscape under stars.

S. Hugues, évêque (St. Hugh of Grenoble, Bishop), April 1st, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Ann…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Santa Claus distributes gifts to Union soldiers in camp, with an American flag and tents in the background.

Santa Claus in Camp (from "Harper's Weekly," vol. 7, p. 1)

Thomas Nast, January 3, 1863

Woodcut of a girl climbing temple steps past robed priests beneath a large arched doorway.

The Virgin Entering the Temple, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Woodcut of nude women by a fountain, a winged figure in clouds above, and a sleeping armored man in the foreground.

The Dream and Judgment of Paris

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1511

Woodcut of Christ riding a donkey through an arched gate while figures kneel and wave palm branches.

Entry into Jerusalem, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Woodcut of the Holy Family fleeing on a donkey led by a man, with a walled town on a hill behind them.

The Flight Into Egypt, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca.1513

Woodcut of robed figures crowding a draped interior as a bearded man gestures, depicting Christ before Caiaphas.

Christ Before Caiaphas, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Woodcut of Christ bound to a column while two men beat him with whips in an arched stone interior.

The Flagellation of Christ, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Woodcut of figures taking Christ's body down from the cross by ladder, with mourners and a landscape below.

The Descent from the Cross, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Engraving of a standing man in a plumed hat and slashed costume, with a castle and town in the landscape behind him.

The Little Standard-Bearer

Albrecht Altdorfer

Hand-colored caricature of a tall man in a brown coat gesturing at a seated man drawing at a desk in a studio.

Monsieur Daumier, your Robert-Macaire series is delightful (...), from "Caricaturana"

Honoré Daumier, April 8, 1838

Woodcut of mourners lowering a nude body onto a cloth, with a crown of thorns on the ground and a hilly landscape behind.

The Lamentation, from The Passion

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Woodcut of a man crucified upside down while soldiers and a crowd watch, with a castle ruin on a hill behind.

Peter from the Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a fur collar, framed by fruit garlands and cherub heads with Latin text.

Philipp Melanchthon

Lucas Cranach the Younger

Portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec (Portrait de Toulouse-Lautrec), from "L'Estampe Originale"

Charles Maurin, 1893

Engraving of a kneeling woman pleading with a bearded prophet holding a bound young man in a stone-walled interior with Hebre

Elijah and the Widow's Son, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

Ford Madox Brown, 1865-81

Wood engraving of a woman in a long gown walking past tall trees, with birds flying over a wooded landscape and a small build

Lady with the Rooks

Edward Calvert, 1829

Pencil and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated allegorical woman, a winged putto, and draped figure studies.

The Triumph of History over Time

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1771-75 (?)

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man's head with white highlights on tan paper, with a small figure sketched below.

Self-Portrait

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, ca. 1865

Daumier caricature of two top-hatted men at a stair railing by an office sign, one reading a circular about the Great Eastern

LES ACTIONNAIRES DU GREAT-EASTERN...., from En Italie, published in Le Charivari, November 21, 1859

Honoré Daumier, November 21, 1859

Daumier lithograph of two hunters by a fireplace in a rustic hut, with dogs and hanging game, captioned in French about the r

Eh! bien... allons-nous continuer notre chasse..., from "Croquis de Chasse"

Honoré Daumier, October 14, 1859

Engraving of Job seated among bearded companions under a lightning-streaked sky, with a city and hillside behind.

Job Reproved by His Friends

James Barry, dated 1777; issued ca. 1790

Pen drawing of a sleeping woman reclining by a pedestal while a winged Cupid aims a bow above her.

Sleeping Woman with a Cupid (Hush)

Henry Fuseli, 1780-90

Pen and ink caricature sketch of a bald man with a monocle and mustache, head turned, in a loose hatched style.

Self-Portrait as Monsieur Prudhomme

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, ca. 1850-60

Engraving of a woman with incense burner and flowers seated beside a camel, inscribed ASIA, after Preissler.

Allegory of Asia, from "The Four Continents"

Johann Justin Preissler, 1732

Hand-colored print of a man in blue grabbing another man's collar in a bedroom while a woman sits on a bed nearby.

A Cully Pillag'd

Thomas Rowlandson, October 30, 1786