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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

278 works

Hand-colored print of a white egret flying above green bamboo branches inside a circular frame.

Decoration for a Plate: An Egret Flying Above Bamboo Branches

Félix Bracquemond, 1850-1914

Circular engraving of a hooded figure being robbed by a man in a round sphere, with a windmill and carriage behind.

The Misanthrope Robbed by the World, from Twelve Flemish Proverbs

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1568

Etching of a rear-facing rider on a horse in a circular frame, with companion riders and figures in a distant landscape.

A Hungarian Cavalier

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Watercolor elevation of a paneled wall with double doors, a painted panel of ducks, and a landscape mural with gold border.

Elevation of a paneled wall with a mural or tapestry and a double doors surmounted by a painting of ducks

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Woodcut of two armored knights on ornate horses in a tournament, one with a raised lance and flying banners.

The Tournament on Horseback

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1517-18

Etching of a bearded horseman in a feathered hat riding a prancing horse, with two riders in the background, within a circle.

Hungarian horseman riding towards the left, other horsemen in the background, a circular composition from 'Figures on…

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Etched caricature of a singing man in a cocked hat with musicians, a dog, and two snarling donkeys beside him.

A Medley of Musicians, or, Campbell's Concert

Engraving of an elderly bearded man and a young woman seated together, with a saddled horse, trees, and a castle in the backg

Ill-Matched Couple

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Etching of a turbaned horseman with a bow on a rearing horse, with figures and riders in a distant landscape.

A Moorish horseman facing the left, standing and seated Turks in the middle ground, and other horsemen in the backgro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Sepia drawing of a family in classical dress walking a path with children and a dog, with a seated reader in a vignette above

"The Return"

Johannes Riepenhausen, late 18th-19th century

Engraving of armored warriors and horses gathered before a canopy, with figures in helmets and draped cloaks.

Alexander welcoming Thalestris and the Amazons

Master FG, mid-16th century

Etching of a Polish horseman in fur cloak and feathered hat riding right, within a circle, with attendants and horses behind.

Polish horseman facing right, a circular composition, from 'Figures on Horseback' (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hong…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of putti with grapes, a goat, a wine barrel and a basket, with a dedication inscription below.

Fall

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Engraving of Sancho pursued by kitchen boys in a grand hall, with dogs in the foreground and elegant onlookers at a table.

Sancho Pursued by the Kitchen Boys of the Duke

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 18th century

Moorish horseman in profile facing right, in the background a pyramid at left, many figures and an elephant, from 'Fi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Engraving of a laurel-crowned woman with a lyre, cherubs, doves and flowers in an oval frame, titled Lyrical Poetry.

Lyrical Poetry

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, ca. 1741

Pen and brown wash drawing of a monument design: a bull's head between two winged putti holding drapery, above a lion mask.

Design for a monument (recto); Architectural sketches (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Polish horseman in profile facing right, a tower and other figures on horses in background, a circular composition, f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Engraving of three cherubs with a bird cage and a net beside a broken tree, birds flying over a ruined tower in the distance.

Air

Claude Augustin Duflos le Jeune, 18th century

Etching of villagers butchering a pig in a rustic yard, with children watching beside a pump, in a circular frame.

Pork Butcher

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Moorish horseman in profile facing right, a black slave holding a fur at right, another horseman to left in the backg…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Brown wash drawing of shepherds resting on a mound beside a bare tree, with cattle, a donkey and a rifleman in a rocky landsc

Shepherds at rest

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Etching of a peasant kitchen interior with a woman nursing a baby, a man at the hearth, a child, a dog, and hanging pots.

The Family (reverse copy)

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of Phaeton's overturned chariot and plunging horses falling through clouds toward a sea and hillside landscape.

Phaeton, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a crowd of men with staves, a bear on a leash, and a mounted rider gesturing beneath a large tree.

Hudibras First Adventure (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 2)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Etching of a crowded rustic tavern interior with a seated violin player, drinking companions, a dog and a large hearth.

The Violin Player Seated in the Inn

Cornelis Dusart, 1685

Etching of a bearded figure in robes driving a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, one arm outstretched.

Proserpina, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Ink and grey wash drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet above a crowd of figures with raised arms.

The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, a…

William Blake, 1780-85

Etching of an ornate cup base with cherubs, a griffin, a lion and a dog among scrollwork and bead garlands.

Base of an ornamental cup

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Etching of a herdsman on horseback driving cattle and a goat across a rocky slope, with mountains behind, in a circular frame

Herdsman on horseback drives animals, from 'Six animal subjects' (Six sujets d'animaux)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646