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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,661 works

Engraving of a woman in an elaborate gown holding a carnation, with flower vases on pedestals and a garden behind her.

Smell

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Etching of Venus: a reclining nude woman, a winged cupid carrying a flower basket, dense trees and birds in the sky.

Realm of Venus

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Engraving of an old woman with a torch and a nude child at a doorway, with a draped woman lifting a vessel beside a spinning

Ceres Searching for Her Daughter

Hendrick Goudt, n.d.

Etching of a nude woman kneeling with one arm raised, beside a male figure, with loose hatched lines in the background.

Potiphar's Wife (Potiphars Weib)

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1914

Black and white woodcut of a rider on a galloping horse in a ring, with stylized horse heads flanking the scene.

The Riding School

Franz Marc, 1913

Etching of a nude woman crouching with arms raised behind her head, drawn in loose black contour lines on pale paper.

Squatting Woman

Egon Schiele, 1914

The Old Knight

Odilon Redon, 1896

Engraved interior scene of a man handing a letter to a woman beside a harpsichord, with a seated woman reading.

Le Billet Doux

Nicolas de Launay, 1778

Engraved print of an elegant 18th-century salon concert with musicians at a harpsichord and an audience in formal dress.

The Concert

Antoine-Jean Duclos, 1774

Etching of a village festival in a landscape with trees, musicians, seated figures, a stone wall, and a farmhouse.

The Village Festival (Fête de village dans la campagne romaine)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1735-40

Monochrome print of classical figures in an interior, a seated man gesturing while others listen beside a torch stand and sta

The Discovery of the Catilinarian Conspiracy

Jean François Janinet, 1792

Engraving of three ornate vessels, a covered urn, a tall goblet, and a footed cup, under a banner reading Hieronimus Hopfer.

Three Vessels

Hieronymus Hopfer, 16th century

Engraving of a cannon on a carriage beside a tree, with men at right and a village with a church spire in the distance.

Landscape with a Cannon

Albrecht Dürer, 1518

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a feathered cap and slashed fur-trimmed garment holding a sword, against a hatched sky.

Portrait of Kunz von der Rosen

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1515/1518

Etching of an ornate choirstall with haloed saints, a central arch, cherubs and carved niches, in dense black line work.

Large Choirstall with Christ Blessing the Virgin

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1518-20

Engraving of a kneeling saint before soldiers and a seated judge, with classical columns and stepped terrace behind.

The martyrdom of Saint Paul and the condemnation of Saint Peter

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1524-27

Virgin and Child

Parmigianino, ca. 1527-30

Chiaroscuro-style print of Venus with surrounding putti in an oval frame, drawn in brown ink and green and blue washes.

Venus Surrounded by Putti

Arthur Pond, ca. 1735

Etching of St. Jerome reading near a tree as a lion approaches, with a hillside village and church tower behind.

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Engraving of sea gods, tritons and sea monsters battling in choppy water, with a trident-bearing figure among reeds behind.

The Battle of the Sea Gods (left portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, before 1481

Engraving of nude figures and putti in a wooded landscape, with a winged cupid in the tree above.

Allegory of the Power of Love, with a man at center embracing a semi-naked woman, who is bound to a tree by Cupid

Cristofano di Michele Martini, 1480-1535

Brown ink drawing of a lively tavern scene with feasting men, women in ruffs, and musicians playing violin and cello.

The Prodigal Son Squanders his Fortune with Prostitutes

Augustin Braun, late 16th-mid-17th century

Brown wash drawing of the prophet Elijah seated by a stream in a forest, with birds flying above him.

Elijah Fed by Ravens

Jan Müller, late 16th-early 17th century

Mezzotint of a seated woman peeling a pear in a kitchen with copper pots, a decanter, and a pile of pears.

A Woman Peeling Pears

Wallerant Vaillant, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a large crowd with camels and goats in a wide landscape, a crowned figure offering bread to a kneelin

Melchizedek Blessing Abraham

Jan Luyken, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, travellers on a roadside path, and a stream in the distance.

A Wooded Landscape with Travellers by the Roadside, a Stream beyond

Herman van Swanevelt, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of villagers dancing in a street before a thatched tavern, with a dog and market scene behind.

An Itinerant Peddler in a Village

Cornelis Dusart, 1693

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king and crowd of onlookers.

Adoration of the Magi

Frans Francken II, n.d.

Two boys in dim candlelight, one holding up a glowing translucent bladder while the other looks at it.

Two Boys Blowing a Bladder by Candle-light

Peter Perez Burdett, 1773

Brown-toned print of a wooded landscape with cows on a path, a herdsman, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cows

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797