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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,010 works

Print of three giraffes below an early biplane with two aviators, one throwing a green net; German caption at bottom.

Bloodless Giraffe Hunt (Unblutige Jagd auf Giraffen)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Three-panel colored print of a sword fight beside a barrel, with German verse, ending with a fallen man in red.

Mindless Ballad (Stumpfsinnige Ballade)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Colored woodcut in three panels: a courtship, a man drinking alone, and a man in a chair surrounded by rats and a cat.

Love and Alcohol (Liebe und Alkohol)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Brown wash drawing of a priest elevating the host at an altar while kneeling worshippers watch in a colonnaded church interio

A Priest Celebrating Mass

the Younger Giorgio Picchi, ca. 1600-5

Colored print of an outdoor tavern with violinists, a man in a bowler hat, and a woman leaning on him under a leafy tree.

At the Heuriger (Beim Heurigen)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Four-panel hand-colored comic print with armored knights, a woman in a red dotted gown, and German handwritten verse below.

The Clever Lady Knight (Die schlaue Ritterin)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Bearded elderly man reading an open book at a table before colorful bookshelves, hand to his head, in a 1911 print.

The Dialectician (Der Diaektforscher)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Color woodcut of a standing man in a dark coat beside seated older men reading newspapers in a Viennese café reading room.

Vienesse Café: In the Reading Room (Wiener Café: Im Lesezimmer)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Caricature print of three grotesque musicians in black suits playing violins against a bright yellow background.

Between 3 and 4 in the Morning! (Zwischen 3 und 4 Uhr Fruh!)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Color print of two men playing chess at a café table while onlookers in hats watch from behind a yellow curtain.

Viennese Café: The Chess Players (Wiener Café: Die Schachspieler)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Colored print of a tuxedoed man and a cue-wielding billiards player beside a bearded seated man in a Viennese café.

Viennese Café: Carambole (Wiener Café: Carabol)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Red chalk drawing of a bearded elderly prophet in an oval, gazing upward beside a young attendant holding a scroll.

The Prophet Jeremiah

Sebastiano Conca, 1718

Color print of a laughing waitress in black and white leaning toward a bearded man with a cigar at a café table.

Viennese Café: In the Little Café (Wiener Café: Im Tschecherl)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Pencil portrait sketch of a bearded man in a suit and cravat, turned three-quarters, on tan paper.

Portrait of Christophe Louis Engelhard Dalgas

Christen Købke, 1840

Colored print of a ragged man drinking beside a seated, startled man in a boater hat at a Viennese café terrace table.

Viennese Café: On the Terrace (Wiener Café: Auf der Terasse)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Hand-colored etching of a man struggling with a rearing horse as a carriage overturns and a balloon floats above a hillside.

Rural Sports: Balloon Hunting

Thomas Rowlandson, October 25, 1811

Tonal print of a bearded man in a robe holding an open book with a draped cloth, against a dark background.

A Philosopher, looking forward, holding a book with a cloth

Bernard Vaillant, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a classical interior with a canopied throne, colonnades, a fountain, and crowded figures in the foreg

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Carlo Portelli, 1560-70

Grey wash drawing of a seated man in a cap beside a large dolmen on grassy ground, on tan paper.

The Artist, Seated in Front of a Dolmen

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1844

Grey wash drawing of four nude women approaching a classical altar, with putti flying in clouds above and waves at left.

Four Nude Women Surrounded by Putti, Approaching an Altar

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Engraving of dancing figures at a Grecian harvest festival, with a bearded elder, grapevines, an ox, and winged figures in cl

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc.

James Barry, dated May 1, 1791, issued 1792

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a embroidered-collar coat painting at an easel, holding brushes and a palette.

Portrait of the Painter Ditlev Martens at Work Behind and Easel; verso: An Artist Sketching

Wilhelm Bendz, ca. 1820-24

Three Portraits in Profile

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Brown wash drawing of Christ with a staff among nude figures and demons at a gateway, with winged creatures above.

Christ in Limbo

Luca Penni, ca. 1547-48

Pen and brown ink sketch of a muscular male nude with twisted torso and raised arm on aged paper.

Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso)

Agostino Carracci, ca. 1590-93

Etching of an elderly bearded man with a cane walking beside a young boy along a rural path with hedgerows.

A Blind Man (The Wayfarers)

Frederick Walker, 1863

Pen and ink invitation card design with two classical female figures, drapery, and text for the Moray Minstrels, 1865.

The Moray Minstrels (Design for Invitation card of Arthur James Lewis)

Frederick Walker, 1865

Hand-colored print of Washington taking the oath of office with his hand on a Bible, surrounded by officials in period dress.

The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States, April 30th 1789 - At the Old City Hall, New Y…

Currier & Ives, 1876

Hand-colored print of a mounted officer raising his hat before a line of soldiers and a flag beneath a large tree.

Washington Taking Command of the American Army - At Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 3rd, 1775

Currier & Ives, 1876

Hand-colored print of a man ringing a large bell at Independence Hall while a crowd and onlookers watch from nearby buildings

The Tocsin of Liberty-Rung by the State House Bell, (Independence Hall) Philadelphia, July 4th, 1776, "Proclaim liber…

Currier & Ives, 1876