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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,089 works

Etching of a haloed man kneeling under a tree, looking up at a beam of light with the words Tolle Lege, two figures behind a

Conversion de S. Augustin (Conversion of St. Augustine), May 5th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of a bishop with a mitre and crozier beside a kneeling praying figure, with a church on a hill in the background.

S. Louis, évêque (St. Louis, Bishop), August 19th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Image…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Engraving of a standing female saint with halo and crozier, with small figures and a hilltop town in the background.

Ste. Claire de Monte-Falco, vierge (St. Clare of Montefalco, Virgin), August 17th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Sainc…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etched print of Mary Magdalene kneeling in prayer by rocks, with angels in clouds above and a distant city.

Ste. Marie-Madeleine (St. Mary Magdalen), July 22nd, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Ima…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of St. Thomas Aquinas kneeling in prayer before a glowing crucifix, with an open book and bird nearby.

S. Thomas d'Aquin (St. Thomas Aquinas), March 7th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Image…

Jacques Callot, 1636

Etching of the Virgin and Christ child enthroned among angels and clouds, with four kneeling friars in the foreground.

Ste. Marie-des-Anges (Our Lady of the Angels), August 2nd, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année…

Jacques Callot, 1636

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

Engraved pendant design with Adam and Eve in an oval medallion, surrounded by scrollwork and floral ornament.

Pendant Design with Adam and Eve, from Des Pendants de Cleffs pour les Femmes

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1580-1600

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

Engraving of nude children dancing hand in hand under a tasselled canopy, with horses at left and a banner at right.

Nude Children Dancing Under a Canopy, with Two Horses on the Left and a Banner on the Right

Heinrich Aldegrever, ca. 1532-33

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

Woodcut of Christ enthroned in radiating light with two trumpeting angels above and kneeling figures below.

The Last Judgment, 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