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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,406 works

Engraving of enthroned Christ among saints, angels and the Holy Spirit dove, with Church Fathers debating a eucharistic monst

The Dispute of the Church Fathers over the Holy Sacrament

Cornelis Cort, 1575

Engraving of a kneeling man in a forest with a horse, a stag, and a distant village under a cloudy sky.

St. Eustace in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Watercolor interior of a basilica with rows of columns, coffered ceilings, and kneeling figures in the foreground.

Interior View of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

Anton Hallmann, 1833

Pen and wash design drawing of an arched rococo entrance portal with scrollwork, flower garlands and columns.

Design for an Entrance Portal with a Single Door

Michael Furtner the Elder, ca. 1720

Pen and watercolor design for a pulpit with a canopy, carved balustrade, staircase and floor plan on aged paper.

Design for a Pulpit

Michael Furtner the Elder, 1690-1720

Watercolor drawing of a circular domed market hall with a tall column, carts and figures in a cobbled street.

La Halle aux Blés, Exterior View

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1810

Watercolor interior of a vaulted grain hall with brick arches, columns, a dome at left, and workers stacking flour sacks.

La Halle aux Blés, Interior View

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1810

Pen and wash drawing of a tiered fountain with figures and cascading water, with a circular floor plan below.

Project for a Fountain for La Place Louis XV

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, ca. 1806

Portrait of Giovanni Ricasoli, aged 5

Luigi Sabatelli, 1808

Pen and wash drawing of two altarpiece wings with saints John the Baptist and Catherine in arched niches under angels.

Two Wings of an Altarpiece depicting Saints John the Baptist and Catherine in Niches Surmounted by Angels

Jan van Scorel, mid-16th century

Brown wash drawing of Adam and Eve in a forest, Eve holding a branch as a serpent coils around the tree above.

The Temptation of Eve

Pieter van Lint, 1639

Red chalk drawing of a seated sibyl reading a book with putti, plus a lunette study of reclining figures.

The Cumaean Sibyl (after Michelangelo)

Jean-Robert Ango, 1767

Ink and wash drawing of a funeral monument with a skull, putti, candelabra, draped curtains and a coat of arms.

Design for a Funeral Monument (Preparatory Drawing for a Print)

Johann Jakob Schübler, 1724-41

Engraving of three 16th-century soldiers, an ensign, drummer and piper, standing before a fence with a dated German inscripti

Ensign, Drummer and Piper

Sebald Beham, 1543

Black and white print of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John.

The Crucifixion

Sebald Beham, 1521

Black-and-white print of Christ's head crowned with thorns, with long curly hair and beard, gazing forward.

The Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns

Sebald Beham, ca. 1520

Engraved frontispiece with two allegorical women holding a crown over a coat of arms, with French verse below.

Frontispiece, from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

Jacques Callot, 1627

Engraving of a kneeling robed saint in a rocky wilderness gazing at a radiant vision of a crucifix in the sky.

St Francis Penitent in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1575

Engraving of a kneeling bearded man with a staff and lamb beneath a large tree, with a river and hills in the background.

St John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1533-78

Engraving of Saint Jerome praying in a rocky wilderness beside a crucifix, with two lions and large trees around him.

St Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Engraving of St Jerome writing at a desk beside a crucifix and lion in a rocky wooded landscape with a waterfall.

St Jerome Translating the Bible in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Engraving of a long-haired penitent figure beside a cross in a rocky wooded landscape with a cave and stream.

Mary Magdalen Repentant in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Engraving of a kneeling bearded hermit in a forest clearing with a cross, waterfall and distant mountain.

St Onuphrius in the Wilderness

Cornelis Cort, 1574

Etching of twenty-three martyrs in habits crucified on tall crosses, with soldiers below and angels in clouds above.

Les Martyrs du Japon (The Martyrs of Japan)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1627

Engraving of the Holy Family at a candlelit table, figures with radiant halos, inside an ornate oval frame with Latin text be

Reverse Copy of Le Benedicite, estampe appelée aussi La Sainte Famille a Table et St. Joseph Faisant Boire L'Enfant J…

Pieter Nolpe, 17th century

Engraved frontispiece with a heraldic shield, crown, two allegorical women, a cherub, and a French verse inscription.

Frontispiece, from Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at Nancy by Henri Humbert, printed by Sebastien Phillipe

Jacques Callot, 1627

Engraving of a robed saint reading a book beneath a large tree, holding a lily branch, with a distant town behind.

St Dominic Reading

Cornelis Cort, 1573

Oval engraved portrait of a woman in a lace cap and ruff collar, with an inscription around the border.

Grietgen (Margaretha) Jansdr

Hendrick Goltzius, 1580

Hand-colored caricature of two men on a cobblestone street, one holding newspapers, the other leaning toward him with a cane.

Le Nouvelliste Sans Argent

Louis Maleuvre, 1814

Engraved bust portrait of an older man in a high collar and cravat, titled Carle Vernet, from L'Artiste.

Portrait of Carle Vernet, from "L'Artiste"

Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont, 1837