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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etching of an older man writing with a quill at a desk while a boy watches from behind, in a dim interior.

Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol with his Grandson

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1658

Engraved street view of the Vieux Louvre facade with carriages, pedestrians, dogs and a hay cart in the foreground.

Vue de la Grande Façade du Vieux Louvre

Jacques Rigaud, originally published 1729, inscribed 1752

Engraved 18th-century view of Paris riverfront with Notre Dame, the Seine, boats, carriages and crowds on the quay.

Autre Vue Particulière de Paris depuis Nôtre Dame, Jusques au Pont de la Tournelle

Jacques Rigaud, 1729

Drawing of tall oak trees over a sandy path, with a woman and child seated at left, a dog drinking, and a distant village.

Woman and Child Sitting next to a Road

Egbert van Drielst, 1760-1818

Engraving of nude Leda with children and a swan in a landscape, with a ruined Roman temple and sailboat behind.

Leda and her children playing with the swan, with a Roman temple in the background

Giovanni Battista Palumba, 1500-1510

Grey paper sketch with grid lines showing two angels with wings and drapery, study for Val de Grâce by Pierre Mignard.

Two Angels, Study for the Val de Grâce

Pierre Mignard I, 17th century

Engraving of Venus reclining while Cupid holds a mirror and attendants dress her hair, with a chariot in clouds above a class

Plate 1: The Toilette of Venus; Venus reclining at center, gazing into a mirror held by Cupid, attendants fix her hai…

Étienne Baudet, 1672

Etching of a bearded seated man in a dark coat holding a top hat on his knee, turned toward the left.

Édouard Manet, Seated, Turned to the Left

Edgar Degas, ca. 1868

Engraving of a 17th-century interior with women and children cooking by a fireplace and a servant setting a long dining table

Winter

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1637

Engraving of a woman reclining in a canopied bed as a servant brings her a cup, with two small dogs on the floor.

Le Bain (the Bath)

Sigmond Freudeberg, 1774

Etching of sleeping figures in white bonnets in a dark room, with a seated woman beside a barred window.

Plate 34 from "Los Caprichos": Sleep overcomes them (Las rinde el Sueño)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a man in period dress embracing a limp woman before a brick wall, with a sword on the ground.

Plate 10 from "Los Caprichos": Love and death (El amor y la muerte)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate rococo table leg with scrollwork, floral sprays and a carved female head.

Design for a Table

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Etching of a kneeling man at a wooden railing as two hooded figures, one holding a crucifix, look down from above.

Plate 47 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'This is how it happened' (Así sucedió)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of a nude man astride a horse as a soldier with a raised sword and fallen figures appear in a landscape behind.

Plate 37 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de La Guerra): 'This is worse' (Esto es peor)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of a cloaked man standing among three fallen bodies on a dark plain under a hazy sky.

Plate 60 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'There is no one to help them' (No hay quien los s…

Francisco Goya, 1811-12 (published 1863)

Etching of a winged creature perched over a prone figure, with bats flying in a dark sky above.

Plate 72 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'The Consequences' (Las resultas)

Francisco Goya, 1814-15 (published 1863)

Etching of huddled figures, a woman shielding a child, and kneeling men with rifles in a dark, grim scene.

Plate 26 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'One can't look' (No se puede mirar)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of soldiers attacking a crowd, with a fallen woman at left and a woman raising her arms; caption reads Y son fieras.

Plate 5 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'And they are like wild beasts' (Y son fieras)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Woodcut of Saint Simon's martyrdom: a bound figure sawn on a frame, crowd and rider nearby, castle on hill.

Simon, from The Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles

Lucas Cranach the Elder

The Water Carriers

James Harvard Thomas, 1895

Pencil sketch of a feathered-headdress woman shaking hands with a uniformed man beside a rope stanchion.

The Best of Friends Must Part

Sir John Tenniel, ca. 1878

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat holding a horse's bridle beside a carriage carrying two women.

Easing the Curb

Sir John Tenniel, 1869

Pencil sketch of a helmeted classical woman with a sword beside a man in a top hat raising his fist.

Two Forces

Sir John Tenniel, 1881

Pencil sketch of a hesitant man with a cane, followed by a shadowy figure whose hat reads ANARCHY, near a rocky edge.

The Tempter

Sir John Tenniel, 1886

Pencil sketch of an armored knight riding a horse with a dog below, banners reading Majority and Socialism.

The Knight and His Companion

Sir John Tenniel, 1887

Watercolor interior of a billiard room with a green table, fireplace, framed paintings, lamps and a flower arrangement by a w

Interior of the billiard room at Lupton House, Devonshire, designed by George Wrightwick for Sir J.B.Y. Buller

Reid Turner, 1838

Architectural drawing of an octagonal bath pavilion with plan and two elevations, grey wash and yellow tint.

Design for a Bath in the Form of an Elongated Polygonal Temple, Plan and Two Elevations

John Vardy, mid-18th century

Grey wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures talking beneath an oak tree near a fence and thatched cottage.

Drawing for a book illustration

Samuel Wale, 1738-86

Grey wash drawing of lions attacking a rearing horse and two men on the ground, with a distant landscape.

Lions Attacking Two Men and a Horse

James Ward, 1801-59