New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,826 works

Etched interior of a vaulted temple with relief panels, a central altar, and small figures on the stone floor.

Interior view of the ancient Temple of Bacchus, now the church of S. Urbano, two miles from Rome..., from Vedute di R…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ at a long table surrounded by apostles, a dog and ornate ewers in the foreground.

The Last Supper

Giorgio Ghisi, 1551

Engraving of a workshop where men ink and print copper plates at benches and presses, with prints hung to dry on the wall.

The Workshop of an Engraver [Sculptura in Aes], plate 19 from Nova Reperta

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, ca. 1600

Watercolor drawing of a windmill beside a canal with a wooden bridge, farmhouse and small figures under a pale sky.

Landscape with Windmill

Anthonie Erkelens, late 18th century

Engraving of Achilles dragging Hector's body past Troy's walls on a chariot, with soldiers, mourners and a burning city behin

The combat of Hector and Achilles, and Achilles dragging the body of Hector around the walls of Troy

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Woodcut of a skeleton grabbing a merchant clutching money bags, with ship masts and rigging behind them.

The Merchant, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Hand-colored print of a ragged man in a green coat reading shipping posters for New York by a harbor with masts.

Outward Bound (Dublin)

Erskine Nicol, ca. 1860

Hand-colored print of a man in straw hat beside a sign advertising emigrant sailings from New York to Dublin, with ships' mas

Homeward Bound (New York)

Erskine Nicol, ca. 1860

Etching of the Basilica of San Sebastiano facade on the Appian Way, with an iron gate, travelers, and an ancient arch.

View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori delle mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls] on the Appian Way, from Ved…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Etching of the Acqua Felice fountain in Rome with lions, obelisks, inscribed tablet and small figures in the street.

View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Felice...., from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1751

Etching of a crumbling Roman brick portico with a pediment and arch, overgrown with plants, with small figures among ruins.

Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoportiucus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati r…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1766

Etching of the rear facade of Santa Maria Maggiore basilica in Rome, with domes, an obelisk, steps and figures.

View of the rear entrance of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore, from Veduta di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1742

Etching of Doric temple ruins at Paestum with tall columns, overgrown trees on top, a horse and figures in the foreground.

View showing the remains of a large enclosure of columns..., from Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the Piazza di Monte Cavallo in Rome with a palace facade, two colossal horse-tamer statues, carriages, and crowds.

View of the Piazza di monte Cavallo, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1773

Etching of a busy Roman river port with masted boats, dockworkers, a tall palazzo facade and a cloudy sky.

View of the Port of Ripa Grande, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1753

Etching of St. Peter's Basilica and its piazza with an obelisk, colonnades, carriages and figures in the foreground.

View of St. Peter's Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the baroque facade of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome, with statues, a bell tower and small figures.

View of the Façade of the Basilica of S. Croce in Gerusalemme [the Holy Cross in Jerusalem], from Vedute di Roma (Rom…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Grey wash drawing of a woman at a harpsichord with two flautists and a musician, under an allegorical cloud scene.

A Musical Gathering

Samuel Wale, 18th century

Etching of the Arch of Titus in Rome with a large tree, small figures, and ruined classical buildings in the street.

The Arch of Titus (Veduta dell'Arco di Tito)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1760

Etching of the Acqua Paola fountain facade with cascading water, figures, a cart, and a hill with trees behind.

View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Paola on Monte Aureo, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1751

Etching of ruined arched grottoes and a fountain niche overgrown with trees, with small figures and a temple on a hill.

The so-called Grotto of Egeria (Veduta della fonte e delle spelonche d'Egeria fuor della Porta Capena)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1766

Etching of St. Peter's Basilica's large dome and exterior seen from a Roman street with figures and stacked columns.

View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the Barberini palace on the Quirinal Hill, with arched windows, a columned facade, and figures in the courtyard.

View of the palace of the illustrious Barberini family on the Quirinal Hill, designed by Cavaliere Bernini, from Vedu…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750-1759

Handwritten page of brown ink room measurements titled Breakfast Parlour and Drawing Room, with dimensions for walls, windows

Measurements for a Breakfast Parlour and Drawing Room

James Oldham, ca. 1786

Drawing of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat seated at a café table by a window, with a second woman behind her.

Portrait of a Woman Seated at a Table

Will Houghton, ca. 1896

Engraving of a gnarled tree towering over a stone wall, with a robed hermit kneeling in prayer beside a cross at right.

Landscape with a Hermit Praying

Frederick Bloemaert, n.d.

Pencil design drawing of a classical funerary urn with a draped female figure holding a skull and the words Memento Mori.

Suggestions for Urns

L. V. Grave, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of classical acanthus scrolls and a half-harpy figure in ornamental grotesque style.

Fragment of Ornamental Drawing after the Antique; Half-harpy with Acanthus Rinceaux

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns, struck by soldiers in an arched interior with onlookers and dogs on a tiled floor.

Christ Crowned with Thorns from The Passion

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing over red chalk showing studies of a crucifixion with a reclining body and figures handling a cloth.

Studies for a Crucifixion

Alessandro Casolani, 16th century