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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,003 works

Engraved horizontal panel with two tritons with leafy tails playing horns, flanking scrolls, rosettes and a central mask.

Horizontal Panel with Two Tritons with Foliate Tails Playing Horns

Barthel Beham, early 16th century

Vertical engraved ornament panel with stacked urn forms and scrolling foliage supported by two half-length female figures.

Vertical Panel with a Candelabrum Supported by Two Half-Length Female Figures

Barthel Beham, 1520-40

Engraved frieze of a winged centaur holding a torch, a putto and foliate scrolls, with a ram's head and garlands.

Ornament frieze with winged Centaur

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Etching of sailing ships battling choppy waves under a stormy sky, with cliffs on the left and gulls overhead.

L'Air, from The Elements

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a hilly landscape with a village church, trees, and travelers with pack animals on a path.

La Terre, from The Elements

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a stormy sea with a heeling sailing ship, struggling figures in the waves, and a distant lighthouse under dark clo

L'Eau, from The Elements

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a ship burning with thick black smoke on the left, with sailing ships on calm sea in the distance.

Le Feu, from The Elements

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Engraving of a standing robed man beside a wooden cross, stone arch and wall niche with a carved urn.

St. Andrew, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles, and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1510-76

Engraving of a bearded man in a turban and draped robe beside a ruined stone wall with arched niches and plants.

St. Philip (?), from Christ, the Twelve Apostles, and St. Paul

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of Christ standing with a halo, framed by clouds and two cherubs, with Greek, Latin and Hebrew inscriptions.

Christ, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of a bearded saint with a halo, holding a staff, standing in an arched niche with a draped cloak.

St. James Minor, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of a bearded saint in a hood holding a book, standing barefoot before a classical arched stone building.

St. Judas Thaddaeus, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of St. Andrew standing with a wooden cross beside a stone archway, hands resting on a draped ledge.

St. Andrew, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of a curly-haired draped young man beside an eagle on a stone pedestal, with ruined stone blocks behind him.

St. John the Evangelist, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of an elderly bearded man in a long robe holding a book, standing in a stone archway with a distant landscape behin

St. Paul, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of a bearded barefoot man in draped robes beside a stone niche with a statue, by Lambert Suavius.

St. Peter, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of a bearded elderly man in a draped robe reading a book in a stone arched niche, with a halo above.

St. Simon, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of bearded St. Bartholomew holding a knife, standing before an arched stone niche and a ruined column.

St. Bartholomew, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of an bearded elder with a staff and cloak standing before an arched stone niche, after Lambert Suavius.

St. James Major, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of a bearded man in a draped robe holding an open book, standing beside stone ruins with arches and stairs.

St. Matthew, from "Christ, the Twelve Apostles and St. Paul"

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Hand-colored caricature of an elephant with a baron and jester on its back, amid satirical figures and a peacock.

The Rehearsal or the Baron and the Elephant

George Cruikshank, January 1, 1812

Hand-colored caricature print of a whale with a human face and anchor, surrounded by mermaids and figures, by George Cruiksha

The Prince of Whales or the Fisherman at Anchor

George Cruikshank, May 1, 1812

Engraving of women spinning and weaving at looms in a classical colonnaded hall, with a standing woman at center.

Penelope standing in the centre by a large weaving table amongst her women spinning and weaving

Master FG, ca. 1540-50

Engraving of two winged cherubs supporting a shield with a chevron and crown, with flower garland and tassels below.

Two Cherubs with the Arms of Cardinal Richelieu

Claude Mellan, before 1642

Engraved horizontal headband with a central basket of fruit, acanthus scrolls, fruit garlands and two female figures at the e

Headband: Basket of Fruit

Engraving of French royal arms with fleurs-de-lis, two putti, and two seated allegorical women holding a book and a laurel br

The Arms of France Accompanied by Personifications of Law and Good Faith

Claude Mellan, 1664

Engraved headband with three putti, a cardinal's hat, tassels, and a banderole reading POUR LE GRAND ARMAND.

Headband: Two Infants with a Cardinal's Hat, a Third with a Banderole

Engraved ornamental frieze with a central ram's head, drapery swags, rosettes and a fruit garland along the top edge.

Headband with Ram's Head

Engraved horizontal band with two cherubs holding a crown over a shield with fleur-de-lis, flanked by birds and scrolls.

Headband: Two Infants with the Arms of France and Navarre

Black and white print of a procession with a mounted rider, a dog, couples, and armed lansquenets in period dress.

Lansquenets and ladies

Christoph Bockstorffer, 1531