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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,401 works

Engraving of a woman beating a kneeling blindfolded man in a domestic room with a fireplace, rooster, and window.

Husband-Beater

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Engraving of a young village woman in a full skirt and shawl beside a tree, with a distant village and French verses below.

Village Girl Dancing

Abraham Bosse, 1626-28

Hand-colored caricature of a magistrate questioning a woman with a book while a kneeling man pleads and a bystander leans on

Swearing a Bastard Child!

Thomas Rowlandson, December 20, 1800

Engraving of the Virgin seated by a tree holding the infant Christ, with a fence and landscape behind them.

Virgin and Child Seated by a Tree

Albrecht Dürer, 1513

Engraving of a young woman chopping onions in a kitchen while a boy in a feathered hat looks on.

Young Woman Chopping Onions

Louis Surugue, 1724

Engraving of a woman spinning yarn at a wheel in a chair while a seated girl watches, with yarn skeins on the floor.

A Woman Spinning, Plate 4 from "Five Feminine Occupations"

Geertruydt Roghman, ca. 1640-57

Colored lithograph of a blacksmith at a forge with several horses and grooms in a workshop interior, 1869.

"Trotting Cracks" at the Forge

Currier & Ives, 1869

Woodcut of Christ breaking into limbo, with a winged demon above and naked figures among broken gates and rubble.

Christ in Limbo, from "The Large Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Circular engraving of the Virgin and Child in a landscape, crowned by two angels above.

The Virgin and Child Crowned by Two Angels above a Landscape

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1504

Pen and ink sketch of several figures, including a standing man and a kneeling woman, on pale paper.

Sketch for the Judgment of Solomon (?); verso: Dancing Mythological Figures

Christian Gottlieb Schick, late 18th-early 19th century

Black-and-white print of Christ with a halo entering a broken gate of hell, with demons and naked souls.

Christ Descending into Hell

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Watercolor of a formal Roman garden with clipped hedges, figures in period dress, an umbrella pine, and an arcaded loggia.

Garden of Palazzo Colonna

Giovanni Volpato, ca. 1780

Watercolor of a formal garden with fountains, a stone balustrade, clipped hedges and strolling figures in period dress.

Villa Pamphili

Giovanni Volpato, ca. 1780

Woodcut of the Madonna and Child on a grassy bank with an elderly man, a standing woman with fruit, and two infants.

The Madonna on a Grassy Bank

Albrecht Dürer, 1526

Black and white woodcut of Christ in Limbo with nude figures, an archway, a winged demon with a trident, and broken gates.

Christ in Limbo, from "The Large Passion", edition 1511

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Hand-colored print of a family in a wagon driven by a galloping horse, with Catherine Market behind them.

Mose, Lize & Little Mose Going to California

Henry R. Robinson, ca. 1849

Engraving of Vertumnus and Pomona: a disguised figure beside a reclining woman among fruit, with cupids and a fountain in a w

Vertumnus and Pomona

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765

Engraving of women in period dress signing a pledge at a tea table in an interior, with a child and dog nearby.

A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina

Philip Dawe, March 25, 1775

Engraved rococo garden scene with a couple strolling, cupids, fountains and ornate scrollwork frames.

Le Temps de L'Apres dinée

François-Antoine Aveline, 18th century

Engraved rococo garden scene with a strolling couple, a fountain, a seated reader, children, and cherubs on ornate scrollwork

Post Meridies, from the Hours of the Day

Jean Mondon le fils, 1736-45

Stylized print of a large-headed figure playing violin, framed by a geometric black border with German title text.

Vaudeville Act 6: Zoltan Toeroek, Child Prodigy (Varieténummer 6: Zoltan Toeroek, Das Wünderkind)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Engraving of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist before a ruined brick arch, with Saint Joseph at upper right.

The Holy Family and the infant John the Baptist

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of the Virgin on a crescent moon with a starry crown, holding the infant Christ within a radiating halo.

Virgin on a Crescent with a Starry Crown

Albrecht Dürer, 1508

Engraving of a confectioner's shop with bakers, a brick oven, pastries on a counter, and women with a child at right.

The Confectioner

Abraham Bosse, 1632-35

Hand-colored lithograph of street dancers and onlookers in top hats beside a barrel, with a man holding eels on a city street

Dancing for Eels

James Brown, 1848

Engraving of women dining at a long table in a furnished room with a fireplace, a servant, children and dogs.

Wives at Table During the Absence of their Husbands

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636

Engraving of a barefoot shepherdess holding a spindle beside a tree, with sheep, lambs and a seated boy nearby.

La Bergère Laborieuse

François Boucher, 18th century

Engraving of a schoolmaster with a switch seated beside boys at work and children playing in a timber-ceilinged classroom.

The School Master

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a family with hands folded in prayer at a long dinner table, with a servant at left and a garden view beyond.

The Benediction at Table

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraved portrait of a woman in a pearl headdress and full sleeves beside a Black page in a striped garment, with Latin text

Laura Dianti with a Black Page

Aegidius Sadeler, 1600-1627