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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,406 works

Santa Claus distributes gifts to Union soldiers in camp, with an American flag and tents in the background.

Santa Claus in Camp (from "Harper's Weekly," vol. 7, p. 1)

Thomas Nast, January 3, 1863

Woodcut of a girl climbing temple steps past robed priests beneath a large arched doorway.

The Virgin Entering the Temple, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Woodcut of nude women by a fountain, a winged figure in clouds above, and a sleeping armored man in the foreground.

The Dream and Judgment of Paris

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1511

Woodcut of Christ riding a donkey through an arched gate while figures kneel and wave palm branches.

Entry into Jerusalem, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Woodcut of the Holy Family fleeing on a donkey led by a man, with a walled town on a hill behind them.

The Flight Into Egypt, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca.1513

Woodcut of robed figures crowding a draped interior as a bearded man gestures, depicting Christ before Caiaphas.

Christ Before Caiaphas, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Woodcut of soldiers nailing Christ to a cross beside a tree, with spearmen behind and a distant town at left.

Christ Nailed on the Cross, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Woodcut of Saint Jerome kneeling in penitence in a cave beside a crucifix, skull, and candle, with a lion at left.

Saint Jerome in Penitence, in a Cave, from "Holzschnitte alter deutscher Meister in den Original-Platten gesammelt vo…

Albrecht Altdorfer, Printed 1810

Woodcut of Christ bound to a column while two men beat him with whips in an arched stone interior.

The Flagellation of Christ, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Woodcut of figures taking Christ's body down from the cross by ladder, with mourners and a landscape below.

The Descent from the Cross, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Woodcut of Christ enthroned in radiating light with two trumpeting angels above and kneeling figures below.

The Last Judgment, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind Through the Life and Passion of Christ"

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1513

Engraving of a standing man in a plumed hat and slashed costume, with a castle and town in the landscape behind him.

The Little Standard-Bearer

Albrecht Altdorfer

Engraving of the Virgin Mary seated outdoors holding the Christ Child, both with halos, beside a tree and radiating light.

"The Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg" Seated in a Landscape

Albrecht Altdorfer

Hand-colored caricature of a tall man in a brown coat gesturing at a seated man drawing at a desk in a studio.

Monsieur Daumier, your Robert-Macaire series is delightful (...), from "Caricaturana"

Honoré Daumier, April 8, 1838

Etching of a young woman with curly crown hair and long hair falling over one shoulder, looking toward the viewer.

Head of a Girl with Long Hair

Robert Frederick Blum, 19th century

Woodcut of the Holy Family resting under a tree with a donkey, surrounded by angels and putti, with a distant town.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Woodcut bust of Saint Peter with curly hair and beard, holding keys and a book, with clouds below.

Bust of Saint Peter, from the "Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries"; verso: Martin Luther (1548)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Colored print of a uniformed soldier with a sword beside a roasted pig on a spit, with tents behind him.

Life in Camp, Part 2: Extra Ration

Winslow Homer, 1864

Woodcut of Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge in an ornate circular medallion atop a decorated stem with putti.

A Relief with Adam and Eve, from the "Wittenberg Reliquaries"

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Woodcut of mourners lowering a nude body onto a cloth, with a crown of thorns on the ground and a hilly landscape behind.

The Lamentation, from The Passion

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Woodcut of a knight in armor on horseback riding past a dead dragon, with a castle on a hill behind.

St George on Horseback with the Dead Dragon

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Woodcut of risen Christ holding a banner atop a tomb as armored soldiers sprawl below, with a hilltop town behind.

The Resurrection, from "The Passion"

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Woodcut of a man crucified upside down while soldiers and a crowd watch, with a castle ruin on a hill behind.

Peter from the Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a fur collar, framed by fruit garlands and cherub heads with Latin text.

Philipp Melanchthon

Lucas Cranach the Younger

Full-length woodcut of a standing man in a long fur-collared robe, hands clasped, on a tall narrow sheet.

Copy of Martin Luther, Full Length

Lucas Cranach the Younger

Portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec (Portrait de Toulouse-Lautrec), from "L'Estampe Originale"

Charles Maurin, 1893

Black and white line print of a dancing nymph with a tambourine among grapevines and ivy, by Walter Crane.

Dancing Nymph (Nymphe Danseuse), from "L'Estampe Originale"

Walter Crane, 1895

Engraved oval portrait of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, with a Latin inscription around the frame.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Grégoire Huret, 17th century

Blue lithograph sheet music cover showing a sketched procession of robed horsemen, one holding a tall banner, with French tit

Les Rois Mages

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Engraving of a kneeling woman pleading with a bearded prophet holding a bound young man in a stone-walled interior with Hebre

Elijah and the Widow's Son, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

Ford Madox Brown, 1865-81