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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,004 works

Engraved frieze of children in a procession with musicians, shields, a banner, and a heraldic shield at right.

Frieze with children

Christoph Bockstorffer, 1531

Proof of one side of a New York Merchants Banking Company 100 Dollar Bill

Asher Brown Durand, 1824-27

Engraved banknote design with a large numeral 5, scrollwork, and an oval view of a cupola building among trees.

Banknote motifs: the number 5 and a building topped with a cupola

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraved oval portrait of George Washington in a decorative floral border, a banknote motif.

Banknote motif: Portrait on George Washington in a decorative panel

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraved banknote design with a girl's head in a circular medallion, star-studded hair band, and rosette patterned border.

Banknote motif with a girl's head derived from Leonardo da Vinci against a patterned band

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Horizontal band of repeating engraved geometric rosette ornaments on a pale paper sheet.

Banknote motif: band of lathe work ornament

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Horizontal band of fine lace-like lathe work ornament with repeating star medallions and scalloped borders, printed on a pale

Banknote motif: band of lace-like lathe work ornament

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Two horizontal bands of black engraved lathe-work ornament printed on a pale sheet.

Banknote motifs: two bands of lathe work ornament

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif with the word FIVE in ornate lettering over a background of wavy lathe-work lines.

Banknote motif: the word FIVE against a rectangle of ornamental lathe work resembling wavy woven bands

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif with the word ONE in bold capitals over fine ornamental lathe work and a double border.

Banknote motif: the word ONE against a rectangle of ornamental basket-like lathe work

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote fragment with a large numeral 1 in an oval, framed by corn stalks and wheat ears.

Banknote motif: the number 1 against an oval of woven lathe work, inside a rectangle decorated with grain

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Print of three wavy rosettes with fine lathe-work patterns, each enclosing a large letter, in black on cream paper.

Banknote motif: the word ONE with each letter set against a circle of lathe work

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Black and cream engraved banknote motif with large decorative letters spelling ONE over fine wavy lathe work pattern.

Banknote motif: the word ONE set against a rectangular band of lathe work

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Pen and wash drawing of a stone watermill beside a river with a wooden footbridge, ducks, trees and figures on the banks.

Watermill near Maastricht

Valentijn Klotz, 1670

Pen and brown wash drawing of a left-half architectural design with a garlanded column, scrolled capital and figure cartouche

Left Half Design for an Architectural Project

Mauro Antonio Tesi

Pen and watercolor design of a classical interior wall with arch, Corinthian columns, balcony balustrade and a flower urn.

Design for Part of a Wall Elevation with a Balcony flanking an Arch

Faustino Trebbi

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate candlestick with a burning candle, a coiled snake, and a spiral column.

Design for a Candlestick

Giulio Romano, ca. 1530-46

Plate I, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Etched procession of riders and camels with trumpeters approaching a distant city, with a dedicatory cartouche at left.

Entry of the Polish Ambassador into Rome

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Sepia ink and wash drawing of two studies of a crouching male nude hiding among bushes.

Two Studies of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) Hiding in a Bush

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a landscape with cypress and pine trees, a stone arch, two figures, and a distant town.

View in Rome near the Colosseum

Michiel van Overbeek, mid-17th-early 18th century

Engraving of Christ handing keys to a kneeling Peter as apostles watch, with sheep and a hilltop town behind.

The Delivery of the Keys to Peter

Master of the Die

Engraved frieze of classical figures and putti in a wedding procession, with a veiled seated woman at center.

The wedding of Jason and Creusa, at left Medea takes her children

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraved plate of an emerald vessel with a wide bowl on a stepped base, with Latin caption below.

An Emerald Vessel (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724,…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Engraving of a winged child holding a bearded grotesque face beside a seated child and a dog near a tree.

Two Children with a Mask

Engraving of nude Venus lifting a drape beside a winged Cupid in a landscape with a tree stump.

Venus and Cupid

Engraving of Mercury piping beside sleeping Argus above a hanging festoon of instruments, books, clock, armor and tools.

Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep and Festoon of Instruments, from "Festoons of Flowers, etc. no. 3"

Engraving of Flora on a cloud receiving flowers, above a long cascading festoon of flowers and leaves.

Flora Receiving Flowers and Festoon of Flowers, from "Dessins d'aiguières, etc., no. 5"

Engraving of Vulcan at a forge forging wings for Cupid, above a vertical bundle of tools ending in a basket.

Vulcan Forging the Wings of Cupid, from "Dessins d'aiguières, etc., no. 4"

Etching of a bearded man in bust view, turned right, with curly hair and cross-hatched shading on his draped shoulder.

Bust of a Bearded Man

Guido Reni, ca. 1600-40