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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etching of two mules with panniers, plumes and tassels in the foreground, and a horseman driving more mules across a field.

Two mules bearing panniers and outfitted with blinders, plumes, and tassels; one mule in three-quarter view and behin…

Karel Dujardin, ca. 1641-78

Circular woodcut of Judith holding a severed head before a tent, with a battle and walled city in the background.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Israhel van Meckenem

Etching of a peasant woman leaning on a cow by a stone fountain beneath a large tree, with a distant building.

A peasant woman with a cow at a fountain decorated with the Medici arms, from "Six animal subjects" (Six sujets d'ani…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Engraving of a rider on a mule with men gathering coins beneath it, crowds around a stepped platform, Latin inscription below

Men collecting dung dropping from the hindquarters of a mule, with a rider sitting backward on the mule and holding i…

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1592-1614

Horse Dressed Up for a Tournament or Ceremonial Entry

Baccio del Bianco, ca. 1620-56

Plate 6: Lion, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Engraving of a pastoral landscape with ruined columns, children with animals, a stream, a stone bridge and cottages.

Le Moineau Apprivoisé (The Tame Sparrow)

René Gaillard, 18th century

Circular engraving of November: woodcutters work among bare trees while a horse cart hauls logs toward a distant town.

November, from "The Months"

Adriaen Collaert, ca. 1580

Etching of a turbaned herdsman on horseback driving cattle across a hillside toward distant mountains, within a circular fram

Herdsman on Horseback Drives Animals

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Engraved theatre scene with costumed players, dogs, satyr figures and a cartouche reading The Authors Benefit Pasquin.

The Author's Benefit: Pasquin

William Hogarth, 1736

Trade card portrait of Red Bird, a Chippeway man in a red headband and blue blanket, with a tomahawk and pipe beside him.

Red Bird, Chippeway, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Etching of two peasants on a country road, one riding a horse, with ruins, trees and hills behind them in a circular frame.

Landscape with Two Peasants, One Riding a Horse, from "Landscapes and seaports" (Paysages et ports de mer, dans des r…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etched tavern card of the John Shaw Ram Inn with a ram on the sign, a coach, a horse, two men and a dog in the courtyard.

A Tavern Card for John Shaw

William Hogarth, 1790s

Trade card portrait of Young Black Dog, Osage, with fur collar and claw necklace, beside tomahawk and hunting scene.

Young Black Dog, Osage, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Etching of a circular landscape with a reclining horse, cow, goats, two shepherds, a waterfall and a mountain.

A horse lying down at center, a cow and two goats at right, two seated shepherds to left, a waterfall and a mountain…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a grazing horse, a mare with a foal, a shepherd pointing, and a pyramid with ruins in a circular frame.

The pyramid of Caius Cestius at right in the background, a horse grazing at center, a foal suckling a mare at left, t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Chromolithograph card of a searobin fish below a pelican perched in a wooden boat among cattails.

Searobin, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Etching of a sleeping shepherd and horses before Roman ruins, within a circular vignette, by Stefano della Bella.

A shepherd sleeping on the ground at right, three horses at left, other horses and various figures to right, the Bath…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a circular Roman landscape with a reclining buffalo, shepherds, horsemen, grazing animals and a ruined arch.

Campo Vaccino, a buffalo and two shepherds in center, the Fontanone to right in the middle ground, various animals an…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Chromolithographed card showing a shark with open jaws in green water, with a seahorse and seaweed above.

Shark, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Etching of two horsemen in wind-blown cloaks riding past windswept trees in a circular landscape with hills.

A gale in the forest, two horsemen wrapped in their cloaks, with the wind blowing from the left side, plate 3 from "R…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Circular etching of Roman ruins, a carved monument and trees at left, with cattle, sheep and two shepherds at right.

A Corinthian capital on the ground at left, a monument with figures in low relief at left in the middleground, variou…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Trade card showing a skate fish labeled SKATE, with a cat crouching below and a dog's head at the left edge.

Skate, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Circular etching of a woman on a horse with a camel, goats, sheep and a shepherd in a rural landscape.

A woman carrying a child on a horse at left, a camel following her, a herd of goats, sheep, and a shepherd in front o…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Circular etching of cows crossing a rocky valley beside trees, with a horseman and distant cattle in the background.

Cows crossing a valley at left, a horseman and other cows in the background, plate 6 from "Roman landscapes and ruins…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Small 1889 trading card showing a whitebait fish labeled WHITEBAIT above perched and flying seabirds on rocks.

Whitebait, from Fish from American Waters series (N39) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Etching of Roman ruins with the Arch of Constantine at left, Colosseum arches at right, and horses and figures in a field.

The Arch of Constantine at left, part of the Colosseum at right, various horses and figures in foreground and backgro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of the Temple of Antoninus columns at right, with cattle, sheep, figures and Palatine ruins in the Campo Vaccino.

The columns of the Temple of Antoninus to right, a part of the Campo Vaccino in center and at left, along with variou…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Red Cock-of-the-Rock bird on mossy rock before blue mountains, with cigarette advertising text and tropical side panels.

Cock-of-the-Rock, from Birds of the Tropics series (N38) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1889

Etching of a child carrying a dog over his shoulder, with another dog running beside him and a woman and children near a towe

Child carrying a dog over his shoulder, walking towards the right, another dog running alongside to right, a woman wi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660-64