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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,877 works

Engraved frieze of acanthus scrolls with a winged siren at center and four nude children around her.

Frieze with Rinceaux, a Siren and Four Children

Enea Vico, 1541-43

Engraving of three horizontal bands with scrolling acanthus foliage, flowers, birds and a female figure with headdress.

Three Friezes with Ornamental Foliage

Enea Vico, ca. 1541-43

Pen and ink drawing of a walled river town with a castle, a sailing boat in the foreground, and rowboats on the water.

View of Lahnstein on the River Rhine

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1636

Pen and wash drawing of a sleeping duck beside a broken wheel and clay pot in a farmyard, with a chicken on a fence.

A Duck Sleeping near a Broken Wheel in a Farmyard, a Chicken beyond

Cornelis Saftleven, 17th century

Watercolor of a crested cockscomb plant with feathery purple flower heads and green leaves on a pale background.

Study of a Crested Cockscomb (Celosia argentea cristata)

Alida Withoos, late 17th century

Engraving of soldiers carrying helmets, shields, armor and vessels in a classical triumphal procession.

Triumph of Caesar: Soldiers carrying Trophies

Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1490

Brown wash drawing of Diana embracing reclining Endymion in a forest, with a cupid, two dogs, and a glowing moon.

Diana and Endymion

Johann Heinrich Keller, 1700-1765

Pen and wash drawing of moored sailing boats on a calm river with distant hills and small animals on the left shore.

Tropical Coastal Landscape

Frans Post, 17th century

Kneeling Monk

Denys Calvaert, mid-16th-early 17th century

Hand-colored print of Noah's Ark with a red hull, animals boarding a ramp, and birds flying overhead.

Noah's Ark

Currier & Ives, 1868-78

Chalk drawing of a seated nude man with one arm raised to his head, resting on a block, on toned paper.

Seated Male Nude (recto); Male Nude Walking (verso)

Anselm Feuerbach, 1860-69

Pen drawing of a kneeling bearded man in prayer with an angel offering a chalice above him.

Christ in Gethsemene

Ferdinand Piloty, early 19th century

Lithograph of three nude winged putti with drapery, one leaning on a pillar and another reclining at right.

Study of three putti

Ferdinand Piloty, ca. 1800-1844

Etching of men on ladders lowering a body from a cross, lit by rays of light, with mourners and a turbaned figure below.

Descent from the Cross

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Etching of a turbaned rider on a prancing horse with attendants, a camel, and spears under a cloudy sky.

A Turkish Prince on Horseback

Pieter Soutman, ca. 1620-25

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a lace ruff, framed by flowers, garlands and drapery, with a Latin inscription below.

Eleonora, Wife of Ferdinand II, from the series Ferdinandus II et III Imperatorum Domus Austriacae...

Pieter van Sompel, ca. 1625

Engraving of a mounted commander leading bound captives in a triumphal procession toward a crowded arch.

The Triumph of Scipio who rides on a horse followed by captured slaves

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Bust portrait of Pope Pius V in profile facing left set within an elaborate architectural structure upon which sit al…

Mario Cartaro, 1567

Engraving of Michelangelo's Last Judgment with nude figures, angels bearing the cross, and crowds of souls across clouds.

Michelangelo's Last Judgment

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1562

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff, framed by fruit garlands and cherubs, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Jonas Suyderhoef, ca. 1650

Portrait of Pope Pius IV

Nicolas Béatrizet, mid-16th century

Engraving of Saint Paul, a bearded old man in a hooded robe reading a book and holding a sword, in a rocky landscape.

An Old Man (Saint Paul)

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1530-66

Engraved plaque with Latin inscription and Roman military insignia including an eagle standard, shield and helmets, in a deco

A Marble Plaque with Military Insignia, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1551

Engraving of the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds with angels above, while apostles gather around an open tomb below.

Assumption of the Virgin

Aliprando Caprioli

Watercolor landscape of a thatched farmhouse under large trees, with cows, sheep, a fence and a small pond in front.

Landscape with a Farmhouse

Adrianus de Visser, 1757-1837

Grey wash drawing of a rocky cave framing a distant hilly landscape, with two figures in hats on the rocks below.

The Caves of Acradina near Syracuse in Sicily

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1797

A Country Girl at Surrentum

Allan Ramsay?, September 1776

Pen and ink study of eleven heads showing bearded men, shouting faces and varied expressions on grey paper.

Study of Eleven Heads

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruffled collar and fur-trimmed cloak, framed by fruit garlands.

Portrait of Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria

Jonas Suyderhoef, ca. 1650

Engraving of a drunken Silenus supported by a satyr and a man, with a leopard and a maenad holding a thyrsus.

Drunkeness of Bacchus

Peter Paul Rubens, 1630-57