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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,401 works

Hand-colored print of a crowded theatre doorway where a stout woman and two girls confront a gentleman in a brown coat.

Theatrical Pleasures, Plate 4: Taken Places Occupied

Theodore Lane, ca. 1835

Sepia caricature of a tall spectacled tutor holding hands with a small monkey-faced child in a hat.

A Travelling Tutor and Monkey Child

George Murgatroyd Woodward, 1797

Etching of a line of 18th-century figures in tall bonnets and tricorn hats walking along a coastal cliff path.

A Trip to Scarborough

James Bretherton, March 3, 1783

Engraving of a young woman with a shepherd's staff and open book resting beside grazing sheep under oak trees.

St. Genevieve as a Young Girl

Claude Mellan, 1680

Engraving of a bacchanal procession of children riding a horse and elephant with lions, before a landscape with a tree and vi

A children's bacchanal with animals

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of two nude lovers embracing on a draped bed, with a child seated behind them against a dark curtain.

Two lovers on a bed, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Engraving of a nude woman by a bed with a sea monster at her feet and a crouching putto in the foreground.

Neptune and Melanthe, from "The Loves of the Gods" (Amorosi diletti degli dei)

Giulio Bonasone, ca 1531-76

Engraving of two nude figures embracing on a bed, with a small figure peeking from a draped curtain at upper left.

Apollo and Leucothea, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Hand-colored caricature of an infant Hercules strangling serpents with politicians' heads on a Shield of Chatham disc.

The Infant Hercules

Thomas Rowlandson, February 3, 1784

Hand-colored print of a tailor disturbed at work by a woman shouting while carrying cucumbers, with a boy and a cat in a clut

Miseries of Human Life: While Deep in Study and Lost in Thought in the Complicated Profession of a Taylor and All on…

Nicolaus Heideloff, October 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a Napoleon-like figure in a bicorne hat cradling two infants, with two more babies sleeping in cra

The Corsican Nurse Soothing the Infants of Spain

Thomas Rowlandson, July 12, 1808

Etching of St. Luke seated at an easel painting the Virgin, with an ox resting beside him.

St. Luke Painting the Virgin

Claude Mellan, 1625

Black and white lithograph of children playing on a rope swing and resting under trees at a picnic in a rural landscape.

The Children's Pic-Nic

Currier & Ives, 1857-71

Engraving of a woman in labor on a bed, attended by women and a newborn, framed by putti and a decorative cartouche.

A woman in labor imploring the aid of Lucina set within a decorative cartouche, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of bearded Father Time seated at right, with three nude boys, a scythe, and an eagle on ruins at left.

Father Time at the right leaning on a scythe, three naked boys and eagle at the left

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of a kneeling saint holding the infant Christ as the Virgin reaches toward them among clouds, with a cherub above.

St. Gaëtan, Founder of the Theatines

Engraved oval portrait of a curly-haired young boy in a lace collar, with a garland frame and coat of arms below, dated 1659.

Louis-Joseph de Lorraine, duc de Guise, as a Child

Claude Mellan, 1659

Engraving of a woman nursing a sleeping infant beside a skull, with a town and hills visible through a window behind them.

The Virgin and Child with the Skull (copy)

Barthel Beham, 16th century

Etching of three skulls piled together with bones below, a draped cloth above and a column at upper left.

Child with Three Skulls (reverse copy)

Barthel Beham, early 16th century

Engraving of a sleeping infant beside an hourglass and four skulls, with the Latin inscription Mors omnia aequat.

Sleeping Child with Four Skulls (reverse copy)

Lucas Kilian, 1595-1637

Engraving of a chained nude woman asleep beside a child and a sheep, with a fortified town in the background.

Der Welt Lauf (Sleeping Justice) (copy)

Barthel Beham, early 16th century

Engraving of a putto stepping right among looping banderoles and scrollwork, with fine parallel hatching.

Boy Stepping to the Right over Banderoles

Barthel Beham, mid-17th century

Engraving of nude figures and an armored man leading a rearing horse through a garden, with a cupid and reclining figures.

Alexander and Roxana

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy with curly hair, lace collar and ruffled sleeves, with a crown and letter L below.

Louis XIV as a Child

Engraving of the Virgin seated on a stone slab holding the infant Christ, with a halo and radiating light behind them.

Virgin and Child Seated on a Stone Slab

Lambert Suavius, 1516 (?)

Woodcut of the Virgin and Child surrounded by winged angels, one lifting a crown, in a landscape with castle and mountains.

The Virgin and Child with Eight Angels in a Landscape

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511

Wood engraving of people gathering evergreens in a forest and a family dancing around a Christmas tree in a parlor.

Christmas - Gathering Evergreens (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Engraved page: children dance around a decorated Christmas tree in a parlor; above, people gather evergreens in a forest.

The Christmas Tree (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858

Sepia drawing of a family in classical dress walking a path with children and a dog, with a seated reader in a vignette above

"The Return"

Johannes Riepenhausen, late 18th-19th century

Engraved oval portrait of a young boy with curly hair, white collar and brooch, with a fleur-de-lis coat of arms below.

Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti