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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,877 works

Engraved oval portrait of a crowned man in a lace ruff and armor, with Latin inscription and coat of arms below.

Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain, from 'Counts and Countesses of Holland, Zeeland, and West-Frisia'

Cornelis Visscher, 1650

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with ruff collar and baton, with a city and battle scene in the background.

Francisco Valdes, Spanish Commander, from the series Quatuor Personae...

Pieter Soutman, 1649

Engraved portrait of a woman in a jeweled dress and ruffled collar, with a city skyline and Latin inscription below.

Magdalena Moons, from the series Quatuor Personae...

Pieter Soutman, 1649

Pen and grey wash drawing of a nude woman embracing a reclining man under a draped tree, with cupids and dogs nearby.

The Death of Adonis

Johann König, ca. 1625

Brown wash drawing of Apollo, muses, Pegasus, and cherubs on clouds, with a satyr in the foreground.

An Allegory Comparing Music and Poetry

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, 1740

Watercolor of a man in blue coat, pink sash and red embroidered cloak, wearing a feathered hat, labeled Institut No. 14.

A Member of the Institute

Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1798

A Justice of the Peace

Jean François Léonor Mérimée, ca. 1798-99

Full-length watercolor of a man in a purple judicial robe and cap holding a rolled paper, labeled Tribunal Criminel.

A Judge of the Criminal Court

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, ca. 1798-99

Woodcut of St. Jerome kneeling with a lion in a forest landscape with a fountain and distant town.

The Penitence of St. Jerome

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Etching of a stormy sea with a heeling sailing ship, a small building on rocks, figures in the waves, and a distant tower.

Water, from series The Four Elements

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of water surging through a breached dike with figures on rocks and a city skyline with church spires beyond.

The Bursting of St. Anthony's Dike, 5 March 1651. Vertoninge...Amsterdam

Pieter Nolpe, 17th century

Engraved portrait of a woman in a lace ruff and pearls, framed by flower garlands, with a cherub and inscription below.

Portrait of Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Spain

Jacob Louys, ca. 1650

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a lace ruff and chain, set in an oval wreath of leaves and fruit with an inscribed cartouc

Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain

Jacob Louys, ca. 1615-57

Engraved oval portrait of a crowned woman in lace collar and pearls, surrounded by a floral garland and cherubs.

Portrait of Anne of Austria, Queen of France

Jacob Louys, ca. 1650

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar, framed by a fruit garland with cherubs and a Latin inscription.

Portrait of Louis XIII, King of France

Jacob Louys, ca. 1650

Pen and wash drawing of three nude women standing together, the central figure seen from behind, with draperies over their ar

The Three Graces

Sebastian Schütz, 1600-1631

Pen and watercolor drawing of a nude allegorical woman holding a painter's palette, beside a shield and a small horned figure

Allegory of Art

Joachim Lüchteke, 1595

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate fountain topped by a statue of St. Christopher carrying a child, beside a building.

Design for an Elaborate Fountain Surmounted by a Statue of St. Christopher; verso: Studies of Architectural Details

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1550-99

Pen and wash drawing of armored cavalry charging in battle, with rearing horses, lances, banners and fallen soldiers.

Battle Scene

Hans Heinrich Waegmann, ca. 1611-14

Red chalk drawing of a standing youth in a wide-brimmed hat, buttoned coat and boots, one hand on his hip.

Study of a Standing Youth

Moses ter Borch, 17th century

Etching of men attacking and killing others, one raising an axe above a tangle of fallen figures under an open sky.

Plate 3 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'The same' (Lo mismo)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Etching of a standing figure by a post above a fallen body, with figures in a dark background, from Goya's Disasters of War.

Plate 15 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): And there is nothing to be done (Y no hai remedio)

Francisco Goya, 1810 (published 1863)

Engraving of a haloed saint at a window beside a richly furnished bedchamber with women and an older man seated within.

Saint Nicholas of Bari and the Three Poor Girls

Cristofano Cartaro, 1587

Engraving of a Roman triumph with mounted soldiers, bound captives, trumpeters and a crowd approaching a triumphal arch.

The Triumph of Scipio, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Master of the Die, 16th century

Engraving of a battle with mounted and foot soldiers, a fallen warrior in the foreground and a walled city behind.

The Victory of Scipio, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Master of the Die, 16th century

Engraving of a flood scene with a crowded boat, struggling figures in water, a waterfall, rocky cliffs and a stormy sky.

Winter

Nicolas Poussin, n.d.

Engraving of an ornate 18th-century theatre interior with crowded galleries, crystal chandeliers, and a stage with performers

Decoration de la salle de spectacle construite a Versailles pour la representation de la Princesse de Navarre

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, ca. 1745

Engraving of a laurel-crowned bust of Napoleon on a pedestal, flanked by a kneeling winged figure and a helmeted woman with a

Napoléon, Emperor of the French

Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, 1811

Engraving of a crowned bust on a pedestal with an inscription, flanked by a helmeted warrior woman and a winged seated figure

Marie Louise, Empress of the French

Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, 1811

Etching of a peasant in a wide hat pushing a loaded wheelbarrow past a thatched stone cottage in a rural courtyard.

Peasant Pushing a Wheelbarrow

Jean-François Millet, 1855