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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,401 works

Etching of the Virgin and Child with God the Father above in light, and angels to the right among stone and foliage.

God the Father observing the Virgin and Child, angels to the right

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-47

Engraving of Boston Common with families strolling under trees, children playing with hoops and toys, and women holding paras

The Boston Common (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, May 22, 1858

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar, flanked by two putti, a funerary urn, and draped cloth with a coat

Jean Habert de Montmor

Claude Mellan, 1640

Engraving of a seated young boy in ornate robes surrounded by kneeling and standing men in dark gowns, with coats of arms.

Frontispiece: Les Ordonnances royaux

Claude Mellan, ca. 1644

Engraving of two horned satyrs beside a tree and globe, with grapevines and a child gathering grapes in the foreground.

Satyrs

Claude Mellan, before 1645

Engraving of a kneeling cardinal offering a book to the Virgin and Child on clouds, with cherubs above.

Cardinal Richelieu, Kneeling, Presents His Book to the Virgin and Child

Claude Mellan, ca. 1646

Etching of a woman and boy approaching a stone pedestal among classical ruins, with a kneeling figure and a carved urn behind

Theseus finding his father's arms

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645 (published 1648)

Engraving of French royal arms with fleurs-de-lis, two putti, and two seated allegorical women holding a book and a laurel br

The Arms of France Accompanied by Personifications of Law and Good Faith

Claude Mellan, 1664

Engraving of a kneeling monk gazing up at the Virgin and Child seated on clouds, with cherubs around them.

Saint Bernard Kneeling before the Virgin and Child

Claude Mellan, 1640

Engraving of a reclining nude woman with three children, one holding grapes, beneath draped fabric, with small sketches in th

Allegorical Subject: Nude Woman, Three Children and a Mousetrap (La Sourcière)

Engraved headband with three putti, a cardinal's hat, tassels, and a banderole reading POUR LE GRAND ARMAND.

Headband: Two Infants with a Cardinal's Hat, a Third with a Banderole

Engraved horizontal band with two cherubs holding a crown over a shield with fleur-de-lis, flanked by birds and scrolls.

Headband: Two Infants with the Arms of France and Navarre

Hand-colored print of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon, surrounded by an oval of rays and saint medallions.

The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

Master d, ca. 1450-1460

Engraving of a veiled Virgin holding a child with a scepter, as a crowned boy and a woman kneel before her beneath a dove.

Anne of Austria with the Young Louis XIV and Monsieur before the Virgin and Child (Anne d'Autriche déposant le régenc…

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

Frieze with children

Christoph Bockstorffer, 1531

Engraved vignette of a town green with children playing, an American flag on a pole, and buildings and carriages around it.

Banknote vignette showing city buildings around a fenced-in green with children playing around an American flag

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraving of a multigenerational family outdoors by a cottage, with children, adults, an elderly couple and a distant ship.

Banknote vignette with figures of different ages, representing the stages of life

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraved garden scene: a seated woman reads beside a child, a girl runs past a dog toward a man with a rake.

Banknote vignette with a family in a garden

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Engraved oval portrait of a curly-haired child leaning on a ledge, within an ornate floral and scroll frame.

Banknote motif: a child's portrait and two patterned ovals surrounded by a floral frame

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1824-37

Etching of a curly-haired young child seated outdoors holding a long staff, with a wooden trunk and bushes behind.

Child Holding Staff

François Boucher, 18th century

Engraving of nude putti playing by a stream beside a rocky wooded bank, with a wooden bucket and a standing child at right.

The Swimming putto

Dominique Sornique, ca. 1741

Engraving of four playful winged cherubs tumbling together on a cloud, one holding a feather, with a title inscription below.

Children playing

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1750

Engraving of putti with a sickle and wheat sheaves under a tree and sunbeams, representing summer.

Summer

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1735

Etching of putti warming themselves by a fire beside a thatched cottage, with swans on a pond and a bare winter tree.

Winter

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Etching of putti playing with garlands of flowers in a garden with a fountain, a trellis arbor, and a flying cherub above.

Spring

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Etching of putti with grapes, a goat, a wine barrel and a basket, with a dedication inscription below.

Fall

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Engraving of three winged putti among clouds, one holding up an arrow, with fine hatched shading on bodies and drapery.

Trois Amours dont un tient une flèche (Three Loves, one of which holds an arrow), from Premiere Livre de Groupes d'En…

Pierre Alexandre Aveline

Etching of three winged cherubs in flight, one holding a flowing drapery against clouds and sky.

Trois Amours soutenant une draperie (Three Loves Holding a Drapery), from Premier Livre de Groupes d'Enfans (First Bo…

Pierre Alexandre Aveline

Etching of Lot with two daughters, Lot holding a cup while a daughter pours wine, a burning city behind.

Lot and his Daughters

Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, 1620-40

Engraving of Sancho pursued by kitchen boys in a grand hall, with dogs in the foreground and elegant onlookers at a table.

Sancho Pursued by the Kitchen Boys of the Duke

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 18th century