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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Sepia drawing of a semi-nude woman and a winged cupid on a crescent moon boat drifting through clouds.

La Folie l'égare (Folly Adrift)

Jean-Baptiste Mallet, ca. 1808

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a ruffled bonnet with dark bangs, looking toward the viewer, with a handwritten inscription

The Head of a Young Woman Wearing a Bonnet

Max Klinger, ca. 1880-82

Engraved scene of couples embracing in a garden with a balustrade, trees, and a cherub at the right edge.

The Garden of Love (right block)

Christoffel Jegher, 1630s

Engraved plate of an old woman with a rosary and a boy with curly hair reaching toward coins, with dedication inscription bel

Plate 10: Old woman with a rosary and a boy counting coins, from "Icones ad vivum expressae"

Giovanni Cattini, 1743

Engraving of a boy in a plumed hat touching the cheek of a girl who gazes out, with fine crosshatched shading.

Plate 3: Boy with a hat touching the face of a girl, from "Icones ad vivum expressae"

Giovanni Cattini, 1743

Engraving of a youth playing a recorder beside a turbaned man holding a music book, with Latin dedication below.

Plate 9: A youth playing the recorder while a man to the left holds up a music book, from "Icones ad vivum expressae"

Giovanni Cattini, 1743

Mezzotint of Saint John the Evangelist with a halo, bowed head resting on his hand, writing with a quill in an open book.

Saint John the Evangelist; head and shoulders, writing with a quill

Johann Lorenz Haid, ca. 1750-60

Engraved portrait of Saint Jude with a halo, draped cloak and square rule, with Latin inscription below.

Saint Jude, head and shoulders, holding a square rule

Johann Lorenz Haid, ca. 1750-60

Engraved portrait of an elderly woman holding a rosary, with a younger figure with curly hair behind her.

Copy in reverse of an old woman with a rosary and a boy counting coins; plate 10 from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' aft…

Niccolò Cavalli, ca. 1750-90

Engraved portrait of a curly-haired boy in a lace collar looking down, holding fruit in his hands.

Plate 4: Boy with a lace collar holding a piece of fruit in his hands; from "Icones ad vivum expressae"

Giovanni Cattini, 1743

Engraving of Christ seated by a well speaking with a standing Samaritan woman holding a water jug.

Christ and the woman of Samaria at the well, from the series of 112 prints of the sacred history, after the painting…

Pietro Monaco, 1743-63

Engraved portrait of a young man with curly hair, head tilted upward, eyes closed, shaded in brown hatching.

Head of a young man looking upwards; after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Teodoro Viero, 1774

Engraving of a pastoral scene with napping peasants under a tree, a standing soldier at right, a cottage, goats, and a dog by

Plate XLIX: Pastoral scene with peasants napping, one resting on a woman under a tree, a soldier approaches at right;…

Giuliano Giampiccoli, ca. 1725-59

Plate 12: A young man leaning on a staff looking outward, with an old man behind to his right, from "Icones ad vivum…

Giovanni Cattini, 1743

Engraved portrait of an elderly man in a cap reading an open book through a magnifying glass.

Plate 8: Man in a hat reading a book with a magnifying glass; from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' after Giovanni Battist…

Giovanni Cattini, 1743

Engraved portrait of a woman in a dark cloak holding a basket of pears, with an inscribed dedication below.

Plate 7: A woman with a basket of pears; from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Giovanni Cattini, 1743

Engraved portrait of a pensive man with curly hair resting his head on his hand, gazing upward.

Plate 1: Pensive man resting his head on his hand, from "Icones ad vivum expressae"

Giovanni Cattini, 1743

Plate 6: A young man embracing a girl, from "Icones ad vivum expressae"

Giovanni Cattini, 1743

Engraving of three saints in clouds, one holding a monstrance, another with arms raised, and a kneeling monk with a chalice.

S. Isidorus, S. Vincentius, S. Hyacinthus

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1760

Engraved print of a woman holding wheat inside an ornate scrolled frame, labeled L'Esté, representing summer.

Summer (L'Eté), from 'The Four Seasons'

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a bearded robed figure beside a brazier with fire inside an ornate oval cartouche, labeled L'Hyver.

Winter (L'Hiver), from 'The Four Seasons'

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a Polish horseman in fur cloak and feathered hat riding right, within a circle, with attendants and horses behind.

Polish horseman facing right, a circular composition, from 'Figures on Horseback' (Cavaliers nègres, polonais et hong…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Moorish horseman in profile facing right, in the background a pyramid at left, many figures and an elephant, from 'Fi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1651

Etching of a man playing a hurdy gurdy beside a boy with a triangle, with peasants dancing in a ring near cottages.

A man sings and plays the hurdy gurdy, accompanied by a boy playing the triangle to right, a group of peasants dancin…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a peasant woman leading a cow through a stream, with a second cow behind her and trees in the background.

A peasant woman herds two cows across a stream, walking towards the left, plate 2 from "Diversi capricci"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of two women walking left past a crumbling arch, with a rider on horseback and a rustic house in the distance.

Two girls walking towards the left, seen from behind, a woman on a horse to left in background, plate 3 from "Diversi…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

A horse in profile facing the left, about to descend from a mound, a horseman to left in background, plate 4 from "Di…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a peasant on horseback talking to a standing man beside the horse, with a hilly landscape behind them.

A peasant on horseback in profile facing the right, holding a basket and talking to another man standing behind the h…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of two horses on a grassy bank, a horseman and sheep flock on a ridge to the left, under a cloudy sky.

Two horses ascending the bank of a river at right, following a procession of horses and one horseman to the left, pla…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Etching of a horseman descending a riverbank with a second rider crossing the river to the right.

A horseman descends a riverbank, another horseman in river to right, plate 8 from "Diversi capricci"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47