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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Etched decorative frieze with acanthus scrolls, a lion head, an eagle, putti, and a centaur and satyr below.

Rinceaux with Eagle and Lion, plate 15 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched ornamental frieze of scrolling foliage, a child with two dogs, and sea horses along the top border.

Rinceaux with Child Frightened by Dogs, plate 8 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of two tritons with curling fish tails embracing dolphin-like sea creatures above choppy waves and rocks.

Frieze with Tritons and Dolphins, plate 13 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Engraved rococo design of a covered terrine with scrollwork, shell forms and a bird on the lid, on a plinth.

Design for a Surtout and a Tureen

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1746

Engraved rococo settee with scrolled carved frame, floral garlands and patterned upholstery against an ornamental background.

Canapé executé pour Mr. le Comte de Bielenski, from "Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier"

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, ca. 1742-48

Engraved rococo cabinet design with ornate chimneypiece, scrolled mirror frame, cherubs and a hunting scene in side panels.

Cabinet de Mr le Compte Bielinski, from "Oeuvre de Juste Aurelle Meissonnier"

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, ca. 1742-48

Etching of a seated woman in a dark dress with hands clasped on a light chair, hair pinned up, facing the viewer.

Portrait of Berthe Morisot

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, ca. 1876

Brown wash drawing of ancient warriors with mules and an oxcart passing large trees beside a carved stone monument.

Ajax in the Grave

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, ca. 1790-99

Sepia drawing of a wooded lake scene with three robed figures near the water and a weeping willow on the shore.

Arcadian Landscape with Three Figures at a Lake

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1792

Study for the Portrait of General Desaix

Andrea Appiani, ca. 1800

Sepia wash drawing of a Copenhagen harbor promenade with cannons, strollers, benches and ships on the water.

The Harbor of Copenhagen from the Esplanade between Langelinie Park and Toldboden or the Customs House

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1809

Engraved kitchen interior with cooks, hanging game birds, copper pots, a hearth fire, and a spiral staircase.

Kitchen Interior

David Vinckboons, 1600-1624

Pencil caricature of a standing man in a top hat and long coat, drawn loosely on pale paper, dated 1883.

Caricature of James McNeil Whistler

Carlo Pellegrini, 1883

Etched ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a cupid wrestling two lions above, and medallions with heads below.

Two Acanthus Friezes: Cupid Subduing Two Lions; Heads of Four Seasons, plate 14 from "Decorative friezes and foliage"…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched frieze of scrolling foliage with two putti holding a crown above the letter L, flanked by seated hybrid figures.

Rinceaux with Two Children Holding a Royal Crown Over the Letter "L," plate 3 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched frontispiece with a circular inscription cartouche, two eagles amid scrolling foliage, and dragon heads at the base.

Frontispiece: Ornamenti o Grottesche

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of two facing camel heads merging into scrolling acanthus ornament, with fruit garlands below.

Two Facing Camel Heads with Bodies Terminating in Ornament

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of two winged children blowing bubbles, their bodies flowing into ornamental scrolls, foliage and hanging tassels.

Two Winged Children with Bodies Turning into Ornament Blowing Bubbles

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etched grotesque ornament print with two horse heads, a lion mask, a shield and scrollwork, by Stefano della Bella.

Two Horse Heads Framing a Shield

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a stag head and boar head framed by oak branches, with crossed spears and arrows down a central column.

Heads of a Stag and Two Boars in Rinceaux of Oak Branches

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a young woman in flowing drapery lifting a hare, with ornamental acanthus scrolls framing the composition above.

A Girl Holding a Hare

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a hunting trophy with two stag heads at the base, boar heads on the sides, a spear, ribbons, and a horn.

Hunting Trophy with Stag Heads Below

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a hunting trophy with two stag heads at the bottom, animal pelts on each side, and a central ribboned staff.

Hunting Trophy with Stag Heads at Bottom

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of a winged skeleton beating a drum within an ornamental scrolled cartouche with drapery and a tassel.

Death Beating a Drum

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etched cartouche with a goat's head and two putti holding garlands, numbered 17, with ornamental scrolls below.

Cartouche Framed by Children and a Goat

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etching of an ornamental cartouche with a blank shield, a lion's head on top, a seated lion at left and a child at right.

Cartouche Containing an Empty Shield Surmounted by a Lion and Framed by a Lion and a Child

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Etched frontispiece showing the Holy House of Loreto with the Virgin and Child on its roof, angels in clouds, and allegorical

Frontispiece for Le Véritable Plan et Pourtrait de la Maison de la Ste. Vierge

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Engraving of a cartouche with putti, laurel garlands and a diagram of planetary orbits ringed by stars, with the motto Mens A

The Copernican System

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1639

Etched frontispiece with a kneeling man holding a flowering tree, figures in clouds above, and a coat of arms on a pedestal.

Frontispiece for Il Mercurio, III: Hercules Planting His Club

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etched frontispiece with three robed men before a harbor, under a cartouche titled Dialogo di Galileo Galilei.

Frontispiece for Dialogo di Galileo Galilei

Stefano Della Bella, 1632