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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etching of a mounted rider in a plumed hat spearing a charging bull in an arena, from Goya's La Tauromaquia.

Plate 11 from "La Tauromaquia": The Cid campeador spearing another bull

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a mounted horseman watching an elder baptize a kneeling man beside a chariot and trees.

The Baptism of The Eunuch

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Engraving of a crowded fantastical landscape with monsters, soldiers and a seated woman labeled Patientia, with a distant cit

Patience (Patientia)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1557

Woodcut print of an eagle carrying a youth aloft over nude men, horses and dogs in a wooded landscape.

Zeus as an eagle, abducting Ganymede

Giovanni Battista Palumba, 1500-1510

Engraving of Ixion embracing Juno on a dark cloud above classical ruins, a lion, and small figures below.

Ixion attempting to seduce Juno, surrounded by clouds with ruins below

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1520-39

Lithograph of a costumed street performer on a stone step with a dog, bowing man, onlookers and a table with a chest.

The Fool Who Sells Wisdom

Carle Vernet, ca. 1818

Engraving of a crowded city square with stone buildings, a raised platform, armoured soldiers and townspeople watching.

Ecce Homo

Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Black and white lithograph of a rider in a top hat leading two horses past a stone wall and pillar.

Two Horses Exercised by a Jockey

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Black and white woodcut of a rider on a galloping horse in a ring, with stylized horse heads flanking the scene.

The Riding School

Franz Marc, 1913

Etching of St. Jerome reading near a tree as a lion approaches, with a hillside village and church tower behind.

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Grey wash drawing of villagers dancing in a street before a thatched tavern, with a dog and market scene behind.

An Itinerant Peddler in a Village

Cornelis Dusart, 1693

Engraving of a woman beating a kneeling man in a room with a fireplace, a rooster and hen, and a curtained bed.

The Husband-Beater

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Etching of an Egyptian-style decorative scheme with a central bull, crocodile, dog, bird, pyramids, and hieroglyphic panels.

Egyptian decoration of the Caffè degli Inglesi: Animals on the cornice, including a bull at the center, from "Diverse…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769

Etched perspective view of an ornate ancient candelabrum with bird sculptures, a figure at the top, and clawed feet on a step

Perspective view of the same candelabrum, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti an…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with a winged figure above a chariot and horses in clouds.

Design for a Ceiling with an Allegorical Subject

James Thornhill, ca. 1713

Etching of a turbaned rider on a white horse lancing a charging bull in an arena, from Goya's La Tauromaquia.

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules

Francisco Goya, 1816

Engraving of the Apollo fountain basin at Versailles with sailing ships on the canal, carriages and riders on the terraces.

Le Bassin d'Apollon [The Fountain of Apollo, Versailles]

Adam Pérelle, 1680s

Ink and wash drawing of a nude Adam amid animals including a horse, goat, and unicorn in a wooded landscape.

Adam in the Garden of Eden, Naming the Animals

Joachim Wtewael, ca. 1605-10

Etching of Windsor Castle's towers and walls seen across a field, with a large tree at left and a carriage with riders in fro

Windsor [copy]

Abraham Aubri, after 1644

Etching of six lions in varied poses, including a snarling walking lion, a reclining lion, and several lion heads.

Six Lions in Various Poses

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching of a horseman on a country road beside tall trees, with a village, church tower and windmill across a river.

The Horseman

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650

Etching of women in classical dress carrying flower baskets on a path, with a flying winged figure, a temple, and a dog in th

The Daughters of Aglaura (Mercury and Herse)

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1646

Etched strip of putti in a scallop shell chariot pulled by a galloping horse, with an archer putto at right.

A scallop shell chariot

William Carter, 1654

Etching of six ragged beggars with walking sticks standing in a row against a distant landscape, with a dog at left.

Men and women beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of six ragged beggars, women, men and a child, in a row on open ground with a ruin at right.

Six Men and Women Beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of Tobias crossing stepping stones with a winged angel beside him, in a wooded river landscape with cattle and a rabb

Tobias and the Angel

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Etching of a wooden river bridge with a carriage and rider crossing, a boat on the water, and a timber tower at right.

Strasbourg: The Kehl Bridge, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Etching of Strasbourg's walls and cathedral spire across a river, with a rowing boat and a rider on the road.

Strasbourg, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1663-65

Etching of a Mechelen street with stepped gable houses, a footbridge, riders on horseback, and a large willow tree.

Mechelen (Mechlin), from "European Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1664

Etching of Yorke Castle at Tangier with crenellated towers, carts on a road, and ships on the sea beyond.

Prospect of Yorke Castle at Tangier, from ye Strand, and the North-West, from "Views of Tangier"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1669-73