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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,401 works

Etching of a standing woman in a period hat and a child seated among tall reeds beneath tree branches.

Orphan

James Tissot, ca. 1879

Etching of a public scrivener at a wooden street stall with customers, a seated woman, a child and dogs in a stone-walled str

The Public Scrivener

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1790

Engraved print of a mythological scene with a woman and children in a columned interior, framed by ornate grotesque decoratio

Medea Kills Her Two Children by Jason (Pour qui d'Absyrte a le sang repandu, fait que du sien le tort lui soit rendu...)

René Boyvin, 1563

Engraved frieze of classical figures and putti in a wedding procession, with a veiled seated woman at center.

The wedding of Jason and Creusa, at left Medea takes her children

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a seated woman carried on a litter past grieving figures, a winged child and pipe players, with Italian verses b

Plate 5: Psyche carried on a litter to a mountain, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a winged angel pointing to a seated woman under a tree, with a child lying on the ground nearby.

An angel appearing to Hagar

Pietro Monaco, 1727-72

Mezzotint of the Virgin in a white turban cradling a sleeping infant, with a distant castle landscape in an oval frame.

Virgin and Child

Robert Laurie, 1772

Engraving of the Virgin holding an infant over a crate, with a kneeling winged angel and cherubs in clouds above.

Virgin and Child with an angel

Matthias Oesterreich, 1752

Etching of a seated woman in draped robes holding a small child against her chest, with cross-hatched shading.

Virgin and Child

Simone Cantarini, 1775

Engraving of seven figures in traditional dress dancing in a circle, holding hands under large trees with a town in the dista

A Native Dance (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vo…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Etching of a smiling woman holding a baby in a stone archway while a little girl reaches toward the infant.

Little Girl Playing with a Baby in its Mother's Arms

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a smiling woman with a doll and a child, with a man seated at a table under a flowering vine.

The Doll

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a spectacle seller in a wide hat offering glasses at a rustic cottage doorway, with a woman and child nearby.

The Spectacle Seller

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a father seated feeding a child in a cluttered cottage interior, with a woman behind and a cooking pot by the hear

Father Feeding his Child

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a peasant family at a table, a man with folded hands saying grace, a woman holding an infant, and a standing child

The Blessing

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etched domestic interior with a fireplace, a woman in a cloak, a man leaning over a child in a basket, and a broom.

The New Metamorphosis, Plate 4: Invidiosa Releases Fantasio

William Hogarth, 1724

Etching of a smiling woman in a headscarf leaning on a window ledge, with another woman in shadow behind her and ivy outside.

Village Girl

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a peasant cottage interior with a seated man, a child on a stool, and an older woman by the hearth.

Father Feeding Child

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a street quack at a barrel stall under a tree, surrounded by a crowd of townspeople including a woman with a baske

The Quack

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a village street with houses, a tower, and figures including a seated musician and a boy with a hoop.

The Humpbacked Violinist

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a peasant family in a cluttered kitchen, with a woman nursing an infant by the hearth and a dog nearby.

The Family

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraving of an ornate covered cup with reclining nudes and putti on the lid, grape garlands, and children on the base.

Covered Cup with Children on the Base

Engraving of a muscular man carrying an older man on his shoulders with a child beside him, a burning city behind.

Aeneas carrying Anchises on his shoulders while Troy burns in the background

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Etching of women on a riverbank under a tree lifting an infant from the water, with flowing drapery and a nude figure at righ

The infant Moses rescued from the Nile

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-45

Etching of the mystic marriage of Saint Catherine with Virgin, Christ child, kneeling saint, angel and bearded onlooker.

The mystic marriage of Saint Catherine

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1550

Etching of the Madonna and Child with a kneeling infant John the Baptist, watched by saints beside classical columns.

Various Saints Witnessing John the Baptist's Homage to the Infant Christ

Andrea Schiavone

Etching of the Judgment of Paris with nude women, a seated man, a child, goats and trees in a wooded landscape.

The Judgment of Paris

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1543-46

Print of the Virgin and Child with saints, seated figures in draped robes rendered in fine crosshatched lines.

The Virgin and Child accompanied by saints

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-50

Hatched grey drawing of the Christ Child in a cradle surrounded by kneeling and standing adoring figures.

The Christ Child in the Cradle surrounded by adoring figures

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1550-55

Etching of a bearded man in a robe preaching with raised arm to a crowd of listeners beside classical columns.

Saint Paul preaching in Athens

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-53