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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,272 works

Etching of a man in a wide-brimmed hat leaning at a window with a sketchbook, with a landscape visible outside.

Self-Portrait Etching at a Window

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

Bust of beardless old man in profile facing right, from "Small Heads in Oriental Headdress"

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50

Red chalk drawing with white highlights of a young man's head in three-quarter view, gazing upward, wearing a cap.

Head of a Young Man in Three-Quarter View

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 18th century

Pen and wash design for a ceiling with a central medallion of a seated female figure holding a celestial sphere.

Design for Ceiling with Allegorical Figure of Astronomy

Giovanni Battista Crespi, 1605-15

Engraved oval portrait of a woman in a lace ruff, framed by flowers, garlands and drapery, with a Latin inscription below.

Eleonora, Wife of Ferdinand II, from the series Ferdinandus II et III Imperatorum Domus Austriacae...

Pieter van Sompel, ca. 1625

Bust portrait of Pope Pius V in profile facing left set within an elaborate architectural structure upon which sit al…

Mario Cartaro, 1567

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff, framed by fruit garlands and cherubs, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Jonas Suyderhoef, ca. 1650

Portrait of Pope Pius IV

Nicolas Béatrizet, mid-16th century

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruffled collar and fur-trimmed cloak, framed by fruit garlands.

Portrait of Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria

Jonas Suyderhoef, ca. 1650

Brown wash drawing of a smiling young man in a wide-brimmed hat, ruffled collar and baggy breeches, standing in full length.

Study of a Standing Youth in a Hat

Dirck Hals, 17th century

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a jeweled cap and ornate robe, with Latin inscription and lion coat of arms below.

Floris II from the series Counts and Countesses of Holland, Zeeland, and West-Frisia

Pieter Soutman, 1650

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a jeweled cap with a feather, flanked by Latin verses and a heraldic shield.

William III from the series Counts and Countesses of Holland, Zeeland, and West-Frisia

Pieter Soutman, 1650

Engraved portrait of William IV in plumed helmet and armor, within an oval frame with Latin inscription and coat of arms.

William IV from the series Counts and Countesses of Holland, Zeeland, and West-Frisia

Pieter Soutman, 1650

Engraved oval portrait of a crowned man in a lace ruff and armor, with Latin inscription and coat of arms below.

Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain, from 'Counts and Countesses of Holland, Zeeland, and West-Frisia'

Cornelis Visscher, 1650

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with ruff collar and baton, with a city and battle scene in the background.

Francisco Valdes, Spanish Commander, from the series Quatuor Personae...

Pieter Soutman, 1649

Engraved portrait of a woman in a jeweled dress and ruffled collar, with a city skyline and Latin inscription below.

Magdalena Moons, from the series Quatuor Personae...

Pieter Soutman, 1649

Engraved portrait of a woman in a lace ruff and pearls, framed by flower garlands, with a cherub and inscription below.

Portrait of Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Spain

Jacob Louys, ca. 1650

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a lace ruff and chain, set in an oval wreath of leaves and fruit with an inscribed cartouc

Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain

Jacob Louys, ca. 1615-57

Engraved oval portrait of a crowned woman in lace collar and pearls, surrounded by a floral garland and cherubs.

Portrait of Anne of Austria, Queen of France

Jacob Louys, ca. 1650

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace collar, framed by a fruit garland with cherubs and a Latin inscription.

Portrait of Louis XIII, King of France

Jacob Louys, ca. 1650

Engraved oval portrait of two curly-haired children embracing, one raising a hand, against a cloudy background.

Nature (The Calmady Children)

Samuel Cousins, 1835

Portrait of Charles Meryon, in profile

Félix Bracquemond, 1854

The Fourth Oriental Head

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1635

Etching of a man in a beret and fur-trimmed coat leaning on a stone wall, looking toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait, Leaning on a Stone Wall

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639

Etching of a seated man in a lace collar reading a book beside a window, with a triptych and skull in a dim room.

Abraham Francen, Apothecary

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1656

Engraved portrait of Leopold Mozart playing the violin, framed by rococo scrollwork with sheet music at his feet.

Leopold Mozart playing the violin

J. A. Friedrich, 1756

Oval bust portrait print of a man in a military uniform with star epaulettes, set within a decorative oval frame.

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale, 1787

Oval bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin in round spectacles and buttoned coat, with inscription around the frame.

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Willson Peale, 1787

Engraving of two women with a severed bearded head wrapped in cloth, beside a tree and a distant walled town.

Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes

Girolamo Mocetto, 1500-30

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Hood in Profile Facing Left

Giuseppe Cesari, 1636-38