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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,392 works

Etching of the Virgin and Child with a halo, flanked by saints in flowing robes, rendered in fine hatched lines.

The Virgin and Child accompanied by saints

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1550

Etching of villagers dancing and gathering outside a thatched tavern beneath a wooden trellis, with barrels and a sheep.

Dance Under the Trellis

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a peasant kitchen interior with a woman nursing a baby, a man at the hearth, a child, a dog, and hanging pots.

The Family (reverse copy)

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraving of the Virgin and Child seated under a tree, with a walled town and bridge in the background, dated 1511.

Virgin and Child with a Pear

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Engraving of the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Christ beneath a tree, with a bridge and tower in the distance.

Virgin and Child with a Pear, copy

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Sepia print of putti painting and sketching in a studio beside a classical female statue, with Latin inscriptions above and b

Boys Peeping at Nature

Richard Livesay, 1782

Etching of three putti drawing and painting in a studio beside a classical bust and an oval portrait sketch.

Boys Peeping at Nature

William Hogarth, 1751

Etched print of three children drawing beside an easel and bust, with a subscription receipt inscription below.

Boys Peeping at Nature

William Hogarth, 1731-51

Engraving of a winged child holding a bearded grotesque face beside a seated child and a dog near a tree.

Two Children with a Mask

Engraving of the Virgin nursing the Christ Child, seated in a grassy landscape with a radiant halo and draped robe.

The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child, copy

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Etching of a knight seated in wooden stocks while a crowd of onlookers gathers and gestures in a brick courtyard.

Hudibras in Tribulation (Twelve Large Illustrations for Saumel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 6)

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Etching of a seated man, a standing woman holding a child, and a bulldog in an interior with a curtain and bust.

The Child and the Bulldog

Marguerite Gérard, 1778

Engraving of the Virgin and Child in a garden with animals, a shepherd scene, and an angel in the clouds above.

Virgin and Child in a Landscape

Aegidius Sadeler, ca. 1597

Etching of Esau leaving with his family, sheep, dogs, horses and a donkey through a rocky landscape beside a large tree.

Esau and his family parting ways with Jacob (Esau con le mogli figli e sostanze si separa dal fratello Giacobbe)

Pietro Monaco, 1743-63

Etching of the Madonna in a circular frame tenderly bending over the sleeping Christ child in her lap.

The Madonna and Child in the Round

Etching of the Virgin holding the Christ child while young John the Baptist kneels beside them near a curtain and window.

The Virgin and Child at a table with the young John the Baptist

Guido Reni, ca. 1600-40

Etching of the Virgin holding the Christ Child in an embrace, with a figure and tree seen through an arch at left.

The Virgin seated with the Christ Child on her lap embracing her, Joseph seen through an archway at left

Guido Reni, ca. 1600-13

Circular etching of the Virgin Mary cradling the sleeping infant Christ, with a radiating halo behind her head.

The Virgin holding the infant Christ with the fingers of her right hand hidden, a circular composition

Guido Reni, ca. 1600-40

Etching of the Virgin with a halo leaning over the infant Christ on her lap, within an oval frame.

The Virgin holding the infant Christ, an oval composition

Guido Reni, ca. 1600-40

Etching of the Virgin seated and nursing the infant Christ, with a halo above her head and a Latin caption below.

The Virgin nursing the infant Christ

Guido Reni, ca. 1590-1610

Etching of Saint Roch distributing alms to a crowd of beggars, women and children beneath an arcaded classical colonnade.

Saint Roch at left distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci

Francesco Brizio, ca. 1590-1600

Etching of a draped woman seen from behind, carrying a crucifix over her shoulder beside a pilaster.

Girl carrying a crucifix and stepping toward a pilaster, seen from behind

Guido Reni, ca. 1590-1600

Girl carrying a cushion, seen in profile facing right

Guido Reni, 1590-1690

Etching of the Virgin and Christ Child with young Saint John the Baptist holding a staff, in an oval frame.

The Virgin with the Christ Child and the young Saint John the Baptist holding a bird at right, an oval composition, a…

Lorenzo Loli, ca. 1630-80

Etching of the Virgin and Christ Child with an elderly man with a staff and a veiled woman holding a lamp.

The Holy Family with Saint Clare

Guido Reni, 1590-1600

Etching of the Virgin in clouds holding a rosary and embracing the infant Christ, with angels around them.

The Virgin in the clouds holding a rosary in her left hand and embracing the infant Christ, who also holds a rosary,…

Lorenzo Loli, ca. 1630-60

Etching of the Virgin with eyes lowered, head resting on her hand, cradling the sleeping infant Christ across her lap.

The Virgin seated, resting her head on her right hand and holding the sleeping infant Christ on her lap

Lorenzo Loli, ca. 1630-80

Engraving of Saint Roch distributing alms to a crowd of poor figures beneath a colonnaded arcade.

Saint Roch at left distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci

Francesco Brizio, ca. 1607

Woodcut of a writing evangelist with an eagle and the Virgin holding the Christ Child, under a Gothic title.

The Virgin and Saint John, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of falling stars, a sun and moon with faces, angels above a throne, and a terrified crowd below.

The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1497/98