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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

314 works

Vertical pilaster drawing with winged putti, a torch, a small temple model and reeds on a tan ground.

Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, 1595-1640

Pen and wash drawing of figures talking in a garden promenade with an arched gateway and urns, a dog in the foreground.

Illustration for a Book: Figures in Conversation in a Garden

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and ink design of a lion's head flanked by two putti on scrolled ornament, with grey wash shading.

Design for a Lion's Head flanked by Satyrs

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Grey wash drawing of robed figures and an ox before classical columns and arches in a crowded ancient interior.

Samuel Anointing the Young David (?)

Jan Erasmus Quellinus, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a mounted general meeting a cardinal at a stone city gate, with soldiers and onlookers nearby.

Illustration for a Book: Cardinal Receiving a General at a City Gate

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil and wash drawing of a stone balustrade with floral panels and two carved lion guardian figures on pedestals.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade with Chinese Motif

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

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

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

Engraved frieze of putti leading Cupid's goat-drawn chariot, with a lion, torches, trumpets and a banner in procession.

A frieze arrangement depcting the Triumph of Love; Cupid in a Chariot led by goats, many other putti filling the comp…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Watercolor design for a stained glass window with a swallow over a wheat field and two lancets of flowering branches and urns

Design for a stained glass window

Alexander Gibbs, 1866-92

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

Pencil and watercolor frieze of dancers, a crouching creature, bird-headed Egyptian figures, and a cockatoo holding a pennant

Frieze of Figures and Birds

Rev. Geoffrey Liddell Johnstone, 19th century

Woodcut of a standing bearded man in a hat and cloak holding a banner with a rampant lion, by Lucas van Leyden, 1517.

Dirk First Count of Holland

Lucas van Leyden, 1517

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

Engraved ornamental title page with eagles, monkeys, squirrels and a central oval cartouche with French and German text.

Title Page, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler

Theodor de Bry, 1580-1600

Engraved print of a gallery wall crowded with classical busts, statues, urns and medallions arranged in tiers.

La Galerie de Girardon

Nicolas Chevalier, 18th century

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

Engraving of woodcutters sawing a log in a forest, with a standing overseer, a small dog and tall pine trunks.

The Wood-cutters

Hubert von Herkomer, 1880

Etching of a horse and cart on a country path with a driver, a woman in a hat, a dog, trees and a distant cottage.

Alms given by a cart driver

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1814

Etching of a bridge over a river with horsemen, a rowing boat in the foreground, and a stone tower on the right bank.

Strasbourg

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1629

Engraving of women weaving, spinning and sewing in a classical interior with columns and a loom.

Women spinning, weaving and sewing

Master FG, 1540-50

Engraving of Diana holding a spear atop the reclining Orion, with a dog beside them and Latin verses below.

Diana and Orion

Jacques Bellange

Etching of an ornate tapering scabbard with scrolling foliage and a winged female figure at its center.

Lower portion of a scabbard

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Brown wash drawing of Diana embracing reclining Endymion in a forest, with a cupid, two dogs, and a glowing moon.

Diana and Endymion

Johann Heinrich Keller, 1700-1765

Engraved procession of mounted nobles in plumed hats and armor with foot attendants, from a funeral plate.

Plate from Funeral of Charles III of Lorraine

Jacques Bellange

Etching of a busy courtyard with horsemen, a carriage, and figures before brick and timber buildings with smoking chimneys.

Arundel House from the North

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Etching of a cavalry battle on a plain, with charging riders, raised lances, fallen horses and distant mountains.

The Battle of the Amalekites

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1645-52

Woodcut frieze of a mounted procession of turbaned riders and foot soldiers passing domed mosques, columns and an obelisk.

Procession of Sultan Süleyman through the Atmeidan from the frieze Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs a…

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1553

Etched view of a busy courtyard at Arundel House in London, with horses, a carriage, figures and smoking chimneys.

Arundel House from the North (copy)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century (?)