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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,272 works

Etched oval rebus with cupids, a glove, a ring and figures, framed by drapery above a landscape with ruins.

Rébus on the subject of love, a riddle depicted on drapery, below a landscape with a pyramid and two obelisks, a bust…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1639

Red chalk portrait drawing of a heavyset man with wavy hair, white collar and dark coat, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Portrait of a Clergyman or a Jurist (?)

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-early 18th century

Engraving of a winged nymph crowning a bust of Shakespeare as cherubs bring laurel garlands, with a waterfall behind.

The Nymph of Immortality, Attended by the Loves, Crowning the Bust of Shakespeare

Francesco Bartolozzi, September 1784

Head of Minerva, from 'Various heads and figures' (Diverses tétes et figures)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a fur hat with a feather, turned slightly to the right.

Bust of a Pole, from "Drawing Basics" (I principii del disegno)

Stefano Della Bella, after 1641

Head of a Woman in Profile

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etching of a woman's head in three-quarter view, looking upward, wearing a wrapped headscarf, with a decorative frame.

Head of a Woman in Three Quarter View, from "Various heads and figures" (Diverses tétes et figures)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Head of a young man in profile, from "Various Portraits" (Recueil de Diverses Piéces Servant à l'Art de Portraiture)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Head of a Bald and Bearded Old Man in Profile, from 'Various heads and figures' (Diverses tétes et figures)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Plate 10: Head of a Soldier, from "Drawing Basics" (I principii del disegno)

Stefano Della Bella, after 1641

Bust of a Soldier in Profile, from 'Various heads and figures' (Diverses tétes et figures)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Plate 4: Head of a Woman in Profile, from 'Second collection of various doodles and etching proofs' (Second recueil d…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Portrait of a Young Woman Holding a Mask

Johann Lorenz Haid, ca. 1750s

Plate 12: Head of a Child, from "The Book for Learning to Draw" (Livre pour apprendre à dessiner)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Plate 15: mid-bust of a young woman in profile wearing a hat topped with feathers, from 'The Book for Learning to Dra…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Etched plate of five heads in various profiles, including a young woman in a headscarf and a bearded man, numbered 23 at top

Plate 9: five heads, two young women at left, a bearded man at upper right, a young woman and a bearded man at bottom…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Plate 16: head of an old man in profile with a cloth tied around his head, from 'The Book for Learning to Draw' (Livr…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Etching of an elderly man in a dark robe holding a quill and paper against a dark curtain, by Rembrandt, 1658.

Portrait of Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol, Writing Master (the larger plate)

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Engraved portrait of a seated older man in dark clerical-style robes with a white collar, holding a quill, against a hatched

Portrait of Lievan van Coppenol

Cornelis Visscher, mid-17th century

Stipple engraving of a man in a powdered wig and lace cravat, shown in three-quarter view within a rectangular border.

Francesco d' Ageno

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1785-90

Stipple engraving portrait of a man in a patterned gown and lace jabot holding rolled sheet music, after Reynolds.

Charles Burney

Francesco Bartolozzi, April 1, 1784

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man in a velvet cap and folded robe, holding a pen over a book.

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in historical dress

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1818-28

Etching of a seated woman in a dark dress with hands clasped on a light chair, hair pinned up, facing the viewer.

Portrait of Berthe Morisot

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, ca. 1876

Study for the Portrait of General Desaix

Andrea Appiani, ca. 1800

Plate 1 from "Los Caprichos": Self-portrait

Francisco Goya, 1799

The Breton archaeologist Louis Jacques Marie Bizeul

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etched portrait of a seated bald man in a formal coat holding a top hat and cane, with a pocket watch chain.

Casimir le Conte, after Boulanger

Charles Meryon, 1856

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and chain, framed by grapevines, crossed oars, and inscriptions.

The Colonist René de Laudonnière Sablais, after van de Passe

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etched oval portrait of a bishop in clerical dress and biretta, framed by palm fronds and a coat of arms below.

Pierre Nivelle, Bishop of Luçon, after Lasne

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a pleated ruff and cloak, with a dated plaque and coat of arms at upper right.

The historian John Besly, after Jaspar Isaac

Charles Meryon, 1861