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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,975 works

Engraving with a seated bearded man, a skeleton, winged allegorical figures, and an oval portrait of a woman with a skull-hol

Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger with an Allegory on the Death of his Wife, Christina Muller

Aegidius Sadeler, 1600

Engraving of St. John writing on Patmos with an eagle, a tree, sea and boats, and the Virgin and Child in light above.

St. John the Evangelist on Patmos

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Etching of a martyrdom scene: a nude figure on a fiery grill, a seated ruler, soldiers, and an angel descending above.

The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence

Claude Vignon, ca. 1627

Etching of the Holy Family: a seated woman holds an infant, a bearded man leans behind her, and a boy with a staff stands bes

The Holy Family

Guido Reni, ca. 1595-1600

Woodcut of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, angels, a star, and a stone stable.

The Adoration of the Magi, from "The Life of the Virgin"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1502

Engraving of an angel and a young boy walking through a dark wooded landscape with a distant tower and cloudy sky.

Tobias and the Angel (large plate)

Hendrick Goudt, 1613

Dark etching of figures gathered around a glowing lantern at night, with a swaddled infant and a reader at right.

Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1657

Engraving of a muscular man carrying heavy wooden gates on his shoulders over rocky ground, in strong black and white.

Samson Carrying the Gates, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

Lord Leighton Frederic, 1881

Engraving of the adoration of the shepherds with the Virgin, Joseph, kneeling shepherds and angels above a manger.

The adoration of the shepherds

Diego de Astor, 1605

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, angels above a star, and a procession of figures and horsemen

The Adoration of the Magi, set before and architectural colonnade

Pietro Testa, ca. 1640

Engraving of Saint Sebastian tied to a bare tree, pierced by arrows, standing on a rocky mound.

Saint Sebastian

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Etching of Christ shown to a crowd on a platform before a classical building, with soldiers, a cross, and a Latin inscription

La Présentation au Peuple (The Presentation of Christ to the People), from "La Grande Passion" (The Large Passion)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1619-24

Black and white woodcut of Christ with a crown of thorns on a balcony above a crowd of soldiers and onlookers.

Ecce Homo, from the series The Large Passion

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498-99

Engraving of a crowded city square with stone buildings, a raised platform, armoured soldiers and townspeople watching.

Ecce Homo

Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Woodcut of Saint Michael and angels fighting a dragon in the sky above a river landscape with a town.

Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Etching of an ornate choirstall with haloed saints, a central arch, cherubs and carved niches, in dense black line work.

Large Choirstall with Christ Blessing the Virgin

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1518-20

Engraving of a kneeling saint before soldiers and a seated judge, with classical columns and stepped terrace behind.

The martyrdom of Saint Paul and the condemnation of Saint Peter

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1524-27

Virgin and Child

Parmigianino, ca. 1527-30

Etching of St. Jerome reading near a tree as a lion approaches, with a hillside village and church tower behind.

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king and crowd of onlookers.

Adoration of the Magi

Frans Francken II, n.d.

Engraving of the prophet Ezekiel seated among nude figures and architectural framing, with sibyls in the lower spandrels.

The Prophet Ezekiel; from the series of Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ holding a chalice at the center of a table surrounded by apostles under drapery.

The Last Supper (Desiderio Desideravi), from "The Passion of Christ (Passio Domni Nostri Jesu Christi)"

Hieronymus Wierix, before ca. 1586

Engraved Pietà with the dead Christ, grieving Virgin, two angels and a cross, set within an ornate architectural frame.

Pietà with Angels in Front of the Cross

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1547

Engraving of the Virgin Mary seated with the Christ Child on her lap, surrounded by a radiating halo.

Virgin and Child

Hieronymus Wierix, n.d.

Etching of an aged seated man with a skull and books, gazing up at a trumpet blown by a hand from the clouds.

Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

Jusepe de Ribera, 1621

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ in an arched architectural frame, with angels and cherubs in clouds above.

Design for a Baptism of Christ in an Architectural Setting

James Thornhill, early 18th century

Etching of Tobias crossing stepping stones with a winged angel beside him, in a wooded river landscape with cattle and a rabb

Tobias and the Angel

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Engraving of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ while Joseph leans in and a young John the Baptist reaches toward

The Holy Family

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1642

Etching of a seated crowned figure mocked by men in an arched hall with a shell niche and verse below.

The mocking of Christ

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Engraved half-length portrait of a veiled woman with a halo, holding a palm frond and a book.

St. Catherine of Alexandria

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52