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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Silhouette Portrait of Martin Van Buren

William Henry Brown, 1844

Black silhouette of a man in a top hat and long coat with a walking stick, beside a tree, with horses behind a fence.

Silhouette Portrait of John Randolph

William Henry Brown, 1844

Engraving of the Virgin and Child on a canopied seat with two winged angels playing lutes beside them.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Musical Angels

Johannes Wierix, n.d.

Engraving of a Gothic church interior with a central figure labeled Fides holding a book beside a crucifix and ladder, surrou

Faith (Fides) from The Virtues

Philips Galle, ca. 1559-60

Standard Bearer

Urs Graf, 1500-30

Brown ink and wash sheet of many studies of birds, including hawks, ducks and waders, with handwritten notes.

Studies of Birds (recto); Village Scene with Skaters (verso)

Albert Flamen, mid-17th century

Pencil sketch of a castle with pointed towers and steep roofs against an empty pale sky.

A Castle (on the Rhine?)

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a commander kneeling before a crowned ruler on a throne, with soldiers and vessels in the foreg

Holofernes before Nebuchadnezzar (Judith 2:4-13)

Maerten de Vos, 1587

Grey wash drawing of a rider, horse-drawn wagon, and dog on a road, with an obelisk and tower in the distant landscape.

Travellers and wagons fording a river in a Southern landscape

Hendrik Verschuring, ca. 1646-62

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mountainous river landscape with trees, hills, figures, and a distant village.

Mountainous River Landscape

Jacob Esselens, 17th century

Night scene in blue wash of helmeted soldiers with a torch chasing a nude running fugitive through a dark landscape.

Night scene with soldiers chasing a fugitive (Mark XIV, 5-52)

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Pencil drawing of travelers on a dirt road beside large trees, with a horse-drawn carriage and hills in the distance.

Figures on a Road

Pieter de Molijn, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a village on an estuary with trees, figures, a rowing boat on the shore, and a distant sailboat under a clo

Village on an estuary, with a rowing boat on the shore

Pieter de Molijn, 17th century

Etching of a torchlit procession of mounted riders, soldiers with torches, and carriages moving across an open field.

Torchlight Procession at the Modena Carrousel

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of a draped figure bending over a bare-bodied figure bound to a tree, with a landscape and water to the right.

Apollon et Marsyas

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a bearded smith at an anvil with armor on the ground, facing a draped woman gesturing toward him.

Vulcan et Thetis

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pen and grey wash drawing of a nude male figure with a staff beside a ruined tower and arched bridge, dated 1616.

Neptune and Amphitrite

the Elder Elias Wolff, 1616

Engraving of a young man bowed over a pipe, surrounded by a pack of wolves on a rocky ledge in a forest.

The Wolf-Charmer

John La Farge, 1867

Engraving of a huge hunched giant kneeling in a barren landscape while two small travelers reach toward him.

The Travelers and the Giant

John La Farge, 1869

Engraving of the Nativity: a woman in bed under a canopy, a ray of light, winged angels above, and standing women at left.

The Nativity

John La Farge, n.d.

Engraving of a Noh dancer in an ornate patterned robe holding an open fan against a dark background.

Noh Dancer

John La Farge, ca. 1886

Engraving of a kneeling fisherman beside a jar, watching a smoke plume become a giant genie's head over the sea.

The Fisherman and the Afrite (or Genie)

John La Farge, 1868

Engraving of three robed wise men gazing at a bright star over a desert plain, with horses and camels in the background.

The Wise Men out of the East

John La Farge, 1868

Etching of galleys fighting around rocky islands, with a coat of arms and compass rose in the margins.

Capture of Two Galleys at Byserta

Stefano Della Bella, 1628

Etched map of the Siege of Saint-Omer with a lettered key, fortifications, ships at sea, and officers studying a map in the f

Siege of Saint-Omer

Stefano Della Bella, 1638

Pencil drawing of two men resting on a log by a lake under a large spreading tree, with boats on the water.

Two Men Resting by a Lake (recto); Studies for Soldiers Mounted on Horseback (verso)

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of two children playing on a floor while a mother reads at a table near a window.

Mother Watching Over Two Young Children Playing (recto); Baby in a Bassinet (verso)

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pencil drawing of a windswept tree on a rocky cliff above a shadowed gorge with mountains and clouds behind.

Broken Tree in Moutainous Landscape

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Red-toned stipple engraving of Terpsichore playing a lyre beside a winged child holding a torch, in an oval frame.

Terpsichore

Francesco Bartolozzi, May 31, 1779

Red-brown stipple print of a classical woman holding a cornucopia of fruit, titled Erato, within an oval frame.

Erato

Francesco Bartolozzi, February 1, 1779