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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,814 works

Engraving of Christ bound before a seated elder in a Gothic arched hall, with armed men, a lantern, and a dog.

Christ before Annas

Martin Schongauer, 1470-82

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns presented to a crowd of men and soldiers before an arched doorway, with a dog in t

Ecce Homo

Martin Schongauer, 1470-82

Engraving of a chaotic cavalry battle with armored riders, rearing horses, spears, and fallen soldiers on rocky ground.

St. James the Major at the Battle of Clavigo

Martin Schongauer, 1470-91

Engraving of St. George on horseback spearing a dragon, with a kneeling woman, a castle on a cliff and a distant city.

St. George, from the series The Apostles

Master ES, 15th century

Circular engraving of a haloed seated figure with a lamb in rocky landscape, framed by winged symbols and scrollwork.

St. John the Baptist in the Desert

Master ES, 15th century

Pencil sketches of sculptural figures on tracing paper: a seated woman with a dog, two seated figures, and a woman with a chi

Sketches of seven statues: Faith, Paolo and Francesca di RImini, Charity, Ceres, Heavenly Venus, Dancer, and Sleeping…

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen sketches of five classical statues including a standing youth labeled Amore, a bearded draped figure, and reclining putti

Sketches of five statues: Love, Aristides, Putto with a Cat, Psyche, and Putto with a Dog

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Classical Sculpture of a Lion, Front and Side Views

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pencil drawing of a lion resting its paw on a sphere, with two carved rosette panels below.

Classical Sculpture of a Lion and Two Rosettes

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pencil drawing of two decorative friezes: scrolling vines with birds and reptiles above, and winged griffins flanking an urn

Two Frieze Designs: Decorated with Birds, Reptiles and Vines, Griffins and Vases

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Engraving of a knight on a rearing horse lancing a dragon, with a kneeling princess and lamb on a cliff above skulls.

St. George

Master I. A. M. of Zwolle, ca. 1480-90

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris: nude youth among goddesses, winged figures and putti in a landscape, with gods on clouds

The Judgment of Paris

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1550-60

Engraving of a woman on a rearing white horse leaping into a river while women and children watch from the shore.

Cloelia on horseback crossing the Tiber

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1540-60

Etching of satyrs playing pipes on a rocky hillside with a winged horse above and a crowd of onlookers below.

Parnassus, frontispiece to Les Oeuvres de Scarron

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Pen drawing of an ornate two-handled vase with a charioteer and two horses in a central panel, framed by scrolling foliate or

Design for a Vase

J. Hulme, 1828-40

Engraving of a burning city with soldiers fighting, a fleeing family, and a nude goddess figure with cupids on the right.

The Fall of Troy and the Escape of Aeneas

Giorgio Ghisi, mid-1540's

Etching of a decorated ox led through a city street by mounted soldiers and crowds of pedestrians.

Marche du boeuf gras

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1750

Engraving of a crowded vegetable market by a harbor, with women selling produce from baskets and boats on the shore.

Vegetable Market, from the pair Meat Market and Vegetable Market

Pieter van der Borcht, ca. 1575-1608

Engraving of a hunter with a spear carrying a woman with a bow on his shoulders, with hunting dogs and a retinue in the backg

Allegory of the Hunt; a hunter holding a large spear carrying a woman (Diana?) on his shoulders; five hunting dogs in…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1556

Lithograph of a captive man strapped to a galloping horse while warriors with rifles pursue through a dark forest.

Simon Butler (Indian Trails, vol. II)

Jean-François Millet, 1852

Gray wash drawing of an allegorical tree with putti, lions, chariots, pouring figures and a city skyline behind.

An Allegory of the Union of the House of Orange and the Wittelsbach Family (Design for a Title Page of a Thesis)

Jonas Umbach, 1640-93

Engraving of Christ kneeling under a heavy cross while soldiers push him, with a mounted rider and city wall at left.

The Virgin of Sorrows: Christ Bearing the Cross; one of nine surrounding compartments from the Virgin of Sorrows, now…

Giorgio Ghisi, by 1575

Engraving of Paris choosing among three goddesses with Mercury between them, cherubs and chariots in the sky above.

The Judgment of Paris; Paris seated on a rock choosing between the goddesses Venus, Juno, and Minerva, the god Mercur…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1555

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

Lithograph of a crouching gargoyle on a Gothic parapet beside a tower, with French verse and the date November 1853 above.

Regarding One of the Gargoyles of Nôtre-Dame, Paris

Charles Meryon, 1853

Etching of a feast on a riverside terrace with seated guests and a dog, while a kneeling man looks up from the right.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son, No. IV: The Fatted Calf

James Tissot, 1882

Etching of a horseback rider on a path beside a canal, with a moored boat and cabin under large trees.

On the Canal in Vienna

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1819

Etching of a northern view of Lauffen in Salzburg, with a town by a river, a horse cart on a path and figures on a hill.

Paths in the Dukedom of Salzburg

Johann Christoph Erhard, early 19th century

Etching of a mountain valley with the town of Radstadt, a church tower, farmhouses, and travelers with horses on a rocky path

Rural Landscape, "Radstadt am Tauren"

Johann Christoph Erhard, early 19th century

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