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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,814 works

Etching of a man on horseback leading a riderless horse past a wooden fence beneath large trees.

The Peasant on Horseback and the Riderless Horse

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1814

Etching of a horseback rider on a rocky path beside tall trees, with a steep gorge and a distant church tower.

The Horseback Rider in the Gorge

Johann Christoph Erhard, 19th century

Etching of a hermit's cave under a rocky cliff with a wooden cross, trees, a small figure and a distant valley.

Brother Joseph in the Alps

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1820

Etching of lance-armed cavalry riders and a horse-drawn cart on a village road, with a walking figure and houses behind.

Cossacks Escorting the Regimental Cassone

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1815

Etching of a mounted officer beside a hay cart, two plumed soldiers with rifles at left, and a distant town under clouds.

A Russian Mobile Forge

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1815

Etching of Russian cuirassiers in plumed helmets, one mounted on a grey horse, beside a country road and cottage.

Russian Cuirassiers

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1816

Etching of mounted lancers escorting a covered cart along a dirt road beside a stone wall, with a tall tower behind.

Russian Lancers Escorting the Regimental Cassonne

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1816

Etching of mounted riders escorting a horse-drawn wagon past a walled town with a tall tower and a large tree.

The Cossacks Escorting the Baggage Wagon

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1816

Pen drawing of men in tall caps by a stone well, a horse drinking nearby, and a wooden cart at left.

Cossack at the Well

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1815

Etching of an elderly man in a cap seated with a small dog beside a stone doorway covered in climbing vines.

The Old Man and his Pomeranian Dog

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Etching of a family interior with two bearded older men by a tiled stove, a seated woman, a girl with a cat, and chickens on

The Jewish Family Sitting Around the Stove

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Engraved print of Austrian lancers charging on galloping horses across a field, with a stone milestone at right.

Austrian Lancers

Johann Christoph Erhard, early 19th century

Engraving of Austrian cuirassiers on horseback in plumed helmets, with a standard bearer and a foot soldier on a dirt road.

Austrian Cuirassiers

Johann Christoph Erhard, early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of herdsmen with cattle and sheep by a pond, tall trees, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Herdsmen and Their Cattle

Jordanus Hoorn, 1785

Engraving of Time driving a winged chariot with personifications of the elements, a globe, and wind heads in clouds.

Triumph of the World, from The Cycle of the Vicissitudes of Human Affairs, plate 1

Cornelis Cort, 1564

Cut paper botanical of red Monarda didyma flowers and green leaves on a black background with a handwritten label.

Monarda didyma/ Scarlet Lion's Tail

The Hon. Booth Grey, ca. 1791 (?)

Drawing of peasants, a donkey, and sheep fording a stream beneath a large leaning tree with birds overhead.

Landscape with Peasants Fording a Stream

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1756

Etching of a battle in a rocky mountain pass with falling boulders, fallen soldiers and horses, and a standard bearer.

Maximilian Emanuel and the Bavarian Army in a Narrow Pass in theTyrol

Joachim Franz Beich, n.d.

Engraving of an armored rider on a rearing horse lancing a dragon, with a woman watching and a city in the background.

St George Killing the Dragon

Enea Vico, 1542

Grey wash drawing of a herdswoman seated with a lamb among cattle, sheep and a donkey under a large tree.

A Herdswoman Seated Amongst Her Animals, with a Lamb in Her Arms

Dirck Van Bergen, 1690

Engraving of a Bacchic procession with elephants, camels, and lions moving through a colonnaded hall, attended by nude revele

The Indian Triumph of Bacchus

Enea Vico, ca. 1542

Grey wash drawing of a crowded street before a colonnaded building, with figures, a horse, a dog and a tent.

An Italian City with a Crowd Watching Actors in an Outdoor Theater

Hendrik Verschuring, 1642-90

Pen and blue wash drawing of a battle on a bridge, with an angel above holding a cross in a radiant sunburst.

Constantine's Battle at the Milvian Bridge

Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1722

Engraving of a battle with armored soldiers on rearing horses, spears raised, and fallen warriors in a forest.

A battle of soldiers some on horseback

Master of, ca. 1510-1520

Pen and wash drawing of the west front of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, with colonnaded wings, domed pavilions and a ground plan.

West Front of Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Perspective

Thomas Ripley, 1735

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 the warrior Amphiaraus standing in a chariot with a spear, horses below, and soldiers fighting at upper right.

Amphiaraus

Domenico del Barbiere, 1540-50

Engraving of monkeys dressed as people feasting at a table in a kitchen full of hanging hams and cooking pots.

The Fat Kitchen, from the series Monkeys

Pieter van der Borcht

Engraving of a busy town meat market with hanging carcasses, vendors at tables, shoppers, a porter, and dogs on cobblestones.

Meat Market (from the pair Meat Market and Vegetable Market)

Pieter van der Borcht, ca. 1575-1608

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling saint with arms raised among lions in an amphitheatre, with spectators above.

San Ponziano in an Amphitheatre Being Exposed to Lions

Christoph Unterberger, 1732-98