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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,335 works

Etching of a colossal seated giant statue in a grotto above a balustraded garden terrace with pine trees and strolling figure

Colossal statue of the Appenino by Giambologna, from "Views of the villa at Pratolino" (Vues de la villa de Pratolino)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Etching of an ornate marble vase with classical figures in a Roman garden, a young draughtsman sketching it in the foreground

The Medici vase, from "Six large views, four of Rome, and two of the Roman countryside" (Six grandes vues, dont quatr…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Etching of a child's bust turned left, left hand raised near chin, with tousled hair and loose hatched lines.

Plate 13: Bust of a child with his left hand near to his chin, turned towards the left, from "Various heads and figur…

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Plate 14: A child writing with a quill, facing left in profile, from "Various heads and figures" (Diverses têtes et f…

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etching of a peasant woman carrying a child beside a boy with a cane, with a castle in the background.

Plate 7: A peasant woman carrying a child to right, speaking to another child standing facing right in center, a cast…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1642

Etching of a peasant woman with a child on her back and a staff, a reclining boy behind her, and a church in the distance.

Plate 10: A peasant woman turned towards the right with a child on her back, a boy lying on the ground behind her in…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1642

Etching of two standing peasants, a seated beggar, and a woman with a child before a distant village with a church spire.

Plate 13: Two peasants standing to left, a cripple kneeling on the ground in center, a woman carrying a child seen fr…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1642

Etching of two children seated, one drawing with a quill while the other holds an album, with French title lettering below.

Plate 1: Two children sitting on the ground, the child on the right drawing while the child on the left holding the a…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Plate 10: Six heads, three bearded men, one soldier, and two children, from "The Book for Learning to Draw" (Livre po…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Plate 13: Head of a young boy, in profile, from "The Book for Learning to Draw" (Livre pour apprendre à dessiner)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Etching of three nude children stacked together, the top child holding a tray with three wine glasses.

Three children carrying a tray

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1638

Etching of a woman holding a child seated on a donkey, with a satyr at left, signed SB fec.

A woman at right holding her child who is sitting atop a donkey, a satyr at left looking towards the right, plate 6 f…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Engraving of a seated elderly man in Chinese-style robes holding a net, with a child beside him and a pagoda behind.

Water, from The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Etching of children gathered around a wooden box with a seated old man, palms, a flowering branch and birds nearby.

Sight

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of two robed children seated beneath a gnarled tree with a large hanging fruit and foliage.

Taste

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of a woman nursing an infant in a rustic room with children, a dog, chickens and a wicker basket.

Plate 1: Young Woman Feeding her Infant, from Premier Livre de Sujets et Pastorales (First Book of Subjects and Pasto…

Gabriel Huquier, 1720-72

Etching of a woman carrying a child across a river beside cows, with a second woman at right and mountains behind, in a circu

A woman carrying a child in center, seen from behind, another woman to right, facing left, following a group of cows…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1643-48

Engraving of a young man with a letter beside sheep and a dog in a wooded landscape, set in an oval ivy-framed border.

L'Départ du Courier (The Departure of the Messenger)

Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, 18th century

Engraved print of a rustic watermill with cascading water, trees, fishermen, and a woman at a window within an oval frame.

Paysage au Moulin (Windmill Landscape)

Pierre François Laurent, 18th century

Engraving of a courting couple under a large tree with sheep and a distant house, plus an engraved crest below.

Pensant-ils à ce mouton? (Are They Thinking of the Sheep)

Madame Jourdan, late 18th century

Engraving of an elderly man in a turban conversing with a young woman as a young man gestures between them, with a monkey and

Le Calandrier des Vieillards (The Calendar of Old Men, from Suite d'Estampes Nouvelles pour les Contes de la Fontaine…

Nicolas de Larmessin III, 18th century

Etching of a young man leading a laden donkey past sheep and cattle, with seated figures under a tree at left.

Départ de Jacob (The Departure of Jacob)

Elisabeth Cousinet Lempereur, 18th century

Etching of a garden fountain topped by cupids, with seated figures and sheep in the foreground beneath dense trees.

Fountain of Love

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738

Etched print of a woman with a tray of hazelnuts on her head, with a child beside her and a tree in the background.

Reverse copy of Noisettes (Nutcrackers), from Les Cris de Paris (The Cries of Paris)

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 18th century

Engraving of a young boy in period dress holding a flower wreath and a basket of flowers beside a tree stump.

Little boy holding a wreath and basket of flowers, from "Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manu…

Pierre François Tardieu, after 1757

Engraving of a seated young girl in a period dress holding a flower garland on a rock, with hatched clouds above.

Little girl holding a garland of flowers, from "Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture R…

Pierre François Tardieu, after 1757

Engraving of a smiling boy in a wide-brimmed hat carrying a jug and a basket of grapes beside a river landscape.

Little boy holding a basket of grapes, from "Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Roya…

Pierre François Tardieu, after 1757

Engraving of a seated young girl holding grapes beside a basket of fruit in a rural landscape with a cottage.

Little girl holding grapes with a basket of them by her side, from "Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines…

Pierre François Tardieu, after 1757

Engraving of a seated young girl reaching toward the sky while a small dog stands beside her on a rock.

Little girl playing with a dog, from "Deuxième Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de F…

Pierre François Tardieu, after 1757

Etching of a barefoot boy in a wide hat leaning on a scythe beside tall wheat under a cloudy sky.

Little boy with a scythe, from "Premier Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France,…

Pierre Etienne Falconet, 1757