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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,272 works

Engraved portrait of a woman in a pearl headdress and full sleeves beside a Black page in a striped garment, with Latin text

Laura Dianti with a Black Page

Aegidius Sadeler, 1600-1627

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark gown holding a small book, with the name Arentyn inscribed below.

Portrait of Pietro Aretino

the Younger Cornelis Van Dalen, ca. 1655-60

Engraved portrait of a seated man in a long curled wig and velvet coat, resting his hand on a carved lion head.

Martin Vanden Bogaert, called Desjardins

Gerard Edelinck, 1698

Sepia engraving of a bearded painter with palette and brushes, beside a cherub holding a dog's chain and a bow.

Guercino Self-Portrait

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1790-99

Portrait of the Duke of Northumberland, Vase and Ornamental Frame, no. CCCLXXI, plate 56 from "Designs for Various Or…

Michelangelo Pergolesi, July 26, 1792

Portrait of the Duchess of Buccleugh and Ornament, nos. CCCCXXXII, 433, 435, plate 66 from "Designs for Various Ornam…

Michelangelo Pergolesi, August 30, 1792

Engraved portrait of an armored bearded man in an oval frame flanked by allegorical figures and a battle scene below.

Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France

Jost Amman, 1550-91

Engraving of a man in a plumed hat beside a tower and cannon, with a burning castle and fireworks in the background.

Fire (Le Feu)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1648

Pencil portrait of a young woman with dark hair, dark lace collar and shawl, signed and dated 1842.

Portrait of Baroness Gudin, née Margareth Louis Hay

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1842

Graphite drawing of a woman in a bonnet with three young boys in tunics arranged in front of her.

Portrait of Woman and Three Children

Gustave Boulanger, 1852

Engraved portrait of a curly-haired man in a lace collar leaning on a drafting ruler, with French inscription below.

Portrait of Pieter de Jode the Younger

Pieter de Jode II, 1606-74

Engraved print of a standing man in a turban and fur-trimmed cloak holding a serpent-entwined staff, with French verse below.

Cléobule

Jean Couvay, ca. 1639-40

Engraving of a bearded man in a spiked crown and armor holding a torch, with a lighthouse and harbor behind him.

Ptolémée

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1639-40

Engraving of a crowned pharaoh holding a sceptre, with pyramids and an obelisk in the landscape behind him.

Pharaon

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1639-40

Engraving of a robed woman in a turban holding a lily and crown of thorns, with an incense urn and small crucifixion scene.

Sibylle Samienne

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1635

Engraving of the Tiburtine Sibyl holding a star, with a distant nativity-like scene under a radiant light.

Sibylle Tiburtine, from "Douze Sibylles"

Gilles Rousselet, ca. 1635

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a cap with a cardinal's coat of arms and Latin inscriptions above and below.

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg

Albrecht Dürer, 1519

Willibald Pirckheimer

Albrecht Dürer, 1524

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man in a wide hat and fur-trimmed cloak, with Latin text below.

Damaio de Gois

Philips Galle, n.d.

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a fur hat and cloak, rendered in fine parallel hatching on a striped background.

Joachim Patinir

Aegidius Sadeler, n.d.

John Kay, Drawn and Engraved by Himself (Self Portrait with Cat)

Etching of an old bearded man with his head bowed forward, cross-hatched shadows on the shoulder, dated 1630.

Bust of an Old Man with a Flowing Beard: the Head Bowed Forward: Left Shoulder Unshaded

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Etching of an elderly bearded man with tousled hair, head tilted to the right, rendered in dense fine hatching.

Bust of an Old Man with Flowing Beard: the Head Inclined Three-Quarters Right

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Etching of a bearded man in a tall fur cap and fur collar, shown in bust length, looking toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap: Bust

Rembrandt van Rijn, 18th century

Etching of an old bearded man with tousled hair, head bowed and turned three-quarters right, shaded with dense crosshatching.

Bust of an Old Bearded Man Looking Down, Three-Quarters Right

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Etching of a bearded man in turban and cloak, head turned left, mouth open in a cry, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Man Crying Out, Three-Quarters Left: Bust

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1629

Etching of an elderly woman in a dark headscarf, head bowed, one hand resting on her chest, against a hatched background.

The Artist's Mother with Her Hand on Her Chest

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a fur cap and draped velvet cloak, seated with his hands folded.

Old Man with Beard, Fur Cap, and Velvet Cloak

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1631

Etching of a beardless man in a fur cap and fur-collared cloak, head turned downward, with a round pendant at his neck.

Beardless Man in Fur Cloak and Cap: Bust

David Deuchar, second half 18th century

Etching of a man in a fur cap and collar holding a raised sabre, looking toward the viewer.

Rembrandt with Raised Sabre

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634