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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,814 works

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of armored horsemen with a pennant and a kneeling figure holding a bridle.

Equestrian Group

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, 18th century

Etching of two ragged men fighting, one raising a stick, with a dog jumping beside them and a lute and hat nearby.

Two Fighting Beggars

Jacques Bellange, 1612-16

Engraving of Diana holding a spear atop the reclining Orion, with a dog beside them and Latin verses below.

Diana and Orion

Jacques Bellange

Engraved procession of mounted nobles in plumed hats and armor with foot attendants, from a funeral plate.

Plate from Funeral of Charles III of Lorraine

Jacques Bellange

Ink and wash drawing of a salon ceiling with an octagonal painted allegory of a chariot and clouds, above a decorated cornice

Salon Ceiling, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware, 1735

Etched oval vignette of allegorical figures on a sea creature, with an equestrian statue and domed building in the background

Inauguration de la statue equestre de Louis XV

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1766

Etching of a crowded fair with horseback riders, carriages, tents and onlookers beneath trees, by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin.

The Fair at Bezons (Vue de la Foire de Bezons)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1750

Etched print of a nude man and clothed woman fleeing near a tree and white horse, with armed figures and a hut behind them.

Fuite de M. de Belle-Isle, prisonnier chez les Attakapas

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1767

Etching of a cobbler at work in a shed while a customer kneels beside him, with a dog asleep on the workbench above.

The Cobbler (copy)

Adriaen van Ostade, n.d.

Engraving of a haloed saint seated at a desk, gazing at a dove while putti hold an open book above stacked volumes.

Le petit saint Bernard

Etching of Roman ruins with brick arches, a relief panel, herders with goats, a mule and a cow under a cloudy sky.

Les Monuments Romains

Circular etching of a landscape with a large tree at left, two horseback riders in the foreground, and rolling hills beyond.

Le Cavalier

Etching of ruined stone arches and walls with a seated woman, cattle, and figures in an open landscape under clouds.

La Vieille Femme Assise

Etching of travelers walking past a timber farmhouse beside large trees and a river with reeds.

Paysans en Marche

Engraving of a young woman carving initials into a tree beside a seated dog, with roses and a stone bench in the foreground.

Le Chiffre d'Amour

Nicolas de Launay, 18th century

Engraving of a reclining woman beside a spilled milk jug, two boys watching, clouds with animals above, in an ornate frame.

Le Pot au Lait

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Etching of a seated draped woman gazing upward as a haloed winged child reaches toward her, with a cherub and a bird.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1764

Etching of two women riding a pale horse through dense foliage while a kneeling figure in dark robes reaches toward them.

La Fuite de Clelie

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763-64

Engraving of a winged cupid with a bow between flowering rose bushes, two doves flying above, a quiver on the ground.

L'Amour en Sentinelle

Simon Charles Miger, n.d.

Engraving of a mother with several children, a donkey, and a man in a doorway, within an oval ivy frame with inscription.

L'Heureuse Fecondite

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Oval etching of a mother holding an infant with children around her, a bearded man and goat at a doorway, and a stone interio

The Happy Family (L'Heureuse fécondité)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Engraving of women and children in a kitchen, one frying fritters over a fire, framed by a foliate oval border.

Les Beignets

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Engraving of children playing with dogs and a woman in a fireplace room, set in an oval frame with chestnut garland.

L'Education fait tout

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Engraving of a woman in a long gown carving a tree trunk as a spaniel watches from a bench in a garden.

Le Chiffre d'Amour

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Engraving of a woman leaning on a console table as a man on a sofa embraces her in an elegant decorated room.

Contes et nouvelles en vers: A Femme avare galant Escroc, from "Les Contes de la Fontaine"

Jacques Aliamet, 1795

Engraved interior with a standing woman at a writing desk and a seated man on a sofa, with framed paintings and a sleeping do

A Femme avare galant Escroc, from "Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P…

Jacques Aliamet, 1795

Engraved interior scene of a family in a rustic room, with an old man in a hat at an open door and birds on a perch.

Belphegor, from "Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot, l'an III…

Jean-Baptiste Patas, 1795

Engraved interior of a couple dining at a table with a servant carrying a dish, a dog on the floor, and a wooden staircase.

Le Faucon, La Coupe Enchantee, from "Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de…

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, 1795

Engraved interior with a seated man, a woman in a gown at a table, an elderly servant with a dish, and a dog on the floor.

Le Faucon, from "Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P. Didot, l'an III…

Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, published in 1795

Engraving of the Holy Family under a tree, with the Virgin, young Jesus, Joseph holding a sprig, and a donkey.

The Virgin and Joseph with the Young Jesus

Carlo Maratti, 1710-40