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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Etching of fireworks bursting over Castel Sant' Angelo in Rome, with crowds on the riverbank and boats on the Tiber.

Fireworks in Rome Over Castel Sant' Angelo

Adriaen Manglard, 18th century

Penitent Saint Jerome

Lucas Franchoys the Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of two women and children in a domestic interior, one woman bending over a child lying on the floor.

Two women and three children in an interior

Otto van Veen, 1556-1629

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a crowned rider on horseback leading a crowd of figures past an arched gateway.

The Women of Weinsberg

Otto van Veen, late 16th-early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted rider on a horse gesturing to soldiers, with a standard bearer and dog in the foreground.

Scene from the Life of Saint Bartholomew (fragment)

Erasmus Quellinus, 1620-78

Red chalk drawing of a bacchanalian revel with reclining revelers, a piping satyr, putti, a dog, and trees.

Bacchanalian Scene

Hendrick Berckman, 1651

Pen and ink landscape drawing with tall trees, a winding road, a river, a distant building and hills.

Classical Landscape with a Building and a River

Abraham Genoels, 17th-early 18th century

Ink and white heightening study of a broken, splintered tree trunk with twisted branches on a blue-grey ground.

Study of a Blasted Tree Trunk and Branches

Simon de Vlieger, 1600-1653

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a pedimented temple, two small figures, trees, a rocky outcrop and distant mountains.

Landscape with a Pedimented Temple and Two Figures

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a winter landscape with two peasants walking on a road past gabled houses and bare trees.

Winter Landscape with Two Peasants Walking

August Dahlsteen, 1710-69

Brown wash drawing of hunters resting by a campfire in a night forest, with pack horses and a moonlit sky.

Hunters resting in a forest at night

Kilian Christoffer Zoll, 1830-60

Watercolor drawing of a twin-towered cathedral beside a river, with a stone bridge, carriages, boats and people in the foregr

View of Uppsala cathedral from the North

Elias Martin, 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with gold and pink scrollwork rinceaux on blue panels and rosette centers.

Design for a coffered ceiling decorated with rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with a central rosette and four corner panels of scrolling and geometric ornament.

Design for a coffered ceiling with alternative decorative patterns

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Design drawing of brown wood paneling with blue panels filled with pale scrolling foliate ornament, dated 1871.

Partial design for wood panneling inlaid with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1871

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with blue scrolled panels and a red central panel with gold floral ornament.

Design for a coffered ceiling with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Engraved metal printing block showing horses pulling a loaded sleigh with riders through a snowy landscape with bare trees.

The Portage Sleigh on a Lumber Road, for "Antoine's Moose-Yard," for "Harper's New Monthly Magazine," October 1890

Frederic Remington, 1890

Printing block showing a mounted rider in a hat beside a fence with hounds gathering near the horse in a wooded scene.

A Southern Rider, from "Some American Riders," for "Harper's New Monthly Magazine," August 1891

Frederic Remington, 1891

Engraving of a crowned king watching masons and workers constructing a classical temple with arches, columns and scaffolding.

Solomon Building the Temple, from "The Story of Solomon"

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1554

Engraving of a crowned king on a throne receiving a kneeling queen, surrounded by attendants, guards and columns in a hall.

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1549

Engraving allegory of Africa with a central female figure, an elephant, a lion, palm trees, archers and a chameleon.

Allegory of Africa, from "The Four Continents"

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, ca. 1590-1600

Engraving of crowned allegorical figure of Europe flanked by armed men, a horse, a bear, grapevines and fruit ornament.

Allegory of Europe, from "The Four Continents"

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, ca. 1590-1600

Engraved allegory of Asia with a central female figure, a camel, an elephant, winged griffins and decorative foliage.

Allegory of Asia, from "The Four Continents"

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, ca. 1590-1600

Engraving of allegorical America, a nude woman with feathered headdress riding an armadillo, with hunting and battle scenes b

Allegory of America, from "The Four Continents"

Adriaen Collaert, 1580-1600

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child in a classical frame, with small scenes of the Annunciation, Crucifixion and Resurre

The Nativity with Scenes of The Annunciation, The Adoration of the Shepherds, The Crucifixion and The Resurrection

Abraham Bosse, 1620-76

Engraving of elegantly dressed women conversing in a decorated room with a guitar, globe, fireplace and dog.

The Foolish Virgins Conversing

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of two groups of women in a columned hall, one holding lamps, beside a cross and open book, with French verses belo

The Wise Virgins Refuse Oil to the Foolish Virgins

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of five women seated in a room with books, a fireplace, framed paintings and a central table with a crucifix.

The Wise Virgins Conversing

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of elegantly dressed women on a checkered terrace beside classical columns, with a garden and cypress trees behind.

The Foolish Virgins Rejected

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of five women with lamps greeting a haloed figure between classical columns, with rays of light and verse below.

The Wise Virgins before Christ

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635