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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Engraving of a bearded hermit kneeling at a cave entrance with a rosary, beside a waterfall and palm trees.

Onofrius, from "Solitudo Sive Vitae Patrum Eremicolarum"

Jan Sadeler, 1585-86

Engraving of Saint Euphrosyne kneeling with a cross and open book, flanked by two figures, dense cross-hatched lines.

Sancta Euphrolyna, from "Female Hermits"

Abraham Bloemaert, 1600-1633

Engraving of a well-dressed man giving water to a crowd of poor people beside a fountain, with a building and landscape behin

Giving Drink to the Thirsty

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Engraving of elegant visitors entering a stone prison hall where ragged prisoners sit near barred windows and a jailer.

Visiting Prisoners, from "Acts of Mercy" (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde)

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Engraving of an armed allegorical figure labeled La Vertu, with spear and shield, inside an ornate oval frame, by Abraham Bos

Virtue: Athena

Abraham Bosse, 1637

Engraved horizontal frieze with clasped hands over an anchor, a dove, flanking cherubs, and scrollwork ornament.

Frieze of Ornament with Clasped Hands and Anchor

Abraham Bosse, 1625-76

Engraving of an interior with two women, a man aiming a gun at a window, and a small dog, captioned VISUS, LA VEUE.

Sight, from "The Five Senses" (Les Cinq Sens)

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of a couple on a terrace holding flowers, with a formal garden, dogs and a cherub beside a balustrade.

Smell, from "The Five Senses" (Les Cinq Sens)

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraved title page with an allegorical figure offering crowns to two kneeling kings beside a central text cartouche.

Title-page: De la Monarchie du Verbe incarné

Abraham Bosse, 1638

Engraving of an angel handing an open book to kneeling Saint John, with a ship at sea and city buildings beyond.

The Angel Gives Saint John the Book to Eat, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of a crowned woman with wings beside a crowned dragon, with angels and stars above in an arched frame.

The Woman Clothed with the Sun, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an enthroned pair in an arched frame, surrounded by a crowd of saints with palms and a kneeling man below.

An innumerable Multitude which Stands before the Throne, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of a winged angel writing in a book in an arcaded interior, with a dragon below and the Trinity above.

The Revelation of Saint John the Evangelist, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an enthroned God above a lamb and angels, with kneeling crowned figures and a city below in an arched frame.

Saint John Summoned to Heaven, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an angel with a sword among armored soldiers and horsemen, with trumpeting angels and a seated figure above in a

The Angel sounding the Sixth Trumpet, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an angel above a measuring scene, with two figures measuring a temple and a burning city and dragon below.

The Measurement of the Temple, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of Saint Michael fighting a dragon, with angels in the clouds above and a walled city below.

Saint Michael and the Dragon, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of armed winged angels beside a crowd, with a cross and divine figure in clouds above a city.

Four Angels holding back the Winds, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an apocalyptic scene with Christ and angels above and tormented figures in flames below.

A Star Falls and makes Hell Open, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of the Deposition: Christ being lowered from the cross by ladder, mourners below, two thieves on crosses, a city be

The Deposition

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of four horsemen riding through clouds under an angel, with fallen figures below, in dense black line work.

Saint John sees the Four Horsemen, from the Apocalyspe

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an apocalyptic scene with an enthroned figure, seven trumpeting angels, an altar, fire and fallen bodies below.

The Opening of the Seventh Seal, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of a kneeling man before a haloed figure with keys and a sword, surrounded by lit candlesticks and clouds.

Saint John sees Seven Gold Candlesticks, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Etched plate of rococo ornament with scrolling foliage, a central cartouche, putti, griffins and garlands, from Orthographia.

Plate 8, from "Orthographia"

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-mid-18th century

Engraved ornamental plate with scrolling foliage, decorative initials, a central cartouche, and an upper frieze with urns and

Plate 5, from "Orthographia"

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-mid-18th century

Engraved plate of three ornamental letters decorated with scrolls, putti, flower baskets, and foliage.

Plate 2, from "Orthographia"

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-mid-18th century

Engraving of a seven-headed horned beast surrounded by a crowd, with angels and a lamb in a radiant arch above.

The Beast with Seven Heads and Ten Horns, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an angel pointing a kneeling man toward a tree and fountain, with a radiant enthroned figure and crowd above.

The Angel shows Saint John the Fountain of Living Water, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an angel in a sun summoning birds over a chaotic battle of armored soldiers and horses below.

The Angel in the Sun calling the Birds of Prey, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of a burning city with a falling woman, a dragon, mounted horsemen, and an angel in an arched frame.

The Fall of Babylon, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.