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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Sketches of Carved Medieval Bosses

John Darkin, 1834 (?)

Watercolor design of a neoclassical bedroom with a canopied bed between columns, red drapery, and relief panels.

Design for a Bedroom

Charles Percier, 1785-1838

Etched grotesque ornamental panel with winged figures, musicians, satyrs, scrollwork and garlands in a symmetrical design.

Grotesque Panel

Jacques Androuet, 1562

Engraved portrait of a man in a feathered hat raising a wine glass, with an easel behind him and verse text below.

Allegory of Taste (Portrait of the Painter Jan Davidsz. de Heem, after a self-portrait)

Lucas Vorsterman, 1630 -50

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ and seated apostles at a candlelit table, a city view and inscription above.

The Last Supper, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of Christ kneeling in a rocky garden as an angel appears above and three disciples sleep in the foreground.

The Agony in the Garden, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of Judas embracing Christ at night as armed soldiers with torches approach; Peter draws a sword in the foreground.

The Betrayal of Christ, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of Christ before Caiaphas at night, with soldiers, torchbearers, and onlookers in a city street.

Christ before Caiaphas, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of Christ bound to a column while soldiers prepare to flog him, with a kneeling figure and city buildings behind.

The Flagellation, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of Christ seated and crowned with thorns while soldiers mock him beneath a stone archway.

The Crowning with Thorns, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of Ecce Homo: crowned Christ shown on a balcony above a crowd, soldiers and a robed official in a city street.

Ecce Homo, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Etching of Christ carrying the cross past soldiers and mourners, with a fortified tower and city on a hill behind.

Christ Carrying the Cross, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of Christ crucified between two thieves, with soldiers and kneeling mourners below and the INRI inscription above.

Christ on the Cross, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of Christ's body being lowered into a tomb, with mourners and two angels above in a rocky cave.

The Entombment, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of the risen Christ above a tomb with an angel, while armored soldiers sleep or recoil and two women approach.

The Resurrection, from "The Passion of Christ"

Ludovicus Siceram, ca. 1623

Engraving of Saint Barbara standing by a tower, holding a palm frond, wearing a flowing gown with an embroidered hem.

Saint Barbara

Lucas Vorsterman, ca. 1615-75

Engraved portrait of Saint Ignatius of Loyola with halo, hands in prayer, beside a crucifix, rosary, book and skull.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, praying towards the left with a crucifix, a rosary, a book, and a skull on the table in fro…

Lucas Vorsterman, 1621

Etching of a large caravel with dark billowing sails and rigging on a choppy sea under swirling clouds.

La Caravelle (The Caravel)

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1844

Etching of a young man with curly hair and a loose collar, gazing upward, with fine hatched shading.

Self-Portrait as a Young Man

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1733

Lithograph of two men in a studio viewing a painting while an artist works at an easel with a portrait.

Votre tableau me plairait aussi...., from Les Bons Bourgeois, published in Le Charivari, October 12, 1846

Honoré Daumier, October 12, 1846

Woodcut of Christ praying in a garden as an angel offers a chalice, with sleeping disciples in the foreground.

The Agony in the Garden

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of Christ bound to a column, surrounded by tormentors, with a crown of thorns on the floor at lower right.

The Scourging of Christ

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of mourners lamenting the dead Christ beneath a tree, with a crown of thorns in the foreground and a distant city.

The Lamentation for Christ

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of the Virgin and Christ child surrounded by angels, one holding a crown above, with cherubs below.

The Virgin Surrounded by Many Angels

Albrecht Dürer, 1518

Woodcut of an artist at an easel drawing a seated man in a curtained room with a bed and candle.

Artist Drawing a Portrait of a Man

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of a 17th-century interior with women gathered by a fireplace, a woman holding an infant, and a canopied bed.

Visit of the Nursemaid

Abraham Bosse, 1633

Engraving of Mercury helping a man out of a pile of nude bodies, with a tree and woman's torso at left.

Ignorance and Mercury (an allegory of Virtue and Vice), Mercury kneeling at right holding a staff and taking the hand…

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, ca. 1490-1525

Woodcut of a man plucking a lute string while a seated draughtsman draws through a frame on a table.

The Draughtsman of the Lute

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ in a manger, an angel, Joseph, kneeling figures and a star.

The Nativity (copy)

Marcantonio Raimondi, n.d.

Woodcut of the Nativity: Christ Child in a manger, Mary and Joseph, kneeling shepherds, an angel and a star in a timber stabl

The Nativity (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.