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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Woodcut of tumbling figures and pipe players on a stage under an arch, with a seated audience watching from above.

Illustration from "The Comedie of Terence", 19th century reprint

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of a woman beating a kneeling blindfolded man in a domestic room with a fireplace, rooster, and window.

Husband-Beater

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Engraved interior of a bride in a bedchamber with women, a feathered-hat man, and a groom beside a curtained bed by candlelig

The Bride Taken Home

Abraham Bosse, 1633

Woodcut-style heraldic shield with two lions, a crown, scrolled border, hanging sheep and German blackletter text below.

The Arms of Ferdinand I, King of Hungary and Bohemia

Albrecht Dürer, 1527

Illustration and Text from Dürer's "Vier Bucher von Menslicher Proportion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1528

Illustration from Dürer's "Vier Bucher von Menslicher Proportion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1528

Two outlined figures, a man and a woman, in side and front views with horizontal proportion lines and German labels.

IIllustration from Dürer's "Vier Bucher von Menslicher Proportion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1528

Woodcut diagram of a fortification with lettered sections, a stone tower, earthworks and cannon firing, with German text abov

Last Illustration from Dürer's "Treatise on Fortification"

Albrecht Dürer, 1527

Etching of a muscular nude man seated and hunched forward, head bowed, against dark hatched shadow, with small sketched heads

Ugolino

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1860

Engraving of a childbirth scene with a midwife, a woman in bed, a standing husband, and onlookers in a richly furnished room.

Childbirth

Abraham Bosse, 1633

Woodcut of a haloed woman on a throne with an enthroned figure above, crowned kings, angels, and a devil in flames below.

Illustration from "Revelations Sancte Birgitte"

Albrecht Dürer, 1502

Woodcut of a haloed enthroned woman with crowned kings, angels, a bearded judge above, and flames and dragon figures below.

Illustration from "Revelations Sancte Birgitte"

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of the nude hero Hercules struggling with a serpent-like hydra, club raised, cloak flying, Latin inscription at rig

Hercules and the Hydra

Andrea Mantegna, n.d.

Engraving of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the young John the Baptist beside a lamb.

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and John the Baptist as a Child

Lucas Vorsterman, 1620

Engraved portrait of a seated woman with curled hair, fur-trimmed embroidered gown and lace cuffs, before a draped curtain.

Portrait of Isabella d'Este

Lucas Vorsterman, 1620-30

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in plate armor holding a sword, with a plumed helmet on a ledge behind him.

Portrait of Emperor Charles V

Lucas Vorsterman, ca. 1620-30

Engraving of Saint Catherine holding a sword beside a wheel, standing in an arched niche with a veiled, draped robe.

Saint Catherine, within a niche

Lucas Vorsterman, 1615-75

Engraved interior of the Grande Galerie at Versailles with chandeliers, arched windows, sculptures and elegantly dressed figu

Galerie des Glaces at Versailles

Sébastien Leclerc I, 1684

Black and white woodcut of a crowded church interior with robed figures gathered around an infant beneath an arched ceiling.

The Circumcision, from "The Life of the Virgin"

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Black and white woodcut of the Nativity: Mary kneels by the Christ Child in a stable, with angels, a star, and shepherds.

The Nativity, from "The Life of the Virgin"

Albrecht Dürer, 1502-3

Engraving of scholars working among globes, instruments, and maps in a columned classical hall, with a ship visible beyond.

L'Académie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts

Sébastien Leclerc I, 1698

Woodcut of the Virgin Mary seated among saints and angels in an arcaded interior, with a prophet in a niche above.

The Glorification of the Virgin, from "The Life of the Virgin"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1502

Engraving of Christ with crown of thorns seated while a soldier holds a reed and mocks him, framed by clouds.

The Man of Sorrows Mocked by a Soldier, Frontispiece to the Great Passion

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of eight haloed saints in a row, with Latin captions beneath, holding crosiers, shields, a book and a palm.

The Patron Saints of Austria

Albrecht Dürer, 1515-17

Engraving of a young village woman in a full skirt and shawl beside a tree, with a distant village and French verses below.

Village Girl Dancing

Abraham Bosse, 1626-28

Engraving of a seated woman sewing in a room with a window, a basket of fruit at her feet, and French verses below.

Seated Woman Working on a Tapestry

Abraham Bosse, 1620-76

Engraving of a seated woman in a dark gown beside a domed birdcage holding a parrot, with a window at left.

The Parrot

Abraham Bosse, 1620-76

Etching of a bedroom where a man holds a large syringe beside a woman, with a patient in a canopied bed and an attendant seat

The Enema

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1632-33

Engraving of a sculptor's studio with busts, statues and three elegantly dressed visitors in conversation.

The Sculptor

Abraham Bosse, 1642

Engraving of a cobbler's shop with hanging shoes, a customer at the counter, and three seated men at work.

The Cobbler

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1632-33