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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,937 works

Black circular roundel with white interlaced knotwork around a central shield, with foliate ornaments in the four corners.

“The Second Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with an Amazon Shield in its Center

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Black-and-white ornament print with a circular interlaced knot roundel, central rectangular panel, and foliage scrolls in the

“The First Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with an Oblong Panel in its Center

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Black and white print of a circular interlaced knot roundel with eight wreaths, a central shield, and leafy corner ornaments.

“The Third Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with Eight Wreaths and a Scalloped Shield in its Center

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Black and white woodcut of a large circular interlaced knot pattern with decorative corner ornaments on a cream page.

“The Fifth Knot”. Interlaced Roundel with Seven Six-pointed Stars

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Woodcut of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by mocking soldiers in a vaulted hall, with a city view at right.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1500

Woodcut print of a double-headed eagle coat of arms with a crown, flanked by winged allegorical figures and shield-bearers.

The Arms of the German Empire and the City of Nuremberg

Albrecht Dürer, 1521

Grayscale drawing of a violent street crowd in front of a columned opera house with smoke and broken windows.

Astor Place Riot, May 10, 1849

Charles M. Jenckes, 1896

Engraving of Vertumnus and Pomona: a disguised figure beside a reclining woman among fruit, with cupids and a fountain in a w

Vertumnus and Pomona

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765

Woodcut of the Four Horsemen riding over fallen figures, with an angel in the clouds above and a skeletal rider in front.

The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1511

Woodcut of Saint John eating a book beside columns, a radiant face above, an angel descending and a sea beyond.

Saint John Devouring the Book, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Engraving of Arion playing a lyre on a dolphin in a stormy sea, with sea nymphs and a burning ship in the background.

Arion

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1763-66

Engraving of bathers under a wooden pavilion with a walled town and towers in the background, one man playing a flute.

The Bath House (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of Christ shown to a crowd of soldiers from a balcony, with a Latin inscription below.

Ecce Homo (reverse copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Gothic Revival building elevation with pointed arch windows and towers above a labeled floor plan with chapel and library.

New York University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Buildings and Other Material

Alexander Jackson Davis, 19th century

Engraving of the Trinity: God the Father holds crucified Christ, a dove above, with angels and cherub heads around them.

The Trinity (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of the Betrothal of the Virgin: a high priest joins hands of a couple before a Gothic arch with onlookers.

The Betrothal of the Virgin, from "The Life of the Virgin" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, early 16th century

Engraving of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, an infant Christ in a manger, a winged angel, shepherds and a star.

Engraved copies of The Little Passion

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of two figures talking with hand gestures in a café, with a city street visible through the window.

Conversation between Mutes (Gespraech zwischen Stummen)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Pen and wash drawing of a coved ceiling design with scrolled ornament, an oval medallion, and handwritten notes.

Quarter Plan for a Coved Ceiling

Antenore Ridolfi, ca. 1561

Stylized print of a woman in a feathered hat talking with a silhouetted man smoking on a cobblestone street at night.

Nightly Conversations (Naechtliches Gespraech)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Woodcut of Christ riding a donkey into a city while a crowd waves palm fronds beneath a palm tree.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, from The Small Passion (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of the deposition of Christ with mourning women, bearded men lowering the body, and a crown of thorns in the foregr

The Deposition, from The Small Passion (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of the seated Man of Sorrows with a crown of thorns and radiating halo, with Latin title above.

The Man of Sorrows Seated, title page of "The Small Passion" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Drawing of classical statues, busts, framed paintings, and oval portrait medallions with cherubs and a lion head.

Allegory of Louis XV as Patron of the Arts with Paintings and Sculpture from the Salon of 1769

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, ca. 1769

Engraved sheet of nine comic vignettes showing animals, townsfolk, a library and a sickroom, with captions below each scene.

Lock on the Understanding, Heavy Wet, etc.

David Claypoole Johnston, 1832

Hand-colored caricature of P. T. Barnum's head on a black beetle's body, captioned HUM-BUG, from 1851.

Hum-Bug (P. T. Barnum), from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Political cartoon of a caricatured man riding two horses labeled PEACE and WAR, with satirical speech bubbles, 1864.

Little Mac, in His Great Two Horse Act, in the Presendential Canvass of 1864

Justin H. Howard, 1864

Black and white caricature of five men's heads in oval frames around a laurel wreath, labeled Blunder, Wrong, Copper, Sore an

Heads of the Democracy

Currier & Ives, 1864

Lithograph of two Jesuit priests in tricorn hats whispering, framed by serpents, with verse text in English and German below.

The Jesuits' Lament

Francis Raab, before 1854

Etching of a seated nude man with clasped hands in front of a hatched curtain, resting on a wooden bench.

Nude Man Seated before a Curtain

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1646