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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pen and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument with a reclining figure, a portrait bust atop a pedestal, and scrolled ornament

Design for a sepulchral monument with a portrait bust (recto); Design for a reliquary (?) (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument with a reclining figure, oval portrait bust, urn, and draped base.

Design for a sepulchral monument with a portrait bust

Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen, 1673

Graphite and white chalk portrait drawing of a man in a curled powdered wig, on blue-grey paper.

William Pitt the Elder

William Hoare, ca. 1754

Red and black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a tall hat, looking to the side.

Head of a Bearded Man in a Hat

Adriaen van Ostade, ca. 1650

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with light hair in a dark overcoat and white cravat, with signature below.

John Trumbull

Asher Brown Durand, 1833

Engraving of the Virgin Mary in a veil, gazing upward with clasped hands, rendered in fine parallel lines.

Bust of the Virgin

Claude Mellan, 1650

Etching of four studied heads: a downcast young woman, a bearded man in a fur cap, an old man in a cloak, and an old woman in

Study of Four Heads

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Brown wash caricature drawing of a man with curly hair, large nose, and striped collar, signed Horace Vernet.

Caricature of Charles-Henri Plantade (?)

Horace Vernet, 19th century

Engraved print of a classical sculpted bust of a woman with braided hair in a niche, labeled Giunone on the pedestal.

Sculpted head of Juno

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Etched portrait of a woman in a dark hat holding an open parasol, with a floral corsage and lace trim.

Summer

James Tissot, 1878

Etching of an elderly seated man with white curly hair, buttoned coat, and clasped hands against a dark background.

Seated Beggar: Portrait of Old Girard, a Peasant from Chasselay

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Chalk drawing on gray paper of an elderly woman in a headscarf and shawl, looking upward with white highlights.

Old Woman

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, ca. 1770-80

Etching of a woman in a fur hat and fur stole with a fur muff, set before snowy evergreen trees.

A Winter's Walk

James Tissot, 1880

Engraved portrait of an older man resting his cheek on his hand, gazing upward with a pensive, melancholic expression.

The Melancholic Man

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, ca. 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a turbaned woman holding a sword beside a severed head, after Ubaldo Gandolfi.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 18th century

Mezzotint portrait of a man with curled wig and fur-trimmed collar, labelled Joh. Baptista Piazzetta Pictor.

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Johann Gottfried Haid, 18th century

Portrait of an Artist Sketching a Portrait Miniature

Franz Jakob Josef Ignatz von Predl, 1799

Etching of a smiling older peasant man in a knit cap, leaning on a chair and holding a pipe beside a table.

Peasant with a Pipe

Adriaen van Ostade, 1640-80

Engraving of the allegorical figure Dialectica seated with a bird on her head and a snake on her arm, beside a philosopher in

Dialectica, from "Seven Liberal Arts"

Jan Sadeler, 16th century

Etching of an elderly woman in a fur-trimmed cloak and headscarf, seated in a chair, looking left.

The Artist's Mother Seated at a Table, Looking Left: Three Quarter Length

Rembrandt van Rijn, after 1631

Etching of a man in a plumed hat and a woman in a bonnet, with the man holding a quill over paper.

Rembrandt and his Wife (copy)

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, 1786-1844

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask

Bust of a Man Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a pointed cap and white collar, turned three-quarters, with dense cross-hatched shading.

Old Man with White Collar and Pointed Hat

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a laughing elderly man in a cap, turned to the side, with wrinkled face and dense hatched shading.

Laughing Peasant

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a man in a cap blowing a long horn beside a shelf of bread under a wooden beam.

Baker Blowing Horn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a smiling man in a tall feathered hat and cloak, holding a hurdy gurdy against his body.

Hurdy Gurdy Man

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraved military map of a fortified camp by a river with labeled positions, tents, horsemen, and portrait medallions.

Parke of the Artillary (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London,…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Engraved map of Stockholm with harbor ships, compass rose, and a decorative border of runic inscriptions and portrait medalli

Map of Stockholm (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724,…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Etching of an elderly peasant in a cap and loose clothes, standing with hands behind his back and head bowed.

Peasant with Hands Behind his Back

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85