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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,952 works

Etching of men in wigs and tricorn hats gathered around a tavern table where a game is played, dated 1763.

Playing Tric Trac

Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1763

Hand-colored print of a stout man in a red coat driving a gray horse and carriage with passengers, pedestrians nearby.

La Promenade en Bokei; Le Suprême Bon-Ton No. 26

Le Jeune Adrien Pierre Godefroy, 1816

Satirical lithograph of 1841 Salon jury members with heads replaced by objects like a wig, jug and melon around a table.

Fameux Jury de Peinture; Salon de 1841

Clément Pruche, March 20, 1841

Pencil study of a nude Neptune figure standing on dolphins above a tiered pedestal with reclining figures and niches.

Study for a Sculpture of Neptune

Giambologna, n.d.

Engraving of an old bearded man with a wine glass, a young woman leaning close to him, and a figure peering from behind.

Lot and His Daughters

Claude Mellan, 1629

Engraved oval print of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, who raises a hand; both have halos.

Virgin and Child

Hand-colored caricature of a woman with a parasol and two men peering at her with a lorgnette, before a pagoda-like pavilion.

Le Goût du Jour ou Des Chinois du Boulevard Coblentz, from "Caricatures Parisiennes"

Aaron Martinet, ca. 1815

Hand-colored caricature of three dandies in exaggerated early 19th-century fashion, one in a towering pointed hat, clasping h

Le Goût du Jour, No. 21: Les Modernes Incroyables, from "Caricatures Parisiennes"

Georges-Jacques Gatine, ca. 1815

Engraving of Moses kneeling before God in a burning bush, with sheep grazing on a hill in the background.

Moses Before the Burning Bush

Claude Mellan, 1663

Lithograph caricature of a man with huge hair playing trumpets atop a theatre booth labelled Grand Opera, with dancers below.

Caricature of Berlioz, from "La Caricature Provisoire, no. 1"

Benjamin Roubaud, 1838

Engraving of Christ kneeling in prayer under an angel in clouds, with two disciples asleep on a rocky hillside.

Christ in the Garden of Olives

Claude Mellan, 17th century

Engraving of the Virgin seated on a rock holding the Christ Child, with a column, tree and distant landscape behind.

Virgin and Child Seated on a Rock (Vierge à l'Enfant dans des ruines)

Claude Mellan, 1659

Engraved bust portrait of a bearded man with long wavy hair in an oval frame, with a Latin inscription scroll below.

Bust of St. Joseph in an Oval

Engraved bust of a young boy with curly hair in an oval frame, with a Latin inscription on a scroll below.

Bust of Jesus as a Child in an Oval

Engraving of the Virgin seated on a draped cloth, holding the Christ Child, with radiating light behind her head and a rocky

Virgin and Child

Blue-grey drawing of three musicians and a dancing harlequin inside an ornate rococo scroll frame with trees behind.

Three Musicians and Harlequin in an Ornamental Frame

Georg Philipp Rugendas II, 1720-74

Pencil drawing of a large tree with a dense leafy canopy, gnarled trunk, and exposed roots, dated 1832.

Study of a Tree; verso: Study of Houses

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, 1832

Pen and wash drawing of Venus seated beside a sleeping Cupid on a bed beneath a curtain.

Venus and Sleeping Cupid

Hans Stutte, 1600-1625

Pencil drawing of a Pietà: the Virgin cradles the nude body of Christ while a veiled mourner stands behind them.

Pietà

Johann David Passavant, early to mid-19th century

Watercolor of an elderly bearded man in armor raising a golden goblet on a castle ledge above a moonlit river valley.

Illustration for Goethe

Leopold Schulz, 1842

Watercolor panorama of a calm sea with a sailboat, low islands, distant mountains and sandy hills under a pale sky.

Panorama View on the Islands of Delos

Johann Michael Wittmer II, early 19th-late 19th century

Engraving of a nude woman chained to a rock by the sea, looking up at a winged rider above a rocky arch.

Perseus Delivering Andromeda

Engraving of a young woman embracing an elderly bearded man, her gaze turned upward, with Latin verse below.

Roman Charity (La Charité Romaine)

Etching of a winged angel pointing to a tall cross while a kneeling man clasps his hands beside it.

An Angel Indicates a Cross to a Man Kneeling

Etching of a veiled seated woman with arms crossed over her chest, gazing upward beneath radiating rays of light.

Seated Woman, Arms Crossed in Prayer

Engraving of Diana in a moonlit chariot drawn by white horses, with putti and a reclining figure below.

Diana in Her Chariot (La Lune sur son char)

Claude Mellan, 1633

Pen drawing of a swarm of flies above a spider's web, with pencil guidelines and notes on a tan paper mount.

A Swarm of Flies above a Spider's Web

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1860-84

Watercolor design of a shield-shaped watch stand decorated with pink roses, garlands, and crossed laurel sprigs.

Watch Design

Delamotte, 1794

Engraving of a crowded kitchen with men feasting around a laden table, a nursing woman, hanging meats and a dog.

The Fat Kitchen

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563

Engraving of a crowded kitchen with people eating at a round table, a cauldron over the fire, and a man chopping wood.

The Thin Kitchen

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563