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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,832 works

Engraving of a draped female figure lifting a veil within an arched niche flanked by classical pilasters.

Sibyl

Lambert Suavius, 1525-76

Engraving of a draped woman surrounded by nude putti carrying fruit, framed by classical columns and drapery.

Charity

Lambert Suavius, 1530-76

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, moustache and white collar, wearing a dark cloak, by Claude Mellan.

Henri-Louis Habert de Montmor

Claude Mellan, 1640

Engraved half-length portrait of a bearded man in a hooded religious habit, with Latin inscription below.

Le Père Étienne de Cesena

Claude Mellan, 1674

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a white collar, above a clerical coat of arms.

Nicolas Grillié, Bishop of Uzès

Claude Mellan, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, lace collar and armor, with Latin inscription around the frame.

Charles I de Créquy, duc de Lesdiguières

Claude Mellan, 1633

Engraved portrait of a bearded clergyman in a skullcap and cape with a cross, inscribed Jean-Pierre Camus, Bishop of Belley.

Jean-Pierre Camus, Bishop of Belley

Engraved half-length portrait of a curly-haired man with mustache and goatee, wearing a cloak, with French verse below.

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

Claude Mellan, ca. 1635-37

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and sash, with a Latin inscription beneath, by Claude Mellan.

Portrait of Claude de Marolles

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling saint in a dark robe beside an ornate Renaissance archway, with a town land

St. Bernard Adoring the Christ Child

Dirck Vellert, October 5, 1524

Woodcut of the Virgin and Child surrounded by winged angels, one lifting a crown, in a landscape with castle and mountains.

The Virgin and Child with Eight Angels in a Landscape

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511

Engraved portrait of a bearded clergyman in a dark cloak, white collar, and cross insignia, with an inscription below.

Claude de Rebé, Archbishop of Narbonne

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with curly hair and a lace collar, with a crown and monogram below.

Henri II de Savoie, duc de Nemours

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curled hair in a dark robe and white collar, with a Latin inscription below.

Le Chancelier Pierre Séguier

Claude Mellan, 1639

Engraving of a winged figure with trumpet and two seated women framing an oval portrait medallion of a man with long hair.

Louis-Emmanuel de Valois, comte d'Alais et duc d'Angoulême

Claude Mellan, 17th century

Abel Servien

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a high-collared robe, resting one hand on a book, with inscription below.

Le Père Claude de Lingendes

Claude Mellan, 1661

Engraved oval bust portrait of a bearded man in a clerical collar, with a Latin inscription beneath the frame.

Le Père Charles Faure

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair and a lace collar, with Latin inscription around the frame.

Henry Blackwood

Henry Blackwood, n.d.

Oval engraved portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar, with Latin inscription and verse below.

Joseph Trullier

Claude Mellan, 1626

Engraved portrait of an elderly bearded man in a cap and buttoned robe, with a Latin inscription beneath.

Le Père Jean Du Bois-Olivier

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed cloak and skullcap, with a Latin caption below.

Pierre Gassendi

Claude Mellan, ca. 1637 or 1638

Architectural floor plan of the principal floor of Belmead mansion, showing labeled rooms, dimensions, and a carriage way.

Belmead, Virginia, for Philip St. George Cocke (plan of principle floor)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1845

Hand-colored print of a man clutching moneybags as bank buildings tilt and collapse around him, labeled New York and Chicago.

Man Clutching Moneybags While Banks Collapse

Emmanuel Wyttenbach, late 19th-early 20th century

Hand-colored caricature of an elephant with a baron and jester on its back, amid satirical figures and a peacock.

The Rehearsal or the Baron and the Elephant

George Cruikshank, January 1, 1812

Hand-colored caricature print of a whale with a human face and anchor, surrounded by mermaids and figures, by George Cruiksha

The Prince of Whales or the Fisherman at Anchor

George Cruikshank, May 1, 1812

Engraving of sailors in dark caps standing in rows on a wooden ship deck, with masts and rigging behind them.

Crew of U.S. Steamsloop "Colorado," Shipped at Boston, June 1861 (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, p. 439)

Winslow Homer, July 13, 1861

Wood engraving of a shell bursting in rebel trenches, with wounded men on the ground and a uniformed officer standing at left

A Shell in Rebel Trenches (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VII)

Winslow Homer, January 17, 1863

Engraving of crowds of bathers in dark clothing swimming in surf near a beach bathhouse, with sailboats in the distance.

The Bathe at Newport (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, September 4, 1858

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with Santa Claus filling stockings by a sleeping family, and a snowy Christmas street scene bel

Santa Claus and His Presents (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, December 25, 1858