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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,832 works

Engraving of three nude women holding a circular wreath and an inscribed draped cloth against a cloudy sky.

The Three Graces

Claude Mellan, 1659

Engraved title page showing two bearded hermits seated in a rocky desert with the words Les vies des SS. pères des déserts.

Title page: Arnaud d'Andilly, Les Vies des saints pères des déserts

Claude Mellan, 1647

Engraving of a kneeling cardinal offering a book to the Virgin and Child on clouds, with cherubs above.

Cardinal Richelieu, Kneeling, Presents His Book to the Virgin and Child

Claude Mellan, ca. 1646

Etching of a peasant woman with a basket beside a cow, a resting calf, a rooster on a fence and a stone trough.

Country Scene with a Peasant, Cow and Calf

Engraving of a storm-tossed sea around a rock bearing a book and Latin inscription, with two figures on shore and lightning a

Allegory Against the Pelagian Heresy (Allégorie contre l'hérésy pélagienne et armoires)

Claude Mellan, 17th century

Engraved ornament plate with five putti and grapes in a central roundel, surrounded by garlands, bows, and birds.

Bacchanal with Five Putti, Rondel in a Rectangular Frame (in "Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 40)

Francesco Bartolozzi, February 29, 1782

Engraved surreal dream scene with giant eyes, a winged horse rider, a crucifix, scales of justice and a fish creature.

First Dream, from "Le Magasin Pittoresque"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1820-47

Engraved surreal sky scene with flying umbrella, mushrooms, owl, winged snails and a horse-drawn chariot over stars.

Second Dream, from "Le Magasin Pittoresque"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1820-47

Hand-colored title page with flower-letter title Les Fleurs, a flower-costumed woman on a leaf, and a butterfly.

Les Fleurs Animées, Title Page

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1847

Hand-colored engraving of a woman with a flower head and leafy stem body, titled Pervenche Desséchée, by Grandville.

Perveche Desséchée, from "Les Fleurs Animées"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1847

Hand-colored print of a woman dressed in water lily leaves beside a winged insect, with lilies on a pond behind her.

Nenuphar, from "Les Fleurs Animées"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1847

Hand-colored print of two women dressed as nasturtium flowers with leafy green gowns, seated on a bank beneath a flowering vi

Capucine, from "Les Fleurs Animées"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1820-70

Hand-colored print of two flower-like women serving tea and coffee at a small table, with an insect and a flowering vase near

Thé & Café, from "Les Fleurs Animées"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, 1847

Engraving of a seated allegorical woman gazing at a sunburst, with a cornucopia, books, armor, and figures in a landscape.

Allegory of France with the Arms of Richelieu (Allégorie sur la Paix)

Engraving of allegorical women in drapery before a classical arcaded building with statues and a balustrade.

Allegory in Honor of the Roman College Founded by the Borghese Family

Claude Mellan, 1615-88

Engraving of two nude male figures, Hercules and Atlas, supporting a large celestial globe marked with constellations above t

Hercules Assisting Atlas

Engraving of Minerva seated with a blank shield, flanked by figures of Peace holding an olive branch and Justice holding scal

Minerva Flanked by Peace and Justice (Armoiries de Gallard et de Mesmes)

Engraving of a veiled female figure leaning on a cross, with a chalice, tiara and keys beside her.

Personification of Faith

Claude Mellan, 1642

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and buttoned bodice, with Latin inscription around the fra

Maddalena Corvina

Claude Mellan, 1636

Oval engraved portrait of a woman with a flower in her hair, drop earrings, and lettered border, by Claude Mellan.

Virginia da Vezzo, Wife of Simon Vouet

Claude Mellan, 1626

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curly hair, pearl necklace and braided dress, inscribed Anna Maria Vaiani.

Anna Maria Vaiani

Claude Mellan, 1624-36

Engraving of a kneeling veiled woman in a religious habit on clouds, holding a crucifix, with a radiant sun above.

Sainte Jeanne Frémiot de Chantal

Claude Mellan, after 1641

Engraved bust portrait of a woman with curled hair and pearl necklace on a pedestal, labelled Madame Henriette Anne.

Henriette-Anne d'Angleterre, duchesse d'Orléans

Pen and wash design of Christ, the Virgin and saints among clouds and angels above souls behind a grate.

Design for a Wall Panel or Ceiling with The Virgin and Saints Interceding before Christ for the Souls of the Lost

Johann Baptist Enderle, 1771 or before

Pencil drawing of a monastery on a cliff above a wooded ravine with quarried rock walls and trees.

Cloister in Syracuse

Anton Hallmann, 1835

Pen drawing of five men in old German costume playing cards at a table in an inn, with a dog and a bird.

Five Men at a table in German Renaissance costume, playing cards in an inn

Paul Mila, 1825

Red chalk drawing of a standing nude woman with one hand on her chest, looking upward, on cream paper.

Standing Female Nude (after the Medici Venus)

Christian Daniel Rauch, 1805

Engraved view of a vaulted prison interior with coffered ceiling, staircase, and groups of robed figures on balconies.

A View of a Prison of the Composition of Mr. Blondel done at Rome

Georges François Blondel, 1765

Mezzotint portrait of a man with long hair holding a palette and a miniature of a woman, inscribed Bartholomeus Vander Helst.

Bartholomeus van der Helst

Abraham Blooteling, ca. 1670

Young man facing three quaters right wearing a fur headdress with a plume, jewel and a headband, from series of 'Smal…

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-50