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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,827 works

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel on clouds offers a lily to the kneeling Virgin, with God and a dove above.

Annunciation

Claude Mellan, 1666

Engraving of a seated nude man and reclining draped woman before classical columns, with battle scenes and a Latin dedication

Theological Thesis of Antoine Talon

Claude Mellan, 1648

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside a cross, skeleton, serpent and clouds, with Latin inscriptions.

Adam and Eve at the Foot of the Cross

Claude Mellan, ca. 1647

Design sheet with three rows of ornamental panels in gilt frames, painted medallions, floral motifs and red grounds, in water

Designs for panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Engraving of an equestrian statue of Ferdinand II flanked by Hercules statues within a classical columned rotunda.

Allegory on the Glory of Emperor Ferdinand II

Antonio Circignano or Circignani

Etching of Saint Andrew bound to a diagonal cross, nearly nude, with two onlookers and a hatched cloudy sky.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Claude Vignon, 1623

Etching of a nude woman with a cherub, a seated man holding a child, and grotesque faces peering from a tree at left.

La Rascienne Honteuse

Pen and brown wash drawing of a left-half architectural design with a garlanded column, scrolled capital and figure cartouche

Left Half Design for an Architectural Project

Mauro Antonio Tesi

Etching of three men playing cards in a country alehouse, with a dog, pitcher, and walking stick beside the table.

A Game at Put in a Country Alehouse

Thomas Rowlandson, August 10, 1810

Etching of two women reclining on a blanket on grass, one with a parasol, beside a garden pool and colonnade.

On the Grass

James Tissot, 1880

Etching of a woman in a cape on stone steps, with a couple by tall columns and a church tower beyond.

The Portico of the National Gallery, London

James Tissot, 1878

Hand-colored title page with an oval cartouche, a smiling caricature face at top, crossed quill pens below, and printed lette

Title Page: Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Etched caricature of a knit-capped man leaning in to listen to a spectacled reader holding a Gazette by candlelight.

Attention (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Pen and ink caricature of a hungry young man in a hat staring at a plum pudding in a shop window, by Thomas Rowlandson, 1800.

Desire (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 20, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a hungry boy in a green coat gazing at a plum pudding in a shop window.

Admiration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 20, 1800

Caricature of a rustic man in a hat gaping at a juggler with a card and candle on a table.

Admiration with Astonishment (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature of an antiquarian with spectacles gesturing over a cracked cup held by a second man, pen and ink print, 1800.

Veneration (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature print of a singing ballad woman, a rapt old clothesman, and a child with a basket, drawn in brown ink.

Rapture (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Etching of a woman, a boy and a bearded man on a timber waterfront platform, with ships and a rowboat on the water.

The Three Crows Inn, Gravesend

James Tissot, 1877

Etching of a curly-haired man holding banknotes while a young boy looks up at him, a satirical print titled Joy with Tranquil

Joy with Tranquility (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature of a laughing man pointing at a cat in a bonnet and cape seated on a table beside a candle.

Laughter (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of an elderly man in a pink cap crying out as a servant pours hot water from a kettle.

Acute Pain (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a shouting man and a scolding woman in a frilled cap, with a raised cudgel above.

Simple Bodily Pain (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature of an elderly woman in a floral hat holding a small dog, beside a man with curly hair, both with downcast expressi

Sadness (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Pen drawing of a weeping man with tears on his cheeks, comforted by a young woman in a bonnet beside him.

Weeping (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a sharp-faced man in a blue coat reaching toward a bearded beggar holding a hat, titled Compassion

Compassion (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a haughty elderly woman in a feathered hat looking down her nose at a startled young man.

Scorn (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of a startled elderly woman in a white cap recoiling as a boy holds up a small mouse.

Horror (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Caricature of a terrified countryman recoiling from a grinning ghost in a pointed cap, drawn in pen and ink.

Terrour or Fright (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800

Pen and ink caricature of an older mistress in a bonnet shouting and shaking a fist at a startled maid.

Anger (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson, January 21, 1800