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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,776 works

Engraving of a street brawl with men fighting with sticks beside brick buildings, a fallen man and a discarded hat in the for

Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 5)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Engraving of men fighting in a cluttered interior, one with a raised sword, while a woman and torch-bearer watch from the lef

Hudibras Catechized (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 9)

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Engraved interior of a committee meeting with men around a table, hats on the wall, a clock, and verse below.

The Committee (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 10)

William Hogarth, 1725-68

Engraving of a mounted knight with a pistol facing musicians, a chained bear and a crowd beneath trees.

Hudibras' First Adventure (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 3)

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Engraving of a mounted knight passing a pillory where a man is confined, with a fiddle hung on a post and onlookers watching.

Hudibras Triumphant (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 4)

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Four Heads From the Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court

William Hogarth, May 14, 1781

Engraving of two winged angels holding a veil bearing a bearded face with a crown of thorns, against hatched background.

The Sudarium Carried by Two Angels, copy

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of standing bearded Christ with halo, holding a cross in an arched niche, with a chalice at right.

Christ Holding a Cross in a Niche

Engraving of a winged child holding a bearded grotesque face beside a seated child and a dog near a tree.

Two Children with a Mask

Engraving of nude Venus lifting a drape beside a winged Cupid in a landscape with a tree stump.

Venus and Cupid

Fantastical Masked Female Heads

Engraving of an ornate nef-shaped container with carved panels of mythological figures, putti, and sea creatures along its hu

Container for the Royal Napkins (Nef)

Engraving of Mercury piping beside sleeping Argus above a hanging festoon of instruments, books, clock, armor and tools.

Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep and Festoon of Instruments, from "Festoons of Flowers, etc. no. 3"

Engraving of Flora on a cloud receiving flowers, above a long cascading festoon of flowers and leaves.

Flora Receiving Flowers and Festoon of Flowers, from "Dessins d'aiguières, etc., no. 5"

Engraving of Vulcan at a forge forging wings for Cupid, above a vertical bundle of tools ending in a basket.

Vulcan Forging the Wings of Cupid, from "Dessins d'aiguières, etc., no. 4"

Engraving of the Virgin with the infant Christ, crowned by two angels above, with a wooden fence and landscape behind.

The Virgin Crowned by Two Angels

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of the Virgin nursing the Christ Child, seated in a grassy landscape with a radiant halo and draped robe.

The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child, copy

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ at a central table surrounded by disciples, a radiant halo above him, and a pitcher

The Last Supper, from The Small Passion (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of nude Adam and Eve beside the tree with a serpent coiling above, with an ox and hare in the foreground.

Adam and Eve, from "The Small Passion" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of an angel with a sword expelling nude Adam and Eve from a fruit tree, with dense line hatching.

Expulsion from Paradise, from "The Small Passion" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of an angel pointing to a kneeling woman in prayer beside a candle and book, with a dove above her.

The Annunciation, from "The Small Passion" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of shepherds resting on a mound beside a bare tree, with cattle, a donkey and a rifleman in a rocky landsc

Shepherds at rest

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Pen and ink landscape drawing of farm buildings, trees, a brook and rocks under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Brook and Farm Buildings

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Sepia drawing of a winding forest path with a strolling couple, two seated beggars, and a fallen log beneath tall trees.

A Path Bordered by Trees with two Beggars and a Couple Strolling

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Blue-grey wash drawing of a rocky landscape with a waterfall, pine trees, two goats in a pool, and a distant tower.

Southern Landscape with a Waterfall and Goats

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Grey wash drawing of haloed shepherd kneeling by his staff among sheep in a wooded landscape.

Saint Eberhard of Tüntenhausen as a Shepherd

Jan Sebastiaen Loybos, late 17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with herders and cattle, a ruined tower on a hill, and a sailboat on the water.

Southern Landscape with Figures and Cattle at a River

Jan van der Meer the Younger, 1686

Pastel portrait of a young woman with curly hair in a black top hat and white shawl against a blue background.

Portrait of Petronella Cornelia Rømeling

Jens Juel, ca. 1792?

Pencil study of a standing nude man shouldering a wooden block, with a smaller repeated sketch of the pose at right.

Study of a Male Nude Shouldering a Wooden Block

Christen Købke, ca. 1832

Engraving of Hercules wrestling a lion beside a tree and rocks, with a club and lion skin on the ground.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion