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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,776 works

Etching of a mounted figure raising a sword before a crowd with staves, a dog and horses, trees behind, by William Hogarth.

The Encounter with Talgol and Magnano (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 3)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Etching of a crowd of men with staves, a bear on a leash, and a mounted rider gesturing beneath a large tree.

Hudibras First Adventure (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 2)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Etching of a lawyer and a knight confronting each other in a library office, with clerks writing at a desk and dogs in the fo

Hudibras and the Lawyer (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 12)

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Engraving of two men arguing over astrological charts in a cluttered study with a skeleton, hanging crocodile and cat.

Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 8)

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Satirical etching of a bedroom with a woman in bed, a crowd of men, and many rabbits scattered across the floor.

Cunicularii, or the Wise Men of Godlimon in Consultation

William Hogarth, December 1726

Engraved shop card for Mrs. Holt's Italian Warehouse with allegorical figures, a ship, and views of Italian cities.

Shop Card for Mrs. Holt's Italian Warehouse

William Hogarth, 1720-72

Etching of a knight seated in wooden stocks while a crowd of onlookers gathers and gestures in a brick courtyard.

Hudibras in Tribulation (Twelve Large Illustrations for Saumel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 6)

William Hogarth, February 1725-26

Etching of two mounted prisoners led through a street by a jeering crowd of men and women carrying cudgels, beside a building

Hudibras and Ralpho Made Prisoners and Carried to the Stocks (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudib…

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Engraved oval portrait of an older bearded man in a white ruff collar and dark cloak, with Latin inscriptions.

Portrait of Peter Scriverius

Jan van de Velde II, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a sphere-topped column, a manor house and strolling figures among trees on curved paths.

View of Naesse castle and De Coninck's Column from the East

Erik Pauelsen, ca. 1780-84

Engraving of soldiers slaying infants as mothers grieve in the foreground, with a walled city and fleeing crowds behind.

Massacre of the Innocents

Aegidius Sadeler, ca. 1600

Engraving of robed nobles and clergy at a formal oath ceremony in a stone hall, with a writing official at a draped table.

Oath of the Nobles before the Chambre des Comptes

Etienne Pierre Adrien Gois, 1788

Etching of a seated man, a standing woman holding a child, and a bulldog in an interior with a curtain and bust.

The Child and the Bulldog

Marguerite Gérard, 1778

Engraving of a drowsy church congregation, a preacher reading in the pulpit beside an hourglass, and a sleeping woman with a

The Sleeping Congregation

William Hogarth, April 21, 1762

Etched portrait of a seated heavyset man in a buttoned coat and curled wig, beside a desk with a book and quill.

Simon Lord Lovat

William Hogarth, 1746

Engraving of a busy inn yard with a stagecoach, travelers, spectators on a balcony, and marching soldiers at right.

The Stage Coach, or Country Inn Yard

William Hogarth, June 1747

Woodcut of the Birth of the Virgin: an angel above, women attending a newborn in a curtained bed, and a domestic interior.

The Birth of the Virgin, from "The Life of the Virgin" (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crouching male nude hiding his face and body against a dark background.

Study of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) Trying to Hide Himself

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown ink and wash study of a seated male nude twisting with one arm outstretched, on aged paper.

Study of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) in Despair

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Ink sketch of a crouching nude male figure bowed over a long staff, drawn with loose contour lines and brown wash.

Study of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) in Despair Trying to Hide Himself

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Engraving of the Virgin and Child in a garden with animals, a shepherd scene, and an angel in the clouds above.

Virgin and Child in a Landscape

Aegidius Sadeler, ca. 1597

Etching of two women embracing on a cloud, one draped in cloth and one nude, with fine hatched sky and clouds.

Mythological Scene, possibly Diana Seducing Callisto

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1764

Sepia drawing of a garden with an obelisk, colonnade, swans on a pond, and couples strolling among trees.

The Progress of Love

Pierre Antoine Mongin, 1803

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded ceremonial gathering in an ornate interior with seated figures, clergy and a canopied thron

A Gathering in a Church

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Woodcut print of eight haloed Austrian patron saints standing in a row, with inscribed names below each figure.

The Patron Saints of Austria

Albrecht Dürer, 1922

Etching of the Expulsion of Hagar: an angel above a grieving woman and child, a bearded man, and onlookers before classical c

The Expulsion of Hagar

Charles Massé, 1646-70

Engraving of a shepherd and cow leading sheep to drink at a stream while women and children gather on the right.

The miracle of the bitter water made sweet (Il Miracolo delle Acque Amare Mutate in Dolci)

Pietro Monaco, 1743-63

Etching of Esau leaving with his family, sheep, dogs, horses and a donkey through a rocky landscape beside a large tree.

Esau and his family parting ways with Jacob (Esau con le mogli figli e sostanze si separa dal fratello Giacobbe)

Pietro Monaco, 1743-63

Engraving of a shepherd driving sheep and loaded donkeys past a tree in a rocky landscape with distant travelers.

Departure of David the Shepherd from the House of His Father (Partenza di David pastore dalla casa paterna)

Pietro Monaco, 1743-63

Engraving of a turbaned shepherd on horseback leading sheep and an ox across a stream, with trees and clouds in the backgroun

One of the Sons of Noah who Goes to Populate a Part of the Earth (Uno de figli di Noè che va a popolare una parte del…

Pietro Monaco, 1743-63