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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,744 works

Vertical etching of a grotesque candelabra with satyr figures holding torches, winged monsters, and scrollwork ornament.

Candelabra Grotesque

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1485-1536

Etched ornamental IHS monogram of scrollwork and fruit, flanked by angels in clouds on a pale sheet.

IHS Monogram surrounded by Six Angels

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1485-1536

Engraved design for an ornate bed with gabled pediments, armored flag-bearers, carved panels and decorated drawers below.

Design for a bed

Daniel Hopfer, 1527

Engraving of a spotted horse with flowing mane in a landscape, with two horses and distant buildings behind it.

Horse

Johann Elias Ridinger, 17th-18th Century

Engraved elevation of an ornate indoor grotto with a tiered fountain and statues, with a floor plan below.

Cross-section and Floorplan of an Indoor Grotto

Gabriel Bodenehr, 18th century

Etching of three peasants on a stone ledge beside a mill with a water wheel, under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Peasants and a Mill

Franz de Paula Ferg, 18th century

Etching of a satyr carrying another figure on his back while a young satyr wades through water beside dense foliage.

Satyr family, on the move

Salomon Gessner, 18th century

Etching of a woman reaching for a wreath in smoke beside a ruined amphitheater, with kneeling and standing onlookers in 18th-

A Visit to Rome in 1764

Franz Edmund Weirotter, 1764

Etching of a satyr playing a pipe with dancing putti, one holding a tambourine and another a mask, beside a low wall.

Satyr playing a pipe beside a putti holding a mask, surrounded by putti climbing over a low wall and dancing with mus…

Jonas Umbach, 1640-93

Etching of a woman seated by a river with two satyrs, ruined arched aqueduct and trees in the background.

Corsica seated before satyrs on the bank of a river, from a pair of plates for Battista Guarini's "Il Pastor fido"

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1640

Etching of a crumbling stone tower with an arched doorway on a rocky slope, with small figures on a path below.

Plate 2: Calidarium at the Baths of Diocletian, from "The Ruins of Rome"

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1640

Etching of satyrs carrying a drunken Silenus, with a putto holding grapes and a woman at left.

Three satyrs carrying the drunken Silenus, preceded by a putto carrying grapes; behind them a satyr carrying a large…

Jonas Umbach, 1640-93

Etching of a peasant family eating at a table while a satyr with goat legs sits on a chair beside cabbages.

The Satyr and the Peasant

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1764

Etching of a waterfall cascading over rocks below a cliff with hilltop buildings, a figure in the foreground, and a distant t

Cascades near Ponte della Trave, from "The Ruins of Rome"

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, 1639

Engraving of an elderly man praying at a table with his family beside a timber house, with a woman serving bread nearby.

Enoch and his family surrounding a meal table and holding their hands in a gesture of prayer; behind them is the open…

Johann Theodor de Bry, ca. 1580-1623

Hand-colored woodcut of the Annunciation: an angel with a scroll kneels before the Virgin Mary under an arched frame with a b

The Annunciation

Hans Wechtlin I, late 15th-early 16th century

Engraved architectural ornament plate with an arched gated doorway, columns, a lion, winged figures and grotesque masks.

Ornament plate, from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraving of a rider on a mule with men gathering coins beneath it, crowds around a stepped platform, Latin inscription below

Men collecting dung dropping from the hindquarters of a mule, with a rider sitting backward on the mule and holding i…

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1592-1614

Woodcut of a crowned figure among armored soldiers and courtiers in a columned hall, with a bowing figure in the foreground.

Illustration from "The White King" (Der Weiß König)

Hans Burgkmair, 15th-16th century

Engraving of bearded Saturn holding an infant, with a goat, scythe, and distant castle in the landscape.

Saturn, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1525

Engraving of Jupiter as a helmeted warrior with sword and shield, beside a tree and a distant walled town.

Jupiter, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Engraved print of an ornate knife handle with a marriage scene, cherubs, scrollwork, and French text panels on each side.

Design for knife handle to commemorate a marriage

Johann Theodor de Bry, ca. 1580-1600

Etched title page showing harbor ships, a fortified wall, and two figures beside a ship's rigging and barrels, dated 1652.

Title page from "Quelque navieres deisseigner & graver par Remy Zeeman"

Reinier Nooms, 1652

Etching of an ornate architectural facade with a central doorway, hunting dogs, animal heads, and an archer atop the pediment

Design for an Architectural Structure with a Hunting Theme, plate 74 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Etching of an ornate fountain with a figure holding a staff on a globe above an urn with sea monsters and scrolls.

Design for a Fountain, plate 80 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraved architectural design for a lavabo with a central niche, ornate urn, scrolled pediment and grotesque masks.

Design for a Lavabo, plate 85 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Etching of an ornate fountain with nude female figures, putti, and dragons supporting a balustrade, from Dietterlin's Archite

Design for a Fountain, plate 119 from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a blank central shield, flanked by dragons, birds and scrolls within an arched niche.

Design for a Cartouche, plate from "Architettura"

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1598

Engraving of an armored warrior with raised sword and shield, a goat at his feet, labeled MARS, 1528.

Mars, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528

Engraving of a crowned nude man with a scepter, seated by a tree beside a lion and shield, labeled SOL.

Sun, from "The Gods Who Preside Over the Planets"

Master I.B., 1528