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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,744 works

Engraved elevation of St. Peter's facade with a central dome, a left tower, and a papal coat of arms above.

Antonio da Sangallo's project for St. Peters, plan of the façade extended to the left with a tower

Antonio da Labacco, 1540-49

Chromolithograph baseball card of a mustached player in white uniform reaching forward on a grassy field, labeled Indianapoli

Seery (Hands Outstretched), Left Field, Indianapolis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Shomberg, 1st base for Indianapolis, in a white uniform with red trim and striped cap.

Shomberg, 1st Base, Indianapolis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraving of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome with fireworks bursting from its towers over a large crowd below.

The firework display called 'Girandola' at the Castello Sant'Angelo in Rome

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici facing right within an elaborate cartouche flanked by Victory at the left and Mars at…

Enea Vico, 1550

Woodcut landscape with a milkmaid milking a cow at right, a boy with a bucket and goats at left, and a distant castle.

Landscape with a milkmaid at right and a boy at left

Niccolò Boldrini, ca. 1535-40

Engraving of Tiber Island shaped as a ship, with two temples on deck, an obelisk between them, and choppy water below.

View of the Tiber Island represented as a ship, the Temple of Aesculapius at left

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Hand-colored trading card of a crouching shortstop in white uniform fielding a ball on a grassy field with trees behind.

Smith, Shortstop, Pittsburgh, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Vintage baseball card of a mustached batter in white uniform and blue socks holding a bat at home plate.

Strauss, Batter, Milwaukee, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithograph baseball card of a St. Louis batter in red jersey and blue knickers holding a bat at home plate.

Sullivan, Batter, St. Louis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Vintage baseball card of Sullivan, a Chicago left fielder in blue uniform, poised to throw a ball on a grassy field.

Sullivan, Left Field, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithographed card of a Chicago center fielder in blue uniform and white cap, hands clasped, gazing upward.

Sunday, Center Field, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Sutton, a Boston third baseman in white uniform and red stockings, crouched on a field.

Sutton, 3rd Base, Boston, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Thompson, right fielder for Detroit, in white uniform and blue socks before a sunset lands

Thompson, Right Field, Detroit, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Chromolithographed baseball card of Thompson, R. F., a Detroit player in white uniform and blue knickers on a green field.

Thompson, R. F., Detroit, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraved cutaway section and elevation of the Colosseum showing arcaded tiers, interior seating and arena floor.

Section and elevation of the Colosseum in Rome

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Colour lithograph baseball card of a player in a striped jersey and white cap, bent forward on a grassy field.

Ward, S. Stop, New York, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Baseball card of a St. Louis player in a red jersey and blue knickers, cocking his arm to throw on a grassy field.

Welch, C. Field, St. Louis, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Baseball card of White, third baseman for Detroit, in white uniform and cap crouched beside the base against a landscape.

White, 3rd Base, Detroit, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraving of a naval battle with ornate ships, muscular warriors with shields, and sea creatures in choppy waves.

Plate 7: a battle taking place between men in boats

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Hand-colored 1887 baseball card of Williamson, a second baseman in a blue Chicago uniform holding a ball at his chest.

Williamson, 2nd Base, Chicago, from the Gold Coin series (N284) for Gold Coin Chewing Tobacco

D. Buchner & Co., New York, 1887

Engraving of soldiers fighting on a ship while nude men climb its side, with a river god reclining at right.

Plate 8: battle between soldiers on a boat and naked men trying to climb in, a river god at right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraving of armored men and robed figures unloading baskets and goods from an ornate boat onto a shore.

Plate 5: figures unloading goods from a boat at the right

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-90

Engraving of muscular men poling ornate decorated boats through choppy water, with mythological figures and masks on the hull

Plate 6: figures in boats decorated with mythological subjects using poles to propel them

Pietro Sante Bartoli, ca. 1660-60

Engraving of a dissection scene in a domed hall, with an observing crowd, skeletons, a dog, and a cauldron of bones.

The Reward of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of a dead woman on a street at night, surrounded by arguing men, a lantern, and a crescent moon above.

Cruelty in Perfection (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of a city street where a boy torments a cat as crowds watch, with dogs, a rooster and a church steeple nearby.

The First Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of a street scene with a whipped horse, a carriage, and a man beating a sheep as a flock watches.

The Second Stage of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Engraving of soldiers and sailors feasting at a tavern with a Duke of Cumberland sign, a Frenchman at a window, and marching

The Invasion, Plate 2: England

William Hogarth, March 8, 1756

Pencil drawing of a dragonfly seen from above with four spread wings and a long slender abdomen on cream paper.

A Dragonfly

Nicolaas Struyk, early 18th-mid 18th century