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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,744 works

Etching of an angel leading Saint Peter up stairs past sleeping guards in a prison, with a barred window and arched opening.

Saint Peter being released from prison by the angel

Girolamo Pedrignani, 1650-70

Etching of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, with archers and onlookers in the background and a dedicatory inscription below.

Saint Sebastian being tied to a tree

Girolamo Pedrignani, 1625-50

Etching of a grand ceremonial altar topped by a crown, with angel statues, kneeling crowds and a procession on the left.

The altar of the holy sacrament; at left, the sacrament beneath a canopy, carried in procession and followed by the L…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of a frieze with a mermaid on a dolphin, bearded sea gods, cherubs and sea creatures in parallel hatching.

Plate 4: marine gods and other cavorting figures

Giulio Carpioni, ca. 1640-70

Etching of marine gods, a trident-bearing figure, sea monsters and cavorting putti in a horizontal frieze.

Plate 6: marine gods and other cavorting figures

Giulio Carpioni, ca. 1640-70

Etching of an ancient Roman aqueduct with arched vaults, water fountains spilling into basins, and figures on a cobbled stree

View of the ancient aquaduct and fountains situated near the Chiavica del Bufalo in Rome, from "Le Antichita di Roma"

Luigi Rossini, 1822

Engraved view of Rome from the Quirinal Hill with a fountain, marble horse tamer statues, an obelisk, and pedestrians in a pi

View of the Quirinal Hill in Rome with the fountain of the horse tamers at left, from "Le Antichita di Roma"

Luigi Rossini, 1822

Engraving of a laughing fool in a bell-tipped cap holding a small crowned doll-like figure, with Dutch verse below.

Laughing Fool

Werner van den Valckert, ca. 1612

Four grey ink-and-wash studies of a nude woman in varied poses, one arm raised, a cloth draped over one leg.

Four Studies after Giambologna's "Venus Leaving the Bath"

Hans Bock the Younger, ca. 1590

Engraved portrait of Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester, seated in robes with a chain of office, 1743.

The Right Reverend Father in God, Dr. Benjamin Hoadly, Lord Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of the Most Noble Order of…

Bernard Baron, 1743

Hogarth satirical etching of armed men storming a tavern by the coast, with a monk, ships and a banner reading Vengence.

The Invasion, Plate 1: France

William Hogarth, March 8, 1756

Bardolph, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, May 20, 1775

Etched oval portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding coins, titled Shylock, from Twelve Characters from Shakespeare.

Shylock, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, March 15, 1776

Duke of York, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer, March 15, 1776

Engraving of Florizel and Perdita from The Winter's Tale in a rustic room with flowers, a table, and two seated older men.

Florizel and Perdita in 'The Winter's Tale,' from "The Art Journal," opposite p. 4

Lumb Stocks, January 1867

Engraving of Elizabethan-style figures dining and conversing in a paneled room with a large leaded window and fireplace.

Falstaff and His Friends, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," from "The Art Journal," opposite p. 84

William Greatbach, May 1868

Oval etching of the Virgin Mary beside the infant Christ on straw, with angels and putti in clouds above.

The Adoration of the Angels

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Christ Child before a pedestal, a kneeling crowned king, attendants, a horse

The Adoration of the Magi (copy in reverse)

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of two draped women embracing beside a stone pillar, a bearded man behind them, with a distant landscape and clouds.

The Visitation

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Virgin rising with arms outstretched, haloed, supported by cherubs and angels above a stone ledge with flowers

The Assumption of the Virgin

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Virgin with the infant Christ and young John the Baptist, with a landscape view and curtain behind.

The Virgin and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist

Carlo Maratti, 1647

Etching of the Virgin and Christ Child receiving kneeling Magi beneath a column, with a star above and a camel in the backgro

The Adoration of the Magi

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Oval etching of the Virgin with a kneeling woman, a sleeping infant, and cherubs floating overhead in a dim interior.

Virgin and Child with St. Mary Magdalen

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching in oval frame: Madonna with infant Christ under a tree, a crowned saint kneeling beside them, distant landscape behin

The Marriage of St. Catherine

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of the Annunciation: an angel on clouds points toward a dove as the Virgin kneels at a prayer desk.

The Annunciation

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of women attending a newborn infant in a draped interior, with a basin in the foreground and curtains behind.

The Birth of the Virgin

Carlo Maratti, 17th century

Etching of two women embracing before a stone wall, with an older man watching at left and a figure in the distance at right.

Visitation (copy in reverse)

Engraved portrait of Saint Vincent Ferrer with halo and wings, raising a finger and holding an open book.

St. Vincent Ferrer

Andrea Procaccini

Engraved allegory of seated women and a bearded philosopher on a terrace, with medallion portraits of ancient thinkers in the

Allegorical composition celebrating the Humanities

Nicolas Dorigny, 1695

Engraved allegorical frontispiece with a robed female figure, a winged putto with a laurel wreath, soldiers, and a distant ci

L'Imperio Vendicato

Pietro Sante Bartoli, 1630-1700