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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,247 works

Plate 10: Head of a Man without a Beard, Turned in Profile to the Right, from "Various heads and figures" (Diverses t…

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etched bust of a bearded man in a feathered cap and tied collar, turned to the right, from a 1650 print series.

Plate 11: bust of a man wearing a cap and looking towards the right, from "Various heads and figures" (Diverses têtes…

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Plate 12: Bust of an old Turkish man in a turban, looking towards the left, from "Various heads and figures" (Diverse…

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etching of a child's bust turned left, left hand raised near chin, with tousled hair and loose hatched lines.

Plate 13: Bust of a child with his left hand near to his chin, turned towards the left, from "Various heads and figur…

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etching of a curly-haired young man's head above four studies of eyes, from a drawing instruction book.

Plate 2: At top, the head of a young man, frontal view, at bottom, four eyes, from "The Book for Learning to Draw" (L…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Plate 13: Head of a young boy, in profile, from "The Book for Learning to Draw" (Livre pour apprendre à dessiner)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Plate 14: Head of a woman, in profile, from "The Book for Learning to Draw" (Livre pour apprendre à dessiner)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1649

Plate 38: Head of a man with a moustache and cap, facing right in profile, from "Various Portraits" (Recueil de diver…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Etching of a moustached man in a plumed turban and ornate cloak, turned three-quarters within an oval border.

A Turkish man with a moustache, wearing a turban decorated with five egret feathers, turned three-quarters to the rig…

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Etched portrait of a balding man in an antique bust style, with a carved inscription naming Piranesi on the pedestal below.

Portrait of G.B. Piranesi in imitation of an antique bust, from "Opere varie di Architettura, prospetive, grotteschi,…

Felice Polanzani, 1750

Bust of a laughing satyr, facing left in profile, plate 29 from "Various Portraits" (Recueil de diverses pièces serva…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1647

Engraved medley print with a central male portrait surrounded by overlapping vignettes, text cards and a playing card.

Medley Print: Sot's Paradise

Sr George Bickham, 1706-7

Head of a Man

Gilles Demarteau, mid-18th century

Engraved portrait of a man in armor with a helmet and baton, set in a stone niche above a laurel wreath and coat of arms.

Portrait of Maréchal de Lowendal

Nicolas de Larmessin III, 18th century

Etching of a standing woman in a fur-trimmed cloak and turban before a garden wall and trees.

Dame de Constantinople, plate 5 from "Recueil de diverses fig.res étrangeres Inventées par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et…

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, ca. 1730-50

Etching of a standing woman in a turban and draped shawl, with a fence and trees behind her.

Femme de Macédoine, plate 12 from "Recueil de diverses fig.res étrangeres Inventées par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et Gr…

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, 18th century

Etching of a standing woman in a headscarf holding a rooster, with trees and a building in the background.

Reverse copy of Neapolitaine, from Recueil de diverses fig.res étrangeres Inventées par F. Boucher P.tre du Roy et Gr…

the elder Simon Francis Ravenet, 18th century

Oval engraving of Salome holding John the Baptist's head as a child with a torch and onlookers watch, body on ground.

Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist, surrounded by three men and a child bearing a torch, the Baptist's bod…

Hendrick Goudt, 1659

Oval engraving of Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist as soldiers and an executioner with a sword look on.

Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist, surrounded by three men and a child bearing a torch, the Baptist's bod…

Hendrick Goudt, ca. 1610

Engraving of Salome receiving the severed head of John the Baptist, with an executioner, a child with a torch, and onlookers.

Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist, surrounded by three men and a child bearing a torch, the Baptist's bod…

Balthazar Moncornet, ca. 1630-68

Pencil drawing of a standing man in white embroidered attire with a cloak, a distant column and building at right.

Portrait of George, 5th Duke of Marlborough, with Blenheim Palace in the Distance

Richard Cosway, 1817-21

Chromolithograph trading card of cyclist William A. Rowe beside a high-wheel bicycle, with daisies and a fence in the backgro

William A. Rowe, Cyclist, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph card of W.E. Crist, a tricyclist, in a portrait panel with pink ribbons and tricycle parts.

W.E. Crist, Tricyclist, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph trading card of cyclist H.G. Crocker with penny-farthing bicycles and palm fronds in the background.

H.G. Crocker, Cyclist, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph card of cyclist Ralph Temple with medals, beside two riders on high-wheel bicycles among palms.

Ralph Temple, Cyclist, Champion Trick Rider, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph trade card of cyclist Percy Stone in red cap, beside a high-wheel bicycle and flowers, 1888.

Percy Stone, Cyclist, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph trade card of Duncan C. Ross, a shirtless athlete with arms crossed beside a hammer and draped curtains.

Duncan C. Ross, All Around Athlete, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph trade card of Captain J.C. Daly, a shirtless muscular athlete with folded arms beside a kettlebell and urn.

Captain J.C. Daly, All Around Athlete, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph trading card of M.W. Ford, an all-around athlete with folded arms, surrounded by sports equipment and palm f

M.W. Ford, All Around Athlete, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Chromolithograph trade card of athlete W.B. Page with folded arms beside a high jump apparatus, caption noting 6 feet 4 inche

W.B. Page, High Jump, from World's Champions, Second Series (N43) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888