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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,750 works

Engraving of a tomb with a reclining armored effigy, cherubs, and fluted columns, with Latin verse below.

Cœnotaphiorum (9)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraving of a tomb with a reclining armored effigy under Corinthian columns, with figures in a doorway at right.

Cœnotaphiorum (10)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraving of an ornate sarcophagus with sea battle reliefs, a sculpted figure, and a coat of arms in an architectural interio

Cœnotaphiorum (11)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraved tomb monument with an armored effigy praying on a columned sarcophagus, a standing knight with banner, and Latin ins

Cœnotaphiorum (12)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraved tomb monument in a classical interior, with cherubs holding spears and shields and a Latin inscription below.

Cœnotaphiorum (13)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraving of an ornate cenotaph with lion-head brackets, shield cartouches, and scrolled decoration, with Latin text below.

Cœnotaphiorum (14)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraving of a recumbent armored effigy on an ornate tomb with putti, wild men and heraldic shields, with Latin verse below.

Cœnotaphiorum (15)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraving of an ornate tomb with a reclining armoured effigy, cherubs, heraldic shields, a dog and a lion in an interior.

Cœnotaphiorum (16)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraving of a tomb with a reclining armored effigy, putti, coat of arms, and female figures in niches, with Latin text below

Cœnotaphiorum (17)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraved plate of an ornate funerary tomb with a reclining figure on top, caryatid columns, and Latin inscription below.

Cœnotaphiorum (18)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraving of an elaborate classical tomb with columns, a reclining effigy, and winged sphinx figures, with Latin text below.

Cœnotaphiorum (19)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraving of a recumbent effigy on an ornate tomb with cherubs, a skull in a niche, and Latin verse below.

Cœnotaphiorum (20)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Etched design of a tiered classical funerary monument with columns, sculpted figures, a skull, and a Latin inscription below.

Cœnotaphiorum (21)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraving of two ornate tomb monuments with columns, winged putti, skulls, and Latin inscriptions below.

Cœnotaphiorum (22)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraved plate of two ornate funerary monuments with sarcophagi, putti, heraldic shields and skulls, numbered 23.

Cœnotaphiorum (23)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraved print of an ornate classical tomb monument with columns, pediment, statues, mourners, and a Latin inscription below.

Cœnotaphiorum (24)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraved plate with two architectural cenotaph designs, cherubs on top, a coat of arms below, and Latin verses underneath.

Cœnotaphiorum (25)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraved plate of two ornamental tomb designs, one with a crucifixion scene and one with a relief of a horseman, with Latin i

Cœnotaphiorum (26)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Engraved design of a tall classical funerary monument with columns, niches, putti, and figures, with Latin verses below.

Cœnotaphiorum (27)

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1563

Etching of Medea with a cauldron and branch above a reclining old man, with torches and smoke in the background.

Medea Restoring Aeson's Youth (Aesoni decerptio iuventam restituit Medea), plate 64 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"…

Antonio Tempesta, Published after 1606

Engraving of Theseus with sword and shield fighting the Minotaur in an arena, numbered plate 74 with Latin caption.

Theseus and the Minotaur (Minotaurum Theseus vincit), plate 74 from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid" (Metamorphosean Sive…

Antonio Tempesta, Published after 1606

Etching of a woman on horseback under a canopy entering a city, with soldiers, trumpeters and men in ruffs before a stone gat

Triumphal Entry of Margaret of Austria into Milan, from The Life of Margaret of Austria, plate 10

Antonio Tempesta, 1612

Engraved print of an elaborate funeral catafalque with a domed top, cross, candles, columns and draped arch.

Catafulque for Fernando I, Duke of Tuscany, from Descritione dell'Esequie fatte in Roma dalla Natione Fiorentina al S…

Giacomo Mascardi, 1609

Engraving of an armored rider on a rearing horse atop an ornate pedestal, with coats of arms and Latin inscriptions above and

Equestrian Statue of Henry II, King of France, in the Palazzo Rucellai by Daniele de Volterra

Antonio Tempesta, Published early 17th century

Engraving of a classical triumphal arch with Corinthian columns, a pediment, and a view of a rocky hill through the central o

Arch by Master GA with the Caltrop, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop, 16th century

Engraving of an ornate column base with winged women holding a shield marked SPQR, and cherubs carrying garlands below.

The Base of the Column of Theodosius, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marcantonio Raimondi, 16th century

Engraving of the upper Trajan's Column with spiral relief scenes of soldiers and horses and an arabesque-decorated turret.

The upper portion of Trajan's Column, showing arabesque work on the crowning turret, from "Speculum Romanae Magnifice…

Monogrammist G.A. with the Caltrop, 16th century

Engraving of three ruined Corinthian columns with plants growing on the broken entablature, a hilltop city behind them.

Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, 16th century

Engraving of an Egyptian canopic vase with a human face, quill-holding hand, and rows of hieroglyphs on its body.

Face of an Egyptian canopic vase, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, late 16th to early 17th century

Engraving of the seated bearded figure of Moses after Michelangelo's sculpture, in a stone niche with a tablet.

Moses, after the sculpture by Michelangelo, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Jacob Matham, 16th century