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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,750 works

Engraving of satyrs and maenads dancing around a central herm with garlands, a goat, and fruit baskets, with verse below.

Sacrifice to Priapus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Master of the Die, 16th century

Engraving of a nude classical male statue in a niche with a crown, a child figure, and a decorated shield at his feet.

Atreus Farnese, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Cornelis Cort, 1574

Engraving of eight women sacrificing at a statue of Priapus, with an ox at left and a bearded figure above the pedestal.

Eight Women Sacrificing to Priapus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Cornelis Bos, 16th century

Engraving of a nude male figure with a sword and a small winged statue in a shell-backed niche, after classical sculpture.

Diomedes with the Palladium in his left hand, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Pieter Perret, 1582

Engraved print of a tall twisted column with vine-scroll ornament and a scrolled Corinthian capital on a stepped base.

Grotesque Winding Column in St. Peter's, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 16th century

Engraving of Trajan's Column rising above its pedestal, with spiral reliefs, clouds, rooftops and small figures in the foregr

Trajan's Column, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraving of the Pyramid of Caius Cestius with overgrown plants and inscriptions, two figures at its base, clouds above.

Pyramid of Caius Cestius, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraved title page with caryatid figures, putti on a pediment, and a central cartouche reading Speculum Romanae Magnificenti

Title page engraved within architectonic and sculptural border, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, 1573-77

Engraving of the classical Laocoon group: a muscular bearded man and two sons struggling against entwining sea serpents.

Laocoon, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Sisto Badalocchio, 1561

Engraving of a muscular bearded man as Hercules in a niche, with lion skin, club, and a small infant beside him.

Emperor Commodus as Hercules, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Jacob Bos, 1550

Engraved battle scene of Amazon warriors on horseback fighting armored men, with fallen bodies and horses in the foreground.

Battle of the Amazons, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1559

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ reaching for grapes while Joseph looks on beside classical architect

Holy Family

Werner van den Valckert, 1612

Engraving of a crowded battle scene with Roman soldiers on horseback, raised swords, shields, and fallen bearded warriors.

Daican War, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1553

Etching of a grinning fool in a hooded cap embracing a young woman who peeks through her spread fingers.

Fool with a Girl Looking Through Her Fingers

Werner van den Valckert

Engraving of the bearded Ocean god seated on waves with a sea monster and staff, with Latin inscription above.

The Ocean God, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1560

Engraving of two seated marble dogs on pedestals, one viewed from the front and one from behind, with Latin inscription.

Two Dogs, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Sebastiano di Re, 1558

Engraving of a reclining nude figure tended by a bearded man in a turban, with a donkey and distant town beneath trees.

The Good Samaritan

Werner van den Valckert

Engraving of a muscular bearded figure as Hercules in a lion skin, holding an infant, standing in an arched niche.

Emperor Commodus as Hercules

Jacob Bos, 1582

Engraving of the classical sculpture Laocoon, a bearded man and two sons struggling against entwining sea serpents on a pedes

Laocoon, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 16th century

Engraving of a bearded armored statue of King Pyrrhus in a niche, with plumed helmet and lion-headed greaves.

King Pyrrhus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Jacob Bos, 1562

Etching of a crowded naval battle with galleys, armored warriors, shields and turbulent sea waves.

Naval Battle, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Michele Lucchese, 16th century

Engraving of a laureate charioteer driving four horses past a winged victory figure, with classical columns and an arch behin

Triumph of Marcus Aurelius, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, 1560

Engraving of a Roman courtyard garden with classical statues in niches, Corinthian columns, and ancient vases on the paved fl

Della Valle Museum, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Maarten van Heemskerck, 16th century

Engraved cross-section of St. Peter's Basilica showing the large central dome, flanking domes, and Corinthian columns.

St. Peter's, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, 16th century

Engraving of a decorated sarcophagus with putti, arabesque scrolls, a garland and a sheep and peacocks below.

Decorated Sarcophagus with Arabesques, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraving of the tiered Sepulchre of Julius II with seated Moses, Madonna and Child, and reclining effigy under a vaulted arc

Sepulchre of Julius II, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Engraving of carnival games on Mount Testaccio in Rome, with riders in an oval arena, crowds, carriages and the Porta Ostiens

Carnival games held in the Mount Testaccio in Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Monogrammist ITF, 1558

Engraved print of an Egyptian canopic vase with four columns of hieroglyphic inscriptions on its back.

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

Etienne Dupérac, late 16th to early 17th century

Engraved elevation of St. Peter's Basilica showing the large central dome, flanking smaller domes, and colonnaded façade.

St. Peter's, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla, 16th century

Engraving of Attilius Regulus inside a nail-studded barrel, surrounded by armed men and spectators on a rocky ground.

Attilius Regulus in a Barrel, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Diana Scultori, late 16th century