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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,817 works

Engraving of St. George lancing a dragon while a princess watches from a hill and a walled town appears at right.

St. George and the Dragon; Designs for Goldsmiths

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470-1503

Etching of a harbor with stone towers, sailing ships, a donkey rider, walking figures and large trees.

Coast Scene with an Artist

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Etching of a square stone tower topped by a double-headed eagle and crown, flanked by two crowned female allegorical figures.

The Square Tower

Claude Lorrain, 1637

Etching of a figure flung upward while a large horse rears on a rocky ground under a dark sky.

The horse abductor, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Etching of goats and shepherds on a path beneath a large tree, with a stone bridge and distant town in the background.

Departure for the Fields

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Etching of animals in a clearing: a rooster and dead hen at left, a fox and sheep at right, a lion seated behind.

The Rooster Accuses Renard of the Murder of One of His Chickens from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a forest with large twisted trees and two men with a donkey and dog on a path.

A Forest with Two Men Conversing

Jacobus Pelgrom, 1842

Engraved sheet with a central Circumcision scene, Adoratio Magi and Conversio Pauli panels, and eight framed saints.

Circumcision

Laurent de La Hyre

Etching of Saint Paul's conversion: a fallen rider and horse below, a divine figure with angels in the clouds above.

Conversion of St. Paul

Laurent de La Hyre, ca. 1637

Etching of a nude woman seated on a swing bar beside a large dark bird with spread wings, with a vertical post between them.

Schaukel, from the series Radierte Skizzen

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of a nude man slumped on a rocky ledge with a vulture perched behind him and a staff on the ground.

Sterbender Wanderer, from the series Radierte Skizzen

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of a woman resting in a hammock under flowering branches, with a seated cat and a distant mountain.

Siesta II (from the series Etched Sketches)

Max Klinger, 1879

Etching of a fallen horse and rider beneath a large tree, with birds scattering in the sky and a broken sword on the ground.

Gefallener Reiter, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of nude figures on a rock above the sea, with winged creatures and the title Arnold Böcklin in large letters.

Dedication (from the series A Life)

Max Klinger, 1887-1903

Etching of an armored knight on horseback above a seated woman in a flowery meadow, with a distant castle.

Ritter Tod, from the series Brahmsphantasie

Max Klinger, 1894

Etching of a plague ward where a nun raises a crucifix as ravens fly through open windows over sick patients in iron beds.

Plague (Pest), from the series Death, Part II (Vom Tode Zweiter Teil)

Max Klinger, 1903 (published 1904)

Etching of a battle by a river, with a giant armored figure with a sword above a burning town and crowds of soldiers.

Krieg, from the series Vom Tode Zweiter Teil

Max Klinger, n.d.

Seated woman with a dark bird at her feet, before a tapestry-like background of elephants, lions, deer and nude figures.

Leuckart Certificate (Penelope)

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of a forest path with riders, a boat on a river, a smoking castle, and a distant city with church towers.

La fiamma è vicina al fuoco

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1853-55

Etching of a woman in a hat leaning on a wire fence, watching pheasants and birds on grass beneath trees.

In the Zoological Garden

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1873

Etching of teal ducks resting in a marsh among tall reeds, with birds flying overhead under a hatched sky.

Sarcelles

Félix Bracquemond, 1853

Brown ink and wash drawing of a forest scene with pines, birch trees, a stream, and grazing cattle.

Landscape with cattle in Weißbach on the Rhön

Carl Wagner, 1841

Engraved coat of arms with a rooster on a helmet above a rampant lion, framed by scrolling foliage.

Coat of Arms with Cock

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1502

Etching of a park pond with birch trees, swans, and a seated couple in 19th-century dress at the water's edge.

Le Bois de Boulogne, from "L'Artiste"

Félix Bracquemond, 1857

Etching of a team of oxen pulling a cart over rocky ground, with a driver holding a long goad and a dog beside them.

Team of Cattle (Haut-Dauphiné), from "L'Artiste"

Félix Bracquemond, 1857

Etching of a large black raven before a stone wall, with a hanging noose and perched birds on a wooden platform behind.

Le Corbeau, from "L'Artiste"

Félix Bracquemond, February 6, 1859

Etched frontispiece with a seated nude woman holding a mirror, a dog and stone lion, under a classical portico with a banner.

Société des Aquafortistes (Frontispice)

Félix Bracquemond, 1865

Engraved panorama of a fortified hilltop town under siege, with mounted officers and a pikeman in the foreground.

The Siege of the La Motte, in Lorraine

Abraham Bosse, 1636-38

Etching of pheasants walking through misty heathland with birch trees fading into fog in the background.

Brumes du matin

Félix Bracquemond, 1882

Etching of three women and a girl on a rural path with cows and a dog, under a hilly landscape with trees.

Les Demoiselles de village

Félix Bracquemond, 1867