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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,820 works

Grey wash design drawing of a fireplace with winged griffins on pedestals, acanthus scrolls, and a central baluster.

Design for Cast-iron Grate in Rococo Style with Putti Fire Dogs

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, ca. 1814

Blue watercolor of an anthropomorphic kingfisher in a tailcoat fishing with a rod beside a pond and reeds.

Kingfisher

Linley Sambourne, late 19th century

Engraving of a woman in lace-trimmed dress holding out her hand to a bird, with birds flying and hunters in a landscape behin

Air, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Engraving of a armored man with a club beside a lion and rooster, with a battle scene and chariots in the sky behind him.

Declaration of War on Spain by Louis XIII: The King as Hercules

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Woodcut broadside showing mounted police charging a crowd with sabers, with newspaper columns of text below.

Cover of the 'Gaceta Callejera' reporting on the continuation of anti-reelection riots

José Guadalupe Posada, 1892

Woodcut of Pentecost: a dove descends in rays of light over robed apostles gathered in a room, one kneeling with a book.

Pentecost, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1510

Woodcut of four winged angels with swords striking a crowd below, with trumpeting angels and an enthroned figure above.

The Four Avenging Angels, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Woodcut of seven angels with trumpets above an enthroned God, with a dragon, fire and ships in the scene below.

The Seven Angels with the Trumpets, from "The Apocalypse", Latin Edition

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Pen and watercolor landscape with thatched cottages, resting cows, peasants at work, and a distant church spire under a cloud

March

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Watercolor village street with a church spire, thatched cottages, market vendors, children, a dog and chickens.

May

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor drawing of a windmill, harvest workers, sheaves of grain and a castle under a cloudy sky.

August

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor village scene with a church steeple, thatched cottages, butchered pigs and villagers in the foreground.

November

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Engraving of Saint Mark seated writing with a quill, a winged lion lying at the right, in a stone interior.

Saint Mark writing his gospel, winged lion at the right

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Saint Roch standing barefoot with a tall staff, a dog beside him, and a village in the background.

Saint Roch standing holding a staff in his left hand, a dog by his side

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Black-and-white woodcut of a knight on horseback beside a halberd-bearing man-at-arms, with trees and a distant castle.

The Knight and Man-at-arms

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of Saint John in a cauldron over a fire, watched by a seated ruler, a crowd, and guards in a city setting.

The Martyrdom of Saint John, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of Saint George on a rearing horse spearing a dragon, with bones and a skull in the foreground.

Saint George and the Dragon

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1504

Woodcut of a coat of arms with a wild man blowing horns above, a wild man leading hunting dogs on the shield, framed by vines

The Arms of Johann Tscherte

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Watercolor of two cattle resting on a hillside above a river and hazy mountains under a pale sky.

Cattle resting in a mountainous landscape, Bengal

George Chinnery, ca. 1808-12

Woodcut of a bearded horseman drawing his sword beside a kneeling beggar, with trees and a castle in the background.

St. Martin

Hans Baldung Grien, 16th century

Engraving of winged Fortune above clouds, with nobles on the left and a crippled soldier and beggars on the right, battle and

Fortune Favoring France

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635-37

Symmetrical engraved grotesque panel with satyrs, a central mask, scrollwork, and small classical figures in framed niches.

Grotesque Panel

Jacques Androuet, 1550

Woodcut of Christ bound to a column, surrounded by tormentors, with a crown of thorns on the floor at lower right.

The Scourging of Christ

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of a 17th-century interior with women gathered by a fireplace, a woman holding an infant, and a canopied bed.

Visit of the Nursemaid

Abraham Bosse, 1633

Engraving of three men in feathered hats in a street, with a bagpipe player, a broom, a dog, and a church steeple behind them

The Hotpot Carried to the Newlyweds; or The Racket

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Engraving of a fireplace room with women conversing, a kneeling servant, a small dog, and a canopy bed beyond.

Visit of the Nursemaid, plate 6 from "Marriage in the City" (Le Mariage à la Ville)

Abraham Bosse, 1633

Woodcut of Saint George on horseback raising a sword against a dragon, with a castle on a hill in the background.

Saint George

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Engraving of a man raising his arm over a kneeling woman in a room, with two children and a dog nearby.

The Wife-Beater

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Woodcut of a fool in a cap leading a cow past a ship and mountains, with Latin text above and below.

Illustration from Sebastian Brandt's "Navis Stultifera", Basle, Bergmann van Olpe, 1497

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of Saint Jerome seated in a study, removing a thorn from a lion's paw beside open books and a window.

Saint Jerome Extracting a Thorn from the Lion's Foot, Lyons 1508 (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.