Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 825,000+ artworks, 75,000+ artists, and 750+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

The First Stage of Cruelty by Dent — VisualArtsDB

Home
Print
The First Stage of Cruelty

The First Stage of Cruelty

The First Stage of Cruelty

1795–1805

Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/16 x 2 11/16 in. (7.7 x 6.8 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Tags

ChickenscatsmenDogs

More by Dent

The Distressed Poet

The Distressed Poet

Dent, 1795

Paul Before Felix

Paul Before Felix

Dent, 1795

Columbus Breaking the Egg

Columbus Breaking the Egg

Dent, 1795

After

After

Dent, 1790

Moses Brought to Pharoah's Daughter

Moses Brought to Pharoah's Daughter

Dent, 1795

Before

Before

Dent, 1790

The Company of Undertakers

The Company of Undertakers

Dent, 1795

A Chorus of Singers

A Chorus of Singers

Dent, 1790

The Enraged Musician

The Enraged Musician

Dent, 1795

Scholars at a Lecture

Scholars at a Lecture

Dent, 1795