New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

J. Paul Getty Museum

1,018 works

Featured

Filters

Works per page

Color

Shape

Clear all

Pen and brown ink drawing of sailing boats at a fishing weir, with rowboats and figures on calm water under a pale sky.

Ships at a Fishing Weir with a City in the Background

Hendrick Jacobsz. Dubbels, late 1660s

Pen and brown wash drawing of tall trees at left with an open grassy clearing and birds in the sky at right.

Forest Scene

Adriaen Hendriksz. Verboom, about 1650

Red chalk study of two figures seated behind a balustrade, with hatched shading and loose contour lines.

Study of Figures Behind a Balustrade (recto); Study of Figures Behind a Balustrade (verso)

Andrea del Sarto, about 1522

Brown wash drawing of Christ praying as an angel offers a chalice while three sleeping disciples lie on rocks below.

The Agony in the Garden

Valerio Castello, about 1645

Sketch of a crowded columned temple interior with robed figures in red, yellow and gray chalk.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Jacopo Bassano, about 1570

Pen and wash drawing of fishermen and a river god on the Arno, with a city skyline and arched bridge behind.

The Arno with Fishermen

Stradanus, between 1580 and 1596

Pencil sketch of café figures at tables, with a bottle and glass, a bowl, and a handwritten French note above.

Reyer and the Washer Woman

Edgar Degas, about 1877

Black chalk studies of a muscular male figure with twisting torso and legs on tan paper, with a small sketch at upper right.

Studies of a Statuette of Atlas (recto); Studies of a Statuette of Atlas and a Figure Praying (verso)

Jacopo Tintoretto, mid-1570s-1580s

Black chalk drawing of a reclining nude youth with head turned upward, arm extended, and drapery over the legs.

Reclining Youth

Pontormo, about 1525

[Charlotte Mary Heriot Maitland]

Eliza Willis, 1850s

Brown wash drawing of an army column with camels and banners passing a crenellated castle on a hillside.

An Army Leaving a Castle

Jacques Callot, about 1632

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with a river, conifer trees, rocky slopes and handwritten notes, by John Herschel, 1834.

Valley of Fassa from Opposite Gries

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1834

[Sketch of Marching Soldiers]

Charlotte Mary Heriot Maitland, mid-19th century

Watercolor of a turbaned rider on a galloping black horse along a rocky shore under a dark stormy sky.

The Giaour

Théodore Géricault, about 1822-1823

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with a tower, low wall, resting figures, a boat and a large tree.

Landscape with Farmhouses and Figures

Jan van Goyen, 1644

Grey-paper drawing in black chalk and white highlights of a reclining female nude, with a second study of a figure above.

Two Studies of a Reclining Female Nude

Domenico Tintoretto, 1590-1610

Watercolor landscape of a round ancient temple on a rocky hill overlooking a valley with olive trees and cypresses.

View of the Ruins of the Temple of Ceres in the Valley of Agrigento

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1776-1779

Brown ink and wash drawing of a frieze with draped figures bringing offerings to a flaming altar within stone architecture.

Design for a Frieze with Worshipers Bringing Sacrificial Offerings

Lelio Orsi, about 1555

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of two winged angels, one holding a book and one playing a lute, with a third figure

Angel Musicians (recto); Head Studies (verso)

Morazzone, about 1598-1599

Pen and gray wash drawing of a village fair with tents, a church steeple, a flag, carts, and crowds of people.

A Village Festival with Musicians Playing Outside a Tent

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Brown wash drawing of a crowded theatre with an audience and costumed performers on an arched stage.

A Theatrical Performance

Francesco Guardi, 1782

Pen and brown ink drawing of a winding road, stone bridge, and chapel below steep cliffs with a valley beyond.

Mountainous Landscape with a Chapel

Jacques de Gheyn II, about 1600-1603

Monochrome print of a country road with trees, sheep, walkers and a distant church spire under cloudy skies.

Looking towards the City from the Monkland Canal Bank near Milburn Bridge

T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1885

Sepia-toned wreath of pressed leaves, fern fronds and grass blades on a page with handwritten name and date in the centre.

[Wreath of leaves and branches]

John Wheeley Gough Gutch, about 1857

Sepia print of a tidal estuary with moored rowboats and a long arched stone bridge leading to a town.

Barnstaple from South Walk

A.W. Elson & Co, 1882

Pale photogenic print of a pinnate leaf branch with fine veining, with handwritten inscription in the lower right corner.

[Leaves of a Plant]

William Henry Fox Talbot, 1842

Men on a horse-drawn sled loaded with logs, hauling timber through a snowy winter forest in the Adirondacks.

Log Hauling in the Adirondacks

Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford, Co, 1898

Line engraving of a Bayeux Tapestry strip showing armed men, a horse, a tree, an arcade and border animals.

[Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry]

Josef Albert, 1860

Pen and ink panoramic sketch of mounted officers and advancing troops across a plain with smoke over distant hills.

[illustration]

Robert C. Tytler, negative 1857-1858; print 1859

Man in a cap bending over a hedgerow in a cleared winter field, with bare trees and a second figure behind him.

Fencing in Suffolk

Peter Henry Emerson, 1888

Two ornamental stone urns side by side: left with a flame finial and scrolled handles, right with carved masks and a rope ban

Vases de Couronnement

Édouard Baldus, about 1868

Sepia lithograph of Fribourg with a Gothic church tower, a suspension bridge over a wooded ravine, and hilltop buildings.

Vue de Fribourg

Dusacq et Cie, 1864-1869

Sepia print of a busy old street with a horse-drawn carriage, crowds, an archway, and two church towers under a cloudy sky.

The Trongate in 1774

Thomas Annan, 1878

Engraved ornamental frieze with two putti and sea horses flanking a central cartouche, on a cream sheet.

[Design by Hans Sebald Beham]

Édouard Baldus, 1866

Moonlit night scene of a gothic cathedral on a hill above rooftops, rendered in blue monochrome tones.

Composition Inédite de Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo, 1870s

Engraved pictorial map of the Rhine river valley in three panels, with castle and church vignettes along the margins.

Map of the Rhine, from Bonn to Bingen

Francis Frith, 1864

Engraved view of Jerusalem with a city wall, domed buildings, olive trees, and a shepherd with sheep in the foreground.

Jérusalem

Friedrich Salathé, 1842

Engraved ornamental design sheet with sphinxes, garlands, medallions and grotesque panels in a symmetrical layout.

[Design by Androuet du Cerceau]

Édouard Baldus, 1866

Dark blue-toned sketch of a castle on a hilltop with a flying bird under a stormy sky.

Dessin Inédit de Victor Hugo Fait à Burchard

Victor Hugo, 1870s

Panoramic sketch of mounted soldiers and turbaned men fighting and crossing a river beneath rocky hills.

[Copy of a Sketch of Colonel Crealock's Engagement in India]

Felice Beato, 1858-1859

Two decorative friezes of carved laurel, oak, and ivy garlands joined by ribbon bows, printed in sepia on cream paper.

Frise du Premier Étage

Édouard Baldus, about 1868

Crowded lithograph of Parisian daguerreotype studios with banners, a steam train, a balloon, and caricatured photographers.

La Daguerreotypomanie (Daguerreotypomania)

Théodore Maurisset, December 1839

Print of a horse, cart, woman gathering sticks and a man in a hat beside a tree, with sheep on a distant hill.

Noon

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, print 1859

Print of two ornamental stucco panels with floral bouquets, scrollwork and acanthus leaves from the Tuileries palace.

Grands Appartements des Tuileries

Édouard Baldus, about 1868

Monochrome print of an angler fishing a river below a rocky cliff, with trees and a wooden footbridge beyond.

Wolfscote Bridge and Franklyn Rock, Beresford Dale

Captain George Bankart, 1888

Hand-colored print of white and red spotted lily blooms on a grey background, with Japanese variety names labeled below.

Lily

Kazumasa Ogawa, 1896

Monochrome print of a carved semicircular fanlight with a crown, a cartouche reading 1081, garlands and scrolled ornament.

Ministère d'État (Motif de l'Imposte)

Édouard Baldus, about 1868

Print of a hooded kneeling figure beside a cross on a pole, with a castle and fortified town on a hill behind.

Saint Antoine

Bisson Frères, 1861

Sepia print of horned cattle herded by mounted riders past a ruined tower on a hill under a cloudy sky.

[Landscape with buffalo]

Gustavo Reiger, 1859

Photographic plate of two pairs of sculpted winged putti in relief on the Pavillon de Flore, Louvre, about 1868.

Pavillon de Flore

Édouard Baldus, about 1868

Blue monochrome print of nude male figures running with torches trailing smoke across rocky ground under a dark sky.

[Painting of Indian Dancers]

Charles F. Lummis, 1888-1890

Black and white photograph of an ornately carved Japanese shrine hall with a railed staircase and dragon carvings under the e

Side View of Haiden Iye-yasu (A Hall for Worship in Front of a Miya)

Kazumasa Ogawa, about 1892

Pen-and-ink print of a rural road passing a farmhouse and barn, flanked by tall trees and a stone wall.

Thoreau's Birthplace

Alfred W. Hosmer, 1897

Men and a white horse piling logs on a snowy forest skidway, black and white print from 1898.

Piling Logs on a Skidway

Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford, Co, 1898

Heliogravure of a carved griffin and acanthus cornice fragment from the Pavillon Mollien staircase at the Nouveau Louvre.

Nouveau Louvre (Escalier du Pavillon Mollien)

Édouard Baldus, about 1868

Hand-coloured drawing of a Japanese procession with a palanquin, mounted rider, robed attendants and crowd, 1868.

The Mikado's Procession

Felice Beato, 1868

Sepia print of a wooden footbridge over a still pond, framed by a leaning willow tree and shrubs in the foreground.

On the "Sow," Near Walton's House at Shallowford

Captain George Bankart, 1888

Etched landscape of a river with a moored boat, a shepherd resting with sheep on the grassy bank, and trees.

Vue Prise au Bas-Meudon

Charles-François Daubigny, 1842-1845

Black and white view of a curving path beside a water channel through tall trees in the Bois de Boulogne.

Le Bois de Boulogne

Charles Marville, negative about 1858; print about 1869

Sepia print of a paddle steamer with two smokestacks battling rough waves, with a lighthouse and mountains behind.

Oenosis

Baron Paul des Granges, 1870-mid-1880s

Advertisement for Ætna Iron Works in San Francisco with a photo of the building, horse-drawn wagons, and workers on the stree

[Ætna Iron Works, Pendergast, Smith and Company, San Francisco]

I. W. Taber, 1880

Microscopic transverse section of a dandelion flower head showing rows of circular florets beneath curved green bracts.

[View of Dandelion Plant - Transverse Section]

James Hornell, May 1895

Sepia print of a herder with a staff walking beside yoked oxen carrying a basket across a flat, dry field.

Returning from Labour, by R. Ansdell

Caldesi & Montecchi, 1858

Watercolor landscape of a river winding past trees and rocks toward a distant house under a grey, cloudy sky.

River Landscape

Johann Georg von Dillis, about 1820-1830