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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,431 works

Embroidered oval picture of a shepherd playing flute and a shepherdess with crook beside sheep in a pastoral landscape.

The Shepherdess of the Alps

Evelina Hull, ca. 1812

Pencil grid of diagonal lines and dotted guide points on a torn, stained sketchbook page.

Grid (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Three women in embroidered skirts and flower wreaths dance in a field, rendered in loose colorful pastel strokes.

Dancers in Ukrainian Dress

Edgar Degas, 1899

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in a wide hat with a younger figure beside him on a rocky landscape.

Abraham and Isaac before the Sacrifice

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1644-45

Brown wash drawing of a family group in 18th-century dress: a seated woman, a standing boy, a girl, and two standing adults.

Thomas Sandby and His Family

Paul Sandby, mid-1760s

Head of a Young Woman

Lorenzo di Credi, late 15th-early 16th century

Pen and wash sketch of a hawker with a tall hat showing a cage on a table, with a woman holding a child at right.

A Hawker Showing an Animal in a Cage to a Woman and Her Child

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, mid-17th century

Black chalk and white heightened drawing on tan paper of figures in a crowded scene, a woman embracing a child in the foregro

The Massacre of the Innocents

The Veneto, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a Pietà study with a reclining body supported by a grieving figure with flowing hair.

Study for a Pietà

Fabrizio Boschi, 1620s

Brown wash drawing of an old bearded man raising a sword with one arm and extending the other outward.

Old Man Holding a Sword, His Left Arm Outstretched

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1742-57

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur carrying off a nymph beside a rearing horse, with trees at right.

Centaur Carrying Off a Nymph

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, mid-18th-late 18th century

Two kabuki actors in colorful robes under autumn maple branches, one striking a dramatic pose, the other holding a staff.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon and Arashi Sangorō

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1773

Two kabuki actors in patterned robes, one raising a sword overhead and one holding a drawn sword, beside a riverbank.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo Second with Raised Sword

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1793

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of two standing figures before a plank wall and bamboo lattice, one in checkered olive rob

The Actor Otani Hiroemon as a Man Standing in a Room

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1789

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in costume beside a wooden bucket and a lattice-windowed backdrop.

The Actor Otani Hiroji III and the Actor Onoe Kikugoro I

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Two panels of a Japanese woodblock print showing kabuki actors in patterned kimono beneath pink blossom branches.

The Actor Morita Kanya Wearing One Sword

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1792

Woodblock print of a bay with sailboats, porters on a road, and a thatched teahouse by the shore under a pink sky.

Kanagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in samurai costume, one holding a staff and one holding a sword, on a wave-patte

The Actor Sakata Hangoro II and the Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

Katsukawa Shunshō

Two figures in patterned kimono perform a lion dance beneath maple branches, one holding a lion mask, in a Japanese print.

Ichikawa Yaozō III (R) and Nakayama Tomisaburō I (L) as Two Kamuro Performing a Lion Dance

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month

Japanese print of several moths and butterflies in yellow, black and pale green on a blue background, with calligraphy above.

Various moths and butterflies

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Two-panel Japanese woodblock print of a man holding a basket-hat and a woman in maple-patterned robe carrying a sword.

Ichikawa Danjuro Fifth as a Komuso Holding a Basket-Hat in His Right Hand

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1775

Woodblock print of a writing brush, flowering branches and a patterned paper slip above Japanese calligraphy.

Books of Flowers and a Writing Brush

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a geisha hurrying with a maid carrying a black shamisen box, with calligraphy and a riverside landscape.

Geisha Girl Hurrying with a Maid Servant Who is Carrying a Shamisen Box

Two kabuki actors in patterned kimono stand against a muted backdrop, one holding a round fan and one a folding fan.

The Actors the Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro and the Arashi Sangoro

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1776

Woodblock print of a red lobster lying across a dark charcoal stick, with Japanese calligraphy above.

Lobster on a Piece of Charcoal

Japanese print of several butterflies in grey, blue, yellow and black-spotted wings, with calligraphy at upper left.

Butterflies

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of three women in a garden with plum blossoms, a lantern, and a wooden veranda.

Right View of a Garden with Three Female Figures

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Print of two smiling Japanese gods of fortune, Ebisu with a fishing rod and Daikoku with a sack, in a round scrolled frame.

Ebisu and Daikoku; Two of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a hand-drum beside an incense burner, with calligraphy above.

Lady Beating a Hand-Drum (Tzusumi) By the Side of The Incense Burner

Kubo Shunman, probably 1815

Woodblock print of a patterned teabowl on a red saucer beside a paper tube, with Japanese calligraphy above.

Teabowl and Powder Cake in a Tube

Sunayama Gosei, 19th century