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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Red chalk drawing of a seated young woman in a headscarf and wrap, resting on a wooden stool with draped skirt.

Seated Young Woman

Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a standing female saint with flowing hair holding a chalice and host, dated 1513.

St. Barbara with a Chalice and Host

Hans Baldung Grien, 1513

Pen and ink study of a seated bearded man in half-length, twisting torso, loose hatching and draped cloth.

Study of a Seated Nude, Bearded Man in Half-Length

the Elder Francisco de Herrera, 1610-54

Central watercolor of a busy Munich square with twin church towers, surrounded by fifteen small architectural city views on g

Fifteen Architectural Subjects: Views of Munich

Heinrich Adam, 1835

Pencil drawing of a young woman's head and shoulders, turned three-quarters, with hair coiled and braided under a band.

Bust of a Young Woman

Hans Baldung Grien, 1500-1545

Watercolor interior of a woman reclining on a blue canopy bed as a man and a child in red enter the room.

Le Matin (Morning)

Pierre Antoine Baudouin

Circular pen and grey wash drawing of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, with a priest holding the infant at an altar.

The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple

Sebald Beham, early to mid-16th century

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornamental urn fountain with sphinx heads spouting water, on tan paper.

Design for a Wine Fountain

Henri Auguste, ca. 1770-1816

Pen and grey wash drawing of an armored rider on a rearing, ornately decorated horse against a sparse landscape.

Equestrian Portrait of Henry IV

Auvrest, late 18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a uniformed rider on an ornately decorated horse crossing a hilly landscape.

Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon as First Consul

Brown ink landscape drawing of windswept trees, rolling hills, a distant building, and small figures along a path.

Landscape with Six Figures

Pen and wash drawing of a cruet frame design with two pitchers flanking a serpent-shaped central stand on a footed tray.

Design for a Cruet Frame

Pen and wash drawing of a covered tureen with scroll handles on a footed stand with lion paw feet, within a border.

Design for a Covered Tureen on a Footed Stand

Pen drawing of a classical gateway elevation with pediment, pilasters, and cherub relief, with a ground plan below.

Design for an Elevation of a Gateway, Abbey at Rebais (Seine et Marne)

Claude Louis D'Aviler, n.d.

Pen and wash architectural drawing of an altar and ironwork choir grill with cherub heads, with a floor plan below.

Design for an Altar and Choir Grill, Abbey at Rebais

Claude Louis D'Aviler

Brown ink and wash drawing of two horses pulling a chariot beside a shielded warrior, with white highlights.

Triumphal Scene

Lelio Orsi, 1531-87

Pen and wash drawing in a circle of the Circumcision of Christ, with a priest holding the infant and the Virgin watching.

The Circumcision of Christ

Sebald Beham, 1510-50

Pencil drawing of a leafy tree behind a wooden fence, with a path curving along the right side.

Study of a Tree

Tina Blau, 1863

Circular pen and ink drawing with wash of a garden of love, with bathing women, courting couples, musicians and a town skylin

The Garden of Love

Jörg Breu the Younger, 16th century

Pencil landscape of leaning umbrella pines and a small stone building beside shrubs, with a pale open sky.

Landscape

Alexandre Calame, 1825-64

Drawing of seated Saint Catherine with curled hair and a spiked wheel, in brown ink on a dark blue ground.

Saint Catherine

Lucas Cranach the Elder, late 15th-mid-16th century

A Swiss Foot Soldier

Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, early 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man reading a book beside a crucifix, a skull and a donkey in a rocky landscape.

Saint Francis Reading

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1747

Pencil sketch of a kneeling female nude above two studies of winged angels on pale paper.

Kneeling Female Nude and Two Studies of Angels

Georg Rafael Donner, early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a man in military uniform and bicorne hat on an ornately decorated horse in a landscape.

Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon

Pen and wash drawing of a covered bowl with knotted handles on a footed stand with paw feet.

Design for a Covered Bowl with Stand

Henri Auguste, ca. 1770-1816

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in a wig and embroidered coat with a star order, holding a quill at a desk.

Portrait of J. J. Régis de Cambecérès

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of winged angels playing lute, violin and wind instruments, with a monogram and the date 1521.

Music-Making Angels

Albrecht Dürer, 1521

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Albrecht Dürer, 1490-1528

Watercolor study of two bird wings, one brown and rust, one grey and blue, with the date 1515 at the top.

Bittern's Wings: study showing both sides

Albrecht Dürer, 1515

Brown wash drawing of a group of standing men in robes, one pointing and another raising a staff or banner.

Group of Men

Master of the Large Figure Brush Drawings, 17th century

Seated Young Woman

Adam Elsheimer, late 16th-early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a uniformed man with a sword leaning on a cannon beside a flag, with a landscape behind.

Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing man in military uniform with a sash and star, leaning on a pedestal.

Portrait of Alexander I, Czar of Russia

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Portrait of Mark Akenside

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman in a headscarf and gown, leaning at a table beside a globe under a tree.

Portrait of Maria Gaet - Agnesi

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in period dress leaning on a table beside a curtain and tall flowering plants.

Portrait of M.-J.-A.-N. de Coritat, Marquis de Condorcet

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a standing officer in uniform holding a sword, with a stone pedestal and landscape behind him.

Portrait of C.-F. du Perier Dumouriez

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat pointing forward beside a horse, with a flag and rocky ground behind him.

Portrait of Prince Henry of Prussia

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a man in a long coat leaning on an inscribed pedestal beside a quill and book.

Portrait of Giovanni Fantoni (or "Labindo")

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in period dress holding a top hat and cane, with a building and shrubs behind him.

Portrait of Edmond Burke

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man in a coat examining coins in an open cabinet drawer, with shelves and a skull in the roo

Portrait of Joseph-Hilarius Eckehel

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Brown wash drawing of a standing woman in an empire gown beside a desk with sheet music, and a laurel-crowned harpist behind

Portrait of Angelica Catalani de Valabrègue

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in a fur cap and spectacles beside a stove, with a quill and books on a table.

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of rococo pediments, scrolls and an arched niche with a cartouche and musical instruments.

Preparatory Studies for Plates 90 and 91 of "Maisons de plaisance," Volume II

Jacques-François Blondel, 18th century

Drawing for "La Colonne Trajane"

François Boucher, 18th century

Pen and wash design drawing of a circular clock with cherubs, a seated draped woman, and a lower frieze of putti and garland.

Design for a Clock

Henri-Charles-Antoine Baron, mid-19th century

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a seated bearded man surrounded by a kneeling woman, children, and standing figures under an

Belisarius Begging for Alms

Heinrich Füger, mid-18th-early 19th century

Graphite sketch of two helmeted warriors in classical armor bending over a fallen figure in a columned interior.

Two Warriors in Classical Costume Bending over Two Figures

Heinrich Füger, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pencil sketch of a nude female figure standing in an arched niche framed by ivy, above a fountain basin.

Recto:Nude Female Figure in a Niche Verso: Study for a Fountain

Hans Gasser, 1830-68

Red chalk drawing of mourners lowering the dead Christ onto a stone tomb, with veiled women and a bearded man looking on.

The Entombment

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of cavalry riders and rearing horses around a fallen soldier, with trees and a rocky landscape behind.

Cavalry Engagement

Francesco Monti, 1646-1712

Grey wash drawing in oval format showing a radiant monstrance among clouds and angels, with allegorical figures and a globe b

Veneration of the Eucharist by the Peoples of the World (Allegories of the Four Continents)

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, 1720-74

Graphite drawing of a crowned woman on a horse with flying putti, figures below, and a wheelbarrow of tools in the foreground

Allegory of Europe, from the Four Continents

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, 1728-74

Brown ink drawing of robed onlookers, an armored man, and a reclining nude figure under a draped canopy.

Saint Anthony of Padua and the Miracle of the Miser's Heart

Antonio Lombardo, 1501

Pencil drawing of a crowned woman riding a lion under a parasol, with feathered figures and palm trees in the landscape.

Allegory of Africa

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, 1728-74

Sepia drawing of a hilly landscape with a distant town, with a shepherd and grazing sheep and goats in the foreground.

View of Marino in the Alban Hills

Jacob Philipp Hackert, ca. 1770-1807

Brown ink drawing of a large spreading tree with two small figures on a path and a distant town at left.

A Large Tree at Albano

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1782

Brown wash drawing of a rocky hill with pines, wooden houses, a church spire, and figures on a path under a cloudy sky.

View of Svenarum in the Province of Småland, Sweden

Jacob Philipp Hackert, ca. 1764

Sepia wash drawing of a rocky gorge with cliffs, boulders, a dirt path and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Landscape at Civita Castellana

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1776

Circular drawing of Neptune raising a trident in a shell chariot pulled by sea horses over waves, with cliffs behind.

Neptune in his Chariot

Pieter de Jode, late 16th-mid 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a seated man and a crowd of women and boys gathered around a draped statue on a column.

Figures Adoring a Statue of the "Magna Mater"

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1585

Grey wash drawing of a baroque design with a winged angel, a bishop, a haloed saint with a skull, and a coat of arms.

Design for a Stained Glass Window or Frontispiece with the Arms of a Cleric

Johann Heiss, mid-17th-early 18th century

Watercolor study of a grass tuft with ferns and wild plants, and a dragonfly resting on a blade of grass at right.

A Small Piece of Turf

Hans Hoffmann, 1584

Pen drawing of Christ carrying a cross through a crowd of soldiers, with a town and tower in the background.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Wolfgang Huber, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of a seated draped woman beside a classical urn under a weeping willow tree.

Female Figure Seated Beside an Urn

Angelica Kauffmann, 1800

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd in a city square with robed figures on steps before an arched building.

Virginius and Virginia (?)

Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a young woman in half-figure, eyes closed, head tilted, with long braided hair on pale paper.

Half-figure of a Young Woman

Gustav Klimt, 1918

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude woman with one arm outstretched on cream paper.

Reclining Nude with Outstretched Left Arm

Gustav Klimt, 1903-1904

Pencil sketch of a standing nude woman with head tilted and arm raised, signed Gustav Klimt Nachlass in lower right.

Standing Nude

Gustav Klimt, 1906-07

Red chalk sketch of two reclining female nudes on tan paper, one resting her head on her hand.

Two Reclining Nudes

Gustav Klimt, 1905-1906

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental cartouche with cherubs, a trumpeting winged figure, and a globe, a study for a book plate.

Preparatory Study for Plate 34 in "Maisons de plaisance" Vol. II

Jacques-François Blondel, 18th century

Pencil sketch of two studies of female figures on tan paper, one reclining with eyes closed, one crouched below.

Two Studies for a Crouching Woman

Gustav Klimt, 1914-15

Pencil sketch of two nude women reclining and intertwined, with loose contour lines on cream paper.

Two Women Reclining

Gustav Klimt, ca. 1905-06

Pencil sketch of a reclining female nude with a raised arm and patterned drapery curling around her body.

Reclining Nude with Drapery

Gustav Klimt, ca. 1912-13

Pencil sketch of two intertwined reclining figures on tracing paper, with handwritten inscription at upper left.

The Lovers

Gustav Klimt, 1913

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude woman seen from behind, with loose drapery, on cream paper.

Reclining Nude with Drapery, Back View

Gustav Klimt, 1917-1918

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude female figure on tan paper, signed Gustav Klimt, with loose contour lines.

Reclining Nude

Gustav Klimt, ca. 1912-13

Red chalk drawing of a decorative arch with a flower basket, floral swags, a putto head, a bird, and trophy objects.

Preparatory Study for Plate 41 in "Maisons de plaisance," Vol. II

Jacques-François Blondel, 18th century

Pencil and white chalk study on blue paper of several women in top hats and long dresses, in multiple poses.

Studies of Horsewomen

Wilhelm von Kobell, late 18th-mid-19th century

Grey wash drawing of an ornamental rococo frame with scrollwork, shells, garlands and two cherubs at the corners.

Design for a Ceiling

Jean Bérain, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of Saint John the Baptist with a lamb in a wooded wilderness, within a circular format.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Hans von Kulmbach, ca. 1510-15

Grey-toned sketch of musicians playing flute and cello beside a balustrade, with figures and trees behind them.

Recto: The Concert Verso: Seated Male Nude

Johann Liss, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of Abraham raising a sword as a winged angel restrains him over a nude youth, Isaac.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Johan Carl Loth, 17th century

White chalk drawing of two lily blossoms on a dark grey-green paper ground.

Floral Design

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Pen and ink wash drawing of a crowded palace scene with draped figures around a central man and a table.

Solomon

Johan Carl Loth, 17th century

Grey-toned drawing of a spray of Canterbury bells with bell-shaped flowers and buds on a dark olive background.

Spray of Canterbury Bells

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Blue wash drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, a ruined stone wall, and a distant building under a pale sky.

Landscape

Isaak Major, early 17th century

Study sheet on grey paper with several white hollyhock blossoms, pink centers, yellow stamens, and a stem with buds.

White Hollyhocks

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Pastel drawing of yellow daisies and a pink wild rose with green buds on a gray background.

Yellow Daisies and Pink Wild Rose

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of Judith with a sword pointing skyward, a maidservant, and a severed head in a landscape.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Anton von Maron, 18th century-early 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling haloed woman looking up at a haloed barefoot figure holding a cross, with lilies behind.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Master of the Drapery Studies, ca. 1490

Kneeling Female Figure

Master MZ, late 15th-early 16th century

Loose pen and ink sketch of the Holy Family with St. John the Baptist over a faint grid.

Holy Family with St. John the Baptist

Anton Raphael Mengs, mid-18th century

Charcoal drawing of a seated nude male figure with head bowed, one arm across his shoulder, on a rock.

Seated Nude Male

Anton Raphael Mengs, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a seated bearded man looking up at a standing man holding beads, with a woman in a hat behind them.

Doctor and Patient

Adolph Menzel, 1899