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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,431 works

Monochrome drawing of a small hot air balloon drifting above layered clouds beneath a glowing moon in a dusky sky.

Drawing for an Illustration in "Voyages du Flandre"

Albert-Charles Tissandier, n.d.

Bearded Head, Looking Down to the Right

III Jacques de Gheyn, 1620-30

Architectural floor plan with a central rotunda, courtyard, and angled wings with labeled rooms, drawn in ink on paper.

Floor Plan for the Renovations of the Château de Rambouillet

Jean Augustin Renard, ca. 1783

Ink and wash drawing of a classical wine cooler with scroll handles, a central mask, and a fluted pedestal base.

Design for a Wine Cooler

Henri Auguste, 1770-1800

Circular pen and ink drawing of Christ being crowned with thorns by soldiers, with architecture and putti in background.

The Crowning with Thorns

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1520-30

Circular drawing of an old bearded man by a hearth as a boy blows on the fire, with a street scene visible outside.

December: And Old Man Seated by a Hearth with a Young Man Blowing on the Fire

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, late 16th-mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures in ornate frames with a hilltop town in the distance, by Jacopo Zucchi, 1563.

Study for the Allegory of San Gimignano and Colle Val d'Elsa

Jacopo Zucchi, 1563

Design of a Perspective projection for an Urn

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a heraldic shield with fleur-de-lis and roses, an owl, books, leaves, a vase and a snake.

Drawing of a Decorated Coat of Arms surrounded by Books, Owl, Leaves, Vase and a Snake

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rolling valley with hedgerows and fields framed by trees, receding to a distant horizon.

Underriver-The Golden Valley

John Linnell, ca. 1833

Etching of a rooster standing on a dunghill with hens and chicks, a jewel in the dirt, and a farmyard scene behind.

The Cock and the Precious Stone, from Aesop's Fables

Francis Barlow, ca. 1760

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornate urns with serpent handles, garlands, putti and relief figures.

Two Urns Decorated with Human Figures, Animals and Garlands

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a garden fountain with nude statues, a colonnade and seated figures in the foreground.

Susanna and the Elders

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

Pen and wash drawing of a sarcophagus design supported by two putti on plinths, with scrolled ornament and garlands.

Design for a Sarcophagus Supported by Putti for the Church of S. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, Florence

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted soldier with a round shield and sword striding across a grassy landscape.

A Soldier Brandishing a Shield in a Landscape

Monogrammist GK, 1586

Watercolor design for a square ceiling with symmetrical scrollwork, a blue central oval cartouche, and floral corner rosettes

Design for Ceiling, Château de Cangé

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a table end pier with scrolls, a central eagle emblem, and seated sphinx figures at the base.

Design for the End Pier of a Table

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1537-91

Engraving of an artist's studio with bearded men and students drawing by candlelight beside classical statues and vessels.

Baccio Bandinelli in his studio holding a statuette of Venus, students sketching from a model by candlelight

Agostino Veneziano, 1531

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central ivy garland medallion, blue field, and corner flower bouquets in a brown frame

Design for Bathroom Ceiling, Hôtel Cahen d'Anvers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a Roman emperor in armor receiving a petition from an older man, with a seated attendant.

Drawing of a Roman Emperor Receiving a Petition

Federico Zuccaro, n.d.

Watercolor album page with furniture designs: a canopy bed, a table with winged sphinx supports, a floor plan, and a scroll-a

Designs for Furniture

Pierre Antoine Bellangé, ca. 1800-40

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling corner with scrollwork, strapwork panels, and red, green and purple decoration.

Design for Dining Room Ceiling, Château de Cangé

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Brown ink drawing in a circle of a dragon head, a long-beaked bird, and a grimacing human mask.

Two Beasts and a Human Mask within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man gesturing to a kneeling woman beside a standing figure, with dark wash accents.

Abraham Dismissing Hagar

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Watercolor design of an arched doorway with vines and trellis opening to sky, flanked by red and gold ornamental panels.

Design for Coffered Ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Human Mask Looking to the Left within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Grey wash drawing of an ornate painted ceiling design with curved bands, scrollwork, and putti holding garlands.

One Quarter Design for a Painted Ceiling

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1730-66

Watercolor design for a wall with a double door under an arched pediment, painted panels and a decorative frieze.

Design for Wall Paneling, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Grotesque Winged and Bearded Head Looking to the Left within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Pen and ink design sheet with grotesque figures, urns, scrolling foliage, birds and drapery for a wall decoration.

Design for a Grotesque Wall Decoration

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Watercolor design of a chimney piece with a heraldic coat of arms above a grey mantel against a red wall.

Design for Chimney Piece, Château du Duc de Meternick, Johannisburg

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Putto's Head Looking to the Right with a Shell Beneath the Chin within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Two Studies for Helmet Designs Presented En Profil

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Watercolor design of a painted doorway with pediment, oval relief of cherubs, red and gold panels, and decorative friezes.

Pompeiian Design for Wall and Doorway

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Two Grotesque Heads Facing One Another within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Pen and ink design of a rococo cartouche with an Annunciation scene above and a robed figure with a staff below.

Design for a Cartouche with an Annunication above and a Kneeling Figure with Staff Below

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling robed figure with heavy draped cloth folds on grey paper.

Kneeling Prelate

Alexandre Laemlein, 1830-71

Two Grotesque Heads Facing One Another and Touching Tongues Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Pen and brown ink drawing of a dolphin-entwined vessel base with scrolling waves and sea forms on pale paper.

Design for the Base of a Vessel with Three Dolphins

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Red chalk drawing of two kneeling figures in draped garments, one with clasped hands, on grey paper.

Two Kneeling Figures

Alexandre Laemlein, 1830-71

Grotesque Head With a Large Ear and an Open Mouth Looking to the Right Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Pen and brown wash drawing of a vessel base supported by two crouching satyr figures with raised arms.

Design for the Base of a Vessel with Two Satyrs

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling draped figure seen from behind, head raised, cloak falling in hatched folds.

Kneeling Draped Figure

Alexandre Laemlein, 1830-71

Small Grotesque Head Looking to the Left Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Pen and wash drawing of a suspended censer with fluted bowl, winged cherub heads, and scroll chains.

Design for Suspended Censer

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Circular brown wash drawing with white highlights showing robed men in an arched interior with a tower beyond.

The Greatness of Mordecai

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Ink drawing of a grotesque head with an open toothed mouth turned left, inside a thin circular frame.

Large Grotesque Head With an Open Mouth Looking to the Left Within a Frame

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Pen and ink design of an ornate fountain with two lions spouting water beside a central garlanded urn and tiered basin.

Design for a Fountain with Two Water-Spouting Lions (recto); Sketch for Triumph of Galatea [?] (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Grey wash drawing of a bearded king reaching toward a kneeling veiled woman in an arcaded palace, with attendants and a balco

Queen Esther hears of the Decree against the Jews

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Grotesque Head With a Bulging Forehead Looking to the Right Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Circular pen and blue wash drawing of a robed man among armored soldiers and columns, with a kneeling figure in the foregroun

St. George and the Sorcerer of Dacian

Lambert van Noort, 1555

Grey wash drawing of two seated bearded men conversing in a classical colonnaded interior, with a third man leaning over a ba

Mordecai overhears the two Conspirators plotting against the King

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Grotesque Head With a Large Eyebrow Looking to the Left Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Pen and wash drawing of men drinking in a cluttered tavern with shelves of jugs, a ladder, and barrels.

Drinkers in a Tavern

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a dim barn interior with peasants, cows, and chickens beneath heavy timber roof beams.

Barn Interior with Peasants and Cows (recto); Six Studies of Peasants (verso)

Isaac van Ostade, 17th century

Hand-colored title page for Songs of Innocence showing a woman reading to two children beneath a tree, with ornate lettering.

Songs of Innocence: Title Page

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated man in a flat cap beside a doorway, with a dog at his feet.

Seated Man Wearing a Flat Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-40

Pen and ink design drawing of an arched entrance portal with paired columns, volute brackets and a heavy entablature.

Design for an Entrance Portal

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Hand-colored page with the poem Introduction in red text, framed by twisting vines and small figures in roundels.

Songs of Innocence: Introduction

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Pen and ink drawing of a man leading a laden camel with a decorated saddle, with faint sketches of other figures at left.

Man Leading a Camel

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650-69

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with Virgin, Christ child, angels and classical architecture.

The Adoration of the Shepherds (recto); Sketches (verso)

Maarten van Heemskerck, ca. 1532-37

Hand-colored page showing children playing on a green under a large tree, with a poem printed below in orange text.

Songs of Innocence: The Ecchoing Green

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Drawing of an ornate vase design with two eagle heads as handles, scrolling ornament and a fluted neck.

Design for Vase with Eagles

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Grey sketch of bathers in a wooded landscape on a 1898 Cézanne exhibition announcement from Galerie Vollard.

Exhibition Announcement and Catalogue for a Cézanne show at the Galerie Vollard (May 9-June 10, 1898)

Paul Cézanne, 1898