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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,826 works

Semicircular fan design with white cats holding gilded sunflowers on stems, edged with a green and gold scalloped border.

Fan Design with Cats and Sunflowers

Henri Charles Guérard, ca. 1885-90

Pencil drawing of a man in a beret and frilled cravat, turned three-quarters to the left, with handwritten inscriptions below

Portrait of Johann Heinrich Friedrich Carl Witte

Samuel Amsler, 1819

Grey-wash drawing of riders and horses at a riding school with a visiting family, dogs, a statue and a carriage.

A Riding School with a Visiting Family

Dirk Langendijk, 1778

Watercolor of a figure with a dog on ancient stone walls overlooking a plain, a winding road, and a distant sea under stormy

View of Norba from the North, towards San Felice Circeo

Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner, 1856

Grey wash drawing of soldiers fighting a skirmish beside a cannon and farm building, with smoke and a mounted officer at left

A Skirmish with Soldiers Near a Farm (recto); Sketch with Soldiers (verso)

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Watercolor of weathered stone ruins overgrown with plants, with two figures in the foreground under a partly cloudy sky.

Ruins on the Right of the Via Appia

Carlo Labruzzi, ca. 1789

Etching of allegorical winged figures above a city square, with robed figures gathered before a pedestal and a Gothic church

The Return of the Parliament (Le Retour du Parlement)

Jean Bernard Restout, ca. 1774

Pencil drawing of Socrates seated in a stone chamber, reaching for a cup while robed figures gather around him.

Death of Socrates

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, ca. 1782-92

Engraved portrait of William Shakespeare with a skull, a book, a coat of arms and a Latin inscription.

William Shakespeare

Charles William Sherborn, 1876

Pen and ink drawing of William Shakespeare in ruff and embroidered doublet within an ornate octagonal frame.

William Shakespeare

Samuel Ireland, 1795

Pencil sketch of a hunter with a rifle and hat, seen from behind, with a dog at lower left.

Roman Hunter with his Dog, seen from the Back

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1845

Etching of a mustached man in a suit and tie, with a small street scene of buildings and a bare tree at upper left.

Portrait of John F. Weir

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Engraved oval portrait of William Shakespeare in a laurel wreath, with a verse and coat of arms on a pedestal below.

William Shakespeare

George Vertue, 1719

Watercolor of a shepherd driving sheep along a path beneath steep rocky cliffs and a twisted tree under cloudy skies.

Driving sheep in a rocky landscape

David Cox, ca. 1846

Watercolor of a wooded landscape with a large tree, rocky cliffs, a waterfall, and three small figures on a path.

Figures beside a waterfall and pool in a wooded landscape

John Varley, 1812

Engraving of a reclining nude woman pouring water from an urn, with reeds and clouds, from the series The Elements.

Water, from "The Elements"

Johann Justin Preissler, 1735

Etching of the crowned Virgin holding the Christ Child amid angels, with saints kneeling below in clouds.

Coronation of the Virgin by the Child Adored by Saints

Cornelis Schut, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a melancholic woman leaning on a ledge beside a skull, celestial globe, hourglass and sleeping dog.

Melancholia

Henri Simon Thomassin, ca. 1729-40

Blue-toned print of a woman with curled hair resting her hand on her chin, looking downward, with white chalk highlights.

Head of a Woman

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 1767

Engraving of a reclining woman with a flower wreath, holding a globe and cornucopia, with the word TERRA inscribed.

Earth, from "The Elements"

Johann Justin Preissler, 1735

Chalk drawing of a young man with curly hair, gazing upward, draped in classical cloth against a grey background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, ca. 1810-20

Watercolor of a woman, children in a cart, and a dog on a path, with a distant city dome and cows on a hillside.

View of London with St. Paul’s in the distance: woman and children with a baby carriage

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1787

Watercolor of a craggy mountain under stormy clouds, with rocky boulders and tawny moorland in the foreground.

Snowdon, after an April Hailstorm [or Snowdon through Clearing Clouds]

Alfred William Hunt, ca. 1857

Engraving of a draped woman seated on a ledge holding a flaming urn, with a salamander at her side.

Fire, from "The Elements"

Johann Justin Preissler, 1735

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of the Holy Family with two infant children, Virgin Mary, and bearded Saint Joseph.

Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist (recto); large-scale cropped sketches of draperies and legs (verso)

Gregorio Pagani, 1590-92

Engraving of the Archangel Michael with spear and wings standing over a defeated demon in an architectural niche with columns

The Archangel Michael Defeating Satan, in a Niche

Lucas Kilian, 1588 or later

Engraving of a reclining nude woman with a peacock and birds in the sky, representing air as an allegorical element.

Air, from "The Elements"

Johann Justin Preissler, 1735

Watercolor of a calm lake with wooded hills, distant mountains, and a small tower on a ridge under cloudy skies.

View of Lake Como

Francis Towne, August 27, 1781

Watercolor of a family pausing on a road with a dog, grazing cattle, and a distant city dome under a cloudy sky.

View of London with St. Paul’s in the distance: a family pausing on a road

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1787

Dark woodland path at dusk with tall trees on both sides and pale light on the ground, in brown and blue wash.

A woodland scene at dusk (recto); A study of trees and foliage (verso)

William James Müller, 1833-45