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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Watercolor of a winged nude woman reaching for grapes above a pool, with red autumn maple leaves falling around her.

Autumn Scattering Leaves

John La Farge, ca. 1900

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded nude man running right with windblown hair against a hatched rocky landscape.

Bearded Nude Male Figure Running Toward the Right

Stefano da Verona, mid-15th century

Black chalk drawing of a standing bearded man in a draped cloak holding a long staff, with white highlights on toned paper.

Saint John the Baptist

Innocenzo da Imola, early 16th century

Watercolor of a crouching nude man by the sea with a swimming figure reaching up and white daisies in the grass below.

Song of the Siren

John La Farge, ca. 1883-84

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded seated man in a hat holding a book and gesturing toward an inscribed scroll.

Seated Man with a Book and a Scroll

Stefano da Verona, first half 15th century

Pen and ink drawing of the dead Christ mourned by women beneath a cross, with a standing figure and clouds behind.

The Lamentation of Christ

Circle of Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1513

Drawing of a bearded man in a billowing cloak carrying a child on his shoulders, with a staff and flowering branch.

Saint Christopher

Follower of Hans Baldung Grien, third quarter 16th century

Two Lansquenets

Erhard Altdorfer, 1513

Brown-ground drawing with white highlights showing the Holy Family, Saint Elizabeth and infant Saint John beneath a palm tree

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1513

Pen drawing of a nude woman standing on a sphere inside an architectural niche framed by two pilasters, dated 1498.

Fortuna in a Niche

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Pen and ink drawing of a standing man in a draped robe and headdress, one hand raised, on a pinkish tan sheet.

Standing Scholar (Prophet?) Turned to the Right (Recto); Standing Scholar (Prophet?) Turned to the Left (Verso)

Middle Rhine Germany, ca. 1460-70

Pen and ink drawing of Saint John the Evangelist seated, holding a chalice, with a halo and Gothic canopy.

Saint John the Evangelist

Upper Rhine, ca. 1480

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with an older man reading beside a table in an interior.

The Holy Family in an Enclosed Garden

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Brown ink and wash drawing of a figure in long robes hanging from a gibbet beside a wooden post.

Elsje Christiaens Hanging on a Gibbet

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1664

Portrait of Simon von Liebenstein (?)

Hans Schwarz, ca. 1516

Head of a Man

Sebald Beham, 1549

Pen and brown ink sketch of a domed pavilion with a staircase, columns, and urns, attributed to Canaletto.

A Magnificent Pavilion by the Lagoon (recto); The Grand Canal, with the Rialto Bridge from the South (verso)

Canaletto, ca. 1727-29

Pen and blue wash design for an armored breastplate covered in scrolling foliage, grotesques and classical figures.

Design for the Breastplate of a Suit of Armor

Etienne Delaune, ca. 1576

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child before classical arches and columns.

Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, first quarter 16th century

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man in a white turban, with curly beard and white highlights on a toned ground.

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Turban (recto); Latin script (verso)

Master of the Death of Absalom, ca. 1510

Drawing of a standing woman in a ruffled collar and long gown holding a folded fan, rendered in brown wash and red chalk.

Portrait of a Florentine Lady

Justus Sustermans, after 1620

Drawing of nude figures, a bearded piper, and putti with grapes beneath a tree, in brown ink and wash.

Allegory of Fertility (Recto)

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1640

Chalk drawing of a bearded older man with a downcast, sorrowful expression, shown in black and red chalk on toned paper.

Head of a Man

Unknown artist, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a young man in a cape pursuing a woman through a wooded path among tall trees.

A Young Man Pursuing His Beloved into the Woods

David Vinckboons, ca. 1621

Drawing of a young woman seated in an arched niche beside a smiling jester, with a goblet and ewer on a ledge.

The Young Woman and the Jester

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1640-50

Old Man Leaning on a Stick

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632-35

Brown ink and wash drawing of an executioner with an axe beside a kneeling blindfolded man and fallen bodies.

Beheading of Anabaptist Martyrs

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1640

A Praying Youth

Anthonie van Borssom, ca. 1645-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in a wide hat and fur-collared cloak, turned toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-40

Brown wash drawing of an old woman in a headscarf holding a baby, with a basket at left and a hilly landscape behind.

Old Woman with a Baby in her Arms

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1643