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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Grey wash drawing of Lot embraced by a daughter, with another daughter holding an urn and figures among rocks.

Lot and His Daughters

Nicolas Vleughels, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of ruined brick arches and a tall tower on a steep overgrown slope, with cypress trees.

Ruins on the Palatine in Rome

Johann Anton Eismann, ca. 1650

Pen and watercolor drawing of Jacob wrestling a winged angel beside a river and large tree.

Jacob and the Angel

Johann Jacob Eybelwieser, late 17th-mid-18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of The Last Judgment with angels in the sky and crowds of nude figures rising and falling below.

The Last Judgment

Michael Herr, 1615-20

Pen drawing of a walled medieval city with a church spire, with surveyors and sight lines in the landscape foreground.

Perspectival Study with a View of a Medieval City

Matthäus Merian the Elder, 1613-50

Ink and wash drawing of a seated goddess in a chariot pulled by lions, with attendants, satyrs and a basket of fruit.

The Triumph of Cybele, after Paolo Fiammingo's "Triumph of Earth"

Hans Friedrich Schorer, 1634

Brown wash drawing of a farmhouse beside a winding road, with large trees and a distant town under cloudy skies.

Landscape with Buildings and a Town in the Distance (recto); Study of a Building (verso)

Drawing of a haloed saint gesturing from a temple platform to a crowd on steps, with columns, trees and a distant city.

A Saint Addressing Figures from the Steps of a Temple

Antoine Caron, 1521-99

Etching of figures plundering nude corpses on the ground beneath a large tree, with a distant group of figures behind.

Plate 16 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'They make use of them' (Se aprovechan)

Francisco Goya, 1810

Pastel and chalk study of an arch of green vines and white morning glory flowers over a dim garden path.

Arch of Morning Glories, Study for "A Basket of Flowers"

Eugène Delacroix, 1848-49

Pencil sketch of reclining and draped allegorical figures with the word JUSTICE lettered below, by Eugène Delacroix.

Study for an allegorical figure of Justice in the ceiling decoration of the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon (recto); stu…

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Pencil sketches of a standing goat, a goat head, and horse heads on pale paper.

Studies of a Goat

Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863

Studies of a Damned Man, for "The Barque of Dante"

Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Pen and ink sketch of a nude woman with a staff, a lion attacking a serpent, and winged figures in clouds above.

The Triumph of Genius over Envy

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1849-51

Brown ink drawing of a dense battle scene with swordsmen, shields, and fallen warriors in a horizontal frieze.

Battle Scene

Lelio Orsi, 1531-87

Pencil drawing of a crowned figure pointing at an infant held by a seated woman, with a bearded man and onlookers.

The Infant Moses before Pharaoh, after Giovanni Battista Ruggieri

Jean-Robert Ango

Watercolor interior of a palace room with chandelier, tapestry, white stove, red curtains and gilded chairs.

Room of Archduke Ludwig Victor in the Hofburg, Vienna

Franz Alt, 1861

Pen and wash drawing of rococo ornamental designs with scrollwork, garlands, a sunburst medallion, and doves.

Design for the Decoration of a Ceiling

Claude Audran III

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

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

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

Triumphal Scene

Lelio Orsi, 1531-87

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

Landscape

Alexandre Calame, 1825-64

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

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

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

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

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

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