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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

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 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

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

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 reclining nude woman with one arm outstretched on cream paper.

Reclining Nude with Outstretched Left Arm

Gustav Klimt, 1903-1904

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 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-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

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

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

Watercolor study of a butterfly, moth, strawberry, pea pod, currants, shells and a ladybug on pale paper.

Studies of Fruits, Insects and Shells

Georg Flegel, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pencil drawing of the Lamentation of Christ with mourning figures, cypress trees and a distant landscape.

The Lamentation

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1840-45

Sepia drawing of Christ gesturing to sleeping disciples in a rocky garden, with an angel appearing in a cave behind.

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1848

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated nude figure leaning back on one arm, legs bent across the ground.

Study of a Nude Young Girl

August von Pettenkofen, 1838-89

Brown ink drawing of stags resting in a forest landscape with trees on the left and a rocky cliff on the right.

Stags in a Landscape

Johann Elias Ridinger, early to mid-18th century

Drawing of a cow lying on the ground, head raised toward the viewer, in soft grey shading on blue-grey paper.

Study of a Cow

Johann Heinrich Roos, mid 17th-late 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned herdsman seated on rocks with goats, a child, and a dog beneath a tree.

Pastoral Scene: A Herdsman and His Family, with Goats

Philipp Peter Roos, late 17th-early 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a chaotic crowd of figures struggling in a classical city square with arches.

Rape of the Sabines

Hans Rottenhammer, 1600