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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

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

Studies of Saint John the Baptist

Copy after Rogier van der Weyden, after 1455

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 brown ink drawing of a bear hunt with mounted hunters, hounds and a bear in a landscape with a town.

Bear Hunt

Flanders, ca. 1470-90

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of Venus and Cupid on a snail shell on water, with a river landscape and towns behind.

Venus and Cupid on a Snail

Hans Brosamer, 1538

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

Drawing of an imaginary landscape with tall trees, a river, a walled town and towers on a hill, in grey wash.

Imaginary Landscape

Hanns Lautensack, 1543

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

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman with a hammer and tent peg beside a draped tent and inscribed pillar, ca. 1560.

Jael

Maarten van Heemskerck, ca. 1560

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of robed, bearded men gesturing in conversation, with a dog in the foreground.

The Parable of the Beam and the Mote

Unknown artist, ca. 1520-30

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with winged angels and kneeling figures beside a house, a town and mountains beyond.

Landscape with Abraham and the Angels

Copy after Hans Bol, ca. 1568

Pen and wash drawing of gnarled trees beside a winding river and rocky cliffs under a swirling sky.

Wooded Landscape

Gillis van Coninxloo, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a village with thatched cottages, trees, a horse rider, and chickens on a dirt road.

Travelers at a Village

Copy after Joos van Liere, ca. 1570-1629

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river landscape with a tower, sailboat, distant village and hilltop castle.

River Landscape

Jaques Saverij, ca. 1600

Pen and ink drawing of a brick castle with stepped gables and towers reflected in a moat.

Tervueren Castle

Unknown artist, ca. 1604-05

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