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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Drawing of a grand classical hall with columns, a chariot procession, smoking incense burners, and a statue in a distant nich

The Tomb of Agamemnon

Louis Jean Desprez, ca. 1787

Pencil and white chalk study of a child's head tilted downward, with curly hair, on a grey-toned sheet.

Bust-Length Study of a Child

Pompeo Batoni, 1728-87

Grey and brown wash drawing of a triumphal arch with columns, reliefs, cherubs pulling back curtains, and coins below.

View of the Arch of Constantine

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Engraving of Saint Sebastian tied to a tree, pierced by arrows, as archers and crossbowmen aim at him.

Saint Sebastian

Master of the Playing Cards, 15th century

Etching of a skeletal winged chimera with grotesque heads standing beneath a stone arch among grass and scattered bones.

The Chimera (La Chimère de Monsieur Desprez)

Louis Jean Desprez, ca. 1777-84

Engraving of a couple in a garden, the woman wearing a flower crown and the man holding a falcon beside a wooden fence.

Pair of Lovers on a Grassy Bench

Master ES, 15th century

Grey and brown wash drawing of a Roman triumphal arch with a chariot group and riders atop, flanked by medallions.

A Reconstruction of the Arch of Septimius Severus

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Brown wash frontispiece drawing with a blank cartouche, a winged figure writing at right, and classical coin and relief fragm

Frontispiece for "Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum"

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins and houses on a hillside, with horsemen on a road and a cherub on a pedestal at left.

View of the Ruins of the Palatine Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing of a reconstructed classical palace with arcades, an eagle, and an Augustus medallion in the foreground.

A Reconstructed View of the Palace on the Palantine Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing of a walled Roman camp with a central classical temple, flanked by standards and coin reliefs.

A Reconstruction of a Castle on the Viminal Hill at the Esqualine Gate

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a domed classical rotunda with columns, beside putti, a satyr, a goat and Roman coins.

A Reconstructon of an Undefined Building

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a hawk-headed Osiris statue in a formal garden with terraces, figures and an inscribed pedestal.

Statue of Osiris in a Garden

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a draped woman holding a medallion showing a fountain, beside an obelisk fountain with carved reliefs.

Female Figure Holding a Coin and Image of a Fountain

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Brown wash drawing of a reconstructed columned temple with a reclining river figure holding a Latin inscription scroll and co

A Reconstruction of the Temple of Fortuna

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Sepia drawing of a reconstructed Roman theatre with arcades, beside a bust of Pompey and a carved pedestal.

A Reconstruction of the Theatre of Pompey

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Brown wash drawing of a domed temple in a circle beside a bearded statue of Serapis, with coins and an inscribed stone.

A Recontruction of the So-Called Temple of Serapidis

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical frame with a statue, bust, Roman coins, and Latin inscriptions on a banner.

Adumbration of Capitoline Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman in a headscarf leaning on a ledge, holding drapery over a basket of fruit and flowers.

Female Personification of Summer or Abundance

Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo, 1619-71

Brown wash drawing of a nude figure seen from behind among swirling, struggling figures in a dark, dramatic composition.

The Chastisement of Luxury

Eugenio Lucas, 1817-70

Loose watercolor of turbaned figures resting in the shadow of a stone archway, with red and blue robes in the foreground.

Arabs Resting

Eugenio Lucas, 1817-70

Grey wash drawing of a young boy reclining with his arm on a lamb beside a cross-topped staff and rocks.

The Infant St. John the Baptist

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1618-82

Engraved decorative border of hares roasting a hunter on a spit above a fire, surrounded by foliate scrolls.

Hares Roasting the Hunter

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Engraved ornamental panel with dancing figures, a standing woman, a piper, and a dog among curling foliage scrolls.

Panel of Ornament with Dance of Lovers

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a bishop giving alms to kneeling poor figures while clergy and a crowd watch in an interior.

Thomas of Villanova, Archbishop of Valencia Distributing Alms to the Poor

Pedro Orrente, ca. 1620-45

Studies of a standing man holding a hat and a girl in profile

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1766-1774

Pen and ink study of an inverted figure with draped legs and bare feet, with handwritten signature and faint construction lin

Study for a Crucifixion of St. Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, 1628-30

Engraving of seven horses clustered in a forest, rearing and lying among rocks and trees, dated 1534.

Group of Seven Horses

Hans Baldung Grien, 1534

Woodcut of armored knights jousting on horseback in a tournament, with spectators in galleries and a lion panel above.

The Tournament with Samson and the Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Engraving of a haloed woman walking with musicians through a forest, with a fallen man, onlookers and a distant hunt.

The Dance of the Magdalene

Lucas van Leyden, 1519