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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pen drawing of a Gothic church with spires beside a busy harbor with boats, a crane, cargo, and cloudy sky.

The Church and the Port

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1869

Pen drawing of a cluttered peasant kitchen with a standing woman, a seated man, a dog, and fish hanging from the rafters.

Peasants' interior with spinner

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1860

An Aga of the Janizaries

Robert Blyth, July 19, 1779

Pen and ink study on tan paper showing a landscape with a village, mountains, soldiers, a flying bird and decorative sketches

Studies

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen and ink sketch of a steep rocky mountainside with cliffs, shrubs in the foreground, and light horizontal sky strokes.

Mountainous Site

Rodolphe Bresdin

Ink sketch of a mounted rider in a fur hat with a lance, leading a column of horsemen across open ground.

Muscovite Rider

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen and ink sketch of riders on galloping horses chasing across a hilly landscape under clouds.

The Hunt

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen and wash drawing of the crowned Christ displayed before soldiers and a crowd under a classical arcade.

Ecce Homo

Hans von Aachen, ca. 1590-1600

Engraving of a frightened naiad recoiling from a lion-headed fountain beside a palm tree and cypresses.

The Frightened Naïad (Une naïade échevelée recule d'efroi à la vue d'un lion)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1740

Etching of a seated nymph on a shell fountain with a cherub, water falling over dolphin heads, framed by trees.

The Seated Nymph (Une fontaine avec une naïade assise sur une conque)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1740

Pen and wash drawing of a classical palace facade with a dome, with a crowd of figures in period dress in the foreground.

Crowd in Front of the Tuileries Palace During the Wedding of Napoleon to Marie-Louise of Austria

Charles Percier, ca. 1810

Colored architectural plan of a symmetrical menagerie with a central pool, domed pavilion, colonnades and curved exedrae in p

Plan for a Menagerie

Charles Percier, ca. 1783

Elevation drawing of a Gothic cathedral interior with a draped throne on a dais, chandeliers, heraldic shields and a gilt can

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with the Rood Screen and Throne for the Coronation of King Louis XVIII

Charles Percier, 1815

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of flowers and curling rocaille scrolls in a diagonal decorative design.

Design with Flowers and Rocaille Ornaments

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, ca. 1760

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a domed building with a columned entrance, with a smaller arched gate drawn above.

Elevation of the Amphitheatre and Entrance Gate of the Collège des Chirugies, Paris

Jacques-François Blondel, ca. 1752

Grey wash drawing of a domed colonnaded rotunda on rocks, with reclining putti and a statue inside, by Taraval.

Design for Festival Architecture for an Entry into Paris for the King of Sweden, Frederick I of Hesse

Guillaume Thomas Raphaël Taraval, 18th century

Architectural elevation drawing of a neoclassical building with columns, fountains, a winged statue, and a cascading waterfal

Design for a Neoclassical Building, Thought to be a School of Arts for the City of Stockholm

Louis Gustave Taraval, ca. 1770-94

Charcoal drawing on grey paper of a woman's head and shoulders with heavy drapery and one arm extended to the right.

Half-Length Figure of a Woman with Outstretched Arms

François-Claudius Compte-Calix

Graphite drawing of a standing man in a long robe and cloak, gazing upward with one hand on his chest.

Standing Figure of a Robed Man

François-Claudius Compte-Calix

Charcoal drawing on grey paper of a standing male figure in a long robe, one hand raised to the chest.

Three-Quarter View of a Standing Male Robed Figure

François-Claudius Compte-Calix

Pencil sketch by Gustave Doré of figures in a crowd beside a figure on a cross, with draped cloth above.

Sketch of a Draper's or Upholsterer's Shop

Ink drawing of a woman in a ruffled period dress holding a crosshatched parasol, with hatched shading on pale paper.

Lady with a Parasol

Achille Devéria, 1838

Watercolor sketch of a bearded man in a dark fur hat framed in gold, surrounded by handwritten French verses on paper.

Satirical Drawing of the Sâr Joséphin Peladan

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1891

Architectural drawing with chapel interior, building elevations and radial floor plan with French handwritten notes.

Architectural Drawing for a Chapel and Hospital

de la Maire, ca. 1767

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a costumed male figure with a sword, framed by radiating drapery and an ornate border.

A Costumed Actor in Front of a Curtain

Ink and wash drawing of a stormy forest with lightning, a standing rider and a fallen dead horse in the foreground.

A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape

Ink and wash drawing of a crouching grotesque figure reaching toward a cat, with a standing woman and an older man looking on

The Pampered Idiot (Niño zangolotino)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical scene with a reclining man surrounded by a crowd beneath an arched portico.

The Death of Socrates

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, ca. 1749

Etching of a child blowing a soap bubble beside a man holding a hat, a parrot perched on a chair, and a bowl on a table.

Soap Bubbles

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1799

Grey wash drawing of herdsmen with cattle, sheep and a goat resting in an Italianate landscape with trees and hills.

Herdsmen with Cattle and Sheep in Italianate Landscape

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-17th-late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a receding colonnade with Corinthian columns, a niche statue, and small figures in a courtyard.

A Temple in a Courtyard (Pool of Bethesda)

Adam Elsheimer, late 16th-early 17th century

Black chalk study on blue paper of a standing peasant man in a fur hat and long coat, leaning on a ledge.

Study of a Standing Peasant

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a family gathered around a table drinking, with a woman in an apron standing at right and a dog below.

A Family Carousing

David Teniers the Younger, 17th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of the Virgin with a halo, praying among clouds and winged angels holding a palm and banner.

The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Little Angels in the Clouds

Friedrich Sustris, ca. 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lunette with two kneeling saints flanking a central pedestal, angels and putti above in cloud

Two Saints in Adoration

Ventura Salimbeni, n.d.

Charcoal drawing on blue paper of a bearded saint in draped robes standing beside a diagonal cross.

St. Andrew

Juan Carreño de Miranda, 17th century

Red chalk study of a draped standing figure holding a chalice, with sketched wing fragments at the right edge.

Study of St. John (recto); Study of a Warrior (verso)

Eugenio Caxés, 17th century

Brown and green wash drawing of a military trophy with draped figure, ornate shields, helmet, urn and goblet.

Design for a Military Trophy

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1752-1821

Engraving of Lot led by two winged angels away from a walled city, with women following behind and a tree on the left.

Lot's Flight from Sodom

Hendrick Goltzius, 1582

Engraving of a Venetian wedding: elegant figures in a columned hall overlooking a lagoon with boats and a distant city.

The Venetian Wedding

Hendrick Goltzius, 1584

Engraving of a beached pilot whale on a sandy shore, with men pulling ropes and onlookers and boats in the distance.

A beached pilot whale near Zandvoort on 21 November, 1594

Hendrick Goltzius, 1594

Engraving of the back of a muscular nude Hercules statue on a pedestal, with a cloak and two onlookers below.

Farnese Hercules

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1592, dated 1617

Engraving of Christ bound to a column while executioners with rods and a torch surround him in a city square.

The Flagellation, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of Ecce Homo: a crowned figure shown on a balcony above a crowd, with a man carrying a cross below and a city tower

Ecce Homo, from "The Passion of Christ"

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597

Engraving of the Laocoön group: a muscular bearded man and two sons wrestling with serpents before a stone wall.

Laocoön and his sons being attacked by serpents

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of Laocoön struggling with serpents beside a pedestal, with a Minerva temple, ships, and the sea behind.

Laocoön and his two sons being attacked by serpents upon a pedestal, a temple to Minerva behind them, another temple…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of emaciated figures gathered around a skeleton on the ground, with a winged skeleton of Death holding an open book

The Skeletons, a group of emaciated men and women gathered around a skeleton laid on the ground and a figure of Death…

Marco Dente, 1515-27

Engraving of a bearded rider on a prancing horse atop a stone pedestal, with a distant city and walls behind.

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Marco Dente, 1515-27

Engraving of Galatea in a shell chariot pulled by dolphins, with cupids above and sea figures around her.

Galatea riding in a shell pulled through the water by dolphins, a cupid below and four more above, at left a triton e…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a robed priest and attendant at a flaming altar as a nude man restrains a horned ram between two trees.

The Sacrifice of a Ram, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of a satyr with goat legs wrestling a horned ram before an obelisk and classical buildings.

A Satyr and a Ram Clashing, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of Apollo seated with a lyre beside a cow and dog, with classical columns and a tree in the background.

Apollo Tending the Flocks of Admetus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Engraving of a nude man in a flowing cloak reaching toward a reclining naiad with a winged cupid beside a tree.

Naked Man Pursuing a Naiad, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a classical frieze with three winged cupids, a dragon, hanging drapery and columns, 1519.

Bas-Relief with Three Cupids, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 1519

Engraving of the Laocoon sculpture group, with a bearded man and two sons struggling against entwining serpents.

Laocoon, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of a dying man on a couch in a classical colonnaded hall with mourners, soldiers and a scribe.

The Death of Seneca

Jean Guillaume Moitte, ca. 1770-90

Watercolor of riders and a shepherd driving sheep along a track under a cloudy sky, with distant water and cattle.

Riders with sheep near an estuary

David Cox, 1830

Hand-colored print of a kneeling man offering a pink rose to a seated woman in a garden beside a cupid statue.

The Rose

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1788

Print of an older man playing with a toddler on a stone step, with a cat, a dog, and family members in a garden.

The Pleasures of Fatherhood

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a nude risen figure with a banner above a tomb, with startled soldiers around its base.

Resurrection

Luca Cambiaso, 16th century

Print of a woman descending a building wall with a baby in a sling, escaping flames from an upper window.

The Fire

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, n.d.

Colored print of a crowded tree-lined public promenade with fashionably dressed men and women strolling and sitting at tables

The Public Promenade

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1792

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated draped man holding a chalice, with an eagle beside him.

Saint John the Evangelist (recto; Cartoon for a Fresco); Saint Mark (verso; Cartoon for a Fresco)

Francesco Salviati, 1548-49

Pen and wash drawing of putti beside an urn above an arch, framed by garlands and a decorative border.

Design for Over Door

Guillaume Boichot, ca. 1760-80

Ink and wash drawing of an eagle fighting a coiled serpent, with a putto holding a banner and sun rays above.

Design with an Eagle Fighting with a Serpent and a Putto in the Sky Holding an Inscribed Banner

Pietro da Cortona, 17th century

Dog (A Foxhound Viewed from Behind)

George Stubbs, May 1, 1788

Mezzotint of a striped tiger stalking forward out of a dark cave, head turned toward the viewer.

A Tyger

John Murphy, 1790

Grayscale lithograph of a lioness and two cubs on a hillside, with a male lion and carcass in the foreground.

Lioness and Cubs

Antoine-Louis Barye, possibly 1832

Etching of a maned lion walking left across flat ground beneath a dark, cross-hatched sky.

Lion walking

Charles Courtry, 1866-97

Engraving of a maned lion seated on a rock ledge overlooking a sea, with a palm tree and hills in the distance.

A Lion (A Lion Resting on a Rock)

George Stubbs, May 1, 1788

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures in ornate frames with a hilltop town in the distance, by Jacopo Zucchi, 1563.

Study for the Allegory of San Gimignano and Colle Val d'Elsa

Jacopo Zucchi, 1563

Bust of a Man Facing Right

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca.1777-85

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a rocky mountain valley with a riverside village, watermills and a castle on a cliff.

Mountainous Landscape

Tobias Verhaecht, 1576-1631

Grey wash drawing of a man in a fur coat raising a dagger before two women on a couch in an ornate draped room.

Comme ils en étaient là, arrive l'oncle

Jean-Michel Moreau, ca. 1778

Pen and ink drawing of a standing male nude with curly hair holding drapery, shaded with fine hatching on blue paper.

Standing Male Nude

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1506

Watercolor still life of a watermelon, two pomegranates, a covered tureen and a jug on a yellow tabletop.

Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates

Paul Cézanne, 1900-1906

Pen and watercolour study sheet with a large death's-head moth, gentian flower, cats, birds, a chicken and decorative borders

Studies of a Gentian, Moth, Birds, Cats, Interlacing Motif, and Greek Frets (recto); Ornamental Studies with Figures…

Giorgio di Giovanni, 1530-40

Pen and wash design drawing of a rococo fountain niche with reclining figures, caryatids, and ornamental scrollwork.

Design for an Arabesque with Cupid and Psyche

Claude Gillot, 1720-40

Brown wash drawing of a haloed woman on an ornate chariot pulled by a winged bull, with a dove and procession of robed figure

Allegory of the Triumph of the Church

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of a reclining woman in a hammock with a standing navigator, ships, an anteater, and the word America.

Allegory of America

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, ca. 1587-89

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint with crozier above clouds and putti, with a city and smoking volcano below.

Saint Januarius Saving Naples from an Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Verso: Small sketch of similar scene

Anton Domenico Gabbiani, 1724

Grey ink and wash architectural section of a two-storied hall with an arched entrance, balcony balustrade and vaulted ceiling

Design for a Stage Set: Design in Section of a Two-Storied Entrance Hall (Recto). Elevation Design for a Monumental E…

Giovanni Battista Galliani, 1794

Ink and wash architectural section drawing of a multi-level house interior with vaulted rooms, a balcony, and a column at rig

Section of a House with Portico Seen at Right

Giovanni Battista Galliani, 1750-1850

Ink outline drawing of a classical palace interior with columns, arches, a staircase and statues, a theatrical stage design.

Outline Drawing: Stage Set Design for a Performance of "Iphigenia". Verso: Two Designs for Palace Interiors

Fabrizio Galliari, 1709-90

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate rococo mace design with two seated female figures, putti, and a tiara at its top.

Design for a Mace

Giovanni Giardini, 1646-1722

Pen and wash drawing of Vulcan's forge with smiths at an anvil and cupids, framed by an ornate oval rococo border.

Design (Full-Scale Working Drawing) for a Large Oval Silver Dish with Silver Gilt Border Showing Vulcan's Forge

Giovanni Giardini, 1646-1722

Pen and wash drawing of a footed drinking cup with a lobed bowl and two intertwined serpent handles.

Design for a Decorated Drinking Cup with Floriated Heads around Large Mouth, Intertwined Serpents as Handles

Giulio Romano, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a candlestick holder with a fluted cup, leafy stem and a base decorated with scrolls and fleur-de-lis.

Design for a Decorated Base of a Candlestick Holder

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of two candlesticks, one with a base of putti and one with a spiral-fluted pedestal.

Design for Two Candlesticks with decorated Bases

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate octagonal frame with cherub heads above a goblet stand with angel heads.

Design for a Sculptural Frame Decorated with Angel Heads, Volutes and Leaves (for a Ceiling ?); Design for a Base Dec…

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Grey ink and wash drawing of a vaulted stone fortress interior with arches, columns, steps and a hanging chain.

Design for a Stage Set Showing the Interior of a Fortress or Dungeon

Pietro Gonzaga, 1751-1831

Brown wash drawing of an altar design with a crucifix, candlesticks, putti in clouds, angels and hanging chandeliers.

Design for an Altar for Easter Week Celebrations Decorated with Putti and Chandeliers

Jacopo Guarana, 1783

Pen and brown ink elevation drawing of an ornamental fountain with arches, statues in niches, and a central ship sculpture.

Design after a Fountain in the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati

Giovanni Guerra, 1590-1600

Pen and brown wash design for a wall decoration with empty central panel, scrollwork, an eagle cartouche and reclining figure

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Coat of Arms of the Borghese Family

Giovanni Guerra, 1590-1618

Ink and wash drawing of a classical arcaded gallery with Corinthian columns, a triumphal arch, and a coffered ceiling.

Design for a Stage Set: Classical Arcaded Gallery with Triumphal Arch Motif

Paolo Landriani, 1757-1839

Black chalk portrait drawing of a woman with curled hair, feathered headdress and drop earring on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of a Woman

Ottavio Mario Leoni, n.d.