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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Study of a herding dog facing right

Edwin Landseer, 1810

Study of a feathered saluki, facing left

Edwin Landseer, 1813

Sam Lovill, Porter at the Royal Academy

Edwin Landseer, ca. 1817-20

Pen and ink drawing of a standing draped woman in a niche with columns, with a winged putto at lower left.

Allegory or Goddess (Juno?)

Perino del Vaga, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of robed saints ascending through clouds toward light, with angels and palm fronds.

Apotheosis of Four Martyred Saints (Four Crowned Martyrs?)

Antonio Cavallucci, 17th century

Black chalk drawing of a young person in three-quarter view with curly hair and loose drapery, in a ruled border.

Figure of Young Man or Woman in Bust-length, in Three-Quarter View

Carlo Maratti, 1700-1713

Pen and ink drawing of robed men and an armored soldier pointing to a canopied bed with figures in a classical setting.

Christ and the Daughter of the Centurion

Perino del Vaga, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a ruined classical interior with arches, columns, a sarcophagus, and small seated figures.

Ruins of a Basilica or Mausoleum

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1691-1765

Brown wash drawing of an elderly seated man in a skullcap facing a kneeling younger man beside a draped curtain.

Young Cleric Kneeling before a Pope

Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, 1663-1716

Pen and ink anatomical study of muscular forearms and hands with visible tendons, drawn in hatched brown ink.

Anatomical Studies: a left forearm in two positions and a right forearm

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1600-05

Pen and wash drawing of a monumental classical stage set with tiered arches, columns and a receding central arch.

Design for a Stage Set (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of a Stage Set in Elevation (verso)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1718-65

Pen and wash drawing of a theatrical stage set with arches, columns, and ornate vaulting receding in perspective.

Design for a Stage Set (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of a Plan (verso)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1718-65

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a receding loggia with Corinthian capitals, Gothic arches and a tower in Venice.

Loggia of the Ducal Palace, Venice

John Ruskin, 1849-50

Watercolor portrait of a smiling young woman in a red and yellow headscarf and regional dress, holding yellow flowers.

Head of an Girl from Civita d'Antino in Regional Dress ("Catarinella")

P.S. Krøyer, 1890

Pencil sketch of two women talking in a shadowed doorway beneath a wooden balcony, with steps and a figure on the left.

Two Women Talking in a Doorway

Théodore Rousseau, 1830-31

Brown ink sketch sheet with reclining male figures, a nude torso, and several heads, by Eugène Delacroix.

Figure Studies related to "Liberty Leading the People"

Eugène Delacroix, 1830

Pen and graphite anatomical studies of a flayed figure and two reclining cadaver figures on a pale sheet.

Écorché: Three Studies of a Male Cadaver

Eugène Delacroix, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a standing man leaning toward a seated woman in an interior with carved chair and classical column.

Hamlet Reproaches His Mother

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1834

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with studies of horses in various poses, plus hands, feet and heads, by Delacroix.

Studies of Horses, Hands, and Feet (recto); Studies of Heads and Figures (verso)

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1822-27

Watercolor and pencil design study of Spanish-style tiles with flower motifs, a red and green frame and annotated color notes

A Wall Decorated in Spanish Tiles

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a courtyard with arched doorways, a figure in a doorway, and a domed building behind.

Figure in a Doorway

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Pencil and watercolor sketches of turbaned men in white robes and red caps, with a reclining figure in red below.

Seven Studies of Moroccan Men's Costume

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Pen and watercolor drawing of a standing young figure in a white headwrap, teal top, red sash and pale blue trousers.

Young Moroccan, Standing

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Watercolor drawing of a preacher in a pulpit addressing a seated congregation of men and women in a church interior.

A Sermon in a Village Church

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1630

Brown ink sketch of Jupiter with curly hair and billowing drapery, with an eagle form and layered study lines.

Jupiter Hurling a Thunderbolt

Giulio Romano, 1530-37

Pencil and wash design for a book cover titled Les Heures Claires, with Art Nouveau floral ornament and spine lettering.

Design for "Les Heures Claires" by Emile Verhaeren

Julia Eyckholt, after 1896

Design drawing of a book cover with stylized roses, title lettering 'Les Heures d'Après Midi', and a spine label on tan paper

Design for "Les Heures d'Après Midi" by Emile Verhaeren

Julia Eyckholt, after 1896

Chalk study on grey paper of a male torso, a man's head with raised arm, and a female figure in drapery.

Studies for the Figure of a Centaur and a Nymph

Francesco Trevisani, 1708-17

Circular blue-grey drawing with a central female figure in a medallion surrounded by allegorical women and scrolling ornament

The Seven Virtues in a Roundel, with Faith at the Center

Jan Collaert I, mid-16th century

Grey wash drawing of a rocky mountain landscape with pine trees, a natural arch, and two travellers with laden horses on a ro

A Mountainous Landscape with Travellers on a Road

Jan van Aken, ca. 1650-55