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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,455 works

Pen and wash design for a classical wall elevation with central fireplace, columns, and two painted landscape panels.

Design for a Wall Elevation

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, ca. 1770-80

Pen and brown ink drawing of an eagle in a tree preaching to deer, a lion, sheep, and birds gathered below.

An Eagle Preaching to the Animals

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, 16th century

Black and white engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child with haloes, a crown above, an open book, and flowers in the foregro

Virgin with a Bird on a Grassy Bank

Master ES, mid-15th century

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

Engraving of Saint John writing on Patmos beside an eagle, with the Virgin and Child in light above and a sea view.

Saint John on Patmos

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

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

Drypoint print of a swan and duck on rippled water with a faint sketched figure at left.

Swan and Duck, with Portraits of Julie

Berthe Morisot, 1889

Black ink print of a raven in flight with spread wings and extended talons on a cream paper sheet.

The Flying Raven, Ex Libris for "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Pencil sketch of a cat beside a table with fish and fowl, with a hanging bird above, signed Chardin 1753.

Cat Surveying Fish and Fowl on a Table

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1753

Small etching of a duck resting by water beside tall reeds and leafy plants, printed on a large white sheet.

Duck and Reeds

Berthe Morisot, 1889

Lithograph of a man reading at a lamplit desk in a dark room, with a chair at left and loose black hatching.

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Brown wash drawing of a family traveling by donkey along a path beneath palm trees, with a distant hazy landscape.

The Flight into Egypt

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Sepia drawing of the Pentecost scene with a dove and flames above robed figures gathered in clouds.

The Coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Lithograph of a raven perched on a bust atop a pedestal, with a sleeping figure in the lower right and dense diagonal shading

Perched upon a Bust of Pallas, from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Wash drawing of a wooded landscape with robed figures gathered on rocks beside a waterfall and swans in the pool below.

Landscape with Apollo and the Muses

Claude Lorrain, 1674

Lithograph study of seven ancient Greek coins showing figures, horses, a helmeted head, an eagle and a bull.

Studies of Seven Greek Coins

Eugène Delacroix, 1825

Lithograph of a man at an open shutter watching a raven fly over a dark city skyline of chimneys and rooftops.

Open Here I Flung the Shutter, from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Engraving of a caparisoned elephant with heraldic banners, armored men, and a crowd on a classical balcony.

Royal Elephant

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1542-45

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris with three nude goddesses, Cupid, a swan, a dog, and a forest landscape.

The Judgment of Paris

Jean Mignon, 1535-55

Loose black lithograph of a chair and a dark floor shadow in a room, with a bird-like form, by Edouard Manet, 1875.

The Shadow that Lies Floating on the Floor, from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Engraving of many sparrows perched and flying in an aviary around a circular fountain, framed by ivy vines.

The Sparrow Aviary

Charles-François Daubigny, 1843

Engraving of a seated draped woman with an urn among clouds, flanked by a griffin, a dragon and serpentine creatures.

Jupiter's Eagle Bringing the Water to the Styx to Psyche

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Design for the poster and cover for "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Édouard Manet, 1875

Engraved oval vignette of a magpie with tail raised, standing on a rock by a stream among reeds and trees.

Magpie

Charles-François Daubigny, 1843

Engraving of a woman holding a vase between an eagle and a winged dragon amid clouds, in a semicircular frame.

Jupiter's Eagle Bringing Water of the Styx to Psyche

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Pen drawing of a perched bird and grotesque masks with scrolling ornament on aged paper.

Studies for birds and grotesque masks (recto); candelabra grotesques, ewers and vases (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Etching of a winding dirt road through tall trees with small birds in the branches and a distant pair of figures.

Little Birds

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Etching of a reclining classical woman with a peacock and draped cloth, cut-away lower edge, signed Bologna.

Juno, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Pen and ink grotesque panel with satyrs, herms, a dragon, and scrolling strapwork on aged paper.

Grotesque panel with satyrs, herms, and strapwork (recto); winged creatures and strapwork (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Etching of a marsh with wading birds feeding in shallow water beside a large oak and a flock of birds in a cloudy sky.

The Marshes

Charles-François Daubigny, 1851