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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Watercolor design of a gilded neoclassical medal cabinet with a caduceus, eagle, laurel wreath and rows of gold medallions.

A Medal Cabinet for Napoleon

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1804-10

Pen and wash drawing of a fantastic creature with a long neck and wrinkled head, standing among reeds and wildflowers.

A Fantastic Creature

Arent van Bolten, late 16th-early 17th century

Pencil drawing of a bearded draped man reclining, one hand raised upward, on tan paper with an arched top edge.

St. Thomas the Apostle, for the Church of St. Vaast in Arras

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1832

Drawing of a kneeling bearded old man in a robe, hands clasped in prayer, in ink and white highlights on blue paper.

Saint Jerome (recto); Soldier with a Spear (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, 1480-1525

Brown wash drawing of a haloed, nude Christ rising from a tomb while sleeping soldiers lie beneath him with spears.

The Resurrection

Marco Zoppo, ca. 1465-70

Pen and ink drawing of a papal escutcheon in a tabernacle, supported by angels and putti beside an empty oval cartouche.

A Tabernacle Containing a Papal Escutcheon Supported by Angels

Giulio Romano, ca. 1538-40

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing two studies of muscular male figures and draped cloth.

Studies for Four Figures (recto); Composition Sketches for Groupings of Figures on Clouds (verso)

Palma il Giovane, 1600-14

Grey wash drawing of Lot embraced by a daughter, with another daughter holding an urn and figures among rocks.

Lot and His Daughters

Nicolas Vleughels, n.d.

Pen and ink design for a doorway with nude figures, putti, and medallions on a purple-washed ground.

Design for a Doorway

Monogrammist HT, 16th century

Grey wash drawing of the crowned Virgin and Child enthroned on clouds, with God the Father and a dove above and cherubs aroun

Madonna and Child Enthroned

Hans Werl, late 16th-early 17th century

Drawing of a bearded man with tousled hair resting his hand on his chin, gazing sideways, in charcoal on toned paper.

Portrait of a Young Man Leaning on his Hand

Hans Troschel, ca. 1620

Pen and ink drawing of a curly-haired Cupid leaning on a scroll, with two doves at the lower left.

Cupid with Two Doves

Toussaint Dubreuil

White chalk drawing on brown paper of two draped figures seated and embracing beside a stone bench.

A seated couple, embracing

Edward Burne-Jones, ca. 1865

Pen and brown ink sketch of a man and woman embracing, with loose drapery and small face studies above.

A Man and a Woman Embracing

Antoine-Jean Gros

Pen and wash drawing of a robed figure driving money changers from a columned temple, with overturned tables and scattered co

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Matthias Scheits, ca. 1665-70

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with head bowed, one arm extended, on tan paper.

Seated Boy

Girolamo Macchietti, 1555-92

Brown ink and wash sketch of a seated woman in draped robes with an elderly bearded man at the right edge.

Susanna

Peter Paul Rubens

Grey wash drawing of ruined brick arches and a tall tower on a steep overgrown slope, with cypress trees.

Ruins on the Palatine in Rome

Johann Anton Eismann, ca. 1650

Pen and gray wash drawing of a heraldic shield with scrolls, flanked by female figures and putti in architectural niches.

Design for Stained Glass

Hans Jakob Plepp, ca. 1590

Pen and wash drawing of an architectural façade elevation with columns, a statue in a niche, and a seated figure on a scroll.

Design in Elevation for the Façade of a Building

Cigoli, 1590-1610

Pen and watercolor drawing of Jacob wrestling a winged angel beside a river and large tree.

Jacob and the Angel

Johann Jacob Eybelwieser, late 17th-mid-18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of The Last Judgment with angels in the sky and crowds of nude figures rising and falling below.

The Last Judgment

Michael Herr, 1615-20

Pen drawing of a walled medieval city with a church spire, with surveyors and sight lines in the landscape foreground.

Perspectival Study with a View of a Medieval City

Matthäus Merian the Elder, 1613-50

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman with a child beside a sphere, compass and drafting tools, dated 1619.

Allegory of Sculpture

Johann Andreas Rauch, 1619

Ink and wash drawing of a seated goddess in a chariot pulled by lions, with attendants, satyrs and a basket of fruit.

The Triumph of Cybele, after Paolo Fiammingo's "Triumph of Earth"

Hans Friedrich Schorer, 1634

Brown wash drawing of a farmhouse beside a winding road, with large trees and a distant town under cloudy skies.

Landscape with Buildings and a Town in the Distance (recto); Study of a Building (verso)

Drawing of a haloed saint gesturing from a temple platform to a crowd on steps, with columns, trees and a distant city.

A Saint Addressing Figures from the Steps of a Temple

Antoine Caron, 1521-99

Etching of figures plundering nude corpses on the ground beneath a large tree, with a distant group of figures behind.

Plate 16 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'They make use of them' (Se aprovechan)

Francisco Goya, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a woman in a mantilla beside a man with a sword seen from behind, against a shadowed wall.

Maja and an officer; folio 22 (verso) from the Madrid Album "B"

Francisco Goya, 1795-97

Grey wash drawing of a woman hauling water from a well by pulley, with two women washing behind her.

Three women, one in the foreground drawing water from a well, two in the background washing; folio 45 (recto) from th…

Francisco Goya, 1795-97

Grey wash drawing of a young woman in a long dress looking down into a stone well beside a dark wall.

A young woman looking into a well; folio 46 (verso) from the Madrid Album "B"

Francisco Goya, 1795-97

Red chalk lithograph of a man in a top hat embracing a woman with feathered hair against a sprayed red background.

Mademoiselle Lender and Baron

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

Grey lithograph sketch of a woman with head tilted back on a stage beside a curtain, with a man at left.

I. Sur la Scene

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

II. Dans la Glu

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

III. Pessima

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

IV. A Menilmontant de Bruant

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Sketch of a reclining woman with eyes closed and hat ribbon, in a room with curtains, on cream paper.

V. Chanson Ancienne

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

VI. Soularde

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

VII. Linger Longer, Loo

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Sketch lithograph of a woman in a long dress at a theatre box railing, with curtain at right, by Toulouse-Lautrec.

VIII. Saluant le Public

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Loose lithograph sketch of a woman with a ruffled collar beside a classical column, in soft gray tones.

Sarah Bernhardt

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Sybil Sanderson

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Cléo de Mérode

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Loose sketch of a man with curly hair, a ruffled collar and a wide-brimmed hat, drawn in black lines on pale paper.

Coquelin Aîné

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Lucien Guitry

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Black chalk drawing of the Holy Family with two angels, Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, Saint Joseph behind.

The Holy Family with Two Angels

Alessandro Algardi, 1598-1654

Pastel and chalk study of an arch of green vines and white morning glory flowers over a dim garden path.

Arch of Morning Glories, Study for "A Basket of Flowers"

Eugène Delacroix, 1848-49

Pencil sketch of reclining and draped allegorical figures with the word JUSTICE lettered below, by Eugène Delacroix.

Study for an allegorical figure of Justice in the ceiling decoration of the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon (recto); stu…

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Pencil sketches of a standing goat, a goat head, and horse heads on pale paper.

Studies of a Goat

Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of two crouching lions and several leaping animals in loose hatched lines.

Studies of Animals

Eugène Delacroix, 1810-63

Graphite sheet with sketches of a reclining draped figure and a smaller seated figure, by Eugène Delacroix.

Sheet of figure studies: two studies of a reclining figure, and a seated figure holding a lyre (?)

Eugène Delacroix

Studies of a Damned Man, for "The Barque of Dante"

Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Pen and ink sketch of a nude woman with a staff, a lion attacking a serpent, and winged figures in clouds above.

The Triumph of Genius over Envy

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1849-51

Grey wash drawing of a nude sea god seated on rocks, holding a trident, with a billowing cloak behind him.

Seated Triton

Perino del Vaga, 1545-47

Brown ink drawing of a dense battle scene with swordsmen, shields, and fallen warriors in a horizontal frieze.

Battle Scene

Lelio Orsi, 1531-87

Lithograph of an astonished bearded man in a robe standing on a spiky curved earth, from a newspaper page.

Galileo, astonished by changes in the face of the earth, from "News of the Day"

Honoré Daumier, February 21, 1867

Brown and white wash drawing of a seated man in a wig and frock coat pointing, with a faint rearing horse sketched behind him

The Sculptor Antoine Coysevox

Red chalk drawing of a martyrdom scene with a seized woman, crowd of soldiers, classical building and two cherubs above.

Scene of Martyrdom, after Giovanni Angelo Canini

Jean-Robert Ango

Pencil drawing of a crowned figure pointing at an infant held by a seated woman, with a bearded man and onlookers.

The Infant Moses before Pharaoh, after Giovanni Battista Ruggieri

Jean-Robert Ango

Bust of a Bearded Old Man

Watercolor interior of a palace room with chandelier, tapestry, white stove, red curtains and gilded chairs.

Room of Archduke Ludwig Victor in the Hofburg, Vienna

Franz Alt, 1861

Pen and wash drawing of a bishop with a crozier giving alms to a kneeling man in a columned interior with landscape.

Saintly Prelate Distributing Alms

Christoph Amberger, 1505-62

Graphite drawing of a man with a long curly wig and white collar, turned toward the viewer, on tan paper.

Portrait of Fleury

Georges-Edmond Dargouge

Pen and wash drawing of rococo ornamental designs with scrollwork, garlands, a sunburst medallion, and doves.

Design for the Decoration of a Ceiling

Claude Audran III