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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pencil drawing of a crowned woman riding a lion under a parasol, with feathered figures and palm trees in the landscape.

Allegory of Africa

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, 1728-74

Brown ink drawing of a seated man and a crowd of women and boys gathered around a draped statue on a column.

Figures Adoring a Statue of the "Magna Mater"

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1585

Brown wash drawing of a seated draped woman beside a classical urn under a weeping willow tree.

Female Figure Seated Beside an Urn

Angelica Kauffmann, 1800

Pen and grey wash drawing of a crowd in a city square with robed figures on steps before an arched building.

Virginius and Virginia (?)

Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a young woman in half-figure, eyes closed, head tilted, with long braided hair on pale paper.

Half-figure of a Young Woman

Gustav Klimt, 1918

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental cartouche with cherubs, a trumpeting winged figure, and a globe, a study for a book plate.

Preparatory Study for Plate 34 in "Maisons de plaisance" Vol. II

Jacques-François Blondel, 18th century

Pencil sketch of two studies of female figures on tan paper, one reclining with eyes closed, one crouched below.

Two Studies for a Crouching Woman

Gustav Klimt, 1914-15

Pencil sketch of two nude women reclining and intertwined, with loose contour lines on cream paper.

Two Women Reclining

Gustav Klimt, ca. 1905-06

Pencil sketch of two intertwined reclining figures on tracing paper, with handwritten inscription at upper left.

The Lovers

Gustav Klimt, 1913

Pencil and white chalk study on blue paper of several women in top hats and long dresses, in multiple poses.

Studies of Horsewomen

Wilhelm von Kobell, late 18th-mid-19th century

Grey-toned sketch of musicians playing flute and cello beside a balustrade, with figures and trees behind them.

Recto: The Concert Verso: Seated Male Nude

Johann Liss, early 17th century

Pen and ink wash drawing of a crowded palace scene with draped figures around a central man and a table.

Solomon

Johan Carl Loth, 17th century

Kneeling Female Figure

Master MZ, late 15th-early 16th century

Charcoal drawing of a seated bearded man looking up at a standing man holding beads, with a woman in a hat behind them.

Doctor and Patient

Adolph Menzel, 1899

Head of a Bearded Man

Adolph Menzel, 1884

Woman with a Crushed Velvet Hat

Adolph Menzel, 1894

Sepia drawing of Christ gesturing to sleeping disciples in a rocky garden, with an angel appearing in a cave behind.

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1848

Ink drawing of a man adjusting an ornate cloth on a donkey-headed figure, with donkey heads and caricatured faces behind.

He Has Been Decorated (Y esta' Condecorado!)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and ink drawing of two elderly women at a table with a skeletal figure behind them, with a Latin inscription below.

Dust to Dust (Et in pulverem reverteris)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and ink drawing of two elderly women spinning thread, one holding a distaff, with the caption Bien lo hilan below.

They Spin Well (Bien lo hilan)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly woman with a feathered headdress holding a mirror, a monkey behind her, and a skull at her

She Doesn't Recognize Herself (No se conoce)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink drawing of a kneeling man, a standing woman, and a skeletal figure in a skirt covered with skulls.

They'll Get Their Desserts (Buen pelo echará)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a stout man peering at a closed door as shadowy figures stand behind him.

His Excellency is Not at Home (No recibe in Excel)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and gray wash drawing in a circle: a woman in a robe by a canopy bed, a young man at a doorway, classical architecture.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Georg Pencz, 1510-50

Watercolor of a seated woman and child with a deer in a forest clearing, surrounded by birds and rabbits.

Genoveva

Ludwig Richter, 1872

Watercolor of a woman and children in a forest clearing, a bearded man with a staff pointing, and blue mountains beyond.

Rübezahl

Ludwig Richter, 1872

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned herdsman seated on rocks with goats, a child, and a dog beneath a tree.

Pastoral Scene: A Herdsman and His Family, with Goats

Philipp Peter Roos, late 17th-early 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a chaotic crowd of figures struggling in a classical city square with arches.

Rape of the Sabines

Hans Rottenhammer, 1600

Grey wash drawing of Pygmalion gesturing toward a nude statue on a pedestal, with a cupid and classical columns.

Pygmalion

Joachim von Sandrart, 1662

Brown ink drawing of a crowned king on steps before arches, with robed figures gathered below and a tree at right.

King Herod Receiving the Three Magi

Martin Schongauer, second half 15th century