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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of draped women gathered in a wooded clearing around a small fire and baskets.

Eurydice Bitten by a Serpent

Hendrick de Clerck, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a temple interior with a priest, a lamb on an altar, and a crowd of robed men.

Joachim's Offering Refused

Jan Wellens de Cock, early 16th century

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing with a town and church tower, a bridge, boats, a tall tree, and distant mountains.

Landscape with a Town by the Seashore and Mountains in the Distance

Matthijs Cock, mid-16th century

Pen drawing of a walled city across water, with sailing boats, a leafless tree, and a thatched cottage in the foreground.

Landscape with a Walled City and a Large Body of Water

Matthijs Cock, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded battle scene with horsemen, a rearing horse, winged figures in clouds, and a distant city.

Conversion of St. Paul

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1538 (?)

Brown ink and wash drawing of Juno descending on clouds above nude sea gods on a shore with rain falling.

Juno Appearing to Sea Gods

Cornelis van Haarlem, late 16th-early 17th century

Red chalk studies of a reclining nude figure, a leg and a foot on tan paper with faint grid lines.

Studies for an Angel in Glory

Tanzio da Varallo, 1595-1633

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a church tower, village houses, rocky outcrop and distant hills under a hatched sky.

Italian Landscape

Cornelis Cort, 16th century

Wash drawing of a flat landscape with a church tower above trees, sandy hillocks in the foreground, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Aelbert Cuyp, 1635-91

Pen and wash landscape drawing of tall trees beside a dirt path and wooden fence, with fields and a pale sky receding into th

Landscape with Trees

Aelbert Cuyp, 1635-91

Brown chalk and white highlight drapery study of a standing male figure with clasped hands on tinted paper.

Standing Male Figure

Filippino Lippi, ca. 1480

Pen and wash drawing of a bust portrait in a laurel wreath flanked by allegorical women, putti, and a coat of arms.

Design for a Title Page

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man dictating to a scribe at a draped table in a room with a classical temple beyond.

St. Paul Dictating at Ephesus

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of two cloaked men with hats under trees, overlooking grazing sheep and cattle in an open landscape.

Landscape with Sheep and Two Figures (recto); Faint Sketch of a Figure with a Hat (verso)

Jacob Van Der Does, 1623-73

Ink and wash drawing of shepherds resting with cattle and a goat beside Roman ruins, a fountain and a column.

Pastoral Landscape with Roman Ruins

Johann Heinrich Roos, 1645-86

Grey wash drawing of a river town with church spires, boats, and a man with a staff on a bank in the foreground.

View of Nantes

Lambert Doomer, ca. 1650s

Brown ink and wash drawing of many muscular male nude figure studies in twisting and crouching poses.

Figure Studies

Eduard Dubois, 17th century

Watercolor of a seated woman in a red dress and striped headscarf, head resting on her hand, eyes closed.

Seated Italian Peasant Woman

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Winter scene of a frozen canal in a Dutch town with skaters, pedestrians, snowy trees and brick gabled houses.

Snow Falling on a Dutch Town

Abraham Rademaker, n.d.

Black and red chalk study of a seated man in a knitted cap seen from behind, one arm outstretched.

Study of a Seated Peasant

Cornelis Dusart, n.d.

Etching of a praying robed figure in ecstasy with a kneeling monk, a cross, a crown, and angels in clouds above.

Ecstasy of the Blessed Piero Gambacorti of Pisa

Federico Bencovich, ca. 1725-28

Pen and grey wash drawing of a covered urn with bird-head handles on an ornate acanthus-leaf pedestal with claw feet.

Covered Vase on a Three-Footed Pedestal

Jacques Androuet, 1510-84

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical wall panel with putto, seated women, garlands, and scrolling foliage.

Design for a Wall Panel

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, n.d.

Pen and ink design for a door knocker with a ram's head, scrolled arms, two lion heads and a small dog on an octagonal sheet.

Design for Door Knocker

Etienne Delaune, 16th century

Engraving of the gilded Bucintoro barge sailing through a crowded Venetian lagoon with gondolas, ships and onlookers on the q

Plate 5: The Doge in the Bucintoro Departing for the Porto di Lido on Ascension Day, from 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festi…

Giovanni Battista Brustolon, ca. 1766

Watercolor of a seated man with a sword as a kneeling woman in white pleads before him in a richly furnished room.

The Pardon Refused (from Sir Walter Scott's "Kenilworth")

Camille Roqueplan, ca. 1826-29

Engraved view of a crowded arcaded square with flagpoles, a clock tower, and a religious procession of robed figures.

Plate 9: Procession on Corpus Christi Day in the Piazza San Marco, from 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals' (Le Feste Du…

Giovanni Battista Brustolon, ca. 1766

Drawing of two sailing squadrons flanking a monument with winged Victory, sea gods reclining in waves below.

Study for Decoration of the Obelisk at Port-Vendres

Charles de Wailly, 1783

Pencil sketch of two draped allegorical women with flying cherubs, a garland, and a lion below.

Design for a Book Illustration

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental trophy with a ribbon bow, cherub heads, foliage, and a central cartouche.

Design for a Trophy

René Charpentier, n.d.

Etching of a canal lined with buildings, an arcaded inn at left, figures, a carriage, and moored boats under a cloudy sky.

View of Mestre, an inn at left and other various buildings lining the canal, from "Views" (Vedute altre prese da i lu…

Canaletto, 1735-46

Pencil sketch of a distant town skyline with a church spire, windmills and masts along a flat shoreline.

Flushing from the Sea

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Brown wash drawing of nude figures clinging to trees and a bank amid floodwaters in a wooded landscape.

The Flood

Jan Cossiers, 1615-71

Etching of the locks at Dolo with an oval basin, stone buildings, a fruit vendor and figures in the foreground.

The Locks at Dolo, an oval-shaped basin with boats at center, buildings on either side, a fruit vendor and groups of…

Canaletto, 1735-46

Etching of a three-arched portico framing ruins, a triumphal arch, and a brick building with figures in the courtyard.

A three-arched portico with an open lantern hanging at center, a triumphal arch and ruins of a classical temple in th…

Canaletto, 1735-46

Etching of an imagined city view with a domed church, a tall column with statue, figures, carts and a large tree.

Imaginary View of Padua, with a campanile and domed church at left, a column surmounted by a statue of a saint at cen…

Canaletto, 1735-46

Etched title page showing a classical ruin framing a dedication inscription, with seated figures on steps at right.

Title page with a large wall of a classical ruin, with a figure seated at right pointing to the dedication, from "Vie…

Canaletto, 1735-46

Ink drawing of a seated writer with quill and inkwell, beside a flying bird-like figure carrying prey above a ground scene.

The Notaries Flew of With The Prey (Escribanitos volaron con la presa)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink wash caricature of grotesque riders on donkeys on a sunlit road, with a Spanish caption below.

They Don't Fall Off Their Donkey (They Don't Admit Their Error), (No caen de su burro)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental ceiling design with scrolls, garlands, putti, and a seated female figure in an arch.

Ceiling Design

Matías Arteaga y Alfaro, 1633-1703

Etching of a masked man in a cloak holding a coffee cup beside a table with coffee pots and a chair.

A man wearing a mask drinking a cup of coffee (Le Masque au Caffé), title page to "Divers Portraits"

Giovanni David, 1775

Etching of a veiled woman in black walking past a church with a small white dog beside her.

The Zendale, or the woman returning from church, from "Divers Portraits"

Giovanni David, 1775

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated man in a tricorn hat holding a pipe, on blue-grey paper.

Seated Gentleman Holding a Pipe (recto); Half-Length Study of the Same Man (verso)

Francisco Bayeu y Subias, 1734-95

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat, with the name Antonius Maria Zanetti on a pedestal.

Portrait of Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder

Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, ca. 1725

Etching of angels lifting souls toward the Virgin and Child in clouds, with a kneeling saint and open book below.

Pope Saint Gregory I Frees the Souls from Purgatory with His Prayers

Francesco Fontebasso, 1731

Etching of nine figures in a landscape beside a herm of Pan, with a reclining nude woman and a standing nude man holding an a

Nine Figures near a Herm of Pan, from "Bacchanals and Histories"

Francesco Fontebasso, 1744

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling monk attacked by a swordsman, with cherubs above holding a banner, cross, and laurel wreath.

The Martyrdom of St. Peter Martyr

Francisco Camilo, 1615-73

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin on a cloud with cherubs above, interceding for souls in flames below, with a scroll inscrip

Virgin Interceding for Those in Purgatory

Alonso Cano, 1601-67

Sketch of a standing male figure supported by an angel, with putti in clouds above, drawn on aged paper.

Angels Ministering to St. Sebastian

Alonso Cano, 1601-67

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash showing putti holding a cross above two figures, with an annotation in the lower left corn

Three Putti Holding Cross Before Two Male Saints

Alonso Cano, 1601-67

Brown ink drawing in an arched frame of an auto-da-fé in a courtyard, with a cross, seated officials and a crowd of spectator

Auto-da-fé in a Courtyard

Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo, 1619-71

Drawing of a gilded star-shaped chandelier with sixteen lit candles on curved arms, with a German inscription below.

Design for a Chandelier with Sixteen Candles

Isaak Ehe, 1632

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a veiled woman holding a nude infant in an oval frame.

Madonna and Child [?]

Alonso Cano, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a classical theatre building with a pediment and arched windows, framed by trees and a hill.

Design for a Theatre

Clemens Wenzel Coudray, 1800-1845

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo tomb design with an inscribed column, crown finial, putti and a seated draped figure.

Tomb Design

Ignaz Günther, 1740-75

Pen and ink drawing of a knight on horseback beside a helmeted landsknecht with a pole, with a dog in the foreground.

Knight on Horseback and Landsknecht

Albrecht Dürer, 1485-1528

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling woman being crowned by a turbaned man, with courtiers watching, over a numbered grid.

The Cornation of Esther by Ahasuerus

Bartolomé Carducho, 1560-1638

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned bearded king with a scepter above a heraldic shield labeled with Aragon arms.

The Kingdom of Aragon

Vincenzo Carducci, 1560-1638

Drawing of a woman with a dog on a lakeside path, with trees, misty mountains and a hilltop tower across the water.

Woman with a dog by a mountain lake

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Pencil drawing of a Mediterranean coast with palm trees, a hillside village, a calm sea, and a figure on a path.

Mediterranean landscape (recto); Mountains (verso)

Alexandre Calame, 1830-64

Pencil drawing of a wooded landscape with several tall trees, dense foliage, and a cloudy sky on tan paper.

Trees (recto); Soldiers in a Wood (verso)

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing sketched female figures in draped robes and studies of heads.

Studies for the Assumption of the Virgin

Juan Carreño de Miranda, 1657-60

Graphite drawing with white highlights of wind-bent fir trees, rocks, and a distant snowy mountain range.

Fôrets et Montagnes

Alexandre Calame, 1830-64

Charcoal drawing of a mountain valley with a windswept pine, rocky boulders, and three goats, with snowy peaks behind.

Three Goats in a Moutainous Landscape

Alexandre Calame, 1830-64