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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Drawing of two soldiers in period dress lunging with swords, rendered in black chalk and white highlights on blue paper.

Study of Two Soldiers Swordfighting

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 17th century

Black chalk and white highlight study on blue paper of a soldier in a tricorn hat sprawled on the ground, one arm raised.

Study of a Fallen Soldier

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 17th century

Chalk study on blue paper of a reclining man, a standing soldier in a tricorn hat, and a detached hand holding an object.

Study of Two Soldiers and a Hand

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 17th century

Black chalk drawing of a curly-haired young boy with a lace collar, gazing forward within an arched border.

Portrait of a Young Boy

Frans van Mieris the Elder, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a landscape with a large tree, cottages, a ruined tower, a cart, and a distant church spire.

Landscape with cottages and a figure by a cart

Pieter de Molijn, 17th century

Two ink and wash elevation drawings of rococo pipe organs with floral carving, a putto, and a central carved shell.

Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1753-70

Pen drawing of a landscape with a herdsman driving cattle, trees at right, and figures and hills in the distance.

Landscape with Figures and Cattle

Pieter de Molijn, 1658

Pencil drawing of a dune landscape with three figures and a dog on a rise, church spires on the horizon, and birds in the sky

Landscape with Figures

Pieter de Molijn, 1659

Pen and wash drawing of a river landscape with a wooden bridge, a hilltop settlement, and small figures on a path.

Landscape with a Road Leading Towards a Settlement on a Hill

Joos de Momper the Younger, late 16th-mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of the Porta San Paolo gate and Pyramid of Cestius in Rome, with travelers and a mule on the road.

Pyramid of Cestius and the Porta San Paolo, Rome

Pieter Moninckx, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a formal garden with terraces, statues, shade trees, figures and a distant palace.

Classical Landscape

Isaac de Moucheron, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a formal garden with an arched portico, fountain, statue, tall trees and a boat on a pool.

Landscape with Architecture

Isaac de Moucheron, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental wall design with a caryatid figure, putti, fruit garlands and a grotesque mask around a

Design for a Wall Decoration

Rosso Fiorentino, 16th century

Pen and grey wash elevation of a building façade with a large clock, sculpted figures, and a balustrade, by Robert de Cotte.

Elevation of the Pompe de la Samaritaine, Paris

Robert de Cotte, ca. 1713-14

Watercolor drawing of pink roses and blue morning glories in swags framing an empty oval cartouche with a purple ribbon.

Floral Swags Framing an Empty Oval

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a steamship deck with smokestacks, rigging, a crate labeled Eaux-fortes de Guérard, a sleeping pug and a

Frontispiece to "Eaux-fortes de Guérard, Collection de Mr. S. P. [Samuel Putnam] Avery, New York"

Henri Charles Guérard, late 19th century

Pen and watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with a putto, garlands, rococo scrolls and a balustrade seen in perspective

Design for a Decorated Ceiling with Putti and Garlands and a Forshortening of a Balustrade Around an Oculus

Michelangelo Colonna, 17th century

Engraved title plate showing a cartouche with garlands above a formal garden with fountain and strolling figures.

Title Plate, from "Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util"

Nicolas Cochin, 1645

Grey wash drawing of a river with fishermen, sailing boats, and a town with a church tower under cloudy skies.

Moonlit view of a river with fishermen and a town in the background

Karel La Fargue, mid-late 18th century

Pencil sketch of two men smoking pipes on a divan in Turkish-style dress, with a servant holding a tray at right.

Yankees trying to be Turkish from my album - Esquisses at the Centenial [sic] Leon y Escosura

Ignacio de León y Escosura, 1876 (?)

Brown ink drawing of two robed men beside a kneeling woman, a tent camp behind them, and a figure climbing a cloudy mountain.

Aaron and Nadab Taking Leave of Elisheba (?), with the Israelites Camped before Mount Sinai and Moses Ascending the M…

Adam van Noort, late 16th-mid 17th century

Engraving of an allegorical autumn scene with a woman holding fruit, a man with a goblet, and harvest produce in front of a f

Autumn, from "The Four Seasons"

Jan Saenredam, ca. 1595

Circular pen and blue wash drawing of a robed man among armored soldiers and columns, with a kneeling figure in the foregroun

St. George and the Sorcerer of Dacian

Lambert van Noort, 1555

Pen and ink drawing of women and children with a shorn sheep in the foreground and a village landscape behind.

The Month of June, Shearing Sheep (recto); Couples Drinking Wine, The Month of October (verso)

Master of the Months of Lucas, ca. 1535

Charcoal drawing of a large face and a small face in a misty sky above faint grasses on tan paper.

Hallucinations

Odilon Redon, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures gathered in a dim inn interior beneath wooden rafters, by Adriaen van Ostade.

Scene in an Inn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1625-85

Watercolor and pen drawing of peasants drinking in a smoky tavern, with a seated woman holding a glass and men around a table

Peasants Drinking, verso: sketches of peasants

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraved ornamental panel with a woman holding a vase aloft, surrounded by putti, scrolls and acanthus leaves, with Italian v

A panel of ornament with a woman holding a vase in centre

Master of the Die, 1532

Ink and wash drawing of a cobbler working at a stall beside a sleeping dog, with a kneeling man and climbing vines.

The Cobbler

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of a violinist and villagers gathered outside a rustic ale house with a tankard, children, and a dog.

Strolling Violinist at an Ale House Door

Adriaen van Ostade, 1625-85

Pen and wash drawing of men drinking in a cluttered tavern with shelves of jugs, a ladder, and barrels.

Drinkers in a Tavern

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a dim barn interior with peasants, cows, and chickens beneath heavy timber roof beams.

Barn Interior with Peasants and Cows (recto); Six Studies of Peasants (verso)

Isaac van Ostade, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of a church tower with spire and arched windows, beside trees, with a Spanish handwritten note below.

Church Tower with Inscription in Spanish to Avery. Verso: 3/4 View Portrait of Man

Martín Rico y Ortega, 1833-1908

Watercolor elevation of an ornate triumphal arch with obelisks, flags, sculptures and a winged trumpeter atop a dome.

Triumphal Arch, April 1814

Francisco Antonio de Sousa, 1814

Pen and wash drawing of a domed rotunda with columns beside a formal garden, with strolling figures and a dog.

A General Plan and Prospective of Lord Viscount Cobham's Gardens at Stowe

Jacques Rigaud, 1733-34

Pen and wash drawing of a village waterfront with gabled houses, a crowd gathered by a torch, and a boat at the right.

Distribution of the Catch by Night

Isaac van Ostade, 17th century

Pen and ink landscape of a river with a ruined arch, rocky banks, boats, and figures in the foreground, with birds overhead.

Landscape with the Calling of St. Peter

Jacob Pynas, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a reclining woman with angels below, a cross on a hill, and the title La Maison de Nazaret.

Maison de Nazaret

Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, 1851-1904

Album page of rococo chimneypiece and candelabra ornament designs, pen and ink with pasted prints, ca. 1760.

Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints

Gideon Saint, ca. 1760

Pencil drawing of a tall-masted ship and rowboats moored in harbor water before a coastal town and cliffs.

Boats Moored Near Cliffs of Dover

T. H. Yudin, 19th century

Title page of Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience with gold lettering, colored washes, and two entwined nude figures

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: Combined Title-page

William Blake, [1789-94] printed ca. 1825

Grey wash drawing of a river town with sailing boats, church spires, a hilltop castle and figures on the banks.

Town by a Large Body of Water

Abraham Rademaker, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Watercolor of a shepherd boy with a pipe looking up at a winged child in pink clouds, with trees and sheep around him.

Songs of Innocence: Frontispiece

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored title page for Songs of Innocence showing a woman reading to two children beneath a tree, with ornate lettering.

Songs of Innocence: Title Page

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Brown ink and wash drawing of thatched farm buildings on flat land with trees and smoke, by Rembrandt.

Group of Farm Buildings

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1648-52

Pen and ink sketch of gabled houses along a waterfront with figures on the bank and a moored boat at right.

Houses by the Water

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated man in a flat cap beside a doorway, with a dog at his feet.

Seated Man Wearing a Flat Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-40

Brown ink drawing of a seated bearded prophet confronting a crowned king in an interior with columns and drapery.

Nathan Admonishing David

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650-55

Ink drawing of a seated beggar with crutches reaching toward a robed figure beneath a stone archway, with onlookers.

St. Peter and St John Healing the Paralytic

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-69

Pen and brown wash sketch of a woman in bed accusing a turbaned man in a long coat, with onlookers and furniture in an interi

Potiphar's Wife Accusing Joseph Before her Husband

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Pen and ink sketch of two studies of a woman in a headscarf reading, one seated leaning forward, one with raised hand.

Two Studies of a Woman Reading

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-40

Old Man in Profile

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Hand-colored page with the poem Introduction in red text, framed by twisting vines and small figures in roundels.

Songs of Innocence: Introduction

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page showing a shepherd with a staff beside a tree, sheep grazing below, and the poem The Shepherd above.

Songs of Innocence: The Shepherd

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page showing children playing on a green under a large tree, with a poem printed below in orange text.

Songs of Innocence: The Ecchoing Green

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-coloured illuminated plate of children and adults on a green beneath vines, with a poem above.

Songs of Innocence: The Ecchoing Green (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page from Blake's Songs of Innocence showing a child with sheep beside a cottage, poem text above, vine border.

Songs of Innocence: The Lamb

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Illuminated page: a mother and child under a tree at sunrise, above the hand-lettered poem The Little Black Boy with decorati

Songs of Innocence: The Little Black Boy

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored Blake plate showing a seated elder under a willow with two children and sheep, with verse text above.

Songs of Innocence: The Little Black Boy (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a swirling tree, winged figures, and two verses about a sparrow and robin, titled The Blossom.

Songs of Innocence: The Blossom

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Pen and watercolor drawing of an overturned carriage, fleeing pigs, and sprawled figures on a country road.

Going to Ivy Bridge

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor street scene of a brush vendor with a pole of wares talking to two women at a doorway.

Street Scene: Vendor of Brushes

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of two embracing nude women on a bed under a pink canopy, with a reclining nude man beside them.

Nude Couple Embracing

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a sailor embracing a woman in a kitchen while an elderly woman watches from the hearth.

The Sailor's Return from Active Service

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude Venus with a billowing cloth, Anchises seated beside her, and a cupid above.

Venus, Anchises and Cupid

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a nude muscular man lifting an arm while supporting a draped figure bent at his side.

Standing Nude Man Supporting Fainting Female (Ludovisi Gaul in the Uffizi)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of travelers with horses, a loaded cart, and a dog on a road beside sheds and trees.

Migrants

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, boulders, and a hilltop village under a pale sky.

Landscape

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1609-67

Illuminated page of Blake's poem The Chimney Sweeper with colored border and figures dancing in a green landscape below.

Songs of Innocence: The Chimney Sweeper

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Ink and wash drawing of a rocky hillside with overgrown Roman ruins, a fluted column and arches, and a distant plain.

Landscape with Roman Ruins

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1609-67

Brown wash drawing of a haloed Franciscan friar distributing knotted cords to kneeling figures and souls rising from clouds.

The Distribution of the Franciscan Cords

Jan Erasmus Quellinus, 1667

Hand-colored page with a child pointing into a dark night landscape, above the poem The Little Boy Lost in orange lettering.

Songs of Innocence: Little Boy Lost

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored illustration of a haloed robed figure leading a small child through dark trees, with verse text below.

Songs of Innocence: The Little Boy Found

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor illuminated page of Blake's Laughing Song showing figures feasting under trees above poem text with bird border.

Songs of Innocence: Laughing Song

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page of William Blake's poem A Cradle Song with flowing gold vines and blue and pink washes.

Songs of Innocence: A Cradle Song

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-coloured illustration of a woman in a red robe bending over a sleeping infant in a cradle, with an inscribed verse above

Songs of Innocence: A Cradle Song (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem The Divine Image, framed by colorful scrollwork and small figures with vines.

Songs of Innocence: The Divine Image

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem Holy Thursday, showing rows of children in procession above and figures below.

Songs of Innocence: Holy Thursday

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page of Blake's Night showing poem text, a slender tree, a crescent moon and small angel figures in blue and gre

Songs of Innocence: Night

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Blake illuminated plate: orange text verses above a night landscape with a tree and haloed angel figures in watercolor.

Songs of Innocence: Night (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a woman holding an infant under a tree beside sheep, and the verse 'Spring' below in orange text.

Songs of Innocence: Spring

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a child embracing a lamb beside sheep, with two verses of text and a swirling sun above.

Songs of Innocence: Spring (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem Nurse's Song above a scene of children playing in a green landscape while a seated nurse watc

Songs of Innocence: Nurse's Song

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a seated mother and infant under flame-like red forms, poem text and vine borders below.

Songs of Innocence: Infant Joy

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Illuminated page titled A Dream with colored verse, foliage border, and a small figure beside a glow-worm and beetle.

Songs of Innocence: A Dream

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page from Blake's Songs of Innocence with poem On Anothers Sorrow, framed by a tree and decorative border.

Songs of Innocence: On Anothers Sorrow

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored print of a pink-clad figure holding a winged child aloft, with a tree, sheep, and yellow sunset landscape.

Songs of Experience: Frontispiece

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored title page with gilt lettering, winged figures, and a woman in pink mourning over a reclining body on a tomb.

Songs of Experience: Title-page

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Pen and brown ink drawing of a pastoral scene with shepherds, a well, sheep, cattle and large trees beside a river.

The Meeting of Jacob And Rachel at the Well

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640-49

Pen and brown wash drawing of a kneeling man before a haloed angel beside a candelabrum in a vaulted interior.

Zacharias and the Angel

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-69

Pen and ink drawing of a man leading a laden camel with a decorated saddle, with faint sketches of other figures at left.

Man Leading a Camel

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650-69

Pen and brown ink sketch of three figures: a standing bearded man, a gesturing woman in a headscarf, and a kneeling figure.

Study for a Pietà

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-69

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with two windmills, farmhouses in the middle ground, and a dirt path in the foreground.

Landscape With Two Mills

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of an old bearded man kneeling in prayer in a dim study beside a window and crucifix.

Saint Jerome Praying in His Study

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century

Hand-colored page with poem Introduction, showing a reclining nude figure on a cloud beneath a sun, against a starry night sk

Songs of Experience: Introduction

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem Earth's Answer in orange script, framed by blue and green watercolor, twisting roots and vine

Songs of Experience: Earth's Answer

William Blake, [1794] printed ca. 1825