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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pencil sketch of a woman in a full gown standing in an elegant interior with a sofa, console table and doorway.

Study for "The Just Resentment," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737

Pencil sketch of dancing couples and onlookers in an outdoor garden, with a musician at left and trees framing the scene.

Study for "The Mutual Agreement," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737

Pen and grey wash drawing of two figures clasping hands in an arched colonnaded hall with a tiled floor.

Design for a Scene in Pierre de Laujon's "L'Amoureux de quinze ans, ou la Double-Fête..."

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1771

Brown wash drawing of a rocky landscape with a ruined stone wall, arched opening, small travelers, and birds in the sky.

Landscape with Ruins

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1650

Brown wash drawing of a young man in a broad-brimmed hat resting his chin on his hand, with a cane beside him.

Young Man in Broad-Brimmed Hat, Resting His Chin on His Left Hand

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, ca. 1655

Grey wash drawing of fishermen with boats on a wide river, a grazing cow and trees on the bank, under a cloudy sky.

Coast Scene

Jacob Esselens, 1626-87

Watercolor landscape of a tall rocky cliff beside a river, with figures and a small boat on the sandy bank and blue hills bey

Landscape

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Pencil sketch of an interior with a canopied bed, a seated man and a standing woman in a long gown.

Study for a frontispiece for "Histoire de Miss Jenny"

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a coastal village with ruined walls, rowing boats on the beach, a sailing ship and figures.

View of an Italian Coastal Village with Boats Landing on a Beach

Casper van Eyck, mid-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a woman with a basket among poultry and birds, with a shed, haystack and town in the distance.

Landscape with Three Figures and Birds

Albert Flamen, mid-late 17th century

A Woman Asleep (recto); Landscape Composition with Well-Sweep (verso)

Govert Flinck, 1633-36

Pen and brown ink drawing of witches tending a cauldron over a fire, with a winged figure rising from smoke and a cat nearby.

Witches' Sabbath

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of a youth with head turned left, leaning on his elbow, with a partial figure at the right edge.

Study of a Youth with his Head Turned to the Left and Leaning on his Right Elbow

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

The Soldier Carrying His Pike at the Slope

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Ink and watercolor portrait of a mustached man in a blue jacket and red fez against a green background.

The Zouave

Vincent van Gogh, ca. June 20, 1888

Pen and ink drawing of a wheat field with cypress and poplar trees and a small farmhouse on the horizon.

Wheat Field

Vincent van Gogh, July 1888

Pen and wash drawing of a bare winter nursery garden with leafless trees, shrubs, a pond, and houses behind a fence.

Nursery on Schenkweg

Vincent van Gogh, March-May 1882

Brown wash drawing of a lute player and a seated woman reading, with a cupid overhead and a garden landscape behind them.

Spring, Drawing for Engraving of the Same Subject

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1594

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman with apples, a man in a ruff, and a grape-crowned figure raising a glass before a landsc

Autumn; Study for an Engraving

Hendrick Goltzius, n.d.

Engraving of Lust: nude figures, grotesque hybrid creatures, and fantastical buildings in a crowded allegorical landscape.

Lust

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Brown wash drawing of Phaeton's falling chariot among clouds, with nude figures and smoking landscape below.

The Fall of Phaeton

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Chalk drawing of a seated woman with curled hair holding a deer's head beside her against a shaded forest background.

The Sense of Hearing (recto); light sketch of a woman's head and an arm (verso)

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of six prophets below the Virgin, an angel and a dove of the Holy Spirit in a niche.

The Six Prophets of the Coming of Christ

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, mid-16th-early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the prophet Daniel standing in a cloak, holding a book, with winged creatures and clouds around

The Prophet Daniel in a Landscape

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Monochrome print of an idealized landscape with classical ruins, an obelisk, a fountain, and riders on horseback near tall tr

Heroic Landscape with Watering Place, Riders, and Obelisk

John Baptist Jackson, 1744

Grey wash drawing of a busy town fair with stalls, crowds, a church tower, and figures unloading a boat by the water.

A Fair

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Grey wash drawing of a water mill with waterwheel and cottage, figures on a path under trees, flat landscape beyond.

The Water Mill

Jan van Goyen, early to mid-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a river with a towboat, sailboat, rider on horseback, and figures under a tree on the bank.

River Scene with Towboat

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Pencil drawing of a river with a sailboat, figures in rowboats, stacked timber, trees, and a distant church spire.

River Scene

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a riverside village with cottages, figures on a stone archway, and a small boat at the water's edge.

Landscape with Figures

Jan van Goyen, 1651

Grey wash drawing of a river with a large tree, figures in rowing boats, and a distant cottage under an open sky.

Landscape

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Standing Woman

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pencil drawing of a river estuary with thatched cottages, figures on the bank, sailboats and distant windmills.

A River Estuary

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with a ruined building, trees, three figures in the foreground, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with River and Three Figures

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pencil drawing of cows and figures on a riverbank, with sailboats, a windmill, and a church spire under a cloudy sky.

River Scene with Cows

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Pencil drawing of winter river scene with skaters, horse-drawn sleds, a tent, and a windmill on the horizon.

River Landscape in Winter with Figures Skating and Sleds

Jan van Goyen, 1651

Grey wash drawing of figures resting near tents and a covered cart in an open landscape under cloudy sky.

Landscape with Figures and Camp Site

Josua de Grave, n.d.

Pale blue wash drawing of a river landscape with tall trees, a statue, a bridge, a church tower and a rider on horseback.

Italian Lanscape

Pieter de Groot, 1769

Etching of a quack dentist on a platform in a crowded square, with masked figures, a lute player, a dog, and a bell tower.

The Quack Dentist

Giacomo Leonardis, 1765

Engraving of a crowded masked carnival street with a central woman in a white gown, musicians, and balcony spectators.

The Minuet

Giacomo Leonardis, 1765

Etching of a rhinoceros in the foreground with masked Carnival spectators and a keeper with a whip behind a wooden barrier.

The Rhinoceros, Clara, in the foreground, her keeper holding her horn and a whip behind her at center with various ot…

Alessandro Longhi, after ca. 1751

Etching of an allegorical studio scene with a seated woman drawing, a laurel-crowned man, a portrait on the wall, and an hour

Painting and Merit

Alessandro Longhi, ca. 1761

Chalk drawing of three figures: a woman with lowered eyes, a man whispering beside her, and another man looking out.

Feeding the Dog

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a shield and sword standing over a fallen figure against blue hills.

Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the…

Théodore Géricault, 1816-17

Pencil sketch of a seated man at a tavern table with a jug, surrounded by loosely drawn background figures.

Peasants in a Tavern

Egbert Jasperszoon van Heemskerck I, mid-17th-early 18th century

Drawing of a Gothic cathedral nave with ribbed vaults, a pipe organ, and small figures in 17th-century dress.

Interior of Strasbourg Cathedral

Jacob van der Heyden, ca. 1625-30

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds gathered in a dim arched stable interior with horses in the background.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Samuel van Hoogstraten, early 1640s

Watercolor landscape of rocky mountains, a stream with a footbridge, robed hermits, trees, and a distant church on a hill.

Mountainous Landscape with Hermits

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of rolling fields, trees, shrubs and cottages under an open sky.

Landscape with the Village of Lincent

Constantijn Huygens the Younger, 1675

Grey wash drawing of grapes, peaches and plums in a basket on a ledge, with vine branches and leaves above.

A Basket of Fruit

Jan van Huysum, n.d.

Etching of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling king, attendants, an ox, and angels under a star.

Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1753 (?)

Watercolor of a girl in a bonnet seated in dune grass, looking toward a grey sea with a distant sailboat.

Girl in the Dunes

Jozef Israëls, mid-19th-early 20th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin with outstretched arms surrounded by angels, musicians and kneeling figures.

The Virgin Surrounded by Angels and Representatives of Secular and Ecclesiastical Authorities

Pieter de Jode, late 16th-mid 17th century

Grey wash drawing of Christ falling under the cross, with soldiers, mourning women and a stone arch.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1732-61

Watercolor and graphite sketch of Dutch sailing boats on choppy water with a windmill on the distant shore.

Dutch Fishing Boats; verso: Sketches of Boats

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1870

Watercolor landscape of a road lined with autumn trees, fields and a distant village under a pale sky.

Road near La Côte-Saint-André

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1885

Etching of the Virgin Mary standing on clouds with a dove, cherubs, and a serpent beneath her feet.

The Immaculate Conception

Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo, ca. 1770

Watercolor of a windmill with yellow tower and dark sails beside a tree, houses and a cloudy blue sky.

Wind Mill at Antwerp

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1866

Engraved double portrait of two men in oval medallions within an ornate Rococo frame, with Latin inscriptions below.

Portraits of Canaletto and Visentini

Antonio Visentini, 1735

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, a windblown tree, a dirt path and a grazing cow under a pale sky.

Landscape

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1877

Sepia chiaroscuro print of the Virgin and Child with young Saint John beside a classical temple and columns.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1722

Grey wash drawing of a nude male figure in a twisting pose, one arm raised behind the head, within a ruled border.

Diversarum Iconum...

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, ca. 1749

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded picture gallery with many framed paintings and small groups of figures.

Interior of a Picture Gallery

Hans Jordaens III, ca. 1620

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd with oxen and a kneeling priest before a classical colonnaded building.

Saint Paul at Lystra

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century