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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Blue-grey wash drawing of a shadowed forest with a waterfall cascading over rocks beneath tall trees.

River Landscape with Mountain Stream

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a river winding past leaning trees and a wooden gate under a pale sky.

River Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Watercolor of flat dunes with a thatched cottage, windmills and a church tower under a cloudy sky.

View of Haarlem from the Dunes

Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, mid-19th-early 20th century

Woodcut of nude trumpeters leading a horse with a horn and a rider holding a laurel branch, with a dog and a cat in the proce

Trumpeters leading Ceasar on horseback, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut of a procession of armored figures carrying vases, platters and laurel wreaths, with Latin text below.

Figures bearing trophies and and carrying wreaths, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut of Julius Caesar on a triumphal chariot with attendants, soldiers and laurel branches in a procession.

Caesar riding on his chariot, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut print of oxen and elephants pulling a turreted triumphal chariot, with laurel-crowned armored men in procession.

Oxen and elephants, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut procession of crowned captives, robed men and armored soldiers walking under the title Triumphus Caesaris.

Various figures in procession, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut of armored soldiers marching with banners, laurel wreaths and a Roman eagle, with a Latin caption below.

Figures carrying standards and trophies, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut of armored horsemen carrying laurel branches in a triumphal procession, with a dog below and Latin text at the bottom

Figures on horseback, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Grey wash drawing of a farmyard courtyard with a stone arch, wooden gates, a barred shed and tall trees behind.

Courtyard of a Farmhouse

Thomas Wijck, 1629-77

Engraving of a white horse rearing in fright beside a calm lion on rocky ground, by George Stubbs, 1788.

A Horse Affrighted at a Lion

George Stubbs, May 1, 1788

Grey wash drawing of a ruined cylindrical tower, stone houses, and travelers with a donkey on a dirt road.

Landscape with a Tower

Thomas Wijck, 1629-77

Hand-colored print of a galloping horseman with a whip chasing a carriage past a signpost reading To Gretna Green.

Filial Affection, or a Trip to Gretna Green

Thomas Rowlandson, December 15, 1785

Brown wash drawing of Apollo in a laurel wreath holding hands with Thetis on a cloud, with cherubs and a lyre nearby.

Apollo and Thetis

Jacob de Wit, early 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a ceiling design with clouds, a seated figure with a staff, and winged putti in a shaped frame.

Ceiling Design

Jacob de Wit, early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of allegorical figures in an arched niche, with a woman holding a chalice and a seated woman with children.

Allegorical Figures of Faith, Hope and Charity in a Niche

Jacob de Wit, early 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a river with boats, a large tree, and buildings along the banks.

River View in Italy

Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Pen and wash drawing of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome, with a column at left and a temple at right.

The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, with the Column of Phocas at the Left and the Temple of Saturn at t…

Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Brown wash drawing of an Italianate landscape with a farmhouse inn, a dirt road, tall pines and distant hills.

Italianate River Landscape with an Inn

Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Engraving of Victory standing among bound captives, shields, weapons and a ship prow, with Latin verse below.

Victory Surrounded by Prisoners and Trophies

Frans Floris, 1552

Engraving of a helmeted tooth-puller on horseback pulling a tooth from a woman while a crowd watches in a town street.

The Tooth-Puller

Pieter van der Borcht

Engraving of a woman scolding a seated man by an oak tree, with chickens, a rooster, a pig and onlookers in a house window.

The Hen-Pecked Husband

Pieter van der Borcht

Engraved Flemish village street with houses, figures at windows, a barrel roller, a bread carrier and a fishing boat on a riv

A Flemish Village with Ten Proverbs on Laziness

Frans Huys, n.d.

Etched landscape with hills, a walled town by a river, grazing cattle, and a mythological chariot in the clouds above.

Landscape with Mercury Holding Argus's Head

Hieronymus Cock, 16th century

Etching of a village road with a thatched farmhouse, sheds, tall trees, and a woman with a child walking in the foreground.

Village Road with a Farm and Sheds, from the series, The Small Landscapes (Multifariarum Casularum)

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1559-61

Etching of a village road with thatched cottages, a post mill, cultivated fields, and a rider on horseback.

Fields with a Village Road with Post Mill, from the series The Small Landscapes (Multifariarum Casularum)

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1559-61

Engraved landscape with a rocky hill, hermitage chapel, kneeling saint, lion, crucifix, and village in the valley.

Landscape with Saint Jerome

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Hand-colored fashion print of a man in a blue coat and a woman in a white dress with blue trim, standing side by side.

Anglais en Habit Habille; from Collections de Costumes dessinés

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1814-24

Etching of a river landscape with a large tree, boats, a walled town, a rocky mountain, and birds in the sky.

Mountain Landscape

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Pencil sketch of a symmetrical ornate festival structure with domed pavilions, stepped passage and draped figures in the corn

Design for a Festival Display of Fireworks (recto); Small Figures by a different hand (verso)

Laurent Hubert, 18th century

Etching of two men in the foreground with tall-masted ships and a harbor view framed by a wooden beam and brick building.

Rotherhithe (Wapping)

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Etching of dark-sailed barges moored by a riverbank with trees and buildings, reflected in calm water.

Hurlingham

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of two seated women and a child stringing beads in a dark interior beside a fireplace and shuttered window.

Bead Stringers

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Grey wash drawing of robed figures and an ox before classical columns and arches in a crowded ancient interior.

Samuel Anointing the Young David (?)

Jan Erasmus Quellinus, n.d.

Etching of a man in a rowboat on a still lake, holding a fishing rod while netting a fish, with trees on the shore.

Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake

Winslow Homer, 1889

Wood engraving of a boy offering a treat to another boy with eyes closed on a city street with barrels and a gas lamp.

Open Your Mouth and Shut Your Eyes (from "Harper's Weekly")

John George Brown, May 16, 1874

Ink and grey wash drawing of a receding palace interior with arched colonnades, draped curtains and a staircase.

Perspectival Sketch for a Palace Interior

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Engraving of a woman with a parasol on a beach, with a couple seated by a rowboat near the sea and grasses in the foreground.

On the Beach - Two are Company, Three are None, from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVI

Winslow Homer, August 17, 1872

Engraving of three boys raiding a sand-swallow colony on a sandy bank while birds fly overhead, by Winslow Homer, 1874.

Raid on a Sand-swallow Colony - "How Many Eggs?" (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVIII)

Winslow Homer, June 13, 1874

Wood engraving of children picking berries in a meadow, with a sailboat on the sea and clouds overhead.

Gathering Berries (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVIII)

Winslow Homer, July 11, 1874

Wood engraving of two men camping by a lake with canoes, a lean-to, a campfire, fish, and mountains behind.

Camping Out in Adirondacks (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVIII)

Winslow Homer, November 7, 1874

Wood engraving of a standing speaker gesturing to a seated crowd around a campfire, with tepees and bare trees behind.

Around the Council Fire, The Young Brave's Speech, from "Harper's Weekly"

Edwin Austin Abbey, May 10, 1873

Ink and wash drawing of a draped female figure holding scales, a design for a statue of Justice, with sketches at the edges.

Design for a Statue of Justice with Sketches at Left and Above

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, n.d.

Pen and grey wash design drawing of an ornate casket with garlands, scrolled feet, and a central satyr mask panel.

Design for an Casket heavily decorated Foliate Scrolls, Garlands and a Satyr Mask

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered hat carrying a stack of folding chairs on his back, walking on a bare ground.

Arti di Bologna (Di Bologna l'Arti per via D'An.ibal' Ca.rac)

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1660 (re-published 1740)

Pen and wash drawing of a Baroque altar design with a Nativity scene below and God the Father among angels above.

Design for an Altar with a Painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds and God the Father Above

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate alcove with a crowned coat of arms, flanking putti, and pilasters with human-head ca

Design for an Alcove with a Coat of Arms Flanked by Putti Bearing a Crown, Supported by Pilasters with Human Heads in…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Sheet with sketches and designs for two vases, three classical heads en profil and two slave figures (recto); Design…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate arched frame with scrolling volutes and a central cartouche above a blank opening.

Design for the Top of an Arch, Decorated with a Cherub (recto); Design for the Frame of a Frieze (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Women sewing havelocks together in a sunlit parlor draped with an American flag, engraving from Harper's Weekly cover, 1861.

The War - Making Havelocks for the Volunteers (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, no. 235, cover)

Winslow Homer, June 29, 1861

Pen and wash drawing of a standing female figure holding a mirror, with a serpent beside her and draped robes.

Design for a Statue of Prudence with Sketches at Upper Left Corner

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of two seated men at a table, an old man with a staff watching, and a village landscape behind.

A Proverb: Wealth and Poverty

Karel van Mander I, mid-16th-early 17th century

Etching of the Pantheon in Rome showing its columned portico, pediment, dome and bell towers, with street figures below.

The Pantheon exterior (Veduta del Pantheon d'Agrippa oggi Chiesa di S. Maria ad Martyres)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720-78

Pen and watercolor drawing of a thatched farm building with a chimney, wheelbarrow, wagon wheel, and leaning poles.

A Farm Building (recto); Head of a Woman and Slight Sketch of Woman Holding a Child (verso)

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long hair, white collar and cross medal, set in a field of engraved stars.

Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe

Robert Nanteuil, 1665

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar and cross pendant, with inscription and coat of arms.

Charles-Maurice le Tellier

Robert Nanteuil, 1671

Sepia drawing of a Gothic portal with a sculpted tympanum and statue, with a street and figures visible through the arch.

View of the Entrance to the Piazza del Duomo from the Piazza San Giovanni in Siena

Giovanni Battista Silvestri, 1816-73

Grey paper with ink sketches of book headpieces and vignettes, including a laurel wreath, a winged figure, and a reclining fi

Studies for headpieces and vignettes in the book, Amor und Psyche (Opus V)

Max Klinger, 1878

Engraved portrait of a man with long hair and white collar inside an oak wreath, above a coat of arms with two lions.

Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar and cross pendant, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, Le Cardinal de Bouillon

Robert Nanteuil, 1668

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, lace collar and star badge, Chancellor Michel Le Tellier.

Chancelier Michel IV Le Tellier

Robert Nanteuil, 1674

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with curled wig, lace cravat and armour, framed by fleur-de-lis and inscription.

Louis de France, called Le Grand Dauphin or Monseigneur

Robert Nanteuil, 1677

Engraved oval portrait of Louis XIV in curled wig and lace collar, with fleur-de-lis armor and cherub heads in corners.

Louis XIV

Robert Nanteuil, 1686

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair, lace cravat and armor, framed by titled inscriptions.

Charles d'Albert d'Ailly, duc de Chaulnes

Robert Nanteuil, 1676

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar and dark robe, framed by a laurel wreath with Latin inscription

Jacques-Nicolas Colbert

Robert Nanteuil, 1673

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar, and star insignia on a cloak, within an inscribed border.

Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, cardinal de Bouillon

Robert Nanteuil, ca. 1678

Engraved oval portrait of a man with a white collar, dark cape and star-shaped order insignia, within a decorative border.

Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe

Robert Nanteuil, 1663

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and lace collar, with fleur-de-lis corners.

Anne of Austria

Robert Nanteuil, 1666

Sepia drawing of a young girl in a bonnet beside a small dog, framed in a neoclassical architectural niche with a carved head

Portrait of a Girl and Her Dog

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, ca. 1796-97

Pencil and wash drawing of a crowded columned station hall with men in top hats and women in gowns sprawled on steps.

At the Railroad Station

called Numa Pierre-Numa Bassaget, 1850-59

Pencil drawing of an elegant crowd in a columned hall, women in full gowns and men in top hats.

Crowd Leaving a Theater (?)

called Numa Pierre-Numa Bassaget, 19th century

Engraved portrait of a seated cardinal beside a draped curtain, with a long gallery of busts and statues behind him and a glo

Cardinal Jules Mazarin Seated Within the Gallery of his Palace

Robert Nanteuil, 1659

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled wig and lace collar, framed by a laurel wreath and inscriptions.

François-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois

Antoine Masson, 17th century

Engraving of a huge beached sperm whale on a shore, with crowds, horsemen, barrels, sailing ships and hills behind.

Sperm whale beached near Berkhey on 3 February, 1598

Jacob Matham, 1598

Engraving of soldiers gathered under pine boughs at a camp sutler's stand, with a campfire and an officer at right.

Thanksgiving in Camp (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VII)

Winslow Homer, November 29, 1862

Engraving of soldiers resting by a campfire beside a long line of covered wagons and mules during a halt.

Halt of a Wagon Train (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VIII)

Winslow Homer, February 6, 1864

Woman in plaid dress blowing a dinner horn outside an ivy-covered cottage, with field workers and a cat nearby.

The Dinner Horn (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XIV)

Winslow Homer, June 11, 1870

Engraving of people at a seaside clam bake on rocky beach, with smoke rising and sailboats on the sea.

Sea-side Sketches - A Clam Bake (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVII)

Winslow Homer, August 23, 1873

Engraving of boys linked in a snap-the-whip game running across a meadow beside a schoolhouse and wooded hills.

Snap-the-Whip (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVII)

Winslow Homer, September 20, 1873

Wood engraving of children in a rowboat on harbor water, with sailboats and a cloudy sky behind them.

Gloucester Harbor (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVII)

Winslow Homer, September 27, 1873

Engraving of three figures on a beach at high tide, with waves, seagulls, and ships on the horizon.

High Tide (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)

Winslow Homer, August 6, 1870

Engraving of children playing at low tide on a beach, with shoes on the sand, wading figures and distant ships.

Low Tide (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)

Winslow Homer, August 6, 1870

Wood engraving of two men in a canoe on a marsh pond, one holding up a dead bird, with wooded hills behind.

Trapping in the Adirondacks (from "Every Saturday," Vol. I, New Series)

Winslow Homer, December 24, 1870

Engraving of two hunters on snowshoes aiming rifles in a winter forest as a dog leaps and a deer flees.

Deer-Stalking in the Adirondacks in Winter (Every Saturday, Vol. II, New Series)

Winslow Homer, January 21, 1871

Wood engraving of three boys in tall grass watching a loaded stagecoach travel a road toward distant hills, on a magazine cov

On the Road to Lake George (from "Appleton's Journal," Vol. I)

Winslow Homer, July 24, 1869

Engraving of fashionable women with parasols and a man in a top hat on a beach, with bathers in the surf.

The Beach at Long Branch (from "Appleton's Journal," Vol. II)

Winslow Homer, August 21, 1869

Engraving of a woman with a fishing rod and a man in a military cap in a wicker carriage facing the sea at Newport.

Our Watering Places - The Empty Sleeve at Newport (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. IX)

Winslow Homer, August 26, 1865

Wood engraving of couples dancing at a crowded Parisian ball, with top-hatted men and women in period dress watching.

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Mabille, Paris (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XI)

Winslow Homer, November 23, 1867

Engraving of a couple dancing at a Parisian casino ball, with a crowd of men in top hats watching from behind.

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Casino (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XI)

Winslow Homer, November 23, 1867

Engraving of art students and copyists at easels in a vaulted gallery with framed paintings and visitors walking.

Art-Students and Copyists in the Louvre Gallery, Paris (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XII)

Winslow Homer, January 11, 1868

Etching of soldiers and cavalry marching at night along a forest road, with a burning tree and wagon.

A Night March, Plate 16 from "Life Studies of the Great Army"

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Colored print of a seated soldier in a cap smoking a clay pipe, with army tents in the background.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Building Castles; Hard Tack; Upset His Coffee; Water Call; A Shell is Coming; Riding on a Rail;…

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of a man in a wide-brimmed hat smoking a pipe while seated on a cannon, with smoke and distant figures behind.

Life in Camp, Part 2: In the Trenches; Good Bye; Fording; Extra Ration; The Field Barber; The Girl He Left Behind Him…

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored lithograph of many figures in period dress skating on a frozen park pond, with a fallen skater and a Dangerous sign.

Skating in Central Park, New York

Winslow Homer, 1861

Wood engraving of soldiers firing rifles during a skirmish in an open field, with smoke rising across the landscape.

The First Maine Cavalry Skirmishing

Alfred Waud, 1845-91