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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Watercolor study of a stag beetle surrounded by butterflies, grasshoppers, a dragonfly, a wasp, and a spider, with a wind fac

Insects and the Head of a Wind God

Joris Hoefnagel, ca. 1590-1600

Print of a seated woman holding an infant with a kneeling boy beside her under a tree, with Latin inscription below.

A Woman Standing at the Foot of a Tree Holding an Infant, with a Seated Boy

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1724

Engraved print of Saint John seated in a desert landscape beneath a tree, with a halo and two cherubs beside him.

Saint John in the Desert

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1725

Grisaille study of a ceiling decoration with clouds, a draped woman, winged putti and reclining figures in flanking spandrels

Study for the Decoration of a Vault

Carlo Alberto Baratta, 1754-1815

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with an angel presenting a nude soul below, cherubs and faces above.

Saint Michael the Archangel and Another Figure Recommending a Soul to the Virgin and Child in Heaven

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1629-57

Etching of the Nativity with the infant Christ, a woman, an old shepherd, an ox, and two angels among clouds.

The Nativity with Angels

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1650-57

Pen and ink wash drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of rearing horses over clouds, with faint red grid lines.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Rising Sun

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Grey wash drawing of hunters with dead hares and a bird beside a stone wall, with dogs and a saddled horse under trees.

Hunters with Dead Game in a Landscape

Giovanni Agostino Cassana, 1600-1800

Grey wash drawing of a ceiling design with papal tiara, crossed keys, cherubs, allegorical women and an empty cartouche.

Modello for Ceiling Fresco with Papal Coat of Arms

Bernardo Castello, 1557-1629

Pen and wash drawing of a banquet with a seated woman, a man beside her, servants, soldiers and dogs under a draped canopy.

The Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young girl climbing temple steps toward a robed priest, with onlookers and vaulted architectu

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Valerio Castello, 1624-59

Brown ink and wash drawing of Judith and Holofernes, with a woman leaning over a reclining man in a shadowed setting.

Judith Decapitating Holofernes

Valerio Castello, 1624-59

Pen and gray wash drawing of a rococo corner ornament with scrolls, shells, flower-filled urns and foliage.

Design for the Corner of a Decoration (recto); Sketch of Monumental Building with Four Temple-Front Entrances (verso)

Jacques de Lajoüe, ca. 1730

Pen and watercolor drawing of a young hunter seated on a rock with dogs in a landscape with trees and a vessel.

Young Hunter with His Dogs in a Landscape

Giovanni Francesco Castiglione, 1641-1710

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd of animals including a lion, leopard, goats, cow, ostriches and birds.

A Congress of Animals

Giovanni Francesco Castiglione, 1641-1710

Drawing of God descending in clouds with putti, pointing at a kneeling man while women watch beside a classical ruin.

God the Father Appearing to Jacob

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1635-45

Pen and brown ink sketch of several nude male figures in dynamic poses, one figure pulling down another, with studies of head

Fantastic Subject: Five Nude Male Figures Punishing Another

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-64

Red chalk drawing of shepherds herding sheep and cattle past a tree trunk along a rocky path.

Pastoral Journey with Flocks and Herds at a Stream

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1660-64

Red chalk and wash drawing of a nude man gesturing among animals and figures, with a sketched ark at upper left.

Noah Entering the Ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-64

Etching of figures searching belongings beneath trees, with a mounted rider, women, children, and a distant hilly landscape.

Laban searching for idols among Jacob's possessions

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1635-40

Etching of Pan reclining near pitchers, a large urn on a pedestal under a tree, sheep grazing, and distant mountains.

Pan reclincing near a large vase set in a landscape

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645

Etching of figures carrying a shrouded body down stone steps, with a dog and a standing figure among ruins.

Tobit burying the Dead

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647-51

Etching of the Raising of Lazarus: a figure points at a tomb as light breaks through, with kneeling women and a crowd nearby.

Raising of Lazarus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-50

Brown and blue wash drawing of the Presentation in the Temple inside an ornate sculpted frame with cherubs and caryatids.

The Presentation in the Temple, with a Design for a Sculpted Frame

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1630-35

Etching of a wooded scene where men gather around a glowing light beside two reclining figures on the ground.

Finding the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-51

Etching of a seated sorceress in ruins with companions of Ulysses transformed into sheep, a stag, a dog and a peacock.

Circe with the companions of Ulysses changed into animals

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650-51

Etching of animals including a horse, cattle, sheep and goats moving across a landscape past shepherds beneath a tree.

Noah and the animals entering the ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1650-55

Etching of the Resurrection of Lazarus with a robed figure at right, Lazarus rising from a tomb, and a crowd of onlookers at

Resurrection of Lazarus

Salvatore Castiglione, 1645

Pen and brown wash drawing of a chaotic galley battle with broken masts, struggling figures and a distant fleet.

The Naval Battle of Meloria

Giovanni David, 1743-90

Etching of a man kneeling beside a wounded woman in a wooded landscape, with a dog and a bow and arrow nearby.

The Death of Procris

Giovanni David, 1770-90

Etching of Daedalus fitting wings onto Icarus in a vaulted workshop, with dead birds on the floor and a sea view.

Icarus and Daedalus

Giovanni David, 1775

Engraving of a woman in a dark cloak and ornate gown with a fan, standing before a Venetian square with columns and buildings

The Venetian Woman, from "Divers Portraits"

Giovanni David, 1775

Engraving of a exhausted wigmaker slumped in a chair beside a wig stand, candle, basin, and scattered grooming tools.

The Tired Wigmaker, from "Divers Portraits"

Giovanni David, 1775

Etching of Psyche holding a lamp over a sleeping Cupid on a bed with drapery, inscribed with the title in the margin.

Curious Psyche

Giovanni David, mid-1770's

Pencil and wash drawing of a figure sketching outdoors beside gnarled trees, with a child, a dog and a distant town.

Landscape with an Artist Sketching

Mari ten Kate, n.d.

Watercolor of the domed Muiderpoort gatehouse beside a canal, with large trees, boats, a footbridge and a windmill.

The Muiderpoort, Amsterdam, seen from the Plantage

Hendrick Keun, 1771

Brown wash drawing of the Crucifixion with soldiers, a mounted rider, a fortified wall and mourners in the foreground.

Crucifixion

Thomas de Keyser, 1665

Pale watercolor of a hilltop town above cliffs and a calm lake, with a thatched hut and cypress trees.

Genzano and Lake Nemi

Joseph August Knip, early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with a man beside a boathouse, moored boat, trees and a distant town.

River Landscape with a Man Standing by a Boathouse

Philips Koninck, mid-17th-late 17th century

Blue-grey wash drawing of a ceiling design with haloed female saints, a crowned figure, a dog, and draped curtains.

Design for a Ceiling showing the Virgin, Catherine, and Agnes

Matthais Wolcker, early to mid-18th century

Pen and wash sketch of three women and a child on a rooftop with birds, in an arched frame.

Three Women and a Child on a Roof

Ludwig Richter, 1820-84

Pen drawing of a mounted rider under trees above a lower scene of a rooster, hen, and woman carrying a bundle.

Two Designs for Illustration

Ludwig Richter, 1820-84

Pen and watercolor city view with a tall church tower, domes, a columned portico in front, and trees on the right.

View of Milan

Ludwig Richter, 1820-84

Red chalk drawing of a seated man in a robe reading at a desk beside bookshelves and stacked books.

The Immortal Author

Bernhard Rode, 1740-97

Pencil sketch of riverside buildings, a stone tower and a water mill wheel beside a river with trees behind.

Landscape with Mill and Buildings

Ludwig Richter, 1820-84

Ink and wash design with winged figures, an ox-drawn chariot in the clouds, and rococo scroll border above a distant landscap

Design for a Book Illustration

Franz Sigrist, late 18th century

Pencil sketch of three vignettes: a horseback rider over clouds, playful cherubs among foliage, and a seated figure under a t

Three Designs for Book Illustrations

Ludwig Richter, 1820-84

Hand-lettered German verse sheet with watercolor scrollwork border and vignettes of a goat, a pig, travelers and a devil.

Sheets of Verses: Priamel vom Schuldenbot

Johann Martin Usteri, late 18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned rider on a horse led by a cloaked man through a walled city street with onlookers.

Triumph of Mordecai

Hans Ulrich Fisch vom Stein I, early to mid-17th century

Pen and wash design with winged figures, a kneeling woman in prayer, cherubs, and a domed building within rococo scrollwork.

Design for Book Illustration

Franz Sigrist, late 18th century

Watercolor elevation of a neoclassical riding school side entrance with columns, pediment, arched windows and two mounted rid

Project for the Riding-School of the Horse Guards in Saint Petersburg: Elevation of the Side Entrance

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1744-1817

Architectural section drawing of a classical interior with columns, a central fireplace and mirror, and a vaulted niche below

Project for the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo (Section)

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1744-1817

Brown wash drawing of trees on a rocky riverbank, with two people in a rowboat on calm water and hills beyond.

Landscape

Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with putti, grape garlands, an eagle-head spout and fluted body on a pedestal.

Design for a Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1754-91

Watercolor of a seated fiddler in a green vest and wide hat playing violin beside a tree trunk.

Gypsy Fiddler

Monogrammist CG, 1858

Painted design for a wall with garlands, gilded scrolls, and a central doorway panel on a reddish-brown ground.

Design for Wall Decoration

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine

Pen and wash design for an oval gold box with rococo scrollwork, a reclining woman and a cherub, and a blank panel below.

Design for an Oval Gold Box

Hubert François Gravelot

Pencil sketch of a hillside monastery above a coastline with trees and distant shore, on a pale sheet.

Sketch of the Monastery of St. George Chalkis

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of an armored knight with lance and banner beside a pedestal with a laurel-wreath relief.

Statue of a Knight

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a two-story monastery with wooden balconies beside tall trees and a dirt path.

The Cloister Sanajia (?) at Kalki

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a columned interior with a grand staircase, ornate frieze, coffered ceiling, and a small floor plan overlay.

Interior of the Alhambra(?)

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a building with a curved bay window, balcony railing, heraldic medallion, and garden shrubs on grid paper.

Sketch of Building

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a landscape with a stone arch bridge, tall cypress trees, leafy trees and a hillside with buildings.

Landscape with Bridge

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a building with curved bay windows, a garden terrace with potted plants, and trees on the right.

Sketch of Building and Garden

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century