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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Charcoal drawing on grey paper of a woman's head and shoulders with heavy drapery and one arm extended to the right.

Half-Length Figure of a Woman with Outstretched Arms

François-Claudius Compte-Calix

Graphite drawing of a standing man in a long robe and cloak, gazing upward with one hand on his chest.

Standing Figure of a Robed Man

François-Claudius Compte-Calix

Charcoal drawing on grey paper of a standing male figure in a long robe, one hand raised to the chest.

Three-Quarter View of a Standing Male Robed Figure

François-Claudius Compte-Calix

Pencil sketch by Gustave Doré of figures in a crowd beside a figure on a cross, with draped cloth above.

Sketch of a Draper's or Upholsterer's Shop

Ink drawing of a woman in a ruffled period dress holding a crosshatched parasol, with hatched shading on pale paper.

Lady with a Parasol

Achille Devéria, 1838

Watercolor sketch of a bearded man in a dark fur hat framed in gold, surrounded by handwritten French verses on paper.

Satirical Drawing of the Sâr Joséphin Peladan

Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1891

Architectural drawing with chapel interior, building elevations and radial floor plan with French handwritten notes.

Architectural Drawing for a Chapel and Hospital

de la Maire, ca. 1767

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a costumed male figure with a sword, framed by radiating drapery and an ornate border.

A Costumed Actor in Front of a Curtain

Ink and wash drawing of a stormy forest with lightning, a standing rider and a fallen dead horse in the foreground.

A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape

Ink and wash drawing of a crouching grotesque figure reaching toward a cat, with a standing woman and an older man looking on

The Pampered Idiot (Niño zangolotino)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical scene with a reclining man surrounded by a crowd beneath an arched portico.

The Death of Socrates

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, ca. 1749

Grey wash drawing of herdsmen with cattle, sheep and a goat resting in an Italianate landscape with trees and hills.

Herdsmen with Cattle and Sheep in Italianate Landscape

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-17th-late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a receding colonnade with Corinthian columns, a niche statue, and small figures in a courtyard.

A Temple in a Courtyard (Pool of Bethesda)

Adam Elsheimer, late 16th-early 17th century

Black chalk study on blue paper of a standing peasant man in a fur hat and long coat, leaning on a ledge.

Study of a Standing Peasant

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a family gathered around a table drinking, with a woman in an apron standing at right and a dog below.

A Family Carousing

David Teniers the Younger, 17th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of the Virgin with a halo, praying among clouds and winged angels holding a palm and banner.

The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Little Angels in the Clouds

Friedrich Sustris, ca. 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lunette with two kneeling saints flanking a central pedestal, angels and putti above in cloud

Two Saints in Adoration

Ventura Salimbeni, n.d.

Charcoal drawing on blue paper of a bearded saint in draped robes standing beside a diagonal cross.

St. Andrew

Juan Carreño de Miranda, 17th century

Red chalk study of a draped standing figure holding a chalice, with sketched wing fragments at the right edge.

Study of St. John (recto); Study of a Warrior (verso)

Eugenio Caxés, 17th century

Brown and green wash drawing of a military trophy with draped figure, ornate shields, helmet, urn and goblet.

Design for a Military Trophy

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1752-1821

Brown wash drawing of a dying man on a couch in a classical colonnaded hall with mourners, soldiers and a scribe.

The Death of Seneca

Jean Guillaume Moitte, ca. 1770-90

Watercolor of riders and a shepherd driving sheep along a track under a cloudy sky, with distant water and cattle.

Riders with sheep near an estuary

David Cox, 1830

Pen and ink sketch of a nude risen figure with a banner above a tomb, with startled soldiers around its base.

Resurrection

Luca Cambiaso, 16th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated draped man holding a chalice, with an eagle beside him.

Saint John the Evangelist (recto; Cartoon for a Fresco); Saint Mark (verso; Cartoon for a Fresco)

Francesco Salviati, 1548-49

Pen and wash drawing of putti beside an urn above an arch, framed by garlands and a decorative border.

Design for Over Door

Guillaume Boichot, ca. 1760-80

Ink and wash drawing of an eagle fighting a coiled serpent, with a putto holding a banner and sun rays above.

Design with an Eagle Fighting with a Serpent and a Putto in the Sky Holding an Inscribed Banner

Pietro da Cortona, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures in ornate frames with a hilltop town in the distance, by Jacopo Zucchi, 1563.

Study for the Allegory of San Gimignano and Colle Val d'Elsa

Jacopo Zucchi, 1563

Bust of a Man Facing Right

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca.1777-85

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a rocky mountain valley with a riverside village, watermills and a castle on a cliff.

Mountainous Landscape

Tobias Verhaecht, 1576-1631

Grey wash drawing of a man in a fur coat raising a dagger before two women on a couch in an ornate draped room.

Comme ils en étaient là, arrive l'oncle

Jean-Michel Moreau, ca. 1778