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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Gypsy Fiddler

Monogrammist CG, 1858

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 drawing of a large arched hall with rows of stacked framed paintings and two men in caps sorting them.

Candidates for Admission to the Paris Salon

Felicien Myrbach-Rheinfeld, late 19th-early 20th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo altar design with twisted columns and a relief of Saint Michael and the dragon.

Design for an Alter with Saint Michael and the Dragon

Johann Baptist Modler, 1715-74

Pen and wash drawing of a harbor with sailing ships, a fortified tower, arched bridge, and a statue on a pedestal.

Harbor Scene

Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber, ca. 1730

Drawing of a ceiling design with the Presentation in the Temple, angels in clouds, and ornate rococo scrollwork around an arc

Ceiling Design with the Presentation in the Temple

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

Pen drawing of a woman between two bearded men under an ornate arch, with skeletons and inscribed banners, dated 1628.

Design for Stained Glass

Hans Ganting the Younger, 1628

Circular ceiling design in blue watercolor with winged dancing figures around a central chariot scene with horses.

Design for Ceiling: Apollo and the Hours

Angelica Kauffmann, 1760-1807

Pen and grey wash drawing of a goddess of music among clouds with a winged harpist, putti, and crowds below in a rococo frame

The Goddess of Music Distributing Her Gifts to the Nations

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Pen and ink allegorical design: a seated woman offers a laurel wreath to a nude male figure with a torch, amid classical arch

Design for an Allegorical Print

Louis Lafitte, ca.1800-02

Brown ink and wash drawing of two classical urns with serpent handles, relief figures, and a lion mask detail.

Designs for Two Urns

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin

Pen and wash design drawing of a wall with an ornate chimneypiece, caryatids, framed paintings, and two standing male figures

Design for a Wall Decoration with Chimneypiece and Two Figures

Antoine Le Pautre, ca. 1650-70

Decorative drawing of a telegraph office with interior hall scenes, operators at apparatus, a street facade and framing ornam

The main telegraph office newly built in St. Petersburg and opened 14 October 1862

Adolf Jossifowitsch Charlemagne, 1862

Ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family in a carpenter's shop, with Joseph at a workbench and the child on the floor.

The Childhood of Christ, in the carpenter's shop

Hans Bol, 1534-93