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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Ink and wash drawing of a seated man with a bull's head, attended by two women working on its horns.

They are Polishing Him Up (Y se las pulen)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink drawing of a winged figure with a spear above chained men and a crowd, with a Spanish caption below.

Long Live the Chains! (Vivan las caenas [cadenas])

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink drawing of a strutting turkey on a hillside, surrounded by caricatured human faces.

They Strut About Elegantly (Lindamente se pavonean)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink drawing of a woman combing a seated balding man's hair, with the caption Trabajo perdido below.

Lost Labor (Trabajo perdido)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink drawing of a nude woman riding a owl-like creature with grotesque figures in a dark night sky.

Flying and Other Excesses (Volando y otros excesos)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and ink satirical drawing of caricatured figures clustered around a torn sack spilling coins onto the floor.

Greed Breaks the Bag (La codicia rompe el saco)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink drawing of a man leaning over a ledge gazing into a mirror showing grotesque faces, with onlookers behind him.

He Looks and Doesn't Recognize Himself (Se mira y no se ve)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Grey wash drawing of a stormy shore with figures unloading boats beside a large tree and a house by the water.

A Stormy Scene with Figures Unloading Boats Near a House on the Water's Edge

Jacob Cats, 1785

Pen and brown wash drawing of draped women gathered in a wooded clearing around a small fire and baskets.

Eurydice Bitten by a Serpent

Hendrick de Clerck, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a temple interior with a priest, a lamb on an altar, and a crowd of robed men.

Joachim's Offering Refused

Jan Wellens de Cock, early 16th century

Brown chalk and white highlight drapery study of a standing male figure with clasped hands on tinted paper.

Standing Male Figure

Filippino Lippi, ca. 1480

Pen and wash drawing of a bust portrait in a laurel wreath flanked by allegorical women, putti, and a coat of arms.

Design for a Title Page

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man dictating to a scribe at a draped table in a room with a classical temple beyond.

St. Paul Dictating at Ephesus

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of two cloaked men with hats under trees, overlooking grazing sheep and cattle in an open landscape.

Landscape with Sheep and Two Figures (recto); Faint Sketch of a Figure with a Hat (verso)

Jacob Van Der Does, 1623-73

Ink and wash drawing of shepherds resting with cattle and a goat beside Roman ruins, a fountain and a column.

Pastoral Landscape with Roman Ruins

Johann Heinrich Roos, 1645-86

Brown ink and wash drawing of many muscular male nude figure studies in twisting and crouching poses.

Figure Studies

Eduard Dubois, 17th century

Watercolor of a seated woman in a red dress and striped headscarf, head resting on her hand, eyes closed.

Seated Italian Peasant Woman

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Black and red chalk study of a seated man in a knitted cap seen from behind, one arm outstretched.

Study of a Seated Peasant

Cornelis Dusart, n.d.

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical wall panel with putto, seated women, garlands, and scrolling foliage.

Design for a Wall Panel

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, n.d.

Watercolor of a seated man with a sword as a kneeling woman in white pleads before him in a richly furnished room.

The Pardon Refused (from Sir Walter Scott's "Kenilworth")

Camille Roqueplan, ca. 1826-29

Pencil sketch of two draped allegorical women with flying cherubs, a garland, and a lion below.

Design for a Book Illustration

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental trophy with a ribbon bow, cherub heads, foliage, and a central cartouche.

Design for a Trophy

René Charpentier, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of nude figures clinging to trees and a bank amid floodwaters in a wooded landscape.

The Flood

Jan Cossiers, 1615-71

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental ceiling design with scrolls, garlands, putti, and a seated female figure in an arch.

Ceiling Design

Matías Arteaga y Alfaro, 1633-1703

Etching of a masked man in a cloak holding a coffee cup beside a table with coffee pots and a chair.

A man wearing a mask drinking a cup of coffee (Le Masque au Caffé), title page to "Divers Portraits"

Giovanni David, 1775

Etching of a veiled woman in black walking past a church with a small white dog beside her.

The Zendale, or the woman returning from church, from "Divers Portraits"

Giovanni David, 1775

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated man in a tricorn hat holding a pipe, on blue-grey paper.

Seated Gentleman Holding a Pipe (recto); Half-Length Study of the Same Man (verso)

Francisco Bayeu y Subias, 1734-95

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat, with the name Antonius Maria Zanetti on a pedestal.

Portrait of Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder

Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, ca. 1725

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling monk attacked by a swordsman, with cherubs above holding a banner, cross, and laurel wreath.

The Martyrdom of St. Peter Martyr

Francisco Camilo, 1615-73

Pen and ink drawing of a knight on horseback beside a helmeted landsknecht with a pole, with a dog in the foreground.

Knight on Horseback and Landsknecht

Albrecht Dürer, 1485-1528