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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling woman being crowned by a turbaned man, with courtiers watching, over a numbered grid.

The Cornation of Esther by Ahasuerus

Bartolomé Carducho, 1560-1638

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned bearded king with a scepter above a heraldic shield labeled with Aragon arms.

The Kingdom of Aragon

Vincenzo Carducci, 1560-1638

Drawing of a woman with a dog on a lakeside path, with trees, misty mountains and a hilltop tower across the water.

Woman with a dog by a mountain lake

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Pen and ink study of two armored knights in ornamental borders with helmets, shields, and medallion heads.

Study for Two Book Illustrations

Carl Alexander von Heideloff, early to mid-19th century

Pen drawing of a title page design with lettering in a central panel, a mounted knight, a crowd, and a castle behind.

Study for a Title Page

Carl Alexander von Heideloff, 1809-65

Pen drawing of an ornamental border with cymbals, tambourines, vines and leaves framing a panel of script.

Design for a border with Cymbals and Tambourines

Carl Alexander von Heideloff, 1809-65

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man seated under a tree in a landscape, holding a long staff across his lap.

Figure of St. Andrew seated in a Landscape

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a seated woman holding a child with a halo, a standing bearded man, and a tree.

The Youthful Baptist with his Parents

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Brown ink drawing of four figures conversing in a wooded landscape with rocks and trees.

Four Figures Conversing in a Landscape

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen and brown ink drawing of workers carrying sacks and shoveling grain in an arcaded hall, with bearded men at left.

Joseph Storing Grain During the Seven Years of Plenty

Patrizio Cajés, 1540-1612

Brown ink and wash drawing of a female musician with a lute, putti reading music, and a landscape with figures.

The Sense of Hearing

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of a man with long hair and plumed hat riding a rearing horse in a sketched landscape.

Charles II of Spain on Horseback

Matías de Torres, late 17th century

Ink and wash design of an ewer and oval table with candelabra in a landscape, framed by putti and figures.

Design for an Ewer, table and candelabra within an ornamental frame

Abraham Drentwett the Elder, 1660-1727

Grey wash drawing of a winding road through rocky hills with conifers, enclosed in an ornate Rococo scrollwork frame.

Landscape with Ornamental Frame

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Watercolor and ink drawing of reclining camels with saddlecloths and a seated rider before arched walls in Tangier.

Camels Reposing, Tangiers

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1865

Watercolor of masked figures in period costume on a garden terrace with swans on a pond and autumn trees overhead.

Masquerade

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1868

Ink and wash drawing of a mother holding an infant in an armchair, with a girl and standing woman beside her in a room.

The Young Family

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen and wash drawing of a mother and two children playing under a large tree, with a tea table in the background.

A Mother and Two Children Playing Blind Man's Bluff

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen and wash drawing of a woman with a stick and a child watching ducks by a pond, with trees and hills behind.

Woman and Child by a Duck Pond

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Red and grey chalk drawing of a rococo mantel and overmantel with scrolling foliage, candle sconces, and a central cartouche.

Study for a Mantel and Overmantel

Laurent Hubert, ca. 1740-60

Brown ink and wash design for a fireplace with a seated female figure, nude male supports and trophies of arms.

Design for a Mantlepiece

Christian Gottlob Mietzsch, mid-18th-late 18th century

Red chalk drawing of figures playing backgammon at a table within an ornate rococo frame with scrolling foliage.

Game of Backgammon

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1741-88

Pen and ink title page design for Brahms songs with a flute player, a reclining woman, a flowering tree and decorative letter

Design for a Title Page for Sheet Music

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a plumed-hat rider on a rearing horse, with a cloaked standing figure at left.

Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibly that of Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg; verso: Various Studies of Stat…

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1628-32

Sheet of Studies of Heads

Anthony van Dyck, 1615-41

Chalk study on tan paper of a standing woman in a draped robe and headscarf, with studies of hands beside her.

Study for a Portrait of a Lady

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Pen and ink sketch with wash of robed bearded men and a figure with raised arm, possibly Christ confronting Pharisees.

Christ and the Pharisees (recto); Christ and a Pharisee (verso)

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Drawing of a seated turbaned king beside a canopy bed, with a kneeling veiled woman and a standing attendant in an interior.

David's Promise to Bathsheba

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1642-43

Pencil sketch of a woman in a full gown standing in an elegant interior with a sofa, console table and doorway.

Study for "The Just Resentment," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737

Pencil sketch of dancing couples and onlookers in an outdoor garden, with a musician at left and trees framing the scene.

Study for "The Mutual Agreement," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737