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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pen and brown ink ornamental design with cherubs, garlands, a floral urn, and scrollwork, framed by a double border.

Ornamental Design

Jacob Roer, ca. 1694

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers and onlookers gathered beneath a draped tent canopy in a military camp.

Design for a Title Page: A General and His Army Looking at a Map

Jan Antoine Coxie, late 17th century

Pen drawing of a man in a hat pruning a bare tree with a curved knife, inside an oval frame labeled FEBRVARIVS.

The Month of February: Man Pruning a Tree

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen drawing of a bearded man in a hat grafting a leafy branch onto a tree, labeled APRILIS, in an oval frame.

The Month of April: Man Grafting a Branch onto a Tree

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen drawing of a man in period dress holding a flower, with a sword and shield, labeled MAY, in an oval frame.

The Month of May: An Elegant Man Holding a Flower and Lute

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of an interior with two robed figures, an open book and tablets, and a town square beyond.

Vanitas

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, mid-16th-early 17th century

Grey wash drawing of allegorical figures, a globe, a nude statue on a pedestal and a winged trumpeter under classical arches.

Design for a Frontispiece of a Title Page

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Graphite study of a hooded rider on horseback leading robed attendants and a crowd before a city wall, with a parasol overhea

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, 1845

Watercolor of a bearded man in a blue doublet and red breeches writing with a quill at a desk in an interior.

Mathurin Régnier

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1846

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing woman in a turban and draped Moroccan-style costume, one arm extended.

Standing Woman in Moroccan Costume

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1834

Pen and watercolor sketch by Delacroix showing several male heads, a standing figure, and loose color washes.

Studies of male heads and a standing male figure

Eugène Delacroix

Brown wash drawing of a woman at a swing with a group of elegantly dressed figures gathered in a shaded garden.

"The Swing," after Antoine Watteau (Les Agréements de l'été)

Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863

Lithograph of a man in a nightcap reaching for a barking dog beside a bed, with a lit candle on a nightstand.

Allons haut! Y sommes-nous?, from "La Chasse"

Honoré Daumier, November 11, 1843

Daumier lithograph: a woman and a top-hatted man sit at a table with a dog and wine bottle between them.

Qui aime Bertrand aime son chien (He who loves Bertrand loves his dog), from "Proverbes et Maximes"

Honoré Daumier, July 22, 1840

Black and white print of two figures kneeling in prayer near a church, with a dog, banana plants and a basket-carrying figure

Paul et Virginie

Jean Frédéric Schall, ca. 1791-92

Grey-toned drawing of a standing male figure in flowing drapery, arm outstretched, with white chalk highlights and handwritte

Standing Draped Male Figure

Baldassare Franceschini

Oval drawing of a reclining woman and standing male figures in a martyrdom scene, with grid lines and soft shading.

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (Cartoon for a Fresco)

Domenichino, 1612-14

Engraved title page with an allegorical woman holding a crown and sword above a battle scene, under the title Thesaurus Antiq

Title Page for "Thesavrvs Antiqvitatvm et Historianrvm Italie, Mari Lingvistico et Alpibvs Vicinae Tome Secondi Pars…

Jan Goeree, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of Father Time, a seated reader and a Roman ruin landscape with Latin inscriptions.

Study for Title Page to "Thesavrvs Antiqvitatvm Romanarvm", 1696

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a map of ancient Rome with labeled hills and monuments, beside an allegorical scene with a bust and seat

Map of Ancient Rome Illustrating Major Monuments and the Seven Hills

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and wash drawing of a reconstructed Roman circus with obelisk above, and a landscape of ruins with figures and coins belo

Reconstruction of the Circus of Caracalla (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing of two Roman groundplans with a seated man holding a medallion portrait beside a vase.

Ichnographia (or groundplan) of the Arch of Septimius Severus (above) and the Curia Hostilia (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing: a tiered reconstruction of Hadrian's Mausoleum above, and the Castel Sant'Angelo by a bridge below.

Reconstruction of the Mausoleum of Hadrian (above) and a View of the Castel S. Angelo (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and wash drawing of Samuel anointing a kneeling young harpist before soldiers and onlookers in a classical square.

Samuel Annointing David (recto); Sketch of two figures (verso)

Karel van Mander I, ca. 1591

Blue-grey drawn frontispiece with Latin inscription cartouche, Medici arms, flanking allegorical figures, and hunting animals

Design for a Frontispiece with the Medici Arms

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, 16th century

Drawing of a bearded landsknecht soldier carrying a large barrel on his shoulder, with a sword at his hip, on reddish paper.

Landsknecht Carrying a Barrel

Georg Lemberger, late 15th-mid-16th century

Ink and wash drawing of a reconstructed Roman temple above, with ruins, allegorical figures and coins below.

A Reconstruction of the Aedes Concordiae (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a reconstructed Temple of Janus above a view of Roman ruins, with allegorical figures and a statue.

A Reconstruction of the Temple of Janus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing with a reconstruction of Roman baths above, street ruins below, and classical figures and urn at the sides.

A Reconstruction of the Thermae Agrippae (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a reconstructed Roman bath complex above, with statues and coins, and ruined arches with a kneeling figu

A Reconstruction of the Thermae of Diocletian (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704