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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pen and ink study of three nude warriors, two on rearing horses, one raising a sword and another holding a spear.

Three Warriors and Their Horses, Study for a Bas Relief Sculpture in the Chateau de Tervueren

François Rude, first half 19th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with head bowed, arm across knee, on draped cloth.

Study of a seated male figure (Ecce Homo?)

Juan Carreño de Miranda, ca. 1665-75

Pen and wash drawing of a street market with merchants and crowds above, and imprisoned figures in arches below.

Study for a Title-Page: Allegory of Commerce and a Debtor's Prison (?)

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a figure driving crowds from a colonnaded temple, with a fallen table and arching gestures.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Frans Floris, 1530-70

Pen and brown ink drawing of an eagle in a tree preaching to deer, a lion, sheep, and birds gathered below.

An Eagle Preaching to the Animals

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, 16th century

Blue wash drawing of a couple in period dress in a bedchamber with a canopy bed, a dog, and a third woman at right.

Study for an engraving in the Hortus Voluptatum

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1599

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table, servants, and draped curtains in an interi

The Last Supper

Nicolaas van der Horst, early to mid-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

Pen and wash drawing of a winged putto blowing a horn while holding a cloud, with a face in the sky above.

Putto Holding a Cloud and Horn

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, late 16th-mid 17th century

Red chalk drawing of nude Andromeda chained to rock as a sea monster with open jaws rears at left.

Andromeda, after Agostino Carracci

Pieter Tanjé, 18th 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.

Etching of Saint Paul's Cathedral south elevation with tall spire, Latin inscriptions in cartouche and laurel wreath, by Holl

Saint Paul's from the South Showing the Spire (Ecclesiae Paulinae Prospectus...), from "The History of St. Paul's Cat…

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1657

Engraved south view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London with its tower, nave roof, and ornamental title cartouches.

Saint Paul's, South side (Ecclesiae Cathedralis St. Pauli, A Meridi Prospectus), from "The History of St. Paul's Cath…

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1658

Engraved emblem of a deer beside a tree with a banner, framed by columns, female figures, and fruit garlands.

Emblem of Lucrezia Gonzaga

Giorgio Ghisi, before 1566

Pencil sketches of horses in various poses, including rearing and galloping figures, on pale paper.

Studies of Horses

Eugène Delacroix

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 sketch sheet with a marriage procession of riders and a canopied carriage, a trophy of arms, and a winged rider on a hors

Sheet of Studies: A Marriage Procession in Sixteenth-Century Dress; a Cavalier; and a Trophy of Arms

Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863

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

Graphite sketch of a lion grappling with a tiger on rocky ground beside ferns.

A Lion and a Tiger, Fighting

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1854

Pen and ink studies of a nude athlete, a seated lyre player, a centaur, and seven putti on pale paper.

Studies for the decoration of the Library, Palais Bourbon, Paris: standing nude athlete; seated man with a lyre; cent…

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

Black chalk and white highlight study of a seated draped figure with one raised arm on tan paper.

Study of Drapery

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, 1818

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of an oval ornamental cartouche with scrollwork and a central mythological scene of two figures.

Ornamental Design with Diana and Endymion in a Central Cartouche

Jacob Denys, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a skeleton Death seated on a canopied throne, with crowns and armor scattered at its feet.

Death on a Canopied Throne (Design for a Title Page)

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

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 grey wash drawing with two maps of ancient Rome, a river god, a she-wolf and twins, framed by stone.

Two Maps of Ancient Rome with a River God and Romulus and Remus

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and grey wash drawing reconstructing the Circus Maximus with obelisks, above a view of Rome's ruins and three medallions.

Reconstruction of the Circus Maximus (above) and a View of the Site (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Drawing of the Mons Testaceus with pottery shards above and the Pyramid of Cestius with city walls and figures below.

View of the Mons Testaceus (above) and the Pyramid of Cestius (below)

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of Roman baths reconstruction above and ruins with a domed church below.

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

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing: upper reconstruction of the Theatre of Marcellus, lower view of its ruins with street figures and horse

Reconstruction of the Theatre of Marcellus (above) and a View of the Ruins (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

Black chalk drawing of a standing young peasant boy in a hat and wooden shoes, leaning on a post, on grey paper.

A Standing Peasant Boy in Hat and Wooden Shoes

Constant Troyon, 1825-65

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

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a seated nude woman and a standing draped figure, with an inscription above.

Allegory of Art

Peter Schmidt von Lichtenberg, 1609

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

Pen and wash drawing of a tiered Roman monument above a view of ruined classical architecture with figures in a landscape.

Reconstruction of the Monument to Septimius Severus (above), View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and watercolor drawing of Roman baths reconstruction above and overgrown ruins below, with cherubs holding a title banner

Reconstruction of the Thermae Olympiadis (above) and View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

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 the Thermae of Titus reconstruction, Roman ruins, a bust of Vespasian and a bathing genius relief.

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

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing of a reconstructed classical triumphal arch with columns and reliefs, above a street view and coins.

A Reconstruction of the Arch of Domitian (above) and View 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

Drawing of a classical temple reconstruction above ruined vaulted halls, with cherubs, drapery and inscribed coins below.

A Reconstruction of the Templum Pacis (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

Gray wash drawing of a domed temple with columns above a ruined courtyard with a fountain, flanked by classical statues and m

A Reconstruction of the Templum Isis (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing of Roman ruins of the Forum of Nerva above and another ruin view below, with sphinx figures and a medall

Ruins of the Forum of Nerva (above) and Another View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Arch of Septimius Severus with frontal and side elevations, reliefs and ancient coins.

Arch of Septimius Severus, Frontal Elevation (above) and Side View (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704