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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Pen and grey wash drawing of two figures clasping hands in an arched colonnaded hall with a tiled floor.

Design for a Scene in Pierre de Laujon's "L'Amoureux de quinze ans, ou la Double-Fête..."

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1771

Brown wash drawing of a young man in a broad-brimmed hat resting his chin on his hand, with a cane beside him.

Young Man in Broad-Brimmed Hat, Resting His Chin on His Left Hand

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, ca. 1655

Pencil sketch of an interior with a canopied bed, a seated man and a standing woman in a long gown.

Study for a frontispiece for "Histoire de Miss Jenny"

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a woman with a basket among poultry and birds, with a shed, haystack and town in the distance.

Landscape with Three Figures and Birds

Albert Flamen, mid-late 17th century

A Woman Asleep (recto); Landscape Composition with Well-Sweep (verso)

Govert Flinck, 1633-36

Pen and brown ink drawing of witches tending a cauldron over a fire, with a winged figure rising from smoke and a cat nearby.

Witches' Sabbath

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of a youth with head turned left, leaning on his elbow, with a partial figure at the right edge.

Study of a Youth with his Head Turned to the Left and Leaning on his Right Elbow

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Ink and watercolor portrait of a mustached man in a blue jacket and red fez against a green background.

The Zouave

Vincent van Gogh, ca. June 20, 1888

Brown wash drawing of a lute player and a seated woman reading, with a cupid overhead and a garden landscape behind them.

Spring, Drawing for Engraving of the Same Subject

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1594

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman with apples, a man in a ruff, and a grape-crowned figure raising a glass before a landsc

Autumn; Study for an Engraving

Hendrick Goltzius, n.d.

Chalk drawing of a seated woman with curled hair holding a deer's head beside her against a shaded forest background.

The Sense of Hearing (recto); light sketch of a woman's head and an arm (verso)

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of six prophets below the Virgin, an angel and a dove of the Holy Spirit in a niche.

The Six Prophets of the Coming of Christ

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of the prophet Daniel standing in a cloak, holding a book, with winged creatures and clouds around

The Prophet Daniel in a Landscape

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a busy town fair with stalls, crowds, a church tower, and figures unloading a boat by the water.

A Fair

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Grey wash drawing of a water mill with waterwheel and cottage, figures on a path under trees, flat landscape beyond.

The Water Mill

Jan van Goyen, early to mid-17th century

Standing Woman

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pale blue wash drawing of a river landscape with tall trees, a statue, a bridge, a church tower and a rider on horseback.

Italian Lanscape

Pieter de Groot, 1769

Etching of a quack dentist on a platform in a crowded square, with masked figures, a lute player, a dog, and a bell tower.

The Quack Dentist

Giacomo Leonardis, 1765

Engraving of a crowded masked carnival street with a central woman in a white gown, musicians, and balcony spectators.

The Minuet

Giacomo Leonardis, 1765

Etching of a rhinoceros in the foreground with masked Carnival spectators and a keeper with a whip behind a wooden barrier.

The Rhinoceros, Clara, in the foreground, her keeper holding her horn and a whip behind her at center with various ot…

Alessandro Longhi, after ca. 1751

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a shield and sword standing over a fallen figure against blue hills.

Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the…

Théodore Géricault, 1816-17

Pencil sketch of a seated man at a tavern table with a jug, surrounded by loosely drawn background figures.

Peasants in a Tavern

Egbert Jasperszoon van Heemskerck I, mid-17th-early 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds gathered in a dim arched stable interior with horses in the background.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Samuel van Hoogstraten, early 1640s

Watercolor landscape of rocky mountains, a stream with a footbridge, robed hermits, trees, and a distant church on a hill.

Mountainous Landscape with Hermits

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Grey wash drawing of Christ falling under the cross, with soldiers, mourning women and a stone arch.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1732-61

Engraved double portrait of two men in oval medallions within an ornate Rococo frame, with Latin inscriptions below.

Portraits of Canaletto and Visentini

Antonio Visentini, 1735

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd with oxen and a kneeling priest before a classical colonnaded building.

Saint Paul at Lystra

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Print of a seated woman holding an infant with a kneeling boy beside her under a tree, with Latin inscription below.

A Woman Standing at the Foot of a Tree Holding an Infant, with a Seated Boy

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1724

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with an angel presenting a nude soul below, cherubs and faces above.

Saint Michael the Archangel and Another Figure Recommending a Soul to the Virgin and Child in Heaven

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1629-57

Grey wash drawing of hunters with dead hares and a bird beside a stone wall, with dogs and a saddled horse under trees.

Hunters with Dead Game in a Landscape

Giovanni Agostino Cassana, 1600-1800