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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Ink and wash drawing of a columned neoclassical building with two floor plans below showing a circular central hall.

A. J. Davis, Scrapbook II [Folio P or "Blue Book"]

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1825-92

Engraving of peasants drinking from a jug and cup while another man sleeps sprawled on the ground at right.

Peasants Drinking, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Engraving of a seated herdsman under a tree with goats grazing beside him and a clay jug in the foreground.

Pastoral with goat herd and goats, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Etching of a seated traveler with a basket and walking staff, a dog beside him, with the sea and sky behind.

Traveler with Dog, from "Sixteen Peasant Subjects"

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Engraving of Cupid above a flaming urn, with a horse-drawn chariot and procession of figures in a hilly landscape.

The Triumph of Love, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Francesco Rosselli, 1480-1500

Colored woodcut of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and mourners, with a walled town on a hill behind.

The Bearing of the Cross, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Engraving of dancing putti under a tree, with putti in branches and a torch-bearing goddess on clouds above.

Amorini Celebrate the Rape of Proserpine

Francesco Rosaspina, 1805-12

Engraving of Apollo with a lyre and laurel branch among nine draped Muses in a wooded landscape.

Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus

Raphael Morghen, 1784

Black and white panoramic print of New York harbor with steamboats, sailing ships, rowboats and a city skyline.

Panoramic View of New York Taken from the North River

Robert Havell Jr., 1840

Engraved print of a mounted man in a cloak leading a cheering crowd past brick buildings, with an American flag and a dog in

Triumph of Patriotism- Washington Entering New York, 25 November 1783

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1858

Etching of two men in a rustic interior, one smoking a pipe and the other holding a cup beside a table with a bowl.

The Smoker and the Drinker

Adriaen van Ostade, 1682 (?)

Etching of an elderly man in a tall feathered hat and cloak, arms folded, grimacing toward one side.

Hurdy Gurdy Man

Adriaen van Ostade, 1647

Hand-colored print of the Novelty Iron Works waterfront in New York, with factory buildings, smokestacks, a barge, and worker

Novelty Iron works, Foot of 12th St. E.R. New York. Stillman, Allen & Co., Iron Founders, Steam Engine and General Ma…

John Penniman, 1842-55

Engraving of Diogenes seated nude beside his barrel, reading a book, with a geometry diagram and a bird nearby.

Diogenes seated with his barrel behind him, and reading a book while holding a stick that rests on a geometry book to…

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1526-27

Engraved funeral catafalque in St. Peter's Basilica with tall candelabra, eagles, skeletons and a papal tiara.

Catafalco Eretto Nella Basilica Vaticana ...per Alessandro VIII

Alessandro Specchi, 1691

Grey wash drawing of two crowned kings in a Gothic hall, one kneeling before the other as mitred bishops look on.

Louis III et Carloman donnent aux eveques du Royaume l'assurance de leur Fidelite en 882

Nicolas Lejeune, ca. 1791

Engraving of a street with a blacksmith and craftsmen making stirrups while riders and horses pass by.

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Stirrups, plate 9

Jan Collaert I, ca. 1600

Lithograph of two boys' heads and shoulders, the left with curly hair and a sailor collar, the right with bangs and lace coll

Portrait of the Rabe Children: Hermann, age 14 and Edmond, age 7 (recto); Proof before corrections of small faults in…

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1822

Three-panel pen drawing: a painter at an easel slowly turns into a frog among reeds and lily pads.

Echo of the Concours Galland (Echo du Concours Galland)

O. Deleiderrier, 19th century

Broadside with 48 numbered comic scenes of the student Borrascas, with Spanish verses under each panel, 1859.

Broadside with 48 scenes of the life of Borrascas the student

Juan Llorens, 1859

Printed broadside of 48 numbered scenes with captions telling the story of Urganda the Unknowable, featuring knights, demons

Broadside with 48 scenes illustrating the story of Urganda the Unknowable

Juan Llorens, 1866

Grey wash drawing of jagged rock cliffs rising under a pale cloudy sky, with a vertical fold line down the sheet.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Printed broadside with 48 woodcut scenes and Spanish captions telling the story of Don Juan de Serrallonga.

Broadside with 48 scenes relating the tale of Don Juan de Serrallonga

Gray wash drawing of a cave opening with jagged rocks lit by pale blue light, with faint grid lines across the sheet.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Pencil drawing of jagged rocky cliffs on a stage set design, with irregular cut-out openings and faint grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown ink and wash drawing of a theatrical rock cave arch with overhanging leaves and stone steps, cut out at the centre.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1825-90

Printed broadside with 48 numbered woodcut scenes illustrating Christian doctrine, including the Ten Commandments and the sev

Broadside with 48 scenes illustrating Christian doctrine

Juan Llorens, 1860

Pencil design drawing of a carved mantelpiece with acanthus-leaf consoles and a central rosette, on tan paper.

Design for a Mantelpiece

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1900

Pencil landscape drawing of rocky cliffs, palm trees and a waterfall above a pool, with mountains in the distance.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris (recto); Design for a doorway (verso)

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Printed broadside of 48 numbered scenes showing a Barcelona carnival turning into a funeral procession, with masked figures,

Broadside with 48 scenes relating to the carnival in Barcelona

José Noguera, 1862

Printed broadside with 48 numbered black-and-white scenes of a shoemaker's apprentice, with Spanish captions beneath each.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the antics of the shoemaker's apprentice

José Noguera, 1861

Watercolor design of a pink stage curtain with a gold urn emblem in a laurel wreath and a banded green and yellow valance.

Design for a Stage Curtain

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil sketch of a bay with a hillside city, church tower, distant mountain, and rocky foreground walls on tan paper.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris (recto); Man with Cane (verso)

Eugène Cicéri, 1840-90

Pen and ink sketch of soldiers in shako hats at a dress parade, with a crowd and parasol-holding women, and a verse below.

Dress Parade (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1852

Snowy forest path with bare trees and two dark-coated figures standing in the center, drawn in gray and white tones.

Winter Scene with Two Men

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man and woman in armchairs, with pencil studies of figures on the same sketchbook page.

40 and 50 (Man and Woman Seated) (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854

Printed broadside with 36 numbered engravings of birds, including eagles, parrots, flamingos and peacocks, each with a Spanis

Broadside with images of 36 birds

Juan Llorens, 1860

Printed broadside with 48 small numbered scenes of circus horse riders, acrobats, and clowns under a title header.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the equestrian and gymnastic moves of the royal circus

Juan Llorens, 1860

Pencil drawing of a tall building facade with narrow windows, a balcony, and a doorway, cut to an elongated shape on grey pap

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1840-90

Lithograph of two mounted Roman herdsmen with lances driving horned cattle over rocky ground, a dog at lower left.

Bouchers de Rome

Théodore Géricault, 1817

Lithograph of two shirtless boxers facing off with raised fists while a crowd of spectators watches around the ring.

Boxers

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Lithograph of a cart of wounded soldiers pulled by horses, with a man in a greatcoat gesturing beside it.

Cart Loaded with Wounded Soldiers

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Lithograph of a crippled man in a top hat passing a uniformed sentry at a doorway, with a crowd and domed building behind.

The Swiss Sentry at the Louvre

Théodore Géricault, 1819

Lithograph of an elderly man in a top hat sitting on steps with a dog, beside a shop window and a street scene.

Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a man with a whip leading harnessed horses through a stone archway onto a cobbled street.

Entrance to the Adelphi Wharf

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Lithograph of a turbaned man seated on a rock, gazing pensively over a stormy sea under a dark sky.

I Dream of Her to the Sound of the Waves

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Black and white print of a turbaned rider with raised sword guarding a fallen trumpeter, with cavalry charging behind.

Mamluk Defending a Wounded Trumpeter

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Etching of a lion attacking and pinning a fallen horse on rocky ground beneath a cave-like rock outcrop.

Lion Devouring a Horse

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Lithograph of a coal wagon with a seated driver drawn by a team of horses up a rocky slope under a cloudy sky.

The Coal Waggon [sic.]

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Black and white lithograph of several horses on a road near a stone pillar, with a man leading one and a rider on a grey hors

Horses going to a Fair

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Lithograph of a nude rider bound to a rearing horse on a rocky shoreline, with a stormy sky and a French caption below.

Mazeppa

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Lithograph of soldiers and horsemen crossing a snowy Alpine pass while a man in a cocked hat points forward.

Passage through Mt. Saint-Bernard

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Etching of a nude man seen from behind with a draped woman beside him, set among large trees and foliage.

The Lovers

Parmigianino, 1527-30

Lithograph of a groom leading a dark harnessed horse past a stone stable with a wooden door, by Géricault.

The Horse of Mecklembourg

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of two horses on a rocky mountain path with a man in striped trousers leading them, peaks behind.

Horses of Auvergne

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a groom in a tall hat leading three horses, one dark pinto in front, across a shadowed ground.

Three Horses Led by a Groom to be Skinned

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Black chalk study of a seated elderly bearded man in a draped robe, with white highlights on grey paper.

Study for a Figure of Saint Joseph

Bartolomeo Schedoni, ca. 1595-1615

Dappled Horse

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Lithograph of a lion feeding on a dead horse on rocky ground beside a dark cave wall.

A Horse Being Eaten by a Lion

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Red chalk landscape drawing of a river with trees, two reclining figures on the near bank, and wading figures on the right.

Landscape with Figures on the Bank of a River

Gaspard Dughet, 17th century

Lithograph of a turbaned horseman raising his fist on a rearing horse before rocky cliffs and a stormy sky.

The Giaour

Théodore Géricault, 1820

Pencil drawing of two nude boys on rocky ground, one hugging a puppy while the other reaches up toward him.

Two Boys with a Puppy

Cornelis Visscher, ca. 1656

Lithograph of a snowy winter road with a covered wagon, horses, a rider in a top hat, and a village in the distance.

Roulier Montant un Cote

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Circular pen drawing of Christ at the cross's foot, mourned by Mary and John, with a ladder and soldiers behind.

Christ at the Foot of the Cross, Mourned by Mary and John

Nicolaas Hogenberg, early 16th century

Engraved print of shipwreck survivors crowded on a raft beneath a torn sail, with a distant ship on the horizon.

Shipwreck of the Meduse

Théodore Géricault, 1820

Drawing of scholars around globes and charts beneath a lantern, with ships on a sea panel above.

Petrus Plancius Instructing Students in the Science of Navigation

David Vinckboons, early 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a crowned saint beside a grape barrel, with angels above, putti at lower left, and vines.

Saint Wenceslas at the Vintage, Attended by Angels and Putti

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, mid-18th-late 18th century

Lithograph title page showing a stone watering trough, fountain pedestal lettered Etudes de Chevaux par Géricault, with horse

Watering Trough, Title Page of "Studies of Horses" (Etudes de Chevaux)

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a horse team pulling a coal-laden wagon up a hill, with a driver and a seated woman on the load.

Coal Waggon [sic.] Drawn by Horses

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a grey horse held by a man drinking from a tankard beside a girl at an inn doorway.

Old Horse at an Inn Door

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of two dappled-grey horses galloping, one ridden by a man in a striped cap, with a checked saddle cloth.

Two Dappled-Grey Horses Being Exercised

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a blacksmith lifting a horse's hoof in a stable beside a harnessed draft horse and a wooden bucket.

The French Blacksmith

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a farrier shoeing a grey horse in a stable, with a glowing hot iron, onlookers and a dog at left.

The Flemish Farrier

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Black-and-white lithograph of a horse in harness beside a plaster-laden cart, with a man carrying a load in a doorway.

The Plastermaker's Horse

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of horses on rocky ground with riders in long coats, one leading a white horse, under a cloudy sky.

Horses Driven to a Fair

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of two horses drinking from a bucket held by a groom beside a stable door, with an attendant holding a broom.

Two Post Horses at the Door of a Stable

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a boy feeding a harnessed cart horse from a nose bag beside a wooden cart under a stormy sky.

Boy Feeding a Cart Horse from a Nose Bag

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a man shoeing a grey horse in a stable beside a dark bay horse in a checkered blanket.

The English Blacksmith

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a black horse with bridle and checkered blanket standing in a stable, with another horse visible in the backgro

Black Horse Tethered in a Stable

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Engraving of two flayed muscular men beside two skeletons, with armor and a drapery backdrop.

Two Flayed Men and Their Skeletons

Domenico del Barbiere, ca. 1540-45

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man and a nude woman on a rock looking up at an eagle flying among forest trees.

Jupiter and Io, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Sepia drawing of a donkey with a heavy pack and ornate harness, a figure carrying a bundle behind it, casting a shadow.

A Donkey

Adriaen van de Velde, mid-17th century

A Great Grey Shrike

Pieter Holsteyn II, mid-17th-late 17 century

The Blessed Egidius (Cartoon for a Fresco in chapel at S. Maria degli Angeli, Assisi)

Lo Spagna, 1514-16

Grey wash drawing of a winged archangel surrounded by flying putti and clouds, with a distant landscape below.

Flying Putti, Surrounding Archangel Raphael

Conrad Meyer, 1631-32

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a monk's hood, with Latin inscription and date 1520 below.

Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1520

Engraving of a seated bearded man at a desk beside an angel, with a walled city, a swan, a boat and animals.

The artist Jean Duvet in the guise of St. John the Evangelist, sitting at a desk

Jean Duvet, ca. 1546-55

Engraving of a crowned man between two winged figures, one with a sword and fleur-de-lis shield, under an arched cloudy sky.

Henri II, King of France, Between France and Fame

Jean Duvet, ca. 1548

Engraving of a reclining nude nymph with a greyhound in an oval cartouche, framed by caryatids, cherubs and fruit garlands.

The Nymph of Fontainebleau

René Boyvin, n.d.

Woodcut star chart of the southern sky with constellations shown as mythological figures, animals, and ornamental frames.

The Celestial Globe-Southern Hemisphere

Albrecht Dürer, 1515

Engraving of a papal figure in a tiara and ornate robes facing a bearded man in a feathered cap, 1555.

Satire on the Papacy

Melchior Lorck, 1555

Stage set design drawing with a windmill, large tree and rocky ground in grey and green wash on tan paper.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Lighthouse

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil design for an opera stage set showing a cemetery with trees, a stone cross, tombstones and a central cut-out opening.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Cemetery

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil sketch of a building facade with a Trattoria di Parigi shopfront, striped awning, balconies and red measuring grid lin

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: "Trattoria di Parigi"

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded country road with a carriage full of passengers, pedestrians, dogs, and trees.

Fairlop Fair, Essex

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1816

Engraved print of a procession of grotesque figures with beaked masks and elaborate costumes walking across a landscape.

Procession of Monstrous Figures

the Younger Wendel Dietterlin, 1615