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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Pen and wash drawing of a banquet with a seated woman, a man beside her, servants, soldiers and dogs under a draped canopy.

The Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of a rococo corner ornament with scrolls, shells, flower-filled urns and foliage.

Design for the Corner of a Decoration (recto); Sketch of Monumental Building with Four Temple-Front Entrances (verso)

Jacques de Lajoüe, ca. 1730

Pen and watercolor drawing of a young hunter seated on a rock with dogs in a landscape with trees and a vessel.

Young Hunter with His Dogs in a Landscape

Giovanni Francesco Castiglione, 1641-1710

Drawing of God descending in clouds with putti, pointing at a kneeling man while women watch beside a classical ruin.

God the Father Appearing to Jacob

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1635-45

Red chalk and wash drawing of a nude man gesturing among animals and figures, with a sketched ark at upper left.

Noah Entering the Ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-64

Etching of figures searching belongings beneath trees, with a mounted rider, women, children, and a distant hilly landscape.

Laban searching for idols among Jacob's possessions

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1635-40

Etching of figures carrying a shrouded body down stone steps, with a dog and a standing figure among ruins.

Tobit burying the Dead

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647-51

Brown and blue wash drawing of the Presentation in the Temple inside an ornate sculpted frame with cherubs and caryatids.

The Presentation in the Temple, with a Design for a Sculpted Frame

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1630-35

Etching of a wooded scene where men gather around a glowing light beside two reclining figures on the ground.

Finding the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-51

Etching of a seated sorceress in ruins with companions of Ulysses transformed into sheep, a stag, a dog and a peacock.

Circe with the companions of Ulysses changed into animals

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650-51

Etching of animals including a horse, cattle, sheep and goats moving across a landscape past shepherds beneath a tree.

Noah and the animals entering the ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1650-55

Pen and brown wash drawing of a chaotic galley battle with broken masts, struggling figures and a distant fleet.

The Naval Battle of Meloria

Giovanni David, 1743-90

Engraving of a woman in a dark cloak and ornate gown with a fan, standing before a Venetian square with columns and buildings

The Venetian Woman, from "Divers Portraits"

Giovanni David, 1775

Pencil and wash drawing of a figure sketching outdoors beside gnarled trees, with a child, a dog and a distant town.

Landscape with an Artist Sketching

Mari ten Kate, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with a man beside a boathouse, moored boat, trees and a distant town.

River Landscape with a Man Standing by a Boathouse

Philips Koninck, mid-17th-late 17th century

Pen and wash sketch of three women and a child on a rooftop with birds, in an arched frame.

Three Women and a Child on a Roof

Ludwig Richter, 1820-84

Pen drawing of a mounted rider under trees above a lower scene of a rooster, hen, and woman carrying a bundle.

Two Designs for Illustration

Ludwig Richter, 1820-84

Red chalk drawing of a seated man in a robe reading at a desk beside bookshelves and stacked books.

The Immortal Author

Bernhard Rode, 1740-97

Pencil sketch of three vignettes: a horseback rider over clouds, playful cherubs among foliage, and a seated figure under a t

Three Designs for Book Illustrations

Ludwig Richter, 1820-84

Hand-lettered German verse sheet with watercolor scrollwork border and vignettes of a goat, a pig, travelers and a devil.

Sheets of Verses: Priamel vom Schuldenbot

Johann Martin Usteri, late 18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned rider on a horse led by a cloaked man through a walled city street with onlookers.

Triumph of Mordecai

Hans Ulrich Fisch vom Stein I, early to mid-17th century

Pen and wash design with winged figures, a kneeling woman in prayer, cherubs, and a domed building within rococo scrollwork.

Design for Book Illustration

Franz Sigrist, late 18th century

Watercolor of a seated fiddler in a green vest and wide hat playing violin beside a tree trunk.

Gypsy Fiddler

Monogrammist CG, 1858

Painted design for a wall with garlands, gilded scrolls, and a central doorway panel on a reddish-brown ground.

Design for Wall Decoration

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine

Pencil sketch of an armored knight with lance and banner beside a pedestal with a laurel-wreath relief.

Statue of a Knight

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil drawing of a large arched hall with rows of stacked framed paintings and two men in caps sorting them.

Candidates for Admission to the Paris Salon

Felicien Myrbach-Rheinfeld, late 19th-early 20th century

Ink drawing of a rococo ornamental frame with scrollwork, acanthus leaves, birds and a grotesque mask around a blank center.

Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Rococo Ceiling

Johann Oktavian Salver, 1755

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo altar design with twisted columns and a relief of Saint Michael and the dragon.

Design for an Alter with Saint Michael and the Dragon

Johann Baptist Modler, 1715-74

Pen and wash drawing of a harbor with sailing ships, a fortified tower, arched bridge, and a statue on a pedestal.

Harbor Scene

Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber, ca. 1730

Drawing of a ceiling design with the Presentation in the Temple, angels in clouds, and ornate rococo scrollwork around an arc

Ceiling Design with the Presentation in the Temple

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726