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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a turbaned horseman with a lance on a rearing horse in a open landscape.

An Oriental Horseman

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Sepia drawing of a turbaned lancer on a rearing horse, with onlookers at right and a hillside town and mountains behind.

Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1760-70

Brown wash drawing of an elephant with curled trunk walking across a landscape with distant buildings and a palm tree.

Elephant in a Landscape

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of acrobats performing handstands before a crowd of spectators behind a wooden fence.

Scene of Contemporary Life: The Acrobats

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Loose oil sketch of helmeted Minerva with shield facing a dark beast, with winged figure, nudes and cherubs above.

Minerva Combating Brute Force

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Pencil study sheet showing a walking cart horse, a horse-drawn cart, and several bending and walking soldiers.

Studies of Soldiers and Cart Horses

Isidore Pils, 1830-75

Pencil sketch of a village church spire rising above trees and rooftops, with fields and hills in the distance.

The Church at Eragny

Camille Pissarro, ca. 1894-95

Pencil sketch of a road leading to a spired church, with bare trees, a low wall and handwritten color notes.

All Saints Church, Upper Norwood seen from the north side of Beulah Hill

Camille Pissarro, second half 19th century

Red and black chalk studies on toned paper of a bearded man looking upward, raised hands, and a draped standing figure.

Studies for "The Conversion of the Jailer before Saint Paul and Silas"

Nicolas de Plattemontagne, 1666

Manet on His Deathbed

Pierre-Ernest Prins, ca. 1883

Pen and ink drawing of sleeping figures on a shore under a large tree, with a setting sun over the sea.

Sleep: sketch for the painting, now in the museum at Lille

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1840-98

Watercolor drawing of an arcaded cloister with robed figures, cypresses under a crescent moon, and a blue painted nativity pa

Christian Inspiration

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1883-86

Brown ink and wash drawing of a squadron of lancers on horseback advancing under a cloudy sky, pennants raised.

Squadron of Lancers

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 19th century

Pen and watercolor sketch of soldiers marching across an open plain toward distant hills, with mounted officers behind them.

Prise de Constantine

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, ca. 1838

Pencil and watercolor sheet of soldiers in shakos and greatcoats with uniform detail studies and handwritten French notes.

Uniforms of the civil guard in Courtray, Belgium

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1832

Watercolor drawing of an arcaded cloister courtyard with a central fountain, obelisk, garden beds, and two robed figures.

Cloister of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples

Louis Jean Desprez, ca. 1777-79

Boy with an Egg, Girl with a Hen, and a Watching Woman

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Loose watercolor and pencil studies of landscape, trees and plant forms in orange, yellow and blue on pale paper.

Studies of Landscape, Trees, and Exotic Fruit

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885

Charcoal study on grey paper of a seated man turning his head, with detailed arms and hands in the foreground.

David With the Head of Goliath (recto); Study of Lower Leg and Right Foot (verso)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Red chalk drawing of a ruined vaulted hall with arches, brick walls, and small figures among the fragments.

The Octagonal Room in the Small Baths at the Villa of Hadrian (Tivoli)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1777

Brown wash drawing of a classical interior with a robed woman at an altar, smoke rising, attendants and a seated goddess stat

Dido's Sacrifice to Juno

Jean Bernard Restout, ca. 1772-74

Grey chalk drawing of robed clergy and kneeling mourners at a funeral procession before a church entrance.

Funeral of François Duplessis de Mornay

Jean Restout le jeune, n.d.

Grey chalk drawing of a bare tree, a hooded figure and two birds in a rural landscape under a cloudy sky.

Copy of a painting entitled "L'Automne," by J.F. Millet

Alfred-Ernest Robaut, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a Roman temple, equestrian statue, tall column and washerwomen by water with a dog in front.

Architectural Capriccio with Roman Monuments and Washerwomen

Hubert Robert, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a classical villa courtyard with caryatids, balustrades, arched doorways and small seated figures among

The Nymphaeum of the Villa di Papa Giulio, Rome

Hubert Robert, ca. 1761

Red chalk drawing of a seated artist sketching while a woman stands nearby and a young girl stands at right.

Artist Sketching a Young Girl

Hubert Robert, ca. 1773

Red chalk drawing of two young men drawing at a table in a studio, watched by an older woman, with framed sketches on the wal

Young Artists in the Studio

Hubert Robert, ca.1763-65

Brown wash drawing of a ruined gallery with columns, a vaulted arch, and light falling through a broken opening.

Washerwomen in a Ruined Gallery

Hubert Robert, ca. 1760

Graphite sketch of a reclining woman resting her head on her arm, with loose hatching around her draped figure.

The Abandoned

Auguste Rodin, ca. 1902

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a nude figure crouched on hands and knees with bowed head, on a pale blue ground.

Nude Figure on Hands and Knees (Executioner)

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910