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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Engraving of Lot with a flask beside his seated daughter, while another woman offers a cup before a distant city.

Lot and His Daughters, from "Scenes from the Old Testament"

Engraving of a veiled woman leaning on a column in an arched temple interior, with figures and scattered coins behind her.

The Virgin Searching For Her Son in the Temple

Albrecht Altdorfer

Etching of a turbaned man and a woman pointing toward a statue in a gothic arched interior with a small altar.

Solomon's Idolatry

Albrecht Altdorfer

Pen drawing of two men in an arched interior, one seated at a table and one bearded man leaning in and pointing.

Ammon and Jonadab

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Engraving of two men in an interior, one leaning on a staff beside a bed where another reclines, with a Latin inscription abo

Amnon and Jonadab, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Woodcut of a skeleton playing a pipe while leading a startled abbot in a hooded robe beneath a tree with an hourglass.

The Abbot, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton handing a flask to a seated physician while a cloaked figure with a cane waits nearby.

The Doctor (or Physician), from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton in a feathered hat fighting an armored knight with swords, a broken hourglass on the ground.

The Knight, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a noblewoman and gentleman dancing with a skeleton beside an hourglass, in front of draped curtains.

The Noblewoman, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Pen and wash drawing of a nude man sprawled in front of a draped woman and a crowd of onlookers with raised hands.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jacques Bellange, ca. 1606-8

Chalk drawing of a seated bearded man beside a jug, visited by a winged angel pointing away, with a sleeping figure below.

Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (I Kings 19:4-8)

Jean-Baptiste Bénard, 18th century

Portrait of Madame Dugazon as Nina

Joseph Jean Bernard, 1788

Drawing of a seated woman gesturing to a plan held by a kneeling figure, with attendants and ruins behind, in chalk on blue p

Semiramus Inspecting a Plan of Babylon

Jean-Simon Berthélémy

Brown wash drawing of a rustic farmyard with a wooden balcony, stone walls, straw heap and figures near a bare tree.

Farmyard

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ancient interior with a canopied bed, seated woman, standing man and incense burner on a tripod ta

A Scene from Ancient History

François Boitard

Graphite study of a bearded, bare-chested man with one arm raised high and fist clenched, on cream paper.

Bearded, bare-chested male figure, study for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 1852-53

Watercolor fashion drawing of a woman in a layered rococo gown with blue, yellow and silver trim, annotated in French.

Mademoiselle Marie-Jeanne Fesch Chevallier

Louis René Boquet

Red chalk drawing of a feathered female figure drawing a bow while seated on a large animal.

Allegory of America, from the Four Continents

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Red chalk design for a circular medal showing two draped women beside a pedestal with scales of justice.

Design for a Medal

Edmé Bouchardon, ca. 1738

Red chalk design for a circular token showing a woman in a chariot drawn by lions, with inscription and 1740 below.

Design for a jeton or a token: Maison de la Reine 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 1740

Red chalk drawing of a child holding a flowering vase, with a dog sniffing the ground below, within an oval frame.

The Sense of Smell

Edmé Bouchardon

Red chalk drawing of a helmeted female figure with a spear and a nude child at her side, in flowing drapery.

La Guerre

Edmé Bouchardon

Circular drawing of a reclining river god holding a cornucopia, with a crocodile and the words Trésor Royal 1748.

Design for a Token: Trésor Royal 1748

Edmé Bouchardon, 1748

Red chalk design for a circular token showing a seated youth playing a lyre beside stone blocks, inscribed BÂTIMENS DU ROY 17

Design for a Token: Bâtiments du Roi, 1748

Edmé Bouchardon, 1748

Red chalk sketch of a standing man extending his arm, with a cloth over his other arm, and a smaller figure study at left.

Study of a Valet Pouring Wine

François Lemoyne, ca. 1723

Grey chalk drawing of Christ and a veiled woman with a crowd of onlookers and bearded elders in a columned interior.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

François Boucher

Pencil drawing of cupid restraining Father Time with a scythe, with cherubs and a reclining figure above a blank cartouche.

Design for a Frontispiece: Love Staying the Hand of Time

François Boucher

Red chalk sketch of a seated woman in a full period gown holding a fan, drawn in loose strokes on pale paper.

Seated Woman Holding a Fan

François Boucher, 18th century

Ink and wash drawing of a standing man in a large cloak with a small naked figure perched on his head.

Man Wearing a Large Cloak and a Small Naked Man on His Head

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1637-40

Pen and gray wash drawing of a dying clergyman supported by an angel, with standing clergy and a bed in an oval composition.

A Dying Ecclesiastic Supported by an Angel

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1760-70