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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Watercolor of a ruined castle on a hill with a shepherd, dog and sheep on a dirt path under a pale sky.

Ruined Castle

John Sell Cotman, 1823-42

Watercolor of a half-timbered farm building with a thatched roof beside a pond, with trees and a fence under a cloudy sky.

Farm Building by a Pond

John Sell Cotman, 1808-11(?)

Watercolor sketch of a colonnade of classical columns with small figures walking toward a central portico.

Greenwich Hospital (recto); Study of a Building (verso)

David Cox, 1820s

Watercolor of a rocky river running through a mountain valley with a small stone cottage and clouds over distant peaks.

River Landscape in Wales

David Cox, ca. 1850

Grey wash drawing of ruined arches atop a wooded hillside with a cascading waterfall below, under a pale sky.

Tivoli, Villa of Maecenas and part of the Cascatelle

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1794-97

Brown ink drawing of soldiers killing infants among grieving mothers in an arched colonnade, with bodies scattered on the flo

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giovanni Battista della Rovere, ca. 1590

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds, with Saint Dominic giving rosaries to kneeling faithful and angels above

The Virgin and Child, Saint Dominic, and Angels Distributing Chaplets to the Faithful

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, 1575-1640

Wash drawing of a haloed Carthusian saint among ill and kneeling figures beneath a curtained classical arch.

A Carthusian Saint Visiting the Plague Stricken

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Red chalk drawing of a nude man reclining on rocks while draped figures gesture toward him beside a tree.

The Drunkenness of Noah

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Pen and wash drawing of apostles at the Virgin's tomb beneath a radiant sun, with two seated figures in the upper corners.

The Apostles at the Tomb of the Virgin, and Studies for Two Pendentives

Francesco Maria Salvetti, 1691-1758

Pen and wash drawing of mounted riders and a crowd in a triumphal procession entering a city gate, shown in a lunette shape.

Triumphal Entry into a City

Francesco Salviati, 1530s

Graphite drawing of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist beside a tree, on grey-blue paper with grid lines.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1609-85

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of two flying putti above studies of draped cloth, with faint grid lines.

Studies of Two Flying Putti and of Drapery (recto); Seated Virgin and Child, and Kneeling Child (verso)

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1609-85

Engraving of two women in a classical colonnade, one kneeling with a small box, a sleeping dog and stormy sky beside them.

Plate 27: Proserpina gives Psyche the box of beauty, from 'The Fable of Cupid and Psyche'

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a satyr approaching a sleeping nude woman, with two crabs hanging from a rope near a herm and a tree.

A satyr discovering a sleeping woman; two crabs hanging from a rope which is strung between a term and a tree

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Etching of an elephant with curled trunk beside a camel, with monkeys and a dog among foliage in the background.

Elephant and Camel (reverse copy)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century (?)

Pencil sketch of Mount Vesuvius rising over shrubland, with an umbrella pine and handwritten notes on the slopes.

View of Vesuvius

John Robert Cozens, August 18 [1782]

Watercolor of a calm bay with wooded cliffs, a hilltop building at right, a rowing boat, and a distant mountain.

On the Gulf of Salerno near Vietri

John Robert Cozens, September 1782 or later

Grey wash drawing of a hilltop villa with arched loggia behind a wall and pine trees, under a blue-grey sky.

View of the Villa Lante on the Janiculum in Rome

John Robert Cozens, 1782-83

Watercolor of a seated woman in a green dress and yellow shawl reading on a blue sofa beside a mantelpiece with porcelain.

Woman Seated on a Sofa

Walter Crane, 1865-1915

Watercolor of an Italian farmhouse with fig trees, an outdoor staircase, chickens and a pig in the yard.

Italian Farmhouse

Walter Crane, 1871-73

Watercolor of villas on a cliff above rocky sea shore, with a rowboat and sailboat on blue water.

Houses at Sorrento

Thomas Hartley Cromek, mid-19th century

Pencil and watercolor drawing of the ruined Acropolis at Athens rising above rocky ground under a pale sky.

The Acropolis from the Areopagus, Athens

Thomas Hartley Cromek, April 24, 1846

Watercolor of Acropolis ruins in Athens with columns, a tall tower, scattered stone blocks and small figures under blue sky.

The Acropolis from the West, with the Propylaea and the Temple of Athena Nike, Athens

Thomas Hartley Cromek, 1834

Watercolor and pencil drawing of ruined Doric columns and scattered stone blocks at the Temple of Apollo at Bassae, with moun

The Temple of Apollo at Bassae

Thomas Hartley Cromek, 1843

Engraving of Cupid on a chariot drawn by horses leading a procession of figures past a temple and hilltop town.

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

Engraved triumphal procession with a chariot, unicorns, women with palm fronds, and a circular columned temple.

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

Oval watercolor of a river below a ruined castle keep, with a town, stone bridge and rolling hills beyond.

View of Richmond, Yorkshire

George Cuit the Elder, 1788

Engraving of a triumphal procession with a winged trumpeter, elephants, soldiers, and an obelisk in a classical city.

The Triumph of Fame on Chastity, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Oval watercolor of a river valley with a round temple on a wooded hill, rock outcrops, and figures on a riverbank.

View of the Round Howe near Richmond, Yorkshire

George Cuit the Elder, 1788