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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Watercolor and pen drawing of peasants drinking in a smoky tavern, with a seated woman holding a glass and men around a table

Peasants Drinking, verso: sketches of peasants

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Ink and wash drawing of a cobbler working at a stall beside a sleeping dog, with a kneeling man and climbing vines.

The Cobbler

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of a violinist and villagers gathered outside a rustic ale house with a tankard, children, and a dog.

Strolling Violinist at an Ale House Door

Adriaen van Ostade, 1625-85

Pen and wash drawing of men drinking in a cluttered tavern with shelves of jugs, a ladder, and barrels.

Drinkers in a Tavern

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a dim barn interior with peasants, cows, and chickens beneath heavy timber roof beams.

Barn Interior with Peasants and Cows (recto); Six Studies of Peasants (verso)

Isaac van Ostade, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of a church tower with spire and arched windows, beside trees, with a Spanish handwritten note below.

Church Tower with Inscription in Spanish to Avery. Verso: 3/4 View Portrait of Man

Martín Rico y Ortega, 1833-1908

Watercolor elevation of an ornate triumphal arch with obelisks, flags, sculptures and a winged trumpeter atop a dome.

Triumphal Arch, April 1814

Francisco Antonio de Sousa, 1814

Pen and wash drawing of a domed rotunda with columns beside a formal garden, with strolling figures and a dog.

A General Plan and Prospective of Lord Viscount Cobham's Gardens at Stowe

Jacques Rigaud, 1733-34

Pen and wash drawing of a village waterfront with gabled houses, a crowd gathered by a torch, and a boat at the right.

Distribution of the Catch by Night

Isaac van Ostade, 17th century

Pen and ink landscape of a river with a ruined arch, rocky banks, boats, and figures in the foreground, with birds overhead.

Landscape with the Calling of St. Peter

Jacob Pynas, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a reclining woman with angels below, a cross on a hill, and the title La Maison de Nazaret.

Maison de Nazaret

Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, 1851-1904

Album page of rococo chimneypiece and candelabra ornament designs, pen and ink with pasted prints, ca. 1760.

Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints

Gideon Saint, ca. 1760

Pencil drawing of a tall-masted ship and rowboats moored in harbor water before a coastal town and cliffs.

Boats Moored Near Cliffs of Dover

T. H. Yudin, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a river town with sailing boats, church spires, a hilltop castle and figures on the banks.

Town by a Large Body of Water

Abraham Rademaker, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of thatched farm buildings on flat land with trees and smoke, by Rembrandt.

Group of Farm Buildings

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1648-52

Pen and ink sketch of gabled houses along a waterfront with figures on the bank and a moored boat at right.

Houses by the Water

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated man in a flat cap beside a doorway, with a dog at his feet.

Seated Man Wearing a Flat Cap

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-40

Brown ink drawing of a seated bearded prophet confronting a crowned king in an interior with columns and drapery.

Nathan Admonishing David

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650-55

Ink drawing of a seated beggar with crutches reaching toward a robed figure beneath a stone archway, with onlookers.

St. Peter and St John Healing the Paralytic

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-69

Pen and brown wash sketch of a woman in bed accusing a turbaned man in a long coat, with onlookers and furniture in an interi

Potiphar's Wife Accusing Joseph Before her Husband

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Pen and ink sketch of two studies of a woman in a headscarf reading, one seated leaning forward, one with raised hand.

Two Studies of a Woman Reading

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-40

Old Man in Profile

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Pen and watercolor drawing of an overturned carriage, fleeing pigs, and sprawled figures on a country road.

Going to Ivy Bridge

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor street scene of a brush vendor with a pole of wares talking to two women at a doorway.

Street Scene: Vendor of Brushes

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of two embracing nude women on a bed under a pink canopy, with a reclining nude man beside them.

Nude Couple Embracing

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a sailor embracing a woman in a kitchen while an elderly woman watches from the hearth.

The Sailor's Return from Active Service

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude Venus with a billowing cloth, Anchises seated beside her, and a cupid above.

Venus, Anchises and Cupid

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of a nude muscular man lifting an arm while supporting a draped figure bent at his side.

Standing Nude Man Supporting Fainting Female (Ludovisi Gaul in the Uffizi)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of travelers with horses, a loaded cart, and a dog on a road beside sheds and trees.

Migrants

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, boulders, and a hilltop village under a pale sky.

Landscape

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1609-67