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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Ink and wash drawing of a rocky hillside with overgrown Roman ruins, a fluted column and arches, and a distant plain.

Landscape with Roman Ruins

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1609-67

Brown wash drawing of a haloed Franciscan friar distributing knotted cords to kneeling figures and souls rising from clouds.

The Distribution of the Franciscan Cords

Jan Erasmus Quellinus, 1667

Pen and brown ink drawing of a pastoral scene with shepherds, a well, sheep, cattle and large trees beside a river.

The Meeting of Jacob And Rachel at the Well

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640-49

Pen and brown wash drawing of a kneeling man before a haloed angel beside a candelabrum in a vaulted interior.

Zacharias and the Angel

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-69

Pen and ink drawing of a man leading a laden camel with a decorated saddle, with faint sketches of other figures at left.

Man Leading a Camel

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650-69

Pen and brown ink sketch of three figures: a standing bearded man, a gesturing woman in a headscarf, and a kneeling figure.

Study for a Pietà

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-69

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with two windmills, farmhouses in the middle ground, and a dirt path in the foreground.

Landscape With Two Mills

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of an old bearded man kneeling in prayer in a dim study beside a window and crucifix.

Saint Jerome Praying in His Study

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a wooden bridge, large trees, a walking figure, and a house on the right.

Landscape

Roelant Roghman, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of shepherds resting among cattle, sheep and goats, with a piper and a ruined tower on a hill.

Pastoral

Willem Romeyn, 1640-94

Pen and ink sketch of a standing figure beside a row of heads and partial figures on tan paper.

Alcibiades Interrupting the Symposium (recto); Sketches of the Baptism of Christ and of a Man (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1601-02 (recto); ca. 1601 (verso)

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling figure before standing robed women on stone steps, after Rubens.

Presentation in the Temple

Peter Paul Rubens, recto 1611; verso 1601-2

Pen sketch of a man in plumed cap and armor and a woman in jeweled headdress, with handwritten colour notes.

Carolus, Duke of Lower Lorraine and Gerberga

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Drawing of Saint Lawrence on a grill surrounded by soldiers, a kneeling fire tender, and an angel above, in gray chalk.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Peter Paul Rubens, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior from behind, surrounded by rearing horses, soldiers, and raised spears in a battle.

Battle Scene

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Study of a Standing Female Saint

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a scowling bearded satyr face with curly hair on an oval sheet.

Head of a Satyr (Silenus)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1620-30

Pen and ink study of a bearded man's head tilted downward, with curly hair and beard, on toned paper.

Head of Silenus

Peter Paul Rubens, early 17th century

Oval drawing of a mythological feast with a donkey-riding figure, revelers at a table, and cherubs, in white ink on blue pape

King Midas Feasting At The Arrival of Silenus

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Oval drawing on blue paper of nymphs reclining and dancing beside satyrs, one lifting a vessel, under a tree.

Nymphs And Satyrs

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a reclining nude figure with long flowing hair and a twisted torso, on pale paper.

Hermaphrodite

Peter Paul Rubens, 17th century

Black chalk drawing of a nude man turned left, with a bearded satyr head sketched beside him on pale paper.

Half-Figure of a Nude Man Facing Left, Head of a Satyr

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Pen and white-heightened drawing of nymphs dancing in a circle in a wooded glade, with seated musicians at the edges.

Dancing Nymphs in a Glade

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and white heightened drawing on blue paper of classical gods feasting at a table among clouds, with cupids overhead.

Feast of the Gods

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Oval drawing of gods on clouds above sprawled nude giants among rocks, one figure holding a torch and a ladder nearby.

Fall of the Giants

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Brown and white wash drawing on blue paper of hunters on horseback and a nude man spearing a charging boar, with hounds.

Hunt of the Calydonian Boar

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and white-heightened drawing on blue paper of Niobe's children being struck by arrows, with horses and a temple in the ba

Death of Niobe and Her Children

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Drawing of Perseus holding Medusa's head amid fallen warriors in a columned palace hall, with a banquet at left.

Fight Between Perseus And Phineus in the Palace of Cephus

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Red chalk drawing of two draped prophets, one standing with a scroll and one seated reading, with a figure gesturing behind.

The Prophets David and Daniel

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1601-2

Pen and gray wash drawing of a canal with a wooden hut, a fisherman with a rod, a rowboat, and trees.

Canal Landscape with a Fisherman

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century