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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Sepia drawing of a ruined Romanesque church with a rose window and bell tower under a cloudy sky, with small figures in front

The Mariakerk In Utrecht

Jacob van der Ulft, late 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman, a man in a plumed hat, a skeleton behind a curtain, and a child on a tiled floor.

To Each His Own Pastime (Elck Sijn Tijt-Verdrijff)

Adriaen van de Venne, ca. 1632 (?)

Grey wash drawing of a coastal dune landscape with figures, horses, a sailing boat, and a ruined building.

Landscape with Figures

Hendrik Verschuring, 1642-90

Pale brown wash drawing of a flat canal landscape with sailboats, a rowing boat of figures, windmills and a farmhouse.

Canal Landscape with Figures

Abraham de Verwer, 17th century

Pencil drawing of cows grazing in a flat landscape with a herdsman, sheep, trees and distant windmills under a cloudy sky.

Cows in a Landscape

Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, 19th century

Graphite drawing of sheep and a lamb resting by a wooden fence, with a hen and a distant village in an open landscape.

Sheep in a Landscape

Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, 1870

Brown ink drawing of a mountainous valley with a hilltop town, travelers with staffs, a bridge, and a watermill.

Mountainous Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

Tobias Verhaecht, 1575-1631

Pen and ink landscape of jagged mountains, pine trees, a wooden bridge over a river, and travelers on a road.

Mountainous Landscape with Travelers on a Road

Tobias Verhaecht, 1616

Gray wash drawing of a seated woman in a dark gown, white collar and lace cap, hands folded in her lap.

Portrait of a Lady

Cornelis Visscher, ca. 1655

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted stone interior with stacked arches and small figures and a dog in the foreground.

The Interior of the So-called Stables of Maecenas at Tivoli

Hendrik Voogd, 1793

Brown ink drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a bearded figure pouring water, a crowd of onlookers, and angels in clouds.

Baptism of Christ

Maerten de Vos, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of refugees leaving a shore with ships, a fortified city behind them, and a Dutch verse below.

Leaving Troy

Sebastiaen Vrancx, late 16th-mid 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river valley with a rocky cliff, boats, and a town with church spires on the far bank.

View of Vienne on the Rhone

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, ca. 1587-89

Brown ink drawing of a river landscape with trees, shrubs, clouds, and a traveler with a dog on a path.

River Landscape with Traveler

Cornelis Vroom, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of bare trees framing a stone arched bridge and a house with a steep roof beside a path.

A House near a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Pencil drawing of thatched farm buildings, a mill wheel, a rowboat and a bare tree in a rolling landscape.

Landscape with a Mill (recto); A Steepled Façade and Farm House (verso)

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Blue-grey wash drawing of a shadowed forest with a waterfall cascading over rocks beneath tall trees.

River Landscape with Mountain Stream

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a river winding past leaning trees and a wooden gate under a pale sky.

River Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Watercolor of flat dunes with a thatched cottage, windmills and a church tower under a cloudy sky.

View of Haarlem from the Dunes

Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, mid-19th-early 20th century

Grey wash drawing of a farmyard courtyard with a stone arch, wooden gates, a barred shed and tall trees behind.

Courtyard of a Farmhouse

Thomas Wijck, 1629-77

Grey wash drawing of a ruined cylindrical tower, stone houses, and travelers with a donkey on a dirt road.

Landscape with a Tower

Thomas Wijck, 1629-77

Brown wash drawing of Apollo in a laurel wreath holding hands with Thetis on a cloud, with cherubs and a lyre nearby.

Apollo and Thetis

Jacob de Wit, early 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a ceiling design with clouds, a seated figure with a staff, and winged putti in a shaped frame.

Ceiling Design

Jacob de Wit, early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of allegorical figures in an arched niche, with a woman holding a chalice and a seated woman with children.

Allegorical Figures of Faith, Hope and Charity in a Niche

Jacob de Wit, early 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a river with boats, a large tree, and buildings along the banks.

River View in Italy

Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Pen and wash drawing of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome, with a column at left and a temple at right.

The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, with the Column of Phocas at the Left and the Temple of Saturn at t…

Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Brown wash drawing of an Italianate landscape with a farmhouse inn, a dirt road, tall pines and distant hills.

Italianate River Landscape with an Inn

Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Pencil sketch of a symmetrical ornate festival structure with domed pavilions, stepped passage and draped figures in the corn

Design for a Festival Display of Fireworks (recto); Small Figures by a different hand (verso)

Laurent Hubert, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of robed figures and an ox before classical columns and arches in a crowded ancient interior.

Samuel Anointing the Young David (?)

Jan Erasmus Quellinus, n.d.

Ink and grey wash drawing of a receding palace interior with arched colonnades, draped curtains and a staircase.

Perspectival Sketch for a Palace Interior

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756