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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd gathered around a standing figure seen from behind, with rapid loose contour lines.

Saint John the Baptist Baptizing the Multitude

Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1554-56

Pen and watercolor drawing of a busy street with advertising hoardings and a large sandwich-board man labeled Monster Adverti

Lilthorpe's Gallant Attack on Street, Nuisances

John Leech, 1830

Hazy view of a curving Bay of Naples with ships in harbor, a fortress tower, and a figure on a stone wall under a cloudy sky.

Bay of Naples-A Land of Smouldering Fire

Alfred William Hunt, 1871

Ink and wash drawing of a stormy beach with sailboats on choppy sea, strollers on the sand, and a lighthouse on dunes.

The Beach at Scheveningen (?), with Strollers

Simon Andreas Krausz, 1775-1825

Grey wash drawing of a warship firing a cannon, smoke rising, with smaller boats on calm water under a cloudy sky.

Marine, the Cannon Shot

Johannes Christiaan Schotel

Pen and ink sketch of a rearing horse and rider drawn over a handwritten letter.

Rearing horse and trainer, drawn on a letter (recto); Studies of women and children (verso)

William Etty, after 1810

Drawing of a rustic inn with steep roofs and chimneys, two standing men, and tall trees in a landscape.

Landscape with an Inn

Esaias van de Velde, 1629

Pencil drawing of Achilles reaching toward the ghostly shade of Patroclus floating above him among clouds.

Achilles and the Shade of Patroclus

John Flaxman, 1793

Panoramic print of a city skyline with a military procession, cannons firing, tents, and soldiers across open fields.

Entry of Charles V into Munich, June 10, 1530

Sebald Beham, 16th century

Etching of a river festival with fireworks, boats and crowds on bridges, framed by an ornate scrolling cartouche.

L'Eventail (The Fan)

Jacques Callot, 1619

Pencil drawing of Dante and Virgil in a wood of bare trees, with winged harpies and a figure in a trunk, from Inferno canto 1

Dante and Virgil in the Suicidal Wood (Inferno, Canto 13, verses 22-23)

John Flaxman, 1792-93

Pencil sketch of classical female figures with flowing drapery and radiating light lines above cloud forms.

Morning: Pope's Odyssey, Book 12 (recto); Study for the final drawing (verso)

John Flaxman, 1792

Pencil drawing of two armored warriors fighting with spear and shield beside a winged archer drawing a bow.

Illustration for "Seven Chiefs Against Thebes" (recto); Studies of Figures (verso)

John Flaxman, ca. 1794

Grey wash drawing of a classical frieze with bearded men, draped women, nude youths, a horse and two lion heads.

Design for a Frieze, after a Roman Sarcophagus: The First Visit of Bacchus to Ariadne

John Flaxman, late 18th-early 19th century

Etching of a procession with horsemen and a carriage on a tree-lined road, smoke rising from gunfire, and a crowd of spectato

Entry of the Count of Thurn and Taxis into Hemissen

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1651

Etching of a hellmouth with a monstrous face, flying torch-bearing demons, a burning city, and a rowing boat on water.

The hellmouth, set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, 1668

Engraving of the Argonauts' ship at sea with sea nymphs, allegorical figures and radiating clouds, in black and white.

Birth of the Dauphin, Toulouse, 1682: Capture of the Golden Fleece

Jacques LePautre, 1682

Engraved plan and elevation of a classical fireworks machine with a central arch, royal arms, and sunburst, plus a ground pla

Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle: A Plan and Elevation of the Royal Fire-Works, London, 1749

George Vertue, ca. 1749

Brown ink drawing on blue paper of a crowded banquet with seated guests, a grand staircase, columns, and servants.

The Wedding Feast at Cana (after Paolo Veronese)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Engraved night view of Paris festivities on the Seine, with fireworks, fountains, illuminated buildings and crowds in boats.

Marriage of Louise-Élisabeth of France and Don Philip of Spain, Paris, August 29, 1739

Jacques-François Blondel, 1740

Watercolor design of a neoclassical pavilion with columns, fountains and a rocky cascade for a 1781 fireworks display.

Design for the Fireworks Display in Paris for the Birth of the Dauphin in 1781

Louis Gustave Taraval, 1781

Engraving of a crowd watching fireworks over a city square at night, with a town hall, fountains and columns.

Birth of the Dauphin: The Crowd Watching the Fireworks on the Place de la Grève, Paris, January 21, 1782

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1782, reprinted ca. 1860

Watercolor drawing of a formal garden with cypresses, a crowned monogram on a tiered pedestal, and decorative rosettes and gl

Coronation of the Czar Alexander I, Moscow, September 1801

Lieutenant-Captain Cheleyev, 1801

Engraved crowd of people in top hats and bonnets watching fireworks burst over trees on a night sky.

Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XII)

Winslow Homer, July 11, 1868

Colored bird's-eye print of the Brooklyn Bridge with fireworks, balloons, and sailing ships on the East River at night.

Bird's-Eye View of the Great New York and Brooklyn Bridge, and Grand Display of Fireworks on Opening Night...May 24,…

Engraving of an ornate baroque altar structure with a crowned Virgin on clouds, angels, saints, and skulls.

Il Fuoco Trionfante...della Traslatione della Miracolo...La Madona Del Fuoco...li xx di Ottobre MDCXXXVI

Floriano dal Buono, 1637

Grey wash drawing of an open landscape with a herdsman, cows, grazing sheep, a leaning tree, and a pool under cloudy skies.

Open Landscape with Herdsman, Cows, and Sheep

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1785

Grey chalk drawing of a mountain landscape with a leaning tree, distant valley, buildings and a winding path.

Mountain Landscape with Figures and Buildings

Thomas Gainsborough, mid-to-late 1780s

Watercolor woodland scene of a peasant leading a horse and cart along a forest path beside a pond.

Woodland Scene with a Peasant, a Horse, and a Cart

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1760

Sepia drawing of a figure resting with a donkey on a path beside large trees, with horses in the distance.

A Rest by the Way (Open Landscape with Figures, Donkey and Horses)

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1780