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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Soft green wash landscape of a thatched cottage, grazing cows and sheep, and windswept trees under dramatic clouds.

Wooded Landscape with Cottage, Cows and Sheep

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1770

Watercolor of a river lined with old buildings, moored sailing boats with masts, and figures on the quay under a pale sky.

River at Norwich

Thomas Girtin, early 19th century

Watercolor of Easby Abbey ruins and a gabled cottage beside a still river under a cloudy sky.

Easby Abbey

Thomas Girtin, 19th century

Red chalk drawing of many overlapping caricatured heads showing varied grimacing and shouting expressions.

Sheet of Studies of Heads

William Hogarth

Pen and wash drawing of ancient galleys in battle, with rowers, armored warriors on decks, and a faint blue grid overlay.

Antique Naval Battle (recto); A Battle Scene (verso)

Lattanzio Gambara, ca. 1550-55

Engraved Nativity scene with the infant Christ in a basket, a crowd of adorants in a thatched stable, and an angel in clouds.

Nativity

Master IQV, ca. 1543

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate coffered ceiling with putti, garlands, and a classical figure medallion.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Giocondo Albertolli, 1742-1839

Pen and ink sketch of two men walking a path with sticks, a dog lying nearby, and trees behind a fence.

Anticipation (for Punch, or the London Charivari, October 23, 1876)

Charles Samuel Keene, 1876

Pen and brown ink sketch of two women in an interior, one standing by a door and one seated near a fireplace.

Two Nursemaids

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Pen and grey wash drawing of two clergymen conversing at a counter in an interior, with a third figure at left.

A Vicar and a Curate

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Pen and ink ceiling design with a woman in a chariot and putti inside a coffered border surrounded by scrolling ornament.

Design for a Ceiling with a Woman (Aurora?) in a Chariot and Putti (Recto). Design for an Ornamental Frieze (Verso)

Marco dell'Angolo del Moro, 1537-86

Pen and brown ink sketch of five male heads and shoulders overlapping, one young figure in front, others bearded behind.

Group of Five Male Figures in Half-length

Stefano Della Bella, 1640-50

Three portraits possibly representing Camillo Graffico, Ercole Pedemonte and Antonio Carone

Ottavio Mario Leoni, ca. 1620-30

Brown ink and wash drawing of workers lifting stone blocks at a construction site while two men study a plan at right.

Building

Cesare Nebbia, 1536-1614

Pen and wash design of a classical stage set with colonnades, a fountain, statues, and putti carrying garlands in the sky.

Design for a Stage Set: Semi-Circular Colonnaded Building, a Bridge Surmounted by a Tempietto, a Fountain in the Fore…

Antonio Basoli, 1774-1843

Red chalk landscape drawing of a hillside with a church tower, trees, a low wall and soft clouds.

Landscape

Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of three men and a dog on a hill overlooking a walled city and distant sea with ships.

Three Men and a Dog on a Hill

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-1638

Pen and ink landscape with a large gnarled tree, a figure with a plaque, an arched bridge and a hilltop town.

Framed Landscape with a View of Castel Durante with a Figure Holding an Inscribed Plaque in the Foreground

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-38

Procession of Six Horsemen in Profile View Facing Left

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen sketch of a loaded wagon with spoked wheels and horses, a small standing figure at lower left, on pale paper.

A Loaded Wagon and Several Human Figures

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate griffin-shaped sleigh with scrolled body, pulled by a sketched horse.

Design for A Sleigh in the Form of a Griffin, Drawn by a Horse

Stefano Della Bella, 1630-64

Pen drawing of five grotesque heads and bearded masks entwined with curling foliage and ornamental scrolls.

Plate 4: five grotesque heads, from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1642-43

Pen drawing of an ornamental vignette with a grotesque mask, two birds, scrolls and a banner reading Alph: Grecum.

Design for a Vignette Accompanying a Publication on the Greek Alphabet

Stefano Della Bella, 1630-64

Pen drawing of an ornamental cartouche with two winged cherubs, fruit garlands and grotesque masks around an empty oval.

Design for a Cartouche with a Variant

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Etching of a tall double spruce in the foreground, with mountains, a winding road, and a distant town under cloudy skies.

Landscape with a Double Spruce in the Foreground

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1521

Pen and wash drawing of a classical stage set with arched colonnades, coffered ceilings, busts and armored figures.

Design for a Stage Set

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowded procession of robed and nude figures in a horizontal frieze.

Procession (left-hand portion of border below Sacrifice of Isaac, inlaid-marble pavement, Siena Cathedral)

Domenico Beccafumi, 1520-50

Watercolor landscape of cows wading in a brook among tall trees, with a distant town and hills beyond.

Landscape with Cows in a Brook

Felix Meyer, 1698

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bedchamber with a canopy bed, a bishop with crozier, and women working nearby.

St. Nicholas and the Three Daughters of the Poor Gentleman

Jan Swart van Groningen, 16th century

Pen and wash sketch of uniformed soldiers and civilians in a crowded room with a wall poster and a cap on the floor.

"The Soldier's Tear"-Old Song

Charles Samuel Keene, ca. 1879