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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bacchanalian scene with a nude nymph, pouring attendants, playful putti, grapes and a classic

Bacchanalian Scene with Nymphs and Putti

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Watercolor battle scene with soldiers fighting near a ruined church and a burning farmhouse under smoky skies.

Battle Scene with Church at left

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Watercolor drawing of soldiers fighting near a brick church with a tall spire, smoke and trees in a village road.

Battle Scene with Church at right

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Drawing of a woman in a white headscarf and shawl, shown half-length with gray wash and red chalk accents.

Half-figure of a Woman

Jacob Matham, 1605

Pen and brown ink drawing of a helmeted nude warrior with a shield and a small winged child reaching toward him.

Mars and Cupid (recto); Female Standing Figure with a Helmet and a Shield (Bellona?) (verso)

Andrea Schiavone, 1501-63

Sketches of Sculptured Decoration. Entablatures and a Frieze with Human, Animal and Floral Ornaments

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of an ornamental ceiling corner with pilasters, moldings, and scrolling cartouches.

Design for the Corner of a Decorated Ceiling

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two curved ornamental cornice designs with scrollwork, volutes and small putti figures.

Two Designs for the Decoration of a Circular Frieze or Cornice

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Watercolor fire screen design with rose garlands, a shield-shaped frame, and a picnic still life of cards, bottles, fruit and

Design for a Firescreen with Picnic Scene and Playing Cards

Eugène Charpentier, Late 18th century

Watercolor firescreen design of a table with roses in a vase, teapot, books, and a blue floral garland border.

Design for a Firescreen with a Table with a Vase of Flowers, Books, and Teapot

Eugène Charpentier, late 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a man in an ornate feathered hat, lace cape and ruffled ballet costume, arm extended.

Male Figure in Ballet Costume

T Remy, 17th century

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a large tree at right, a steep rocky cliff, a village, and a bridge over a river.

Mountainous Landscape

Denijs van Alsloot, ca. 1608-11 (?)

Drawing of a fir tree with tangled branches and a textured trunk, with open landscape and sky at the right.

A Fir Tree in the Forest of the Landes, Aquitane

René-Ernest Huet, 1909

Pen and ink study of a palm tree with a scaled trunk and arching fronds on aged paper.

Study of a Palm Tree (recto); Mountain Landscape (verso)

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635-40

Brown wash drawing of riders falling beneath a divine light beam, with angels in clouds above a city wall.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Ludovico Carracci, ca. 1587-89

Watercolor of a misty sea with a moored sailboat, gulls, and dark mountains of the Isle of Arran under pale clouds.

Isle of Arran, early morn

Thomas Miles Richardson, 1830-39

Pen and watercolor drawing of a riverside village with turreted houses and figures with barrels by the water.

View of a Village alongside a River

Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1766

Red chalk landscape drawing of a steep mountain with ridges, shaded hills and clustered trees on tan paper.

Landscape with Mountains

Tanzio da Varallo, n.d.

Ink drawing on blue paper of a wren on a thorny branch with leaves, berries and a beetle in a circular design.

Design for a Plate

Karl Bodmer, 1825-93

Pencil and wash drawing of a draped woman with a water jug beside a small child in a wooded landscape.

Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness (recto); Two portrait studies of the artist's wife, and a study of a leg and tors…

George Richmond, 1829-33

Caricature drawing of a bearded man with an oversized head wiping tears, beside a signpost reading Route de Boheme.

Caricature of Henri Mürger

Nadar, 1849-61

Pen and ink drawing of Pilate washing his hands before a crowd of soldiers, with a column, drapery and city behind.

Pilate Washing his Hands

Bernard van Orley, early 1530s

Pen and wash drawing of a wooden bridge over a river beside a cottage, with a seated figure and trees in the background.

Landscape with a Draughtsman Seated by a River, a Bridge and a Cottage Behind

Nicolaes Maes, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a wide panoramic landscape with a windmill, farm buildings, and a large tree on the right.

An Extensive Panoramic Landscape with a Windmill

Jan Baptist Weenix, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative frontispiece frame with a cook, a servant, hanging game birds, fish, and vegetables.

Study for a Frontispiece

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, 1621

Pen and grey wash drawing of a Dutch market with an ox cart, townspeople, poultry, and a church tower behind.

A Poultry Market in a Dutch Town

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, 1621

Red chalk drawing of a man with long curly hair and a wide-brimmed hat, looking to the side with a serious expression.

Portrait of a man, bust-length, wearing a hat

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, ca. 1510-15

Ink and gray wash drawing of a haloed rider on horseback sharing his cloak with a beggar at his knee.

Saint Martin and the Beggar

Vittore Carpaccio, 1493-1500

Drawing of huntsmen and dogs retrieving ducks from a pond, with a company by a carriage and a distant town under a willow tre

Huntsmen and Company Observing Dogs Retrieving Ducks in a Pond (The Month of April)

Pieter Stevens, ca. 1610-20

Pen and watercolor drawing of a black-robed saint with a torch and cross triumphing over fallen figures beneath an angel.

An Allegory of the Triumph over Heresy, with St. Domenic to the Fore

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1650-60