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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Drawing of seated Saint Catherine with curled hair and a spiked wheel, in brown ink on a dark blue ground.

Saint Catherine

Lucas Cranach the Elder, late 15th-mid-16th century

A Swiss Foot Soldier

Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, early 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man reading a book beside a crucifix, a skull and a donkey in a rocky landscape.

Saint Francis Reading

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1747

Pencil sketch of a kneeling female nude above two studies of winged angels on pale paper.

Kneeling Female Nude and Two Studies of Angels

Georg Rafael Donner, early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a man in military uniform and bicorne hat on an ornately decorated horse in a landscape.

Equestrian Portrait of Napoleon

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in a wig and embroidered coat with a star order, holding a quill at a desk.

Portrait of J. J. Régis de Cambecérès

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Albrecht Dürer, 1490-1528

Seated Young Woman

Adam Elsheimer, late 16th-early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a uniformed man with a sword leaning on a cannon beside a flag, with a landscape behind.

Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing man in military uniform with a sash and star, leaning on a pedestal.

Portrait of Alexander I, Czar of Russia

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Portrait of Mark Akenside

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman in a headscarf and gown, leaning at a table beside a globe under a tree.

Portrait of Maria Gaet - Agnesi

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in period dress leaning on a table beside a curtain and tall flowering plants.

Portrait of M.-J.-A.-N. de Coritat, Marquis de Condorcet

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a standing officer in uniform holding a sword, with a stone pedestal and landscape behind him.

Portrait of C.-F. du Perier Dumouriez

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat pointing forward beside a horse, with a flag and rocky ground behind him.

Portrait of Prince Henry of Prussia

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a man in a long coat leaning on an inscribed pedestal beside a quill and book.

Portrait of Giovanni Fantoni (or "Labindo")

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in period dress holding a top hat and cane, with a building and shrubs behind him.

Portrait of Edmond Burke

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man in a coat examining coins in an open cabinet drawer, with shelves and a skull in the roo

Portrait of Joseph-Hilarius Eckehel

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Brown wash drawing of a standing woman in an empire gown beside a desk with sheet music, and a laurel-crowned harpist behind

Portrait of Angelica Catalani de Valabrègue

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, ca. 1815

Brown wash drawing of a seated man in a fur cap and spectacles beside a stove, with a quill and books on a table.

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Jean-Baptiste-François Bosio, n.d.

Drawing for "La Colonne Trajane"

François Boucher, 18th century

Pen and wash design drawing of a circular clock with cherubs, a seated draped woman, and a lower frieze of putti and garland.

Design for a Clock

Henri-Charles-Antoine Baron, mid-19th century

Graphite sketch of two helmeted warriors in classical armor bending over a fallen figure in a columned interior.

Two Warriors in Classical Costume Bending over Two Figures

Heinrich Füger, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pencil sketch of a nude female figure standing in an arched niche framed by ivy, above a fountain basin.

Recto:Nude Female Figure in a Niche Verso: Study for a Fountain

Hans Gasser, 1830-68

Grey wash drawing of cavalry riders and rearing horses around a fallen soldier, with trees and a rocky landscape behind.

Cavalry Engagement

Francesco Monti, 1646-1712

Grey wash drawing in oval format showing a radiant monstrance among clouds and angels, with allegorical figures and a globe b

Veneration of the Eucharist by the Peoples of the World (Allegories of the Four Continents)

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, 1720-74

Brown ink drawing of a large spreading tree with two small figures on a path and a distant town at left.

A Large Tree at Albano

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1782

Brown ink drawing of a seated man and a crowd of women and boys gathered around a draped statue on a column.

Figures Adoring a Statue of the "Magna Mater"

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1585

Grey wash drawing of a baroque design with a winged angel, a bishop, a haloed saint with a skull, and a coat of arms.

Design for a Stained Glass Window or Frontispiece with the Arms of a Cleric

Johann Heiss, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen drawing of Christ carrying a cross through a crowd of soldiers, with a town and tower in the background.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Wolfgang Huber, 16th century