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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Pencil sketch of a young woman in half-figure, eyes closed, head tilted, with long braided hair on pale paper.

Half-figure of a Young Woman

Gustav Klimt, 1918

Pencil sketch of a standing nude woman with head tilted and arm raised, signed Gustav Klimt Nachlass in lower right.

Standing Nude

Gustav Klimt, 1906-07

Pencil sketch of two studies of female figures on tan paper, one reclining with eyes closed, one crouched below.

Two Studies for a Crouching Woman

Gustav Klimt, 1914-15

Grey wash drawing of an ornamental rococo frame with scrollwork, shells, garlands and two cherubs at the corners.

Design for a Ceiling

Jean Bérain, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of Abraham raising a sword as a winged angel restrains him over a nude youth, Isaac.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Johan Carl Loth, 17th century

White chalk drawing of two lily blossoms on a dark grey-green paper ground.

Floral Design

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Study sheet on grey paper with several white hollyhock blossoms, pink centers, yellow stamens, and a stem with buds.

White Hollyhocks

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Pastel drawing of yellow daisies and a pink wild rose with green buds on a gray background.

Yellow Daisies and Pink Wild Rose

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of Judith with a sword pointing skyward, a maidservant, and a severed head in a landscape.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Anton von Maron, 18th century-early 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling haloed woman looking up at a haloed barefoot figure holding a cross, with lilies behind.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

Master of the Drapery Studies, ca. 1490

Kneeling Female Figure

Master MZ, late 15th-early 16th century

Loose pen and ink sketch of the Holy Family with St. John the Baptist over a faint grid.

Holy Family with St. John the Baptist

Anton Raphael Mengs, mid-18th century

Charcoal drawing of a seated nude male figure with head bowed, one arm across his shoulder, on a rock.

Seated Nude Male

Anton Raphael Mengs, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a seated bearded man looking up at a standing man holding beads, with a woman in a hat behind them.

Doctor and Patient

Adolph Menzel, 1899

Head of a Bearded Man

Adolph Menzel, 1884

Woman with a Crushed Velvet Hat

Adolph Menzel, 1894

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated nude man gripping a staff, on blue paper.

Seated Male Nude Holding a Staff

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, mid-18th-late 18th century

Watercolor of a young woman resting on a stone wall beside a basket, with a hazy landscape and church spire behind her.

Returning Home

Johann Georg Meyer, 19th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of a bearded saint presenting a young boy to the Virgin on clouds, with putti and columns.

Saint Stephen of Hungary Presenting his Son, Saint Emeric, to the Virgin

Franz Xavier Karl Palko, 1740-67

A Study of Two White Lilies

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Ink drawing of a man adjusting an ornate cloth on a donkey-headed figure, with donkey heads and caricatured faces behind.

He Has Been Decorated (Y esta' Condecorado!)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and ink drawing of two elderly women at a table with a skeletal figure behind them, with a Latin inscription below.

Dust to Dust (Et in pulverem reverteris)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and ink drawing of two elderly women spinning thread, one holding a distaff, with the caption Bien lo hilan below.

They Spin Well (Bien lo hilan)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly woman with a feathered headdress holding a mirror, a monkey behind her, and a skull at her

She Doesn't Recognize Herself (No se conoce)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink drawing of a kneeling man, a standing woman, and a skeletal figure in a skirt covered with skulls.

They'll Get Their Desserts (Buen pelo echará)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a stout man peering at a closed door as shadowy figures stand behind him.

His Excellency is Not at Home (No recibe in Excel)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and wash drawing of nude nymphs bathing around Diana beside classical ruins, with a horned figure and dogs at right.

Diana and Actaeon

Georg Pecham, 1602

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds adoring the Virgin and Christ Child in a rustic stable interior.

Adoration of the Shepards

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-mid-18th century

Watercolor of a seated woman and child with a deer in a forest clearing, surrounded by birds and rabbits.

Genoveva

Ludwig Richter, 1872

Watercolor of a woman and children in a forest clearing, a bearded man with a staff pointing, and blue mountains beyond.

Rübezahl

Ludwig Richter, 1872