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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Drawing of scholars around globes and charts beneath a lantern, with ships on a sea panel above.

Petrus Plancius Instructing Students in the Science of Navigation

David Vinckboons, early 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a crowned saint beside a grape barrel, with angels above, putti at lower left, and vines.

Saint Wenceslas at the Vintage, Attended by Angels and Putti

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, mid-18th-late 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man and a nude woman on a rock looking up at an eagle flying among forest trees.

Jupiter and Io, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Sepia drawing of a donkey with a heavy pack and ornate harness, a figure carrying a bundle behind it, casting a shadow.

A Donkey

Adriaen van de Velde, mid-17th century

A Great Grey Shrike

Pieter Holsteyn II, mid-17th-late 17 century

The Blessed Egidius (Cartoon for a Fresco in chapel at S. Maria degli Angeli, Assisi)

Lo Spagna, 1514-16

Grey wash drawing of a winged archangel surrounded by flying putti and clouds, with a distant landscape below.

Flying Putti, Surrounding Archangel Raphael

Conrad Meyer, 1631-32

Stage set design drawing with a windmill, large tree and rocky ground in grey and green wash on tan paper.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Lighthouse

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil design for an opera stage set showing a cemetery with trees, a stone cross, tombstones and a central cut-out opening.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Cemetery

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil sketch of a building facade with a Trattoria di Parigi shopfront, striped awning, balconies and red measuring grid lin

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: "Trattoria di Parigi"

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded country road with a carriage full of passengers, pedestrians, dogs, and trees.

Fairlop Fair, Essex

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1816

Pen and watercolor design drawing of a wooden chair with carved backrest and pink upholstered seat, with Paris studio stamp.

Design for a Chair

A. Damon et Cie., 19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of an elegant drawing room with seated guests, a standing man, a dog, and a fireplace.

The Reception

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Watercolor drawing of cattle grazing on a hillside above a village with a church tower and rolling downland.

Downlands, Sussex

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of an old man setting a saw beside a woman and dog on a city street with music shop signs.

The Saw-Setter

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of fashionable figures gathered around a gaming table piled with coins in a draped room.

A Gaming Table at Devonshire House

Thomas Rowlandson, 1791

Watercolor drawing of a busy kitchen with diners at a long table, servants, a roasting fire, hanging hams and a dog.

The Squire's Kitchen

Thomas Rowlandson, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of sailing boats and a crowded rowing boat on calm water, with ships and a distant shore.

Ships and Sailors

Thomas Rowlandson, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil and wash stage design drawing of a conical tent, tree, standing figure and agave plant with grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: A Tent

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pen and gray wash stage design drawing of a conical tent, overturned wagon, cannon and grassy rocky ground.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Tent and Overturned Wagon

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil sketch of a female figure holding a cross and a flaming heart, with cherubs on clouds above a globe.

The Virgin of the Sacred Heart

Théodore Géricault, ca. 1820

Watercolor design drawing of a red upholstered armchair with gold tassels and a fringed skirt, on tan paper.

Design for an Armchair

A. Damon et Cie., 19th century

Watercolor design of a gilded display cabinet with glazed vitrine, classical urns and figures, on a stand with a blue vase.

Design for a Cabinet with a Vitrine

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1870-80

Design for a Commode

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1870-80

Pencil drawing of a Gothic church with a tall square tower, a canal bridge in the foreground and a city skyline at right.

View of the Laurenskerk, Rotterdam

Gerrit Battem, 18th century ?

Pen and wash drawing of a Renaissance-style table with turned legs and an arcaded stretcher, against a paneled wall.

Design for a Table

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1870-80

Watercolor design drawing of an X-frame stool with blue upholstered seat and tassel fringe, set against a paneled wall.

Design for a Stool

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1870-80

Grey wash drawing of two women in feathered hats and ruffled gowns with a gentleman holding a cane.

Two Ladies and a Gentleman

Louis Binet, 1760-1800

Grey wash drawing of a lady in a plumed hat and ruffled gown dancing with a gentleman, watched by a seated man.

Costume Drawing: Lady and Gentleman Dancing

Louis Binet, 1760-1800

Pencil drawing of a stage set showing a timber cottage cutaway with curtains and a distant town on the right.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Interior of a Cottage

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90