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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Red chalk drawing of a bacchanal with reclining nude revelers, grapes, cherubs, and classical architecture beneath draped clo

Bacchanal

Adriaan van der Burg, early 18th century

Black page of light-line geometric lace and ornament patterns with arches, rosettes and stars, from a 1617 pattern book.

Schon newes Modelbuch...Page 1(r)

Sigismundus Latomus, 1617

Black and white print of Adam digging with a spade while Eve spins under an apple tree, with two children near the ground.

Adam and Eve (Labour: Whan Adam Delved and Eve Span, Who Was Then the Gentleman?)

Edward Burne-Jones, 1895 or later

Brown wash drawing of bearded Saint Peter with halo, holding two keys and a scroll, in a flowing draped robe.

Saint Peter

Ludolf Büsinck, 1610-69

Brown wash drawing of herdsmen with cattle and sheep by a pond, tall trees, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Herdsmen and Their Cattle

Jordanus Hoorn, 1785

Graphite sketch of Susanna and the Elders with a nude woman between two bearded men before classical columns.

Susanna and the Elders (recto); Architectural design and other scribbles (verso)

Giambattista Pittoni, ca. 1720

Ink and wash drawing of an old man with a goblet, a nude young woman beside him, and a woman pouring wine under a tree.

Lot and His Daughters (recto); Rocky Landscape with a Castle and Bridge (verso)

Hermann Weyer, ca. 1616

Etching of Saint John the Evangelist writing in a book beside an eagle, with a halo and crosshatched shading.

Saint John the Evangelist

Bartholomeus Spranger, ca. 1596

Woodcut of Saint Michael and angels fighting a dragon in the sky above a river landscape with a town.

Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Black and white reproduction of a textile design with arching garlands of daisies, leaves and bell flowers on a dark ground.

Album of Drawings in Color for Waistcoats

Jean François Bony, 1780-1825

Engraving of a bearded man reclining on rocks with a staff beside him, shaded sky behind.

St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1552-54

Etched satire of a crowded tent with tumbling figures on a barrier, a violinist at left, and a numbered key below.

Paye qui Tombe: Die eerst valt betaelt de Speelman, die laest, de Kosten (The Fall of the Country: The First That Fal…

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Engraved tavern scene of a crowded election feast with drinking men, musicians, a flag, and a servant pouring drink.

An Election Entertainment, Plate I: Four Prints of an Election

William Hogarth, February 1755

Lithograph of a clown in checkered costume pulling down a theater curtain while audience members watch from tiered seats.

Baissez le Rideau, La Farce est Jouée (Bring Down the Curtain; the Farce is Over), published in La Caricature no. 201…

Honoré Daumier, September 11, 1834

Engraving of Time driving a winged chariot with personifications of the elements, a globe, and wind heads in clouds.

Triumph of the World, from The Cycle of the Vicissitudes of Human Affairs, plate 1

Cornelis Cort, 1564

Cut paper botanical of red Monarda didyma flowers and green leaves on a black background with a handwritten label.

Monarda didyma/ Scarlet Lion's Tail

The Hon. Booth Grey, ca. 1791 (?)

Pencil study of a classical scene with nude youths, draped women embracing, and helmeted warriors around them.

Group of studies for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"

Joseph-Ferdinand Lancrenon, 1817

Drawing of peasants, a donkey, and sheep fording a stream beneath a large leaning tree with birds overhead.

Landscape with Peasants Fording a Stream

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1756

Engraving of Mars and Venus: an armored warrior embraces a reclining nude woman on a draped bed while Cupid watches nearby.

Mars and Venus

Giovanni Battista Scultori

Engraving of a seated woman reading as a winged angel kneels offering a sprig of flowers in an interior room.

The Annunciation with Kneeling Angel

Enea Vico, ca. 1540-41

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child with St. Anne, a bearded man, a child, and a crowned saint.

The Holy Family with St. Anne and St. Catherine

Enea Vico, 1542, published 1627-50

Sheet of anatomical leg studies in black and red chalk showing muscles and feet, by Eugène Delacroix.

Anatomical Studies of Legs

Eugène Delacroix, 1820-1863

Color print of a seated woman in a white bonnet sewing beside a basket of fruit and a pincushion, with patterned curtains beh

The Embroiderer

Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty, 18th century

Colour print of a young draftsman in a dark cloak sketching on a board in a studio beside a figure study on the wall.

The Young Draftsman

Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty, ca. 1743

Figure and Head Studies

René Michel Slodtz, ca. 1732-36

Etching of a battle in a rocky mountain pass with falling boulders, fallen soldiers and horses, and a standard bearer.

Maximilian Emanuel and the Bavarian Army in a Narrow Pass in theTyrol

Joachim Franz Beich, n.d.

Full-length lithograph of a standing man in a frock coat and tall boots holding a top hat, with a German dedication below.

Ludwig Wilhelm Wittich, Art Dealer and Publisher in Berlin

Friedrich Jügel, n.d.

Engraving of an armored rider on a rearing horse lancing a dragon, with a woman watching and a city in the background.

St George Killing the Dragon

Enea Vico, 1542

Pen and wash drawing of priests carrying a domed chest past soldiers, with crumbling city walls and towers behind them.

The Fall of Jericho

Gerard van Groeningen, 1563-73

Study of Two Cows

Aelbert Cuyp, 17th century

Ink drawing on blue paper of a rocky landscape with gnarled roots, an owl on a dead tree, and a seated figure.

Rugged Moonlit Landscape with a Woman Seated by Gnarled Tree Roots, and an Owl

Ludwig Emil Grimm, 1833 (?)

Grey wash drawing of a herdswoman seated with a lamb among cattle, sheep and a donkey under a large tree.

A Herdswoman Seated Amongst Her Animals, with a Lamb in Her Arms

Dirck Van Bergen, 1690

Grey wash drawing of burdock, campion and bramble plants beside a tree trunk on a river bank.

Burdocks, Campions and Brambles by a Treetrunk on a River Bank

Joseph August Knip, early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, two figures by a small wooden bridge, and a hidden house.

Landscape with a House Hidden Between Trees and Two Men Near a Small Bridge

Franciscus Andreas Milatz, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor drawing of trees and sandy dunes with a winding path and tree stumps in the foreground.

A Wooded Landscape Near Beekhuizen

Andreas Schelfhout, 19th century

Red chalk drawing of a draped young woman seated on a cloud with outstretched arm, surrounded by smaller figure studies.

Young Woman on a Cloud with Three Figures (recto); Studies of an Old Man and a Hand (verso)

Francesco Furini, 17th century

Engraving of soldiers crossing a river on a pontoon bridge toward a walled town, with winged allegorical figures above.

The Battle of Mühlberg with the army of Charles V crossing the Elbe River

Enea Vico, 1551

Engraving of a Bacchic procession with elephants, camels, and lions moving through a colonnaded hall, attended by nude revele

The Indian Triumph of Bacchus

Enea Vico, ca. 1542

Watercolor drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with winged figures, a nude woman, and musicians among clouds under a sun

Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco

Francesco Albani, 1650-1700

Etching of St. Nicholas of Bari in an interior with draped bed, kneeling figure and reclining figure, with handwritten notes.

St. Nicholas of Bari

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraved page of six sibyl figures in architectural niches, each with a Latin inscription beneath.

The Persian Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraved page of six sibyl figures in architectural niches, each with a Latin inscription below.

The Libyan Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraving page with six panels of standing sibyl figures in architectural niches, each with a Latin inscription below.

The Delphic Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraving page with six panels of female sibyl figures in architectural niches, each with a Latin caption below.

The Cumaean Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraved page of six sibyl figures in architectural niches, with Latin captions beneath each print.

The Eritrean Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraved panel of the Samian Sibyl holding a sword in a ruined arcade, with a child beside her; part of a six-panel sheet.

The Samian Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Page of six engraved panels showing draped female figures in architectural settings, with Latin captions below each image.

The Cumean Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraved print page with six panels of robed female figures among ruins, including a sibyl striking a stone wall.

The Hellespontine Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraved print of a draped female figure, the Phrygian Sibyl, beside a column and broken masonry with Latin caption.

The Phrygian Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Page of six engraved prints of Sibyl figures with Latin captions; lower left shows the Tiburtine Sibyl with a crown of thorns

The Tiburtine Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraved page of six sibyl prints; the lower center figure carries a cross wrapped in a crown of thorns.

The Epirian Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraving of a partly draped woman holding a staff and a crown of thorns, from a page of six sibyl prints.

The Colophonian Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a town square with a tiered fountain, a clock tower, a crowd, oxen and carts.

A View of the Piazza del Duomo, Messina, with the Fountain of Orion, the Cathedral to the right

Willem Schellinks, late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a crowded street before a colonnaded building, with figures, a horse, a dog and a tent.

An Italian City with a Crowd Watching Actors in an Outdoor Theater

Hendrik Verschuring, 1642-90

Graphite drawing of a woman's head turned upward with a wistful gaze, short wavy hair, on tan paper.

Head of a Woman Looking Up

Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, 1800-1862

Grey ink and wash drawing of ruined stone buildings and boulders on a rocky hillside under a pale sky.

View of Bomarzo

Horatius de Hooch, 17th century

Museum page of three engravings: a seated woman with a standing child, a winged angel, and a reclining woman nursing beside a

The Virgin and the Young Christ

Marcantonio Raimondi, n.d.

Young Man and Old Woman

Jacob Matham, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a winged angel above a prone figure, with saints and a seated Christ figure in clouds above.

Saint Michael

Josef Christ, 1732-88

Grey wash drawing of a robed churchman among a crowd, with two flying cherubs above in an arched composition.

Saint Carl Borromäus

Melchior Steidl, late 17th-18th century

Gray wash drawing of the Good Shepherd standing on a globe with a lamb, cherubs, a dragon and a radiant IHS monogram.

The Good Shepherd

Gottfried Eichler the Younger, 1715-70

Grey wash drawing of Christ holding a cross above clouds, with angels, skeletons and falling figures in the lower corners.

Christ as Judge

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, 1708-74

Drawing of a robed priest giving last rites to plague victims beneath hovering angels and cherubs, with columns behind.

Saint Carl Borromäus Giving Extreme Unction to the Plague-Stricken

Johann Daniel Herz the Elder, 1700-1754

Brown ink drawing of a helmeted Roman warrior raising a spear beside a sword and shield on a rocky ledge.

Roman Warriors

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1700-1767

Pen and blue wash drawing of a battle on a bridge, with an angel above holding a cross in a radiant sunburst.

Constantine's Battle at the Milvian Bridge

Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1722

Pen drawing of ruined Roman buildings and arcades behind trees, with small figures in the foreground landscape.

Ruins of the Imperial Palaces in Rome

Joseph Anton Koch, 1810

Brown wash drawing of a Swiss farmyard with a timber farmhouse, woodpile, dog, chickens, and large shade trees.

Swiss Farm ('Hirtenhof')

Robert Zünd, 19th-20th century

Pen and ink sheet of studies showing a Madonna and child, a bearded old man, and draped standing and seated figures.

Sheet of Studies

Anthony van Dyck, 1621-27

Engraved portrait of a young woman with curled hair leaning on a balustrade holding flowers, with a formal garden behind.

Portrait of Mary Stuart

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Engraving of the prophet Daniel seated on an ornate throne, holding an open book, with Italian verse below.

The Prophet Daniel, from "Prophets and Sibyls"

Francesco Rosselli, 1480-90

Engraving of the Madonna nursing the Christ Child seated against a large tree, with a landscape behind them.

The Madonna nursing the Christ Child at the foot of a tree

Jacopo de' Barbari, ca. 1502-3

Engraving of a battle with armored soldiers on rearing horses, spears raised, and fallen warriors in a forest.

A battle of soldiers some on horseback

Master of, ca. 1510-1520

Engraving of mourners carrying Christ's body to a rocky tomb, with three crosses on a hill and an inscription on a stone bloc

The Entombment of Christ

Andrea Mantegna, before 1475

Engraving of Joseph gesturing among two seated men and a bowl of fruit, with a figure in shadow behind.

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharoah's Chief Butler and Baker

Jusepe de Ribera, 1766-67

Etching of a bearded turbaned man seated with a shirtless youth, an animal skull and open book in the foreground, trees and r

Magician with four Figures near a smoking Altar, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-52

Brown wash drawing of a craggy rock cliff with fissures, topped by trees and foliage.

Rocky Cliff

Johann Christian Reinhart, 18th-19th century

Pen drawing of a draped standing figure raising a chalice, with horizontal hatching in the background.

Saint John the Evangelist

Andrea Schiavone

Pen and wash drawing of the west front of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, with colonnaded wings, domed pavilions and a ground plan.

West Front of Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Perspective

Thomas Ripley, 1735

Architectural elevation drawing of the west front of Houghton Hall, showing a central pedimented block, domes, and colonnaded

The West Front of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Elevation

Isaac Ware, 1735

Ink and wash floor plan of Houghton Hall with a central block, curved colonnades, and labeled service wings.

Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Ground Floor (Basement) Plan

Isaac Ware, 1735

Circular engraving of Mary Magdalen carried upward on clouds by winged angels, with radiating light rays.

Mary Magdalen carried to Heaven

Jean Mignon, ca. 1535-55

Engraving of women weaving, spinning and sewing in a classical interior with columns and a loom.

Women spinning, weaving and sewing

Master FG, 1540-50

Engraving of the Descent from the Cross with men on ladders lowering a body and mourning women gathered below.

Descent from the Cross

Master IQV, 1543

Engraving of muscular nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a stone forge, with cherubs tending tools in the foreground.

Vulcan's Forge

Engraving of a muscular nude man twisting over a pedestal, one arm raised, rendered in fine crosshatched lines.

Naked Figure leaning on a Pedestal

Juste de Juste, 1540-50

Pen and grey wash drawing of a reclining woman with a globe and a putto with a set square on an ornate pedestal.

Allegory of Geometry

Hans Krumpper, late 16th- early 17th century

Engraving of nude male figures interlocked in a stacked pyramid of dynamic poses over a hatched ground.

Pyramid of Men

Juste de Juste, 1540-50

Engraving of six nude male figures forming a pyramid, interlocking limbs and bodies stacked over a ledge.

Pyramid of six Men

Juste de Juste, 1540-50

Engraving of a draped woman holding an infant in an arched niche, with French inscription text below.

Virgin and Child in a Niche

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, mid 16th century

Engraving of the Nativity with the infant Christ on the ground, surrounded by kneeling figures, an elderly seated man, and an

The Nativity

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, ca. 1544-48

Engraving of a standing female saint with halo and palm frond, draped robes, in an octagonal niche.

A female Saint

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 16th century

Engraved Nativity scene with the infant Christ, attending figures, and angels in dense crosshatched lines on a dark ground.

The Nativity

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 1530-73

Engraving of the Virgin Mary rising above clouds with a halo and radiating light, an angel below her.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, ca. 1535-73

Engraving of the warrior Amphiaraus standing in a chariot with a spear, horses below, and soldiers fighting at upper right.

Amphiaraus

Domenico del Barbiere, 1540-50

Engraving of the crowned Virgin holding the Christ child in an arched niche, with a palm branch and French inscription below.

The Virgin and Child in a Niche

Geoffroy Dumoûtier, 1543

Engraving of monkeys dressed as people feasting at a table in a kitchen full of hanging hams and cooking pots.

The Fat Kitchen, from the series Monkeys

Pieter van der Borcht