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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling monk attacked by a swordsman, with cherubs above holding a banner, cross, and laurel wreath.

The Martyrdom of St. Peter Martyr

Francisco Camilo, 1615-73

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin on a cloud with cherubs above, interceding for souls in flames below, with a scroll inscrip

Virgin Interceding for Those in Purgatory

Alonso Cano, 1601-67

Sketch of a standing male figure supported by an angel, with putti in clouds above, drawn on aged paper.

Angels Ministering to St. Sebastian

Alonso Cano, 1601-67

Drawing of a gilded star-shaped chandelier with sixteen lit candles on curved arms, with a German inscription below.

Design for a Chandelier with Sixteen Candles

Isaak Ehe, 1632

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a veiled woman holding a nude infant in an oval frame.

Madonna and Child [?]

Alonso Cano, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo tomb design with an inscribed column, crown finial, putti and a seated draped figure.

Tomb Design

Ignaz Günther, 1740-75

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned bearded king with a scepter above a heraldic shield labeled with Aragon arms.

The Kingdom of Aragon

Vincenzo Carducci, 1560-1638

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing sketched female figures in draped robes and studies of heads.

Studies for the Assumption of the Virgin

Juan Carreño de Miranda, 1657-60

Charcoal drawing of a mountain valley with a windswept pine, rocky boulders, and three goats, with snowy peaks behind.

Three Goats in a Moutainous Landscape

Alexandre Calame, 1830-64

Pen drawing of a title page design with lettering in a central panel, a mounted knight, a crowd, and a castle behind.

Study for a Title Page

Carl Alexander von Heideloff, 1809-65

Brown ink drawing of a bearded elderly man holding a sword within an oval frame, numbered 2 at top.

Half-length Figure of St Paul in an Oval

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Brown ink drawing of a bearded man in an oval frame leaning on a diagonal cross, the number 4 above.

Half-length Figure of St. Andrew in an Oval

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen and ink drawing of a seated bearded man holding a tall staff, looking upward beside a leafy branch.

Figure of St. James the Great Seated in a Landscape

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man seated under a tree in a landscape, holding a long staff across his lap.

Figure of St. Andrew seated in a Landscape

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a seated woman holding a child with a halo, a standing bearded man, and a tree.

The Youthful Baptist with his Parents

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Grey wash drawing of a sunlit street with old buildings, a palm tree, an archway, and figures.

Oriental Street Scene

Eduard Hildebrandt, 1850

Brown ink drawing of a man with long hair and plumed hat riding a rearing horse in a sketched landscape.

Charles II of Spain on Horseback

Matías de Torres, late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a winding road through rocky hills with conifers, enclosed in an ornate Rococo scrollwork frame.

Landscape with Ornamental Frame

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Pen and ink nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, infant Jesus, shepherds, an ox and angels above, on toned paper.

Nativity

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, before 1761

Two nude women rise through a starry night sky reaching toward two glowing stars, with smaller floating figures and a flowing

Twin Stars

Luis Falero, 1851-96

Pen and wash drawing on blue paper of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross and figures on a ladder and below.

Crucifixion

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, early to mid-18th century

Ink and wash drawing of a mother holding an infant in an armchair, with a girl and standing woman beside her in a room.

The Young Family

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen and wash drawing of a mother and two children playing under a large tree, with a tea table in the background.

A Mother and Two Children Playing Blind Man's Bluff

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen and wash drawing of a woman with a stick and a child watching ducks by a pond, with trees and hills behind.

Woman and Child by a Duck Pond

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen and ink drawing of a child kneeling on a chair reaching toward a white kitten, with a candelabra in the room behind.

Child Climbing a Chair to Reach for a Kitten

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen and ink drawing of a toddler in a wicker basket with pillows, raising one hand, with toys and a doll nearby.

Child in a Crib

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen and ink drawing of a mother kneeling by a basket as a child stands in a doorway, with a winged angel above.

Mother and Child

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen and ink drawing of a girl leaning over a garden fountain with cherub statues while a white cat walks nearby.

The Fountain

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1904

Pen and ink drawing of three girls in a room with a door, coat on a hook, and a doll lying on the floor.

Three Little Girls in a Room Arguing and Spitting

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen drawing of the winged horse Pegasus with a young rider on its back, with German handwritten notes below.

Pegasus and the Young Bellephron

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century