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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Pencil drawing of a tree-lined road with bare trees, water and a distant building under a pale sky.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Tree-Lined Road

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Grey wash drawing of an ornate tiered fountain with figures and foliage on a stone plinth, on tan paper.

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

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Blue-grey elevation drawing of an ornate balustrade with three lamp posts and carved panels on tan paper.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade wtih Lamp Posts

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil and wash drawing of a stone balustrade with floral panels and two carved lion guardian figures on pedestals.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade with Chinese Motif

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Red chalk drawing of a man with long curly hair and a buttoned jacket on toned paper.

Portrait of a Man (recto); A Male Torso in Jacket and the Head of a Child (verso)

Giuseppe Ghislandi, 1740s

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman spinning thread with a distaff, with a faint sketched figure behind her.

A Woman Spinning (recto); A Woman Holding a Bundle (verso)

Giacomo Ceruti, 18th century

Watercolor landscape of a thatched cottage on a rocky bank beside a stream and stone bridge, under a hazy sky.

Village à Dieppe

Eugène Isabey, 1843

Watercolor vanitas with a skull crowned by colorful flowers, a butterfly, a candle and a bone on a stone ledge.

Vanitas Still Life

Herman Henstenburgh, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a church with a spire beside ruined abbey walls, an arched gateway and figures on open ground.

The Church and Ruins of Rijnsburg, Seen from the Northeast

Cornelis Pronk, 1753

Grey wash drawing of a winter village with skaters on ice, a stone bridge, a windmill, a horse and children.

Winter Landscape with Skaters and Sledges on the Ice, a Bridge and a Mill behind

Abraham van Strij, n.d.

Watercolor design of a Waterloo victory monument with mounted figures and winged Victory on a tiered base, set on steps.

Design for a Monument of the Victory of Waterloo (recto); Portico with Corinthian Columns (verso)

Leo von Klenze, 1815

Grey wash drawing of a moonlit river with a pale moon, clouds, and a low shoreline of trees and a mast.

The River Elbe in Moonlight

Johan Christian Dahl, 1833

Gray wash drawing of crowned Saint Cecilia beside an organ, with winged angels playing cello and attending putti in an arched

Saint Cecilia at the Organ, Flanked by Angels Making Music

Johann Gottfried Schadow, late 18th-mid-19th century

Red chalk drawing sheet with nude male figures and draped kneeling figures in studies by Andrea Sacchi, 1641.

Figure and Drapery studies (recto); Three Studies of a Male Torso for the "Coronation of Marcantonio Pasqualini" (verso)

Andrea Sacchi, 1641

Grey wash drawing of St. Peter's dome and Vatican buildings under a stormy sky, framed by large trees.

View of St. Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum

Richard Wilson, 1754

Grey wash drawing of Trajan's Column and ruined column bases in the Forum of Trajan, Rome, with a domed church at left.

The Forum of Trajan, Rome

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pen drawing of a classical temple, tall obelisk, cottages and statues in an imaginary landscape with two figures on a path.

Architectural Fantasy

Joseph Lemercier, 19th century

Pen drawing of an arched classical ruin with a waterfall in a vaulted bath, two statues, and figures under trees.

Classical Ruins: A Public Bath

Joseph Lemercier, 19th century

Engraved design of a triumphal bridge with arches over a river, boats with figures, and classical columns and statues.

Design for a Triumphal Bridge

Joseph Lemercier, 19th century

Pen drawing of a classical palace with tiered fountains and columns, framed by foliage, with figures in the foreground.

The Palace of Neptune (Water Palace)

Joseph Lemercier, 19th century

Pen drawing of a classical palace with colonnaded facade, formal garden, fountain and tall trees.

A Ruler's Palace

Joseph Lemercier, 19th century

A Young Girl Walking to the Left

Adriaen van de Velde, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of an armoured commander and a woman in a gown among crowds, with spearmen and ships in a harbour.

Allegorical Portrait of a Commander and His Wife

Pieter Jansz, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a classical landscape with two figures, a stone monument, a pine tree, and a distant town.

Arcadian Landscape

Johannes Glauber, n.d.

Drawing of a river landscape with a hilltop group of sketching figures, a town with spires, boats, mountains and a ruined cas

Fantasy Rhine Landscape

Herman Saftleven, 1650

Drawing of the Pentecost: a dove descends through clouds above apostles gathered in prayer, within a gilt ornamental frame.

The Pentecost

Salomon de Bray, early to mid-17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd of muscular figures gesturing beneath classical arches and an elevated platform.

Ecce Homo

Maarten van Heemskerck, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling friar gazing up at the Christ Child in clouds, with an altar table and procession at right.

The Vision of Saint Anthony of Padua

Vicente Salvador Gómez, n.d.

Pencil and wash drawing of a crowned rider on a white horse entering a city past a triumphal arch, with soldiers and crowds.

The Entrance of Charlemagne into Pavia

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1840

Watercolor drawing of a building facade with rows of pleached trees above a gridded garden plan and handwritten notes.

Elevation and Plan of the Façade of a Building

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1840