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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Red and grey chalk drawing of a rococo mantel and overmantel with scrolling foliage, candle sconces, and a central cartouche.

Study for a Mantel and Overmantel

Laurent Hubert, ca. 1740-60

Brown ink and wash design for a fireplace with a seated female figure, nude male supports and trophies of arms.

Design for a Mantlepiece

Christian Gottlob Mietzsch, mid-18th-late 18th century

Pen and ink title page design for Brahms songs with a flute player, a reclining woman, a flowering tree and decorative letter

Design for a Title Page for Sheet Music

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a bearded older man with eyes turned upward, white highlights on the face.

Head of an Apostle

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Grey pencil study of birds on a branch above sheet music, a flute, flowers and a cloth on a grassy bank.

Study for a Pastoral Scene

Jean Baptiste Huet, n.d.

Colored architectural ground plan of a symmetrical palace with colonnades, a central courtyard, and a formal garden with a po

Architectural Ground Plan

Paul Guillaume Lemoine, n.d.

Watercolor design drawing of a classical table with female caryatid supports, a green urn-shaped central column, and gilded o

Design for a Table

Adrien Louis Marie Cavelier, ealry 19th century

Graphite drawing of a symmetrical ornamental headpiece with a crown, fleurs-de-lis shield, scrollwork and a banner.

Design for the Headpiece of the "Gazette de France"

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Pencil sketches of a winged cherub beside a draped pedestal inside two oval frames, one with lettering above.

Design for a Box-Lid

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a vertical ornamental jewelry design with a bow, flowers, scrolling leaves and a round medallion at the bas

Design for a Piece of Jewelry (Bracelet?)

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1730-50

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a bearded armored rider on a rearing horse in a landscape.

Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg, Prince of Brabançon (1600-1674)

Anthony van Dyck, 17th century

Chalk drawing of Christ on the cross with arms raised, head bowed, and a draped cloth at the hips, on tan paper.

Christ on the Cross; verso: St. Jerome Reading by Candlelight, and Sketch of Male Torso (?)

Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Chalk study on tan paper of a standing woman in a draped robe and headscarf, with studies of hands beside her.

Study for a Portrait of a Lady

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a curly-haired standing male figure, partly draped, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

Study of the Christ Child and the Hand of the Madonna. Verso; Profile of a Man

Anthony van Dyck, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of two figures clasping hands in an arched colonnaded hall with a tiled floor.

Design for a Scene in Pierre de Laujon's "L'Amoureux de quinze ans, ou la Double-Fête..."

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1771

Brown wash drawing of a young man in a broad-brimmed hat resting his chin on his hand, with a cane beside him.

Young Man in Broad-Brimmed Hat, Resting His Chin on His Left Hand

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, ca. 1655

Pencil sketch of an interior with a canopied bed, a seated man and a standing woman in a long gown.

Study for a frontispiece for "Histoire de Miss Jenny"

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

The Soldier Carrying His Pike at the Slope

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Ink and watercolor portrait of a mustached man in a blue jacket and red fez against a green background.

The Zouave

Vincent van Gogh, ca. June 20, 1888

Brown wash drawing of a lute player and a seated woman reading, with a cupid overhead and a garden landscape behind them.

Spring, Drawing for Engraving of the Same Subject

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1594

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman with apples, a man in a ruff, and a grape-crowned figure raising a glass before a landsc

Autumn; Study for an Engraving

Hendrick Goltzius, n.d.

Chalk drawing of a seated woman with curled hair holding a deer's head beside her against a shaded forest background.

The Sense of Hearing (recto); light sketch of a woman's head and an arm (verso)

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of six prophets below the Virgin, an angel and a dove of the Holy Spirit in a niche.

The Six Prophets of the Coming of Christ

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, mid-16th-early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the prophet Daniel standing in a cloak, holding a book, with winged creatures and clouds around

The Prophet Daniel in a Landscape

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Standing Woman

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pale blue wash drawing of a river landscape with tall trees, a statue, a bridge, a church tower and a rider on horseback.

Italian Lanscape

Pieter de Groot, 1769

Etching of an allegorical studio scene with a seated woman drawing, a laurel-crowned man, a portrait on the wall, and an hour

Painting and Merit

Alessandro Longhi, ca. 1761

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a shield and sword standing over a fallen figure against blue hills.

Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the…

Théodore Géricault, 1816-17

Drawing of a Gothic cathedral nave with ribbed vaults, a pipe organ, and small figures in 17th-century dress.

Interior of Strasbourg Cathedral

Jacob van der Heyden, ca. 1625-30

Grey wash drawing of grapes, peaches and plums in a basket on a ledge, with vine branches and leaves above.

A Basket of Fruit

Jan van Huysum, n.d.