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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Botanical watercolor of a spiny globe thistle with two blue-white flower heads and prickly green leaves on cream paper.

Study of a thistle

James Sowerby, before 1822

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate festival decoration with a staircase, candelabra, columns, relief panels and winged figures

Festival decoration

Antonio Gherardi, late 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman handing a swaddled infant to a bearded nude man, with a small child at lower left.

Rhea Outwitting Saturn

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Charcoal drawing of slender trees on a slope overlooking calm water, low hills and a cloud-filled sky.

Le Cap Martin

Henri Harpignies, 1910

Grey wash drawing of a shepherd seated under a ruined classical arch beside a statue of Hercules, with a distant landscape.

A Shepherd under a Ruined Arch with the Farnese Hercules

Johannes Antiquus, 1726-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bound nude man at a column, attacked by turbaned figures with a torch, in an arched setting.

The Flagellation of Christ

Matthäus Gundelach, 1632

Pen and wash design drawing of three rococo ribband back chairs with carved ribbon splats and cabriole legs.

Ribband Back Chairs

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Brown ink drawing of a lively tavern scene with feasting men, women in ruffs, and musicians playing violin and cello.

The Prodigal Son Squanders his Fortune with Prostitutes

Augustin Braun, late 16th-mid-17th century

Brown wash drawing of the prophet Elijah seated by a stream in a forest, with birds flying above him.

Elijah Fed by Ravens

Jan Müller, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a large crowd with camels and goats in a wide landscape, a crowned figure offering bread to a kneelin

Melchizedek Blessing Abraham

Jan Luyken, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, travellers on a roadside path, and a stream in the distance.

A Wooded Landscape with Travellers by the Roadside, a Stream beyond

Herman van Swanevelt, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of villagers dancing in a street before a thatched tavern, with a dog and market scene behind.

An Itinerant Peddler in a Village

Cornelis Dusart, 1693

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king and crowd of onlookers.

Adoration of the Magi

Frans Francken II, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with a winged figure above a chariot and horses in clouds.

Design for a Ceiling with an Allegorical Subject

James Thornhill, ca. 1713

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival university building above its floor plan, by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838.

Design Adopted by Governor Mason for University of Michigan (elevation and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Gray wash drawing of a feathered woman and a kneeling man beside an alligator, sugar cane and a blank oval cartouche.

Allegory of America

Philip Tideman, 1696

Pen and wash design for an oval overmantel mirror with candle sconces, floral swags, and a lion mask crest.

Two Designs for an Overmantel Glass (Verso: Partial Floor plan)

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Grey wash drawing of steep Alpine cliffs and pine trees above a shadowed rocky foreground by Francis Towne.

Near Glaris [Glarus], Switzerland

Francis Towne, September 2, 1781

Grey wash drawing of massive ruined stone arches and piers overgrown with plants, by Joseph Marie Vien.

View of the Colosseum

Joseph-Marie Vien, ca. 1744-50

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ornamental pagoda pavilion on an island in a pond, with strollers and trees.

View of the Menagerie at Kew

Thomas Sandby, 1763

Watercolor of a tall multi-tiered pagoda among trees in a garden, with strolling figures and a distant domed building under a

View of the Wilderness at Kew

William Marlow, 1763

Pen drawing of an architectural elevation with Corinthian columns, pediments, arched and rectangular niches, and a molded cor

St. Peter's, drum, interior, elevation (recto) St. Peter's, drum, pedestal, section (verso)

Etienne Dupérac, early to mid-16th century

St. Peter's, dome and drum, interior section and elevation, and labeled details (recto); St. Peter's, moulding profil…

Etienne Dupérac, early to mid-16th century

Watercolor plan of the Kew gardens showing lakes, paths, buildings and a legend, by Sir William Chambers, 1763.

General Plan of the Gardens at Kew

Sir William Chambers, 1763

Drawing of a formal flower garden with a lobed pond and a long aviary with a central cupola, framed by trees.

View of the Flower Garden and Aviary at Kew

Thomas Sandby, 1763

Ink and wash plan of a landscape park with tree clusters, winding paths, and a scale bar along the bottom edge.

Luton Park, Bedfordshire, Plan for Planting South-East of the House

Lancelot "Capability" Brown, after 1764

Ink and wash drawing of a nude Adam amid animals including a horse, goat, and unicorn in a wooded landscape.

Adam in the Garden of Eden, Naming the Animals

Joachim Wtewael, ca. 1605-10

Architectural drawing of The Great Exotic Stove showing wall sections, an elevation, and above and below pavement plans with

The Great Exotic Stove at Kew

Sir William Chambers, 1763

Watercolor of a lake with a pagoda, large trees, grazing sheep, and a rowing boat carrying three people.

View of the Lake and the Island from the Lawn at Kew

William Marlow, 1763

Grey wash drawing of a palace facade across a lawn with strolling figures, grazing sheep and tall trees.

View of the Palace from the Lawn at Kew

Joshua Kirby, 1763