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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,827 works

Pen and ink drawing of a Venetian canal with an arched bridge, gondolas, and a tall domed bell tower behind buildings.

Rio della Fosca and Santa Fosca, Venice

Andrew Fisher Bunner

Pencil and chalk drawing of a forest stream with a kneeling figure drinking beside a fallen tree and boulder.

The Fountain, No. 1: The Wounded Indian Slaking His Death Thirst

Thomas Cole, 1843

Pastel drawing of a red-haired woman in a yellow bodice and striped skirt, head tilted up against a blue-green background.

The Singer in Green

Edgar Degas, ca. 1884

Pen and ink drawing of a Venetian church tower, trees, and a gondola moored beside a stone staircase on a canal.

San Moise e Giardinetto, Venice

Andrew Fisher Bunner

Brown wash drawing of robed apostles gazing upward as winged angels point to the sky over a hilly landscape.

Study for "The Ascension"

John Singleton Copley, 1774

Pastel drawing of three ballet dancers in tutus preparing in a studio, one bending forward, one seated, by Edgar Degas.

Three Dancers Preparing for Class

Edgar Degas, after 1878

Graphite drawing of a nude male figure reaching toward a draped female figure, with a squared grid and a classical urn behind

Science Instructing Industry: Nude Study

Kenyon Cox, 1898

Pencil study on blue paper of a figure draped over a cannon, pulling down a staff, with faint grid lines.

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figure Astride Cannon Pulling Down Spanish Colors

John Singleton Copley, 1785-86

Brown wash sketch of two ballet dancers in tutus on a pink ground, one turned toward the other.

Two Dancers

Edgar Degas, 1873

Watercolor of a seated man reading a newspaper, a woman holding an infant, a table with fruit and books, and a wall clock.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Otis and Child

Joseph H. Davis, 1834

Graphite sketches of male figures on blue paper, including an embracing pair in cloaks, by John Singleton Copley.

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Group of Dying French Officers

John Singleton Copley, 1782-83

Charcoal and white chalk sketch on blue-green paper of two young dancers in tutus, one seen from behind.

Two Dancers

Edgar Degas, ca. 1879

Watercolor portrait of a smiling woman with upswept brown hair, white blouse and dark floral shawl.

Anne Charlotte Lynch (Later Mrs. Vincenzo Botta)

Savinien Edme Dubourjal, ca. 1847

Watercolor of a young woman in a cream dress standing with bowed head beside potted red geraniums and a round table.

Young Girl Meditating

Thomas Eakins, 1877

Pastel drawing of two red-haired dancers in green costumes leaning together against a blue-green textured background.

Two Dancers, Half-length

Pencil sketch of a man seated backward on a chair beside a table with a bottle, with an overturned chair on the floor.

Study for Facing the Enemy (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Francis William Edmonds, ca. 1845

Watercolor of Union Park in New York with a tall fountain, iron fence, autumn trees, townhouses, and a couple in the foregrou

Union Park, New York

Sarah Fairchild, ca. 1845

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman from behind, arms raised combing long red hair, against a green textured background.

Woman Combing Her Hair

Edgar Degas, ca. 1888-90

Watercolor of a glowing sunset over a distant city skyline with church spires, framed by dark trees and hills in the foregrou

City and Sunset

Watercolor of Caesarea Philippi ruins with a camel and travelers on a stone path below rolling hills.

Caesarea Philippi (Banias)

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman seen from behind, drying her arm with a white towel beside a patterned chair.

Woman Drying Her Arm

Edgar Degas, late 1880s-early 1890s

Woman in blue dress with lace collar seated at a painted harpsichord, reading sheet music, in a room with a round mirror.

An Old Song

William John Hennessy, 1874

Watercolor of two men sawing logs beside a palmetto-thatched hut among tall palms and cypress trees by a misty river.

The Cypress-Shingle Yard, Ocklawaha River, Florida

Harry Fenn, 1870

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with red hair bending forward and drying her foot with a white towel.

Woman Drying Her Foot

Edgar Degas, 1885-86

Watercolor of a circular mill with vaned sails beside a New York harbor dock, with a sailing ship and workers.

Circular Mill, King Street, New York

John William Hill, 1830

Pencil sketch of two women in period dress playing croquet, with a third figure in the background on a lawn.

The Croquet Players

Winslow Homer, 1866

Pastel drawing of jockeys on racehorses crossing a grassy track with a distant town and church spire.

Race Horses

Edgar Degas, ca. 1885-88

Watercolor of pink peach blossom branches rising against a pale blue background, with green buds along the stems.

Peach Blossoms

John William Hill, 1874

Charcoal sketch of two fisherwomen with a basket walking across a sandy shore, with a distant figure and boat.

Fisherwomen

Winslow Homer, 1882

Pastel drawing of a seated dancer in a pale tutu leaning forward, with loose green and blue strokes behind her.

Dancer

Edgar Degas, 1880-85