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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of beached sailboats, figures on a shore, and a distant sailboat under cloudy skies.

Beach Scene with Boats

Pieter Mulier the Elder, n.d.

Brown ink sketch of three veiled women and a small bent boy on a pale sheet, studies by Rembrandt.

Study Sheet with Three Women and a Boy

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1638-39

Pen drawing of fortified towers, a stone arched bridge and a gatehouse reflected in a canal.

Walls, Towers, and Gates of Amsterdam

Jacob Savery, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of several sailing warships with full sails on calm water, with smaller boats and a distant fleet.

Warships at Sea

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink sketch of a small sailboat with billowing sails, rigging and figures on deck, on a pale sheet.

Sketch of a Sailboat

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a town square with bare trees, a tall spired tower, riders on horses and strolling pedestrians.

Abdijplein of Middelburg

Adriaen van de Venne, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a calm river with sailing boats, a rowboat with figures, and distant masts under an open sky.

River Scene with Boats

Simon de Vlieger, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of a cobbled street before a Gothic church with pedestrians, signboards and brick townhouses.

View of the Old Church of Amsterdam

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, n.d.

Engraved print of three ornate footed vessels with lobed bodies, scrolling foliage, and rosettes on a pale background.

Three Elegant Vessels on a White Background

Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1525

Etching of a painter at an easel in a window-lit studio, with two assistants working by the fireplace.

The Painter in His Studio

Adriaen van Ostade, ca. 1667

Ink and wash drawing of a classical hall chimney piece with a pediment, relief panel of figures, and female term supports.

Hall Chimney-Piece, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware, 1735

Engraved view of the Palazzo di Caprarola with curved ramps, a central portico, and small figures in the foreground.

View of the Palazzo di Caprarola

Giuseppe Vasi, 1746-48

Engraving of Venus and Mercury embracing on a couch, with winged cupids, a dove and an eagle around them.

Venus and Mercury

Jan Müller, ca. 1600

Architectural drawing of a coffered hall ceiling with a central coat of arms and an upper frieze of garlands and putti.

Hall Ceiling, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware, 1735

Engraving of Psyche seated on a litter carried through a landscape, with a crowned king, mourners and trumpeting putti.

Plate 5: Psyche carried on a litter, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a seated woman in a hat gazing into a hand mirror, with vessels and the word VANITAS on a shelf.

Vanity

Enea Vico, 1545-50

Engraving of a draped woman labeled Natura holding cords above reclining nude figures, with a hilly landscape behind.

Nature

Enea Vico, ca. 1545-50

Engraving of winged old man Time measuring a globe with compasses beside an hourglass, with trees and hills behind.

Time

Enea Vico, ca. 1545-50

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man reclining on a couch surrounded by draped onlookers in a columned interior.

The Death of Seneca

Pierre Peyron, ca. 1773

Engraving of a plowman being crowned by a cloaked figure while an eagle flies overhead and a woman raises her arms.

Predestination

Enea Vico, ca. 1545-50

Engraving of a kneeling nude woman bowing her head beside a ruined wooden shelter and a tree, with Latin text below.

Calamity

Enea Vico, ca. 1545-50

Daumier lithograph of two seated men under trees, one reading a newspaper, a top hat on a chair beside them.

What the bourgeois calls a slight distraction, from 'The good bourgeois,' published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, August 30, 1846

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ before a seated figure on a platform, surrounded by soldiers and onlookers unde

Christ Before Pilate

Thomas Blanchet, ca. 1670-80

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated woman in drapery lighting a fire in a bowl on a tripod stand.

Woman Lighting a Sacrificial Fire

Claude Guy Hallé, n.d.

Wood engraving of elderly veterans with medals seated on benches in a paneled hall with columns and flags.

Sunday at Chelsea Hospital, from "The Graphic," vol. 3

Hubert von Herkomer, February 18, 1871

Watercolor design drawing of a cream and red sleigh with a swan-neck dashboard and rear rumble seat, labeled No. 3848.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3848

Brewster & Co., 1883

Ink and wash design drawing of a blue and black scrolled sleigh with a rumble seat, numbered 3811.

Currical Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3811

Brewster & Co., 1883

Engraving of a nude woman resting on a stone pedestal beside classical ruins, labeled Poenitentia, with a Latin inscription b

Penitence (Poenitentia)

Enea Vico, ca. 1545-50

Engraving of a woman with a net and a leopard, with nets, a cage and a fish in a landscape.

Entrapment

Enea Vico, ca. 1545-50

Etching of two men straining under a donkey standing on a man's back, with a second donkey behind them.

Plate 42 from "Los Caprichos": Thou who canst not (Tu que no puedes)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of an old man leaning toward a downcast young woman while onlookers watch behind them.

Plate 14 from "Los Caprichos": What a sacrifice! (Que sacrificio!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a fashionably dressed woman in a black mantilla beside a man with a fan, as an old woman whispers at left.

Plate 5 from "Los Caprichos": Two of a kind (Tal para qual)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Pen and wash design for a ceiling with a central medallion of a seated female figure holding a celestial sphere.

Design for Ceiling with Allegorical Figure of Astronomy

Giovanni Battista Crespi, 1605-15

Engraving of a German messenger in feathered cap and fur-trimmed cloak, holding a staff, with a horn and dagger at his side.

Costume Plate: German Messenger

Enea Vico, ca. 1558-70

Costume Plate: Woman from Germany

Enea Vico, ca. 1558-70

Engraved costume plate of a German soldier's wife with feathered hat, rooster, basket and bucket, with banner inscription.

Costume Plate: Wife of a Warrior from Germany

Enea Vico, ca. 1558-70

Costume Plate: Peasant Woman from Spain, from "Diversarum gentium nostrae aetatis habitus"

Enea Vico, ca. 1555-58

Pencil sketch of two nude male atlantes holding up an entablature, with faint grid lines on the sheet.

Two Atlantes in Conversation

Honoré Daumier, ca. 1855

Engraved courtyard view of a castle with a tall spire, gabled buildings, an arched gateway and small figures.

View of Frederiksborg, Carousel Gate

Jørgen Roed, 1836

Engraved title plate with an oval cartouche reading Le Medaglie del Doni Fiorentino, framed by fruit garlands and scrolls.

Title plate: Le Medaglie del Doni Fiorentino

Enea Vico, ca. 1548

Watercolor sketch of a sunrise with radiating rays through clouds above a river, trees, and distant ruins.

Landscape with rising sun, December 1, 1828, 8:30 a.m

Joseph Michael Gandy, 1828

Pen and ink study sheet of three seated male nude figures with raised arms, drawn in cross-hatched lines on tan paper.

Sheet of studies for "Ex Libris Victor Graf von Rex"

Otto Greiner, 1900

Engraving of an allegorical figure of America with feathered headdress, flanked by bowman, birds, goats and grotesque figures

Allegory of America, from "The Four Continents"

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, ca. 1590-1600

Etching of Christ overturning tables among fleeing merchants in a columned temple interior, with a bull and scattered coins.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635

Etching of an angel in white robes appearing in light above startled shepherds, sheep and cattle on a dark wooded hillside.

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Etching of a young boy speaking to a bearded elder as a crowd in turbans listens, with a scribe writing in the foreground.

Joseph Telling His Dreams

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1638

Brown ink and wash drawing of lovers in a wooded landscape, with hunters chasing animals toward a distant village.

Landscape with Lovers and Hunters

Adam van Noort, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a woman in a bonnet and long skirt standing beside a rush-seated wooden chair.

A Woman Standing next to a Chair

Nicolaas Muys, n.d.

Woodcut procession of laurel-crowned men carrying model towers, city replicas and statues of Venus and Mercury.

Statues of Venus and Mercury, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, after 1503

Woodcut of a horse-drawn chariot carrying war trophies, with trumpeters and attendants in a triumphal procession.

Chariot with trophies of war, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut of armored trumpeters in laurel wreaths playing long horns, with children and a dog, and Latin text above and below.

Trumpeters, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Etching of a woman riding a donkey with a child beside her along a wooded hill, with a distant town across the valley.

Flight into Egypt: Altered from Tobias and the Angel by Hercules Segers

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Etching of men lowering a body from a cross by torchlight, with a white shroud in the foreground and mourners near a city wal

Descent from the Cross by Torchlight

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Hand-coloured lithograph of a shaggy dog smoking a clay pipe, paws resting on a window ledge.

All Right!

Nathaniel Currier, 1846-56

Pencil drawing of cattle, goats and a herder with a hat beneath large trees in an open pastoral landscape.

Cattle and Figures in a Landscape

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-late 17th century

Etching of a file of musket-carrying men in tricorn hats marching past a horse, dogs, and a stream on a grassy hillside.

Recruits Going to Join the Regiment

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1715-16

Engraving of Prediama Castle built into a rocky cliff above a forest, with wooden houses and water in the foreground.

Das Schloss Prediama in Crein XII Stund: von Triest

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1816

Brown wash drawing of dunes with thatched buildings, beached sailing boats, and horse carts on a sandy shore.

View of the Dunes at Scheveningen

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Brown wash drawing of ruined ancient walls and cypress trees on the Palatine Hill in Rome, with figures on a road.

View of the "Palazzo Maggiore" on the Palatine Hill, Rome

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a forest path lined with large trees and dense foliage, with a low fence visible on the left.

A Path in the "Haagse Bos", The Hague

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures and dogs at a brick table in a flat landscape with distant sailboats.

Elegant Party on the Tafelberg

Anthonie van Borssom, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of camels, travelers and a well on a road, with a towered hilltop castle in the background.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Lambert Doomer, 1696

Ink sketch of a veiled woman embracing a bearded man beside a camel and turbaned figures, with a building at right.

Isaac's Reception of Rebecca

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1660s

Brown wash drawing of a log mill with water wheel beside rocks and a river, with pine trees and two figures at left.

A Mill on Rocks in a River in Norway

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a reclining peasant propped on one elbow, glancing sideways, on grey paper.

A Reclining Peasant (recto); Study of a Young Man (verso)

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

Drawing of a youth with two girls seated together, singing, with a potted plant and urn on a balustrade behind them.

A Youth and Two Girls Singing

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of robed figures gathered at an arched doorway beside a hilly landscape with a bathing figure.

Jacob Receiving Joseph's Blood-Stained Cloak (recto); Study of a Bearded Man and The Sacrifice of Isaac (verso)

Nicolaes Maes, ca. 1653

Brown ink wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with a kneeling elder, a mother and child, oxen, and a crowd.

The Adoration of the Magi

Nicolaes Maes, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river village with wagons on a road, thatched houses, moored boats and a distant church spire.

River Landscape with Wagons on a Road near a Village

Joos de Momper the Younger, 1586-1631

Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds and angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Hans Rottenhammer, ca. 1595-1606

A Hungarian Horseman

Roelant Savery, late 16th-mid 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged angel and a young man with a staff walking beside a fish.

Tobias and the Angel

Hans von Aachen, 1552-1616

Pen and wash drawing of a bare-tree winter landscape with workers, a farmhouse, a road with carts, and distant mountains.

Allegory of the Months February and March

Joos de Momper the Younger, 1579-1635

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with rocks, trees, goats, travellers, and a distant building under clouds.

A River Landscape with Travellers

Herman van Swanevelt, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a lively tavern scene with men drinking and feasting around a long table.

The King Drinks

David Teniers the Younger, 17th century

Studies of Hounds

David Teniers the Younger, 17th century

Circular brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a road with figures, and a distant tower.

Wooded Landscape with Figures on a Road

Jacob van der Ulft, mid-17th-late 17th century

Brown wash drawing of Roman ruins, cypress trees, figures on a road and hills under a cloudy sky.

Italian Landscape, perhaps the Monte Mario, Rome

Jacob van der Ulft, 1659

Ink and wash drawing of a frigate firing a salute beside rowboats and sailing ships on calm water under a cloudy sky.

A Frigate at Anchor, Saluting a Nearby Yacht

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a wooded valley with a stag hunt in the middle ground and mountains beyond.

Wooded Landscape with Stag Hunt

Tobias Verhaecht, late 16th-early 17th century

Circular pen and ink drawing of a rocky coast with a seated figure, an eagle, sailboats, and a distant town.

The Death of Aeschylus

Tobias Verhaecht, 1576-before 1606

Brown ink and wash drawing of an armored rider on horseback with a lion shield, a griffin, and a city behind.

Emperor Ninus

Maerten de Vos, mid-16th-early 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of bare tree branches framing a church apse with arched windows on blue-grey paper.

Apse of a Church Seen Through the Snowy Branches of a Tree

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a workshop interior with a lattice window, wooden table, sloping roof beams, and a bucket on the floor.

Workshop Interior

Thomas Wijck, 1629-77

Pen and brown wash drawing of a long city skyline with a church spire, rooftops, and small figures on the foreground bank.

View of Vienna

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1624-77

Engraving of the Birth of the Virgin: attendants bathe the infant beside a canopied bed while cherubs assist.

Birth of the Virgin (copy)

Julius Goltzius, 1581

Engraving of a spiral relief column and a ruined obelisk above a distant city, with a reclining figure and wolf in the foregr

Column of Antoninus and a Roman Obelisk

Enea Vico, ca. 1543-44

Brown ink and wash drawing of two carriages in a city street with a man in a long coat and servants by a building.

La scène des deux carrosses

Claude Gillot, ca. 1712-16

Brown ink and wash drawing of a donkey standing with a draped saddle cloth, seen from behind, mounted in a blue and gold bord

Study of a Donkey

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna and Child in an arched niche, flanked by prophets and robed figures on a stepped pedestal.

The Holy Kinship (Madonna and Child and St. John) with Prophets and Symbols of the Four Evangelists

Joachim von Sandrart, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a kneeling haloed man receiving a chalice from an angel while three disciples sleep nearby.

Agony in the Garden

Caspar Strauss, 1600-1633

Pen and ink sketch of a robed saint holding the Christ Child, with a lily and two cherubs seated below.

Saint Anthony and the Christ Child Surrounded by Cherubs

Martin Johann Schmidt, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a seated scholar in a study with a globe, clock, books and cherubs above.

An Oriental Astronomer in His Study

Martin Johann Schmidt, 18th century

Red chalk sketch of Mary Magdalen rising on clouds with angels above, gazing upward.

The Assumption of the Saint Mary Magdalen

Cosmas Damian Asam, 1700-1739

Pen and grey wash drawing of a winged figure with cherubs among clouds, a chalice, and rays of light in an oval composition.

The Adoration of the Holy Lamb

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1724-96

Grey wash drawing of Flora and Zephyr: a draped woman with a cornucopia beside a winged nude man lifting a cloth, with a putt

Flora and Zephyr

Josef Klieber, late 18th-19th century