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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Black chalk drawing of a young girl with lowered eyes and a hen perched on her shoulder, with white highlights.

Girl with a Hen

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Red chalk drawing of a ruined vaulted hall with arches, brick walls, and small figures among the fragments.

The Octagonal Room in the Small Baths at the Villa of Hadrian (Tivoli)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1777

Sketch of a seated hooded monk in a long robe reading an open book against a dark brown background.

Seated Carthusian Holding an Open Book

Jean Restout le jeune, 1711

Brown wash drawing of a classical interior with a robed woman at an altar, smoke rising, attendants and a seated goddess stat

Dido's Sacrifice to Juno

Jean Bernard Restout, ca. 1772-74

Head of a Bearded Man

Jean Restout le jeune, ca. 1750

Black chalk and white heightening drawing of a seated male nude with one arm outstretched, on tan paper.

Seated Male Nude

Jean Restout le jeune, ca. 1740

Grey chalk drawing of robed clergy and kneeling mourners at a funeral procession before a church entrance.

Funeral of François Duplessis de Mornay

Jean Restout le jeune, n.d.

Watercolor and ink drawing of tree trunks and foliage beside a pale blue pond with distant trees.

Trees Beside a Pond

Louis-Antoine-Léon Riesener, 1853-78

Grey chalk drawing of a bare tree, a hooded figure and two birds in a rural landscape under a cloudy sky.

Copy of a painting entitled "L'Automne," by J.F. Millet

Alfred-Ernest Robaut, n.d.

Watercolor of a stone prison gate with a guard, visitors in white dresses, and onlookers on a balcony above.

Visitors leaving a prison

Hubert Robert, 1794-95

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted colonnade with a seated statue, fallen column drums, and small figures on steps.

Figures in a Colonnade

Hubert Robert, ca. 1780

Watercolor drawing of a Roman temple, equestrian statue, tall column and washerwomen by water with a dog in front.

Architectural Capriccio with Roman Monuments and Washerwomen

Hubert Robert, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of women beside stone ruins under a large leaning tree in a sketched landscape.

Young Women in a Landscape with Architectural Fragments

Hubert Robert, ca. 1773

Red chalk drawing of a classical villa courtyard with caryatids, balustrades, arched doorways and small seated figures among

The Nymphaeum of the Villa di Papa Giulio, Rome

Hubert Robert, ca. 1761

Red chalk drawing of figures in a tall arched architectural niche with pilasters, steps, and a distant landscape.

Figures in One of Michelangelo's Niches on the Apse of St. Peter's, Rome

Hubert Robert, ca. 1763

Red chalk drawing of figures on steps before a large classical arcade with vaulted ceilings and columns.

Figures in a Roman Arcade

Hubert Robert, 1763

Red chalk drawing of a seated artist sketching while a woman stands nearby and a young girl stands at right.

Artist Sketching a Young Girl

Hubert Robert, ca. 1773

Red chalk drawing of two young men drawing at a table in a studio, watched by an older woman, with framed sketches on the wal

Young Artists in the Studio

Hubert Robert, ca.1763-65

Red chalk drawing of umbrella pines, a cypress, a villa and small figures with animals in a garden landscape.

Gardens of the Villa Pamphili, Rome

Hubert Robert, 18th Century

Brown wash drawing of a ruined gallery with columns, a vaulted arch, and light falling through a broken opening.

Washerwomen in a Ruined Gallery

Hubert Robert, ca. 1760

Red chalk drawing of a large curlew with a long curved bill, with smaller curlews, a duck, reeds and flying birds behind.

Curlews and Ducks

Nicolas Robert, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of three parrots perched on a bare tree stump against a faint landscape background.

Three Parrots

Nicolas Robert, ca. 1675

Watercolor of a woman in a feathered hat with three children gathered beside her against a wooded landscape.

Lady Smith and Her Children

Simon Jacques Rochard, 1800-1872

Graphite sketch of a reclining woman resting her head on her arm, with loose hatching around her draped figure.

The Abandoned

Auguste Rodin, ca. 1902

Loose pencil sketch of a standing nude woman with raised arms, drawn on tan paper.

Figure Disrobing

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Pencil and grey wash drawing of a woman with clasped hands beneath her chin, with a smaller face sketch at upper right.

Hanako

Auguste Rodin, ca. 1906-1907

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a nude young woman bending forward, head turned toward the viewer, by Auguste Rodin.

Young Girl Kneeling

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Pencil sketch of a nude female figure seated with bowed head and arms resting on raised knee, signed Auguste Rodin.

Sketch for Figure on Whistler Monument

Auguste Rodin, 1905

Loose graphite and watercolor drawing of a standing nude woman with flowing dark hair and a wreath, in grey and ochre washes.

Nero

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Rodin drawing of a seated female nude seen from behind, with graphite lines and warm watercolor washes on paper.

Seated female nude

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a nude figure crouched on hands and knees with bowed head, on a pale blue ground.

Nude Figure on Hands and Knees (Executioner)

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a nude female torso shaped like a vase, with a dark grey wash on the right.

Origin of the Greek Vase

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude female figure with one arm raised, drawn in loose contour lines on pale paper.

Reclining nude female figure

Auguste Rodin, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a female nude with head tilted back and loose wing outlines on cream paper.

Female nude reclining

Auguste Rodin, 1909-1910

Pencil sketch of a nude woman standing with bent torso and clasped hands, drawn in loose overlapping lines on buff paper.

Nude female figure standing with clasped hands

Auguste Rodin, n.d.

Loose sketch of a bowed nude female figure in reddish-brown wash and graphite on a pale grey ground.

Nude female figure holding left foot

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1912

Black chalk drawing of a nude man embracing a draped woman on a pedestal, with a child holding a garland at lower right.

The Golden Age

Auguste Rodin, 1871-78

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a crouching winged figure with wide eyes and streaming hair, in pink and blue washes.

Witch's Sabbath (Sabbat)

Auguste Rodin, ca. 1900-1905

Loose pencil sketch of a reclining female nude with scribbled shading around the figure, signed by Rodin.

Study of a nude female figure (Satyress)

Auguste Rodin, 1905-8

Brown wash and graphite drawing of a standing nude figure with one arm raised and one knee bent, signed in the lower right.

Standing Female Nude

Auguste Rodin, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude revelers around a large urn beside classical columns and a tree.

Bacchanal

François Roëttiers, n.d.

Watercolor of golden wheatfields beside a dirt path leading toward a distant village under a pale, cloudy sky.

Wheatfields

Théodore Rousseau, 1865

Charcoal sketch of bare trees rising above dense grasses and undergrowth in a wooded thicket.

Trees in a Thicket

Théodore Rousseau, 1845

Pencil drawing of a grove of trees beside a river, with a hazy meadow and distant trees receding into a pale sky.

Landscape (A Grove of Trees Standing Near a River)

Théodore Rousseau, 1828-67

Pencil sketch of a dilapidated barn, a round silo, and a cart wheel in a dirt farmyard with hills behind.

Farmyard in Normandy

Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1831

Grey wash drawing of a goat-legged satyr carrying a nymph through a forest, with other figures and mushrooms in the foregroun

Satyrs Abducting Nymphs

François Jean Sablet, n.d.

Profile of a Lady in a Bonnet

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, n.d.

Half Figure of a Woman Wearing a Cap, in Profile to Right

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1770

Allegory of the Marriage of the Dauphin and Marie-Antoinette in 1770

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of a vaulted classical portico with tall columns, small figures at left, and a bright doorway opening.

Figures in the portico of the church of Saint Genevieve, Paris

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1776-79

Germain-Augustin and Rose de Saint-Aubin, Drawn by Their Uncle

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1766

Pen and ink sketch of a church procession with staff bearers, a canopy, clergy and crowd near an altar.

Coronation Regalia Carried in Procession at Saint-Denis

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1775

Head of a Young Woman in Profile to Left

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, n.d.

Two women hold hands on a cobbled street beside a donkey laden with flower baskets, with townspeople and a church in the back

The Flower Girl (La Petite Marchande de Fleurs)

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a house with a chimney and pointed gable silhouetted against a pale dusk sky.

House at Dusk (La Cité)

Georges Seurat, 1881-82

Charcoal drawing of two peasant figures standing in a dark field at dusk, with trees on the horizon.

Peasants

Georges Seurat, 1881-84

Brown ink and wash drawing of four robed figures and a child grouped together, with white highlights on tinted paper.

Group of Four Standing and Seated Figures and a Child

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Monkey

Georges Seurat, 1884

Night drawing of a dark factory chimney and low buildings beneath a glowing moon in a textured sky.

Courbevoie: Factories by Moonlight

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Grey wash drawing of a fountain under a rock arch in a park, with trees on both sides and small figures in front.

Fountain with a Rock Arch in a Park

Israël Silvestre, 17th century

Pencil and wash drawing of a river city with a covered arched bridge, rooftops, a church tower, and a small boat on the water

View of the Ponte Vecchio, Florence

Israël Silvestre, 17th century

Pastel drawing of four white geese on a grassy riverbank, with a calm river and poplar trees under a grey sky.

Four Geese by the River

Alfred Sisley, 1885-97

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers and a cloaked figure receiving a severed head on a tray before a crowd and standards.

The Head of Pompey Presented to Julius Caesar (recto); Study for an Elaborate Door Frame (verso)

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1675-1741

Black chalk and white highlight sketch of robed figures tending an infant before classical columns on blue-grey paper.

St. Benedict Resuscitating an Infant

Pierre Subleyras, ca. 1745