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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Grey wash drawing of a crowned rider on horseback led past a kneeling robed figure, with onlookers and architecture.

Mordecai rides through the Streets in the Apparel the King has sent him

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Grey wash drawing of a crowned king on a dais with scepter, surrounded by robed courtiers and armed men under a canopy.

King Ahasuerus in Council

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Grey wash drawing of a crowned king and seated woman at a banquet table, with a kneeling man, standing attendant and dog.

The King and Haman at Esther's Banquet of Wine

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Pink-washed drawing of shepherds approaching the infant Christ in a manger, with angels and ruined architecture behind.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Master of Liechtenstein, 1540-60

Brown ink drawing of a wide landscape with a tree, figures, and a donkey on a path, with trees receding to the horizon.

Landscape with figures

Jan Lievens, 1620-74

Brown ink drawing of a milkmaid milking a cow in a forest clearing, with resting cattle and a farmhouse.

Landscape with Milkmaid

Jan Lievens, 1622-74

Brown ink drawing of a shepherd with sheep beside willow trees, with a small church on a distant hill.

Landscape with a Shepherd and His Flock

Jan Lievens, 1622-74

Watercolor of a bearded God in flames pointing toward a nude Adam beside a fiery horse, c. 1795.

God Judging Adam

William Blake, ca. 1795

Watercolor of a winged woman on a flying white horse lifting a baby from a sleeping figure on a green hillside at night.

Pity

William Blake, ca. 1795

Brown wash drawing of a market scene with a seated man, standing women in headscarves, and onlookers around a basket.

The Scolding Fishwife

Nicolaes Maes, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman tending a baby by a cradle, with a cat and hanging cloths in a room.

The Young Mother

Nicolaes Maes, 1655-57

Pencil drawing of a mountain lake landscape with figures, a dog, donkeys and a distant castle under clouds.

Landscape with mountains and a lake, figures in the foreground

Jan van der Meer the Younger, 1687

Grey wash drawing of horsemen riding past military tents toward a distant town with church spires under a cloudy sky.

Louis XIV at the Siege of Douai, Seen from the South-East (July 1-6, 1667)

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of mounted horsemen in a field with a distant city skyline of church towers under a cloudy sky.

Louis XIV at the Siege of Tournai, Seen from the North-East (June 21-25, 1667)

Adam Frans van der Meulen, n.d.

Drawing of two soldiers in period dress lunging with swords, rendered in black chalk and white highlights on blue paper.

Study of Two Soldiers Swordfighting

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 17th century

Black chalk and white highlight study on blue paper of a soldier in a tricorn hat sprawled on the ground, one arm raised.

Study of a Fallen Soldier

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 17th century

Chalk study on blue paper of a reclining man, a standing soldier in a tricorn hat, and a detached hand holding an object.

Study of Two Soldiers and a Hand

Adam Frans van der Meulen, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a landscape with a large tree, cottages, a ruined tower, a cart, and a distant church spire.

Landscape with cottages and a figure by a cart

Pieter de Molijn, 17th century

Two ink and wash elevation drawings of rococo pipe organs with floral carving, a putto, and a central carved shell.

Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1753-70

Pen drawing of a landscape with a herdsman driving cattle, trees at right, and figures and hills in the distance.

Landscape with Figures and Cattle

Pieter de Molijn, 1658

Pencil drawing of a dune landscape with three figures and a dog on a rise, church spires on the horizon, and birds in the sky

Landscape with Figures

Pieter de Molijn, 1659

Pen and wash drawing of a river landscape with a wooden bridge, a hilltop settlement, and small figures on a path.

Landscape with a Road Leading Towards a Settlement on a Hill

Joos de Momper the Younger, late 16th-mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of the Porta San Paolo gate and Pyramid of Cestius in Rome, with travelers and a mule on the road.

Pyramid of Cestius and the Porta San Paolo, Rome

Pieter Moninckx, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a formal garden with terraces, statues, shade trees, figures and a distant palace.

Classical Landscape

Isaac de Moucheron, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of pink roses and blue morning glories in swags framing an empty oval cartouche with a purple ribbon.

Floral Swags Framing an Empty Oval

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Pen and watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with a putto, garlands, rococo scrolls and a balustrade seen in perspective

Design for a Decorated Ceiling with Putti and Garlands and a Forshortening of a Balustrade Around an Oculus

Michelangelo Colonna, 17th century

Engraved title plate showing a cartouche with garlands above a formal garden with fountain and strolling figures.

Title Plate, from "Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util"

Nicolas Cochin, 1645

Grey wash drawing of a river with fishermen, sailing boats, and a town with a church tower under cloudy skies.

Moonlit view of a river with fishermen and a town in the background

Karel La Fargue, mid-late 18th century

Pencil sketch of two men smoking pipes on a divan in Turkish-style dress, with a servant holding a tray at right.

Yankees trying to be Turkish from my album - Esquisses at the Centenial [sic] Leon y Escosura

Ignacio de León y Escosura, 1876 (?)

Brown ink drawing of two robed men beside a kneeling woman, a tent camp behind them, and a figure climbing a cloudy mountain.

Aaron and Nadab Taking Leave of Elisheba (?), with the Israelites Camped before Mount Sinai and Moses Ascending the M…

Adam van Noort, late 16th-mid 17th century