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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures among clouds with putti, framed by an ornamental border of medallions and panels.

The Triumph of Courage and Wisdom

Johann Michael Rottmayr, late 17th-early 18th century

Etching of a seated woman in a headscarf with a curly-haired child reaching up to touch her face.

Virgin and Child

Giovanni David, 1776

Etching of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, with figures tending to him by lantern light and tools in the foreground.

Saint Sebastian

Giovanni David, 1770-90

Pen drawing of a tiered tomb with a reclining effigy in elevation, with an oval floor plan below.

Design for a Freestanding Tomb Seen in Elevation and Plan

the Younger Antonio da Sangallo, 1530-35

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with head bowed, arm across knee, on draped cloth.

Study of a seated male figure (Ecce Homo?)

Juan Carreño de Miranda, ca. 1665-75

Pen and wash drawing of a street market with merchants and crowds above, and imprisoned figures in arches below.

Study for a Title-Page: Allegory of Commerce and a Debtor's Prison (?)

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Pen and brown ink ornamental design with cherubs, garlands, a floral urn, and scrollwork, framed by a double border.

Ornamental Design

Jacob Roer, ca. 1694

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers and onlookers gathered beneath a draped tent canopy in a military camp.

Design for a Title Page: A General and His Army Looking at a Map

Jan Antoine Coxie, late 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table, servants, and draped curtains in an interi

The Last Supper

Nicolaas van der Horst, early to mid-17th century

Pen drawing of a man in a hat pruning a bare tree with a curved knife, inside an oval frame labeled FEBRVARIVS.

The Month of February: Man Pruning a Tree

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen drawing of a bearded man in a hat grafting a leafy branch onto a tree, labeled APRILIS, in an oval frame.

The Month of April: Man Grafting a Branch onto a Tree

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen drawing of a man in period dress holding a flower, with a sword and shield, labeled MAY, in an oval frame.

The Month of May: An Elegant Man Holding a Flower and Lute

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a winged putto blowing a horn while holding a cloud, with a face in the sky above.

Putto Holding a Cloud and Horn

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, late 16th-mid 17th century

Red chalk drawing of nude Andromeda chained to rock as a sea monster with open jaws rears at left.

Andromeda, after Agostino Carracci

Pieter Tanjé, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of allegorical figures, a globe, a nude statue on a pedestal and a winged trumpeter under classical arches.

Design for a Frontispiece of a Title Page

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Engraved emblem of a deer beside a tree with a banner, framed by columns, female figures, and fruit garlands.

Emblem of Lucrezia Gonzaga

Giorgio Ghisi, before 1566

Pencil sketches of horses in various poses, including rearing and galloping figures, on pale paper.

Studies of Horses

Eugène Delacroix

Graphite study of a hooded rider on horseback leading robed attendants and a crowd before a city wall, with a parasol overhea

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, 1845

Watercolor of a bearded man in a blue doublet and red breeches writing with a quill at a desk in an interior.

Mathurin Régnier

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1846

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing woman in a turban and draped Moroccan-style costume, one arm extended.

Standing Woman in Moroccan Costume

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1834

Pen sketch sheet with a marriage procession of riders and a canopied carriage, a trophy of arms, and a winged rider on a hors

Sheet of Studies: A Marriage Procession in Sixteenth-Century Dress; a Cavalier; and a Trophy of Arms

Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863

Graphite sketch of a lion grappling with a tiger on rocky ground beside ferns.

A Lion and a Tiger, Fighting

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1854

Lithograph of a man in a nightcap reaching for a barking dog beside a bed, with a lit candle on a nightstand.

Allons haut! Y sommes-nous?, from "La Chasse"

Honoré Daumier, November 11, 1843

Daumier lithograph: a woman and a top-hatted man sit at a table with a dog and wine bottle between them.

Qui aime Bertrand aime son chien (He who loves Bertrand loves his dog), from "Proverbes et Maximes"

Honoré Daumier, July 22, 1840

Black chalk and white highlight study of a seated draped figure with one raised arm on tan paper.

Study of Drapery

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, 1818

Grey-toned drawing of a standing male figure in flowing drapery, arm outstretched, with white chalk highlights and handwritte

Standing Draped Male Figure

Baldassare Franceschini

Brown ink and wash drawing of an oval ornamental cartouche with scrollwork and a central mythological scene of two figures.

Ornamental Design with Diana and Endymion in a Central Cartouche

Jacob Denys, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a skeleton Death seated on a canopied throne, with crowns and armor scattered at its feet.

Death on a Canopied Throne (Design for a Title Page)

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Engraved title page with an allegorical woman holding a crown and sword above a battle scene, under the title Thesaurus Antiq

Title Page for "Thesavrvs Antiqvitatvm et Historianrvm Italie, Mari Lingvistico et Alpibvs Vicinae Tome Secondi Pars…

Jan Goeree, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of Father Time, a seated reader and a Roman ruin landscape with Latin inscriptions.

Study for Title Page to "Thesavrvs Antiqvitatvm Romanarvm", 1696

Jan Goeree, before 1704