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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Pen and ink drawing of women and children with a shorn sheep in the foreground and a village landscape behind.

The Month of June, Shearing Sheep (recto); Couples Drinking Wine, The Month of October (verso)

Master of the Months of Lucas, ca. 1535

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures gathered in a dim inn interior beneath wooden rafters, by Adriaen van Ostade.

Scene in an Inn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1625-85

Watercolor and pen drawing of peasants drinking in a smoky tavern, with a seated woman holding a glass and men around a table

Peasants Drinking, verso: sketches of peasants

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Watercolor elevation of an ornate triumphal arch with obelisks, flags, sculptures and a winged trumpeter atop a dome.

Triumphal Arch, April 1814

Francisco Antonio de Sousa, 1814

Pen and wash drawing of a domed rotunda with columns beside a formal garden, with strolling figures and a dog.

A General Plan and Prospective of Lord Viscount Cobham's Gardens at Stowe

Jacques Rigaud, 1733-34

Pen and wash drawing of a village waterfront with gabled houses, a crowd gathered by a torch, and a boat at the right.

Distribution of the Catch by Night

Isaac van Ostade, 17th century

Pen and ink landscape of a river with a ruined arch, rocky banks, boats, and figures in the foreground, with birds overhead.

Landscape with the Calling of St. Peter

Jacob Pynas, 17th century

Album page of rococo chimneypiece and candelabra ornament designs, pen and ink with pasted prints, ca. 1760.

Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints

Gideon Saint, ca. 1760

Pencil drawing of a tall-masted ship and rowboats moored in harbor water before a coastal town and cliffs.

Boats Moored Near Cliffs of Dover

T. H. Yudin, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a river town with sailing boats, church spires, a hilltop castle and figures on the banks.

Town by a Large Body of Water

Abraham Rademaker, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of thatched farm buildings on flat land with trees and smoke, by Rembrandt.

Group of Farm Buildings

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1648-52

Pen and ink sketch of gabled houses along a waterfront with figures on the bank and a moored boat at right.

Houses by the Water

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652

Brown ink drawing of a seated bearded prophet confronting a crowned king in an interior with columns and drapery.

Nathan Admonishing David

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650-55

Pen and brown wash sketch of a woman in bed accusing a turbaned man in a long coat, with onlookers and furniture in an interi

Potiphar's Wife Accusing Joseph Before her Husband

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Pen and watercolor drawing of an overturned carriage, fleeing pigs, and sprawled figures on a country road.

Going to Ivy Bridge

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of travelers with horses, a loaded cart, and a dog on a road beside sheds and trees.

Migrants

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, boulders, and a hilltop village under a pale sky.

Landscape

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1609-67

Pen and brown ink drawing of a pastoral scene with shepherds, a well, sheep, cattle and large trees beside a river.

The Meeting of Jacob And Rachel at the Well

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640-49

Pen and brown ink sketch of three figures: a standing bearded man, a gesturing woman in a headscarf, and a kneeling figure.

Study for a Pietà

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-69

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with two windmills, farmhouses in the middle ground, and a dirt path in the foreground.

Landscape With Two Mills

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a wooden bridge, large trees, a walking figure, and a house on the right.

Landscape

Roelant Roghman, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of shepherds resting among cattle, sheep and goats, with a piper and a ruined tower on a hill.

Pastoral

Willem Romeyn, 1640-94

Pen and ink sketch of a standing figure beside a row of heads and partial figures on tan paper.

Alcibiades Interrupting the Symposium (recto); Sketches of the Baptism of Christ and of a Man (verso)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1601-02 (recto); ca. 1601 (verso)

Pen sketch of a man in plumed cap and armor and a woman in jeweled headdress, with handwritten colour notes.

Carolus, Duke of Lower Lorraine and Gerberga

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Oval drawing of a mythological feast with a donkey-riding figure, revelers at a table, and cherubs, in white ink on blue pape

King Midas Feasting At The Arrival of Silenus

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Oval drawing on blue paper of nymphs reclining and dancing beside satyrs, one lifting a vessel, under a tree.

Nymphs And Satyrs

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a reclining nude figure with long flowing hair and a twisted torso, on pale paper.

Hermaphrodite

Peter Paul Rubens, 17th century

Black chalk drawing of a nude man turned left, with a bearded satyr head sketched beside him on pale paper.

Half-Figure of a Nude Man Facing Left, Head of a Satyr

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Pen and white-heightened drawing of nymphs dancing in a circle in a wooded glade, with seated musicians at the edges.

Dancing Nymphs in a Glade

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and white heightened drawing on blue paper of classical gods feasting at a table among clouds, with cupids overhead.

Feast of the Gods

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century