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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pencil sketch of a standing peasant man in a long coat and hat, hands at his waist, on lined paper.

Peasant

Camille Pissarro, second half 19th century

Pastel drawing of two women with buckets talking on a garden path beside a hedge and a brick cottage.

Two Women in a Garden

Camille Pissarro, 1888

Pen and brown ink drawing of a sorcerer on a winged beast seizing a lady from a rearing horse beside a tree.

The Sorcerer Atlante Abducting Pinabello's Lady (Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, canto II, 38)

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635-38

Manet on His Deathbed

Pierre-Ernest Prins, ca. 1883

Charcoal study of a reclining nude man, a horse head, a rearing horse, and a draped female figure on toned paper.

Sketch for War, painting in the Museum of Picardy at Amiens

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1861

Watercolor drawing of an arcaded cloister with robed figures, cypresses under a crescent moon, and a blue painted nativity pa

Christian Inspiration

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1883-86

Pencil and watercolor sheet of soldiers in shakos and greatcoats with uniform detail studies and handwritten French notes.

Uniforms of the civil guard in Courtray, Belgium

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1832

Pastel drawing of a young woman with bowed head holding a dark muff, wearing a grey bodice and pleated orange skirt.

Young Woman with a Muff

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1860-1919

Boy with an Egg, Girl with a Hen, and a Watching Woman

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Charcoal drawing of an executioner in a turban raising a severed head, with draped robes and white chalk highlights on grey p

Executioner Holding Up a Severed Head

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

A Girl Reading (with a Sketch of Seated Woman)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, n.d.

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1766

Head of a Young Woman in Profile to Left

Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin, n.d.