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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Oval drawing of gods on clouds above sprawled nude giants among rocks, one figure holding a torch and a ladder nearby.

Fall of the Giants

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Brown and white wash drawing on blue paper of hunters on horseback and a nude man spearing a charging boar, with hounds.

Hunt of the Calydonian Boar

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and white-heightened drawing on blue paper of Niobe's children being struck by arrows, with horses and a temple in the ba

Death of Niobe and Her Children

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Drawing of Perseus holding Medusa's head amid fallen warriors in a columned palace hall, with a banquet at left.

Fight Between Perseus And Phineus in the Palace of Cephus

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of a canal with a wooden hut, a fisherman with a rod, a rowboat, and trees.

Canal Landscape with a Fisherman

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Pen and wash landscape of two figures talking in a field, a church tower and trees on the horizon, cloudy sky.

Landscape with Two Figures Conversing

Salomon van Ruysdael, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a cottage among trees, with a man and dog crossing a wooden footbridge at right.

House among Trees, at Right Man and Dog on a Footbridge

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of a wooden dredging machine working in a canal beside brick houses.

Dredging a Canal

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Pen and wash panorama of ruined Delft after the 1654 gunpowder explosion, with collapsed houses, debris, and church towers.

View of Delft after the Explosion of the Gunpowder Arsenal on October 12, 1654

Herman Saftleven, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a river valley with rocky cliffs, a castle on a crag, boats on the water, and figures in the foregrou

River Landscape with Mountains

Herman Saftleven, 17th century

Graphite study of three standing men in long cloaks, one holding a torch and others holding hats, on pale paper.

Study of Figures: an Old Man Holding a Hat and Facing Forwards, and a Young Man Holding a Torch and a Hat, seen from…

Antoine Sallaert, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a river with a masted sailing boat and rowboat beside a densely wooded bank.

River Scene with Boats before a densely Wooded Bank

Salomon van Ruysdael, 17th century

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of a rocky cliff, ruins, a hilltop castle and a town with church spires.

View of Saumur

Willem Schellinks, mid-17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded river landscape with the Virgin and Child, a donkey, and kneeling angels in the foregr

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Herman van Swanevelt, mid-17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a horse-drawn covered carriage on a road beside a leaning tree and a horseman.

Carriage In A Landscape

Gérard ter Borch, 17th century

Drawing of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a winding path, and a distant village on blue-grey paper.

Wooded Landscape with a House by a River

Lucas van Uden, 17th century

Drawing of a sleeping pig lying on its side, head resting on the ground, rendered in soft graphite with a thin border.

A Sleeping Swine

Adriaen van de Velde, mid-17th century

Dutch Ship: The Tholen (?)

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 1625-93

Pen and ink wash drawing of peasants in hats and cloaks gathered in conversation, one man seated on a mound.

Peasants

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a three-masted warship at anchor with smaller ships on calm water.

Dutch Men of War at Anchor

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a large Dutch warship under sail in choppy sea, with smaller boats nearby.

Dutch Men Of War

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of Dutch sailing ships with flags and rowboats on choppy water under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Ships on a Harbour

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of warships in battle, with gunsmoke rising around a central ship flying a flag on calm water.

Sea Fight

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of becalmed sailing boats on calm water with a figure holding a long pole on a sandbank.

Boats Becalmed

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a line of sailing ships on calm water, with a large ornate stern vessel in the foreground.

A Fleet

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a sailing ship near a rocky coastline with cliffs and hills under a pale sky.

Coast Scene

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

The French Vessel "Courtisan"

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a rustic stone osteria with arched doorways, a wooden ladder, clay pots and climbing vines.

An Osteria in the Campagna

Jacob van der Ulft, mid-17th-late 17th century

Sepia drawing of a ruined Romanesque church with a rose window and bell tower under a cloudy sky, with small figures in front

The Mariakerk In Utrecht

Jacob van der Ulft, late 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman, a man in a plumed hat, a skeleton behind a curtain, and a child on a tiled floor.

To Each His Own Pastime (Elck Sijn Tijt-Verdrijff)

Adriaen van de Venne, ca. 1632 (?)