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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Brown ink drawing of an ornamental title page with spring and autumn allegorical figures flanking a blank panel, crown, cheru

Drawing for the title page to the 'Descrpción de las honras' (related to the death of Philip IV)

Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo, 1666

Pen and blue wash drawing of the crucified Christ with head bowed, arms outstretched on a cross, on blue paper.

The Crucified Christ

Diego Lopez de Escuriaz, 1587-97

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono watching a child tend to a kneeling woman's hair beside a lattice w

Suzuki Harunobu - Zashiki Hakkei - Night Rain on the Daisu

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Engraving of a man in a feathered hat standing beside a seated woman on a canopied bed in a furnished interior.

Couple Seated on a Bed, from Scenes of Daily Life

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Engraving of an elderly bearded man in a large folded turban, shown in three-quarter view against a plain background.

Head of an Elderly Man with a Long Beard and Turban

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Engraving of two haloed saints under a Gothic arch, one holding a large book and one reading a small book, with a Latin scrol

Saints Thomas and James the Lesser, from The Apostles

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Engraving of two haloed saints in Gothic architecture: one reads a book, the other holds a saw, with a Latin scroll below.

Saints Matthias and Judas Thaddaeus, from "The Apostles"

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a haloed kneeling saint receiving a sacred vessel amid radiating light and angels in clouds.

St. Paschal Baylon Adorning the Blessed Sacrament

Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819

Pen and brown ink study of a standing bare-chested man beside an easel, with an inscription below, on pale paper.

Standing Male Figure: Study for a Portrait

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1670-80

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity with kneeling Virgin, Saint Joseph, infant Christ in a manger, and angels above.

The Nativity

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ca. 1665-70

Green-toned woodcut of a winged skeleton reaching over a fallen man and a woman beside an ornate Renaissance arcade.

Lovers Surprised by Death

Hans Burgkmair, 1510

Woodcut of Saint George on horseback spearing a dragon, with a kneeling figure and sheep beside an ornate building.

Saint George on Horseback

Hans Burgkmair, 1508/1518

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a bearded man with a white collar, looking directly at the viewer, on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

Francisco Pacheco, 1564-1644

Woodcut of the Virgin and Child in a garden with angels holding a crown, a castle, a ship and rabbits in the landscape.

Virgin and Child

Hans Wechtlin I, ca. 1510

Sheet of studies, including a Roman head, a male figure on a pyre, and a colonnade

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1766-1774

Woodcut of a bearded man in robes tearing open a lion's jaws, with a town and castle in the landscape behind.

Samson Rending the Lion

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1497-98

Frontispiece for the collection 'Trages españoles usados en diferentes epocas'

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1798-1799

Woodcut of a crowned woman on a multi-headed beast holding a chalice, with angels and a burning city above a crowd.

The Whore of Babylon, from "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Woodcut of the Virgin on a canopied deathbed surrounded by mourning apostles, with a candle and drapery in an arched room.

The Death of the Virgin, from the The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Pen and wash drawing of St. Francis receiving the stigmata, supported by an angel, with cherubs and a cross in the sky.

St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Antonio de Pereda, 1611-78

Engraving of a couple walking arm in arm beside a tree, with a hidden skeleton behind the trunk and a landscape behind them.

The Promenade

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Watercolor and ink drawing of a Gothic church interior with a stone pulpit, arches, and kneeling worshippers.

Interior of the Church of St. Jacques, Louvain

Genaro Pérez Villaamil, 1807-54

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin with the Christ Child holding a cross-topped staff, with a faint figure at left.

Half-length Virgin and Standing Child with Indications of a Young Saint John the Baptist at Left

Pedro del Pozo, ea. 18th century-1785

Engraving of a scholar in a cap writing at a lectern with books, an inkwell and a flower vase beside him.

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Albrecht Dürer, 1526

Engraving of a large winged angel holding up a cloth above clouds, with smaller angels and kneeling figures below.

The Sudarium Displayed by an Angel

Albrecht Dürer, 1516

Woodcut of nude witches at a cauldron, one flying on a broomstick above a tree, with a goat and skulls in the foreground.

The Witches

Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

Head of a Satyr Facing Left

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1625-30

Woodcut of a horse in a stable above a man lying on the floor, with a witch holding a broom at upper right.

The Bewitched Groom

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1544

Woodcut of the dead Christ lying on the ground with mourning women, a ladder, nails and an ointment jar beside him.

Lamentation for Christ

Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

Adam and Eve stand nude beside a tree as a serpent coils around the trunk, with a Latin caption above.

The Fall of Mankind

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511