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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated man gesturing beside a woman with an infant, children and a dog under a tree.

Young Father Distressed by His Growing Family

called Watteau de Lille Louis Joseph Watteau, 18th century

Engraving of a busy New York harbor street with moored sailing ships, brick warehouses, barrels, and men in top hats.

South Street from Maiden Lane, New York, in 1828

William James Bennett, 1834

Pen and wash drawing of two women in a period interior, one seated playing a lute while the other adjusts her hair.

Two Women in an Elegant Interior: a Singer Accompanied by a Lutenist

Pierre-Alexandre Wille, 1771

Hand-colored 1829 print of New York Harbor with tall ships and well-dressed people strolling along a stone waterfront quay.

New York Harbor from the Battery

Thomas Thompson, 1829

Hand-colored print of crowded skaters in period dress on a frozen pond in Central Park, with a stone bridge behind them.

Central Park, Winter - The Skating Pond

Charles Parsons, 1862

Pen and wash drawing of a robed bearded man gesturing among kneeling and reclining figures on a hillside with mountains.

Figure Studies

Sebastiano Ricci, 1659-1734

Pastel portrait of a woman with curled hair and a pearl necklace, turned to the left against a grey ground.

Portrait of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné

Claude Lefèbvre, 17th century

Drawing of a bearded man in a pleated cap and ruff collar, looking toward the viewer, on tinted paper.

Portrait of a Man

François Clouet

Red and black chalk portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white biretta and collar, with faint sketch lines around him.

Portrait of cardinal d'Ossat

Daniel Dumonstier, 1601-46

Ink and white chalk drawing on grey paper of three standing male figures in draped robes, studied from different angles.

Three Standing Figures

Francesco Primaticcio, 16th century

Pencil drawing of a seated pope receiving a kneeling man on a stepped dais, with two standing clergy under an arch.

Angelo Maria Querini Created Cardinal by Benedict XIII

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Circular sketch of a crowned seated woman, a bishop, a mother with infant, and putti on steps.

Nobility Presenting an Infant to Venice

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Pencil drawing of two seated allegorical women flanking a blank oval cartouche, one holding a cross and one wearing a mitre.

Allegorical Figures of Religion and Venice Flanking an Empty Cartouche

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Brown wash drawing of a river town with a bell tower, a stone bridge, riders on a road and a large tree in the foreground.

Landscape with a Town by a River

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1680-1767

Engraving of nude male warriors fighting with swords and bows among trees, with fallen figures in the foreground.

Battle of the Nude Men

Antonio del Pollaiuolo, ca. 1470-90

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna of Mercy with a cloak sheltering kneeling figures and angels above.

Madonna of Mercy

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of robed figures and a mitred bishop joining hands beneath a curved arch, a religious marriage scene.

The Marriage of the Virgin (Lunette)

the Younger Giorgio Picchi, 1580-1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing haloed female saint in flowing drapery holding a palm frond.

Saint Apollonia of Alexandria

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of two veiled female saints among clouds, with a lamb and small cherub heads below.

Saint Agnes and a Female Saint

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of two women embracing in the Visitation, with draped robes and faint figures and architecture behind.

The Visitation

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Head of a Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink study on toned paper of a standing draped figure holding a candlestand, with a woman's head and other figure sket

Studies: Figure Holding a Candlestand, Woman with Left Arm Extended, Head Looking Down towards the Right, Kneeling Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a veiled woman seated holding a reclining body across her lap, a Pietà composition.

Pietà (recto); Sketches of Kneeling Figures, Putto (verso)

Domenico Mondo, 1760-1806

Brown ink and wash drawing of a herdsman with cattle on a road below a fortified hilltop town and a large tree.

Landscape with Herdsman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of a bull head, sheep heads, and two human figures on a pale sheet.

Studies of Animal Heads and Figures

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a reclining river god with draped figures and trees in a landscape setting.

Figures and a River God

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of a nude youth kneeling on the left and a draped standing man on the right, with an inscription above.

Two Figures: Nude Youth on One Knee, Man Standing with Left Foot Raised

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a cloaked man tending a wounded nude figure beside a horse under trees.

The Good Samaritan

Gaspare Diziani, 1689-1767

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining saint supported by an angel, with a head study and putti sketches above.

Saint in Ecstasy; Study of Saint's Head (recto); Sketches of Putti (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mythological chariot with winged horses, a flying cupid, and a reclining figure on clouds.

Aurora and Cephalus: Engraver's study after decoration in the Galleria Farnese, Rome

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century