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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

278 works

Woodblock print of two sparrows beside a grey ornamental roof tile with carved scrolls, with black calligraphy on cream paper

Roof Tile and Sparrows; Specialities of Mizuno in Imado

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Woodblock print of two marsh-tits beside white crab apple blossoms and green leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Marsh-tits and Crab Apple Flowers

Teisai Hokuba, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a white rat on a gray fūchin ornament with red cord, handwritten poems, and a red seal.

Rat on a Fūchin, Ornament with a Design of Egoyomi (Pictorial Calendar)

Kubo Shunman, 1816

Woodblock print of a river landscape with travelers on horseback, boats, ducks, a village, and a blue mountain peak.

Sumida River

Totoya Hokkei, Year of the Dragon, probably 1832

Print of two sparrows beside a dandelion with a round seedhead and green leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Sparrows and Dandelions

Teisai Hokuba, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a white and grey cat with a red ribbon sitting on a patterned box, with Japanese calligraphy above.

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: “Books from Kanazawa Library” (Kanazawa Bunko) and “Foreign Cat of Shō…

Kubo Shunman, early to mid-1810s

Cock and dog

Totoya Hokkei, probably 1814

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono holding a wine-pot beside a New Year pine decoration and a small dog.

Young Woman Carrying a Wine-Pot for the New Year Ceremony

Katsukawa Shuntei, ca. 1815

Woodblock print of a large flounder and several fish arranged together, with Japanese calligraphy and red seals beside them.

Flounder and Other Fishes

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a small yellow-green bird perched on a plum branch with white blossoms and handwritten inscriptions.

New Moon; Nightingale on a Plum Branch

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Pale white macaw perched on a red and gold rod beside decorated cups, set within a black circular field with red seals.

A White Macaw

Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1900

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan holding a plum blossom branch, with calligraphy above and an animal figure at right.

Courtesan with Branch of Plum Blossoms

Totoya Hokkei, 1835

Circular pen and ink drawing with wash of a garden of love, with bathing women, courting couples, musicians and a town skylin

The Garden of Love

Jörg Breu the Younger, 16th century

Circular drawing of Neptune raising a trident in a shell chariot pulled by sea horses over waves, with cliffs behind.

Neptune in his Chariot

Pieter de Jode, late 16th-mid 17th century

Grey wash drawing of Saint Ignatius of Loyola kneeling among angels and allegorical figures beneath a radiant dove in an oval

Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Allegories of the Four Continents

Felix Anton Scheffler, 1715-60

Brown ink drawing of a crowned king on steps before arches, with robed figures gathered below and a tree at right.

King Herod Receiving the Three Magi

Martin Schongauer, second half 15th century

Watercolor of a pale armored warrior on a rearing horse beside nymphs in glowing water and a hooded figure.

Hagen and the Nymphs of the Danube

Henry Fuseli, 1802

Pen and ink drawing of a temple interior with a priest, a lamb on an altar, and a crowd of robed men.

Joachim's Offering Refused

Jan Wellens de Cock, early 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of a knight on horseback beside a helmeted landsknecht with a pole, with a dog in the foreground.

Knight on Horseback and Landsknecht

Albrecht Dürer, 1485-1528

Pen and brown ink sketch of a plumed-hat rider on a rearing horse, with a cloaked standing figure at left.

Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibly that of Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg; verso: Various Studies of Stat…

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1628-32

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned rider on a horse led by a cloaked man through a walled city street with onlookers.

Triumph of Mordecai

Hans Ulrich Fisch vom Stein I, early to mid-17th century

Circular ceiling design in blue watercolor with winged dancing figures around a central chariot scene with horses.

Design for Ceiling: Apollo and the Hours

Angelica Kauffmann, 1760-1807

Black and white engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child with haloes, a crown above, an open book, and flowers in the foregro

Virgin with a Bird on a Grassy Bank

Master ES, mid-15th century

Sketch of a ceiling design with a chariot and horses in clouds, winged figures, and allegorical figures in brown wash.

Design for a Ceiling

Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819

Engraving of a wild man with a leafy crown holding a club, resting on a shield with a leaping greyhound.

Shield with Greyhound Held by Wild Man

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Pencil sketch of three riders on horseback with a rough architectural background and handwritten French notes on the page.

Three figures on horseback with indications at right

Engraving of a nude woman looking at a sleeping muscular man with a winged Cupid, armor and a sword on the floor, and a fox.

Venus Finding Mars Asleep

Léon Davent, ca. 1545

Pen and wash drawing of a curly-haired man in a cloak riding a rearing horse, with red chalk curls at upper right.

Man on Horseback, Study of a Man's Head (recto); Head of a Young Woman (verso)

Marcello Fogolino, 1483-1548

Circular pen and ink drawing of a stoning scene with a man throwing stones at seated elders before a walled city.

The Stoning of the Elders

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th century

Circular engraving of an allegorical nude woman with skeleton, torch, winged archer and animals including stag, boar and peli

Lust, from the "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55