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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Pastel portrait of a young woman with blue ribbon in her hair, wearing red drapery and a gold earring, glancing sideways.

Study of a Girl in Red

Benedetto Luti, 1717

Watercolor study of a stylized brown goat with curved horns over abstract green and teal shapes, outlined in black ink.

Study for "Goat"

Arthur Dove, 1934

Painted sketch of a crowd in robes before a red tent, with a couple in formal dress and colorful banners overhead.

Sketch for "Reception of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie by the Kabyle Leaders at Algiers on September 18, 1…

Isidore Pils, ca. 1862-67

Oil study of grey storm clouds over rolling dark hills with a pale unpainted foreground.

Landscape Study with Clouds

Emile Loubon, ca. 1829-31

Oil study of a river bank with water reflections and tall wild plants, including broad leaves and a white flower.

Study of Water and Plants

Thomas Fearnley, 1837

Three-panel study with classical figures, winged putti and gilded background in a dark wood frame.

Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1886

Oil study of a seated nude man with curly hair, twisting on a wooden stool beside a crate against a dark brown background.

Study of a Nude Man

Gustave Courbet, early 1840s

Painted bust-length portrait study of a man with short curly hair and beard, gazing toward the viewer against a dark olive ba

Bust-Length Study of a Man

François-Auguste Biard, 1848

Small oil study of white surf breaking on a sandy beach, with a green sea and dark headland under a pale blue sky.

Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts

Winslow Homer, 1869 (?)

Painting of a winged nude woman raising a red drape against a hazy, cloudy sky, with warm muted tones.

Fortune: A Study for "The Discoverer"

William Morris Hunt, 1878

Painted study of tangled shrubs, ferns and rocks on a dark forest floor, in greens and browns.

Study from Nature

William Stanley Haseltine

Oil sketch of a winding river through a valley with wooded hills, clouds, and a woman with a parasol on rocks.

Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)

Thomas Cole, 1836

Open wooden paint box with a loose oil study of a reclining nude on the lid and a heavily used palette below.

Paint box with nude study

Helena de Kay, ca. 1871

Painting of figures relaxing on a grassy riverbank under green trees, with dappled sunlight on the water.

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"

Georges Seurat, 1884

Ink drawing of a decorated planter with rocks, pine branch, plum blossoms and grasses on pale paper with red seals.

Miscellaneous Studies

Chen Hongshou, one leaf dated 1619

Sketch of a tiger with open jaws among bare and leafy trees, with faint underdrawing and red inscriptions on paper.

Study for a Tiger Hunt

Sheikh Taju, 1780

Ink sketch of a robed standing scholar holding a plum branch, with a reclining figure sketched in the lower left corner.

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Sketch for the Portrait of Tachihara Suiken

Watanabe Kazan, ca. 1823

Hanging scroll of red and white peach blossoms on gnarled branches with green leaves and Chinese calligraphy at upper left.

Red and White Peach Blossoms, Preparatory Sketch

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1843

Ink wash handscroll of misty rocks and hills with a small hut and grass, by Kano Tan'yū, 1670.

Famous Themes for Painting Study Known as “The Garden of Painting” (Gaen)

Kano Tan'yu, 1670

Loose ink sketches of several seated and crouching robed figures in East Asian dress on pale paper.

Sketches of East Asian Legendary Figures

Kawanabe Kyōsai, late 19th century

Ink sketches of four birds with pink washes and a grotesque lion-like mask design, mounted together on one sheet.

Four sketches of birds and one design for a grotesque mask, mounted together

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink sketch of a demon mask beneath a pine tree with two birds flying, with calligraphy and red seals beside it.

Album of Fifty-four Sketches

Watanabe Kazan, 19th century

Oil sketch of a seated woman in a black bodice and green striped skirt, looking downward against a muted background.

Study in Black and Green (Oil Sketch)

John White Alexander, ca. 1906

Painting of a calm teal lake with distant mountains, wooded shores, and a small rowboat under a hazy sky.

Lake George, Free Study

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Oil sketch of dark storm clouds lit with pink highlights above a low horizon, with pale blue sky and wisps above.

Cloud Study (Distant Storm)

Simon Denis, ca. 1786-1806

Oil study of a seated female nude seen from behind, head bowed, one arm raised, against a brown and green background.

Study of a Female Nude

Henri Lehmann, 1840

Painting of a seated woman in a green and black dress adjusting her bodice, looking downward, against a green curtain.

Study in Green and Black

John White Alexander, by 1906

Grayscale study of a gnarled tree trunk and branches with loose brushwork and a pale patch of ground below.

Study of a Tree

Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1864

Loose oil sketch of a standing man in a dark suit and red tie against a brown background.

James MacAlister (Sketch)

Thomas Eakins, ca. 1895