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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Engraving of a woman in a bonnet and shawl holding a steaming teacup beside a teapot on a table by a window.

Woman Having Tea

Pierre Filloeul, 1759

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling saint receiving a habit from a monk, with angels and the Virgin and Child above.

Saint Hyacinth Receiving the Dominican Habit

Aurelio Lomi, 1556-1622

Engraving of a seated governess brushing a hat while a young boy stands before her beside a racket and shuttlecock on the flo

The Governess

François Bernard Lépicié, 1739

Engraving of a seated man in a fur hat reading a book at a table with coins, quill, hourglass and glass flasks.

The Philosopher

François Bernard Lépicié, 1744

Engraving of a woman in a bonnet holding a market bag beside a kitchen chest, with bread, a jug and a figure in a doorway.

The Return from Market

François Bernard Lépicié, 1742

Engraving of a seated draftsman at a drawing board in a studio with a plaster bust, a palette, and a figure study on the wall

The Draftsman

Jean Jacques Flipart, 1757

Engraving of a seated woman in a white cap bending over sewing in her lap, with a basket and scissors beside her.

The Embroiderer

Jean Jacques Flipart, 1757

Engraved portrait of an older man in round spectacles and headscarf, inside an ornate frame with a name plaque below.

Self-Portrait

Juste Chevillet, after 1771

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a kneeling woman in a headscarf and apron, seen from behind, on brown paper.

Kneeling Milkmaid

Francesco Londonio, 1723-83

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd of bearded men and onlookers in an arched composition, one figure pointing downward.

Raising of Lazarus

Lorenzo Lotto, 1480-1556

Head of a Bearded Man

Lorenzo Lotto, 1516-17

Watercolor drawing of an Arcadian landscape with a statue of Apollo, classical colonnade, pond, and bathing figures.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Apollo

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross with a crowd of onlookers and a dog below.

Martydom of Saint Andrew (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of sea deities with a trident-bearing Neptune, sea horses, nymphs and a putto among clouds.

Sea Deities

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude warrior raising a weapon amid a battle with a rearing horse and fleeing figures.

Battle Scene (Samson Slaying the Philistines?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink and red chalk sketch of a standing man, a woman reaching upward, and a crowd of figures in the background.

Scene of Celebration with Dancing and Music-Making (Jephtha and his Daughter?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, ca. 1680-1720

Watercolor sheet of women in corsets and underclothing with gilt frames and handwritten French captions, 1882-90.

Etudes sur les femmes

Henri de Montaut, 1882-90

Pen and watercolor design of a reliquary supported by four nude male figures, with putti holding a crosier and mitre on top.

Design for a Gold and Silver Bishop's Reliquary

Luigi Valadier, late 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a child's head with wavy hair and large eyes, turned slightly to one side, on a light paper ground.

Child's Head

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with angels and two kneeling saints in clouds.

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a helmeted soldier grasping a woman who raises her arm, with loose background sketches.

Soldier Stabbing a Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil drawing of robed prophets and saints seated on clouds with cherubs, a harp, and tablets, framed by pilasters.

Prophets and Saints in Glory, after Bernardino Poccetti

Santi Pacini, 1735-90

Grey chalk drawing of a crowned king seated at right with attendants, a woman gesturing, and youths and a child at left.

King Charles VIII of France with the Dying Gian Galeazzo Sforza at Pavia

Pelagio Palagi, 1775-1860

Pencil drawing of an ornate architectural frame with a draped female figure holding a staff, with scroll and shell decoration

One Half of a Design for a Frame of a Stage Proscenium, with a Figure of Justice at the Right, and the Barberini Arms…

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 18th century

Pen and brown ink sketches of horsemen on horseback and a foreshortened nude figure on aged paper.

Studies of Horsemen and Study of a Figure for a Deposition (recto); Sketch for an Entablature (verso)

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and ink figure studies with red chalk head of a child, showing groups of figures, seated men and an old man.

Figure Studies: The Arrest of Christ?, Christ and the Canaanite Woman, Seated Male Figures, and Head of a Child (rect…

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and ink sketch of Christ at a table with a kneeling woman at his feet and onlookers in an interior setting.

Penitent Woman Anointing the Feet of Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and brown ink sheet of figure studies: a robed woman, bearded male heads, a seated nude, and sketched cloud forms.

Figure Studies: Seated Female Holding a Book, Two Heads of Bearded Men, Seated Male Nude, and Four Sketches for Chris…

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Trompe-l'oeil drawing of scattered prints on a table showing horses, cattle, a portrait, a bridge and walking figures.

Trompe-l'Oeil Exercise: Prints on a Table Top

Pietro Jacopo Palmieri, 1766

Grey wash drawing of a hilly lake landscape with two horsemen, a fisherman, a dog, and a large tree on the left.

Hilly Landscape with Two Cavaliers and Other Figures in the Foreground

Romolo Panfi, 1632-90