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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,711 works

Grey wash drawing of a robed female allegorical figure holding a book and crucifix before a landscape with a castle.

Allegory of Faith

Hans Friedrich Schorer, 1620-49

Pastel drawing of children resting on a grassy hillside with wildflowers, with distant figures and buildings in a soft landsc

Three Children in a Landscape

Charles-Emmanuel Serret, 1840-1900

Pencil sketch of acrobatic theatre performers in costume, with a masked figure, a woman in a ruffled dress, and a plumed figu

Théâtre Italien (Gioacchino Rossini, 1792-1868)

Eugène Delacroix, 1821

Head of a Young Woman

Lorenzo di Credi, 1479

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a seated nude young man with drapery behind him, resting his arm on a stone block.

Seated Nude Young Man in Nearly Frontal View

Guercino, ca. 1618

Red chalk drawing of God appearing in clouds with an angel, a kneeling man looking up, and sheep below.

God Appearing to Moses

Pierre Brébiette, ca. 1632

Brown wash drawing of figures fighting in a churchyard with tombstones, a wind-bent tree, and a Gothic church behind them.

Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard

Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1775

Grey wash drawing of a young man in a tricorn hat leaning against a tree and holding a book, with distant houses.

Young Man Leaning Against a Tree With a Book

William Wellings, ca. 1780-89

Pen and ink drawing of a flower bouquet with wheat stalks rising from an ornately patterned footed vase.

Flowers in a vase

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Watercolor drawing of a brown and grey songbird perched on a curved branch with exposed roots, labeled Castrica Passerina.

Castrica Passerina

Vincenzo Leonardi

Pen and wash drawing of a ceiling design with rococo scrollwork, garlands, and reclining putti within an architectural frame.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, 1709-20

Pencil drawing of a rococo wall design with scrollwork, garlands, and floral motifs in framed panels.

Wall Design

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil drawing of an ornate rococo niche with an arched opening, scrolling ornament, and a domed crown.

Ornamental Design for Niche

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil design drawing of a rococo ceiling with an oval central panel framed by scrolls, foliage and floral ornament.

Design for Ceiling

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen and ink design drawing of a paneled interior wall with a door and rococo scrolled ornament above.

Design for Door

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a coffered ceiling with hexagonal rosette panels, rococo scrollwork and an oval cartouche.

Ceiling Design

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of an elderly bearded man reading at a table beside a skull and hourglass.

St. Jerome reading

Isaac Oliver, 16th-17th century

Watercolour of a pale shingle beach with figures and driftwood, a boat, and white chalk cliffs under a grey sky.

Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight

William Dyce, 1847

Watercolor of figures and sailing boats on a beach beneath a dark storm cloud, with dunes and cottages at left.

Figures on a beach in northern France

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1830

Pencil drawing of a stage set showing an arched classical opening, garland, and a garden path lined with trees.

Design for Stage Set

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen and brown ink architectural section drawing showing a staircase, arched bays, Corinthian columns, niches and a pedimented

Architectural Design in Section

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of three standing figures in flowing robes, with curly-haired men and a veiled woman on the right.

Three Standing Figures (recto); Seated Woman and a Male Hermit in Half-length (verso)

Stefano da Verona, 1435

Pencil design drawing of a cartouche with scrolls, flower garlands and a classical vase on a pedestal.

Design for a Cartouche with garlands and antique vase

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo ornamental design with scrolls, foliage and an oval cartouche, with a scale bar at left.

Ornamental Design

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of halved ceiling design with coffered vaults, rococo scrollwork, and diamond lattice patterns.

Halved Alternate Designs for a Ceiling Painting

Leonardo Marini, 1700-1780

Pencil portrait of a man with curly hair, bow tie and waistcoat, turned to the left, signed by Waldmüller.

Portrait of Franz Jauner (Vienna 1832-1900 Vienna), Theater Director and Actor in Vienna

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1800-1865

Red chalk drawing of a woman dipping a cloth into a bowl held by a girl, set before a stone architectural background.

Woman Soaking a Cloth in a Bowl Held by a Girl (copy from Guercino's Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene)

Guercino, 1591-1666

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded man in a cloak writing in a book at a table beside an inkwell.

Saint Paul

Guercino, 1591-1666

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling bearded saint, a winged angel, and a putto holding a staff in a landscape.

Saint with Angel and Putto

Grey wash drawing of women in flowing dress gathering around an infant beneath a tree, one holding a parasol.

The Finding of Moses

Anton Kern, 1725-47