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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,711 works

Ink and wash drawing of a peasant couple on a country road beside large trees, with a cart and church spire in the distance.

Peasant Couple in an Extensive Landscape

Johannes Goedaert, 17th century

Pencil drawing of an anchored naval fleet in a calm bay with a crowded rowing boat in the foreground under cloudy skies.

The English Fleet Anchored at the Town of Beykoz, North of Istanbul

Anton Melbye, 1853

Pencil drawing of the Holy Family resting under a palm tree, with fruit, a ewer and a donkey in the foreground.

Rest During the Flight into Egypt

Philipp Veit, 1800-1877

Grey wash architectural fantasy of a ruined classical pediment with urns, a fountain, a reclining figure and a wolf with twin

Architectural Fantasy

Johann Ferdinand von Hohenberg, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of Christ riding a donkey as a crowd waves palm branches and children reach toward him.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Hans Stutte, 1611

Brown wash drawing of a classical colonnaded hall with figures reacting around a banquet table and a helmeted soldier.

The Death of Britannicus

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, ca. 1814

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of workers and figures in a vaulted forge with arched openings and a furnace.

Venus Visiting the Forge of Vulcan

called Paolo Fiammingo Pauwels Franck, 16th century

Pencil drawing of a woodland scene with a large twisted tree at upper left, slender trunks, and an open path below.

Study of Trees

François Ryckhals, 17th century

Watercolor of a seated monkey on a rock with a spotted civet looking up at it in a pale landscape.

A Monkey Sitting on a Rock Looking at a Civet

Aert Schouman, 1764

Watercolor of a male wood duck with green head and striped flanks standing on rocks before a pale landscape.

A Duck

Aert Schouman, mid-17th-late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of peasants resting under a tree with cattle and sheep in a pastoral landscape.

Peasants with Cattle and Sheep

Adriaen van de Velde, mid-17th century

Grey wash drawing of an octagonal city gate beside a canal, with trees, a rowing boat and figures on a bridge.

A View of the Wittevrouwenpoort, Utrecht

Dirk Verrijk, 1749-86

Grey wash drawing of a church with a tall spire, a stone gateway, a horse and cart on cobblestones, and townspeople.

View of the Church of Passy, near Paris

Reinier Vinkeles, 1770

Grey wash drawing of sailing ships and a rowing boat with figures on an estuary under a cloudy sky.

Various Ships and a Rowing Boat on an Estuary

Wigerus Vitringa, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a multi-tier building façade with niches, statues, pilasters and an arched doorway at ground level.

Project for a Façade Decoration (recto); Architectural Studies (verso)

Lattanzio Gambara, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of two figures embracing, one in flowing drapery, on blue-grey paper with billowing cloth behind.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Taddeo Zuccari, ca. 1550

Grey wash elevation of a neoclassical chimney piece with draped female supports and a frieze of a chariot procession.

Design for a Chimney Piece in the Gallery, now Dining Room, Harewood House, Yorkshire (Elevation)

Robert Adam, ca. 1769

Grey and pink wash design of a neoclassical fireplace with draped female figures, laurel pilasters and winged putti roundels.

Design for a Chimney Piece in the Pompeian Style

Robert Adam, ca. 1775

Pen and grey wash drawing of classical ruins with Corinthian columns, a sarcophagus, a pyramid and an obelisk in a landscape.

Classical Landscape with Ruins (recto); Two men in Roman military dress (verso)

Robert Adam, 1755-57

Pen and wash drawing of a classical landscape with temples, a stone bridge over a river, and figures in a boat.

Classical Landscape with Temples (recto); Indecipherable sketch, possibly of a seated figure (verso)

Robert Adam, 1755-57

Brown and white wash drawing of a standing bald man in flowing drapery, arms raised, on blue-grey paper.

Standing Male Draped Figure With His Hands Raised

Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, 1565-71

The Head and Shoulders of a Woman in Profile; Separate Studies of Her Head and Ear (recto); Fragment of Drapery Study…

Gregorio Pagani, 1592

Pencil sketch of a bearded prophet and a bishop above a cluster of angels in clouds, on aged paper.

A Bearded Prophet in Glory Attended by a Bishop, Two Other Male Saints, and Angels (Design for a Section of a Dome)

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1634-35

Watercolor of a seated man in a green coat conversing with a woman in a pink dress before drapery and an armchair.

Illustration to Vanity Fair, Chapter 1: "Jos and Becky"

William Makepeace Thackeray, ca. 1848

Watercolor sketch of a woman in a blue shawl and a man in a top hat beside a street lamp, with a faint figure at left.

Design for an illustration to Vanity Fair (recto); Sketch of young woman (verso)

William Makepeace Thackeray, ca. 1847

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a plumed hat and fur-trimmed coat, turned to the right.

Anonymous portrait

Francesco Bartolozzi, ca. 1794-1802

Pen drawing of a piper and two onlookers in a pastoral field with cattle, framed by handwritten verse lines.

Why then begin..., illustration to "A Bucolick or Discourse of Neatherds"

Edwin Austin Abbey, ca. 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a man dancing with a woman in a cape while a crowd with torches watches.

The jovial monarch caught Mrs. Russell's hand in his, and proceeded to dance, illustration to "A Castle in Spain: A N…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1880-83

Pen drawing of a cobbled street with timber buildings, a woman and a man in tricorn hat walking, figures by a wall and a ship

The Sunday Walk, illustration to "Sally in Our Alley"

Edwin Austin Abbey, ca. 1886

Pen drawing of a stable with a horse over a stall, a man stirring a bucket, and a standing man with a pitchfork.

And none knew why he fed them both with his own hands, illustration to "Quince"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888