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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,711 works

Watercolor landscape of a stream, shepherd with cattle, wooded hills, and a hilltop building under clouds.

Licenza, near Rome: Horace's Villa

William Havell, ca. 1828-29

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged and draped allegorical figures above a skull on a tomb.

Allegorical Design for a Tomb

André Lebrun, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of the Virgin and infant Christ ascending on clouds above arches and small figures.

The Assumption of the Virgin with the Five Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary

Georg Pecham, late 16th-early 17th century

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of nude and draped female figures among trees in a woodland scene.

Diana and Callisto

Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann, 1725-61

Pen and ink design for a circular platter with woven lattice field, floral border and central cartouche.

Design for a platter

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen and ink study with white highlights showing soldiers, a horse, and a crouching man around a stone block.

Historical Scene (Composition Study for Chapelle de Guise)

Niccolò dell' Abate, 16th century

Pen drawing of the Annunciation: a praying Virgin seated in a gothic arcade as an angel with a lily branch approaches.

The Annunciation

Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, 1808-62

Grey wash drawing of an armored infantryman in a helmet drawing a long sword, with white highlights on the armor.

An Infantryman Drawing his Sword

Jacob Matthias Weyer, 1640-91

Watercolor sheet of butterflies, moths, a green dragonfly, and beetles scattered on a pale background.

Insects, Butterflies, and a Dragonfly

Jan van Kessel, 1662

Pen and grey wash sheet of figure studies, with a seated official questioning two turbaned men at a table in the lower right.

Figure Studies, Including Scenes of Interrogation

Honoré Daumier, ca. 1860

Watercolor drawing of a canopied chariot procession with bishops, horses, and flying angels in a forest setting.

The Triumph of the Church: Ecclesia Presented with the Doctrines, Seated in a Chariot Attended by the Four Doctors of…

Otto van Veen, 1615-20

Pen and wash drawing of a narrow rocky gorge with figures on ledges and a rowing boat on the water below.

Figures Boating in a Gorge near Sorrento

Daniël Dupré, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a boy in a tricorn hat resting his cheek on his hand, leaning on draped fabric.

Portrait of a Boy

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1720-75

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling king, horses, and an architectural backd

The Adoration of the Magi

Antonio da Correggio, ca. 1517

Pen and ink frieze design with a reclining nude man, a female figure, scrolls and a small unicorn head.

Design for a Frieze: A Nude Man, Sea Creature, a Garland and Volutes, Small Head of Unicorn

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1600-30

Pencil sketches of seven sculptures on pedestals, including reclining nudes, draped figures and an embracing pair.

Sketches of seven sculptures: The Four Seasons, Venus and Adonis, a Beggar, and Salmacis

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil sketches of sculptural figures on tracing paper: a seated woman with a dog, two seated figures, and a woman with a chi

Sketches of seven statues: Faith, Paolo and Francesca di RImini, Charity, Ceres, Heavenly Venus, Dancer, and Sleeping…

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil sketch of a classical statue of Venus holding drapery, standing on a rocky pedestal, with an Italian caption below.

Sketch of a statue: Venus Entering the Bath

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen sketches of five classical statues including a standing youth labeled Amore, a bearded draped figure, and reclining putti

Sketches of five statues: Love, Aristides, Putto with a Cat, Psyche, and Putto with a Dog

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil sketch of a statue of a winged guardian angel with a child leaning against her, standing on a plinth.

Sketch of a statue: Guardian Angel

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen drawing of a sarcophagus design with a winged figure, a mourning figure, and an hourglass with wings above.

Design for a sarcophagus with two mourning figures

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen and ink sketch of two draped classical female statues on pedestals, one wearing a floral wreath, numbered 22 and 23.

Sketch of two statues: Ballerinas by Canova

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen sketches of six sculptures on pedestals, including a kneeling Magdalen, a winged angel, a boxer, and a Madonna with child

Sketches of six statues: Magdalen by Canova, Divine Love by Bienaimé, Praying Angel, Boxer by Canova, Trust in God by…

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil sketches of three classical statues on numbered plinths: Diana, a nymph, and Cupid and Psyche, with handwritten notes.

Sketches of three statues: Diana, Nymph Bathing and Cupid and Pysche

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Sketch of a statue: Bacchante by Bartolini

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pen sketch of a seated nude statue with a lyre, beside a pedestal elevation and scale bars.

Sketch of a statue: Nymph (or Nymph of the Rhine) by Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler

Franz Xaver Schwanthaler, ca. 1850

Sketch of Three Vases

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil drawing of a classical ceiling panel with acanthus scrolls, a central rosette, and corner flower roundels.

Classical Ceiling Moldings with Floral Ornament

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Red chalk drawing of classical molding with acanthus foliage and a large rosette with a central flower.

Classical Molding with Floral Elements

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pencil drawing of a nude winged boy in a helmet centered among acanthus scrolls, flowers and vines in a framed panel.

Antique Roman Sculpture with Nude Winged Boy at the Center and Leaves and Vines

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79