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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of five male heads and shoulders overlapping, one young figure in front, others bearded behind.

Group of Five Male Figures in Half-length

Stefano Della Bella, 1640-50

Three portraits possibly representing Camillo Graffico, Ercole Pedemonte and Antonio Carone

Ottavio Mario Leoni, ca. 1620-30

Brown ink and wash drawing of workers lifting stone blocks at a construction site while two men study a plan at right.

Building

Cesare Nebbia, 1536-1614

Caricature of men in hats leaning at a gallery rail, scrutinizing a painting on the wall, from Daumier's Le Public du Salon.

Artists Examining the Work of a Rival (Artistes en train d'examiner le tableau d'un rival), from Le Public du Salon,…

Honoré Daumier, May 14, 1852

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing a sword-bearing figure among robed onlookers in an architectural setting.

Left Third of a Martyrdom of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Antonio da Trento, 1508-ca. 1550

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man with bowed head reading a paper inscribed with ECCE DOMINUS.

Man Reading

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a crowded banquet in a colonnaded hall with courtiers, turbaned figures and servants.

The Banquet of Ahasuerus and Esther

Aurelio Lomi, 1600-17

Red chalk drawing of a young woman's head, eyes lowered, with curly hair drawn in flowing strokes.

The Head of a Young Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1605-1680

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with mourners supporting Christ's body beneath a tall cross.

Descent from the Cross

Pasquale Ottino, 1615-16

Brown ink and wash drawing of two kneeling saints below angels holding up a reliquary among clouds.

Two Male Saints Kneeling with Angels Holding a Reliquary

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1586-1630

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated vestal virgin holding a flaming lamp, gazing upward, with Latin inscription below.

Vestal Virgin

Giovanni Guerra, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of three men and a dog on a hill overlooking a walled city and distant sea with ships.

Three Men and a Dog on a Hill

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-1638

Pen and ink landscape with a large gnarled tree, a figure with a plaque, an arched bridge and a hilltop town.

Framed Landscape with a View of Castel Durante with a Figure Holding an Inscribed Plaque in the Foreground

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-38

Brown ink drawing of a Roman triumph: a bearded man in a chariot drawn by horses, with soldiers and a winged figure above.

Roman Triumph

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a theatrical sacred interior with arches, columns, a staircase, statues and floating putti.

Design for a Theatrum Sacrum

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash drawing of a classical stage set with arched colonnades, coffered ceilings, busts and armored figures.

Design for a Stage Set

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowded procession of robed and nude figures in a horizontal frieze.

Procession (left-hand portion of border below Sacrifice of Isaac, inlaid-marble pavement, Siena Cathedral)

Domenico Beccafumi, 1520-50

Pen drawing of brigands sorting loot by a treasure chest beneath a rocky cliff and tree.

Brigands: Design for an Engraving

Domenico Maria Fratta, 18th century

Sketch of a mustached man in a tight coat holding a top hat and cane in a bedroom, with a caption below.

"A Tight Fit"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1872

Pen and ink sketch of a farmer and wife in a yard with pigs, a horse, and a picket fence, with dialect caption below.

She was "Sorry She Spoke"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bedchamber with a canopy bed, a bishop with crozier, and women working nearby.

St. Nicholas and the Three Daughters of the Poor Gentleman

Jan Swart van Groningen, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a young soldier in a plumed hat, head resting on his hand, leaning on a table beside a sword hilt.

Soldier Resting his Head on his Elbow

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 18th century (?)

Pen and wash sketch of uniformed soldiers and civilians in a crowded room with a wall poster and a cap on the floor.

"The Soldier's Tear"-Old Song

Charles Samuel Keene, ca. 1879

Pen and ink drawing of a dining room with a seated woman, a man at a laden table, and a standing servant.

"So Considerate"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-91

Pen and ink sketch of a man seen from behind facing a small child gesturing in a scrubby field.

"A Reproof"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Pen and ink sketch of a boy handing a paper to a woman in a bustled dress on a city street with onlookers.

"Tract Distributor"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Pen and brown wash drawing of a wall design with two standing draped female figures in arched niches beside blank panels.

Design for Wall Decoration with Two Female Figures

Il Pomarancio, 16th century

Pen and ink sketch of men in overcoats and hats helping a stooped figure along a busy street.

"Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16, 1876)

Charles Samuel Keene, 1876

Pen and ink sketch of three people at an iron fence beside a notice board, two men in top hats and a woman with a basket.

"A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Sam Lovill, Porter at the Royal Academy

Edwin Landseer, ca. 1817-20