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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,714 works

Red chalk drawing of a muscular bearded male nude standing in a twisting pose, shaded with hatched strokes on pale paper.

Standing Male Nude

Denys Calvaert, mid-16th-early 17th century

Colored drawing of two market women, one in a straw hat carrying a blue bucket, the other holding a basket of fish.

Two Market Women

Jacobus Perkois, 1789

Pen and grey wash drawing of armored soldiers with pikes in the foreground and marching troops near a tower on a mountain roa

Otto von Wittelsbach Liberates the Army from a Mountain Pass near Verona

Peter Candid, 1604

Grey wash drawing of a warrior carrying an older man on his back past a city burning with smoke and ruined arches.

Aeneas Rescues his Father from Burning Troy

Rudolf Meyer, 1627

Red chalk drawing of a bacchanal with reclining nude revelers, grapes, cherubs, and classical architecture beneath draped clo

Bacchanal

Adriaan van der Burg, early 18th century

Brown wash drawing of bearded Saint Peter with halo, holding two keys and a scroll, in a flowing draped robe.

Saint Peter

Ludolf Büsinck, 1610-69

Brown wash drawing of herdsmen with cattle and sheep by a pond, tall trees, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Herdsmen and Their Cattle

Jordanus Hoorn, 1785

Graphite sketch of Susanna and the Elders with a nude woman between two bearded men before classical columns.

Susanna and the Elders (recto); Architectural design and other scribbles (verso)

Giambattista Pittoni, ca. 1720

Ink and wash drawing of an old man with a goblet, a nude young woman beside him, and a woman pouring wine under a tree.

Lot and His Daughters (recto); Rocky Landscape with a Castle and Bridge (verso)

Hermann Weyer, ca. 1616

Black and white reproduction of a textile design with arching garlands of daisies, leaves and bell flowers on a dark ground.

Album of Drawings in Color for Waistcoats

Jean François Bony, 1780-1825

Cut paper botanical of red Monarda didyma flowers and green leaves on a black background with a handwritten label.

Monarda didyma/ Scarlet Lion's Tail

The Hon. Booth Grey, ca. 1791 (?)

Pencil study of a classical scene with nude youths, draped women embracing, and helmeted warriors around them.

Group of studies for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"

Joseph-Ferdinand Lancrenon, 1817

Drawing of peasants, a donkey, and sheep fording a stream beneath a large leaning tree with birds overhead.

Landscape with Peasants Fording a Stream

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1756

Sheet of anatomical leg studies in black and red chalk showing muscles and feet, by Eugène Delacroix.

Anatomical Studies of Legs

Eugène Delacroix, 1820-1863

Pen and wash drawing of priests carrying a domed chest past soldiers, with crumbling city walls and towers behind them.

The Fall of Jericho

Gerard van Groeningen, 1563-73

Study of Two Cows

Aelbert Cuyp, 17th century

Ink drawing on blue paper of a rocky landscape with gnarled roots, an owl on a dead tree, and a seated figure.

Rugged Moonlit Landscape with a Woman Seated by Gnarled Tree Roots, and an Owl

Ludwig Emil Grimm, 1833 (?)

Grey wash drawing of a herdswoman seated with a lamb among cattle, sheep and a donkey under a large tree.

A Herdswoman Seated Amongst Her Animals, with a Lamb in Her Arms

Dirck Van Bergen, 1690

Grey wash drawing of burdock, campion and bramble plants beside a tree trunk on a river bank.

Burdocks, Campions and Brambles by a Treetrunk on a River Bank

Joseph August Knip, early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, two figures by a small wooden bridge, and a hidden house.

Landscape with a House Hidden Between Trees and Two Men Near a Small Bridge

Franciscus Andreas Milatz, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor drawing of trees and sandy dunes with a winding path and tree stumps in the foreground.

A Wooded Landscape Near Beekhuizen

Andreas Schelfhout, 19th century

Red chalk drawing of a draped young woman seated on a cloud with outstretched arm, surrounded by smaller figure studies.

Young Woman on a Cloud with Three Figures (recto); Studies of an Old Man and a Hand (verso)

Francesco Furini, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with winged figures, a nude woman, and musicians among clouds under a sun

Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco

Francesco Albani, 1650-1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of a town square with a tiered fountain, a clock tower, a crowd, oxen and carts.

A View of the Piazza del Duomo, Messina, with the Fountain of Orion, the Cathedral to the right

Willem Schellinks, late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a crowded street before a colonnaded building, with figures, a horse, a dog and a tent.

An Italian City with a Crowd Watching Actors in an Outdoor Theater

Hendrik Verschuring, 1642-90

Graphite drawing of a woman's head turned upward with a wistful gaze, short wavy hair, on tan paper.

Head of a Woman Looking Up

Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, 1800-1862

Grey ink and wash drawing of ruined stone buildings and boulders on a rocky hillside under a pale sky.

View of Bomarzo

Horatius de Hooch, 17th century

Young Man and Old Woman

Jacob Matham, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a winged angel above a prone figure, with saints and a seated Christ figure in clouds above.

Saint Michael

Josef Christ, 1732-88

Grey wash drawing of a robed churchman among a crowd, with two flying cherubs above in an arched composition.

Saint Carl Borromäus

Melchior Steidl, late 17th-18th century