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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,714 works

Pen and ink drawing of a calm river with sailing boats, a rowboat with figures, and distant masts under an open sky.

River Scene with Boats

Simon de Vlieger, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of a cobbled street before a Gothic church with pedestrians, signboards and brick townhouses.

View of the Old Church of Amsterdam

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a classical hall chimney piece with a pediment, relief panel of figures, and female term supports.

Hall Chimney-Piece, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware, 1735

Architectural drawing of a coffered hall ceiling with a central coat of arms and an upper frieze of garlands and putti.

Hall Ceiling, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Isaac Ware, 1735

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man reclining on a couch surrounded by draped onlookers in a columned interior.

The Death of Seneca

Pierre Peyron, ca. 1773

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ before a seated figure on a platform, surrounded by soldiers and onlookers unde

Christ Before Pilate

Thomas Blanchet, ca. 1670-80

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated woman in drapery lighting a fire in a bowl on a tripod stand.

Woman Lighting a Sacrificial Fire

Claude Guy Hallé, n.d.

Watercolor design drawing of a cream and red sleigh with a swan-neck dashboard and rear rumble seat, labeled No. 3848.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3848

Brewster & Co., 1883

Ink and wash design drawing of a blue and black scrolled sleigh with a rumble seat, numbered 3811.

Currical Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3811

Brewster & Co., 1883

Pen and wash design for a ceiling with a central medallion of a seated female figure holding a celestial sphere.

Design for Ceiling with Allegorical Figure of Astronomy

Giovanni Battista Crespi, 1605-15

Pencil sketch of two nude male atlantes holding up an entablature, with faint grid lines on the sheet.

Two Atlantes in Conversation

Honoré Daumier, ca. 1855

Watercolor sketch of a sunrise with radiating rays through clouds above a river, trees, and distant ruins.

Landscape with rising sun, December 1, 1828, 8:30 a.m

Joseph Michael Gandy, 1828

Pen and ink study sheet of three seated male nude figures with raised arms, drawn in cross-hatched lines on tan paper.

Sheet of studies for "Ex Libris Victor Graf von Rex"

Otto Greiner, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of lovers in a wooded landscape, with hunters chasing animals toward a distant village.

Landscape with Lovers and Hunters

Adam van Noort, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a woman in a bonnet and long skirt standing beside a rush-seated wooden chair.

A Woman Standing next to a Chair

Nicolaas Muys, n.d.

Pencil drawing of cattle, goats and a herder with a hat beneath large trees in an open pastoral landscape.

Cattle and Figures in a Landscape

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-late 17th century

Brown wash drawing of dunes with thatched buildings, beached sailing boats, and horse carts on a sandy shore.

View of the Dunes at Scheveningen

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Brown wash drawing of ruined ancient walls and cypress trees on the Palatine Hill in Rome, with figures on a road.

View of the "Palazzo Maggiore" on the Palatine Hill, Rome

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a forest path lined with large trees and dense foliage, with a low fence visible on the left.

A Path in the "Haagse Bos", The Hague

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures and dogs at a brick table in a flat landscape with distant sailboats.

Elegant Party on the Tafelberg

Anthonie van Borssom, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of camels, travelers and a well on a road, with a towered hilltop castle in the background.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Lambert Doomer, 1696

Ink sketch of a veiled woman embracing a bearded man beside a camel and turbaned figures, with a building at right.

Isaac's Reception of Rebecca

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1660s

Brown wash drawing of a log mill with water wheel beside rocks and a river, with pine trees and two figures at left.

A Mill on Rocks in a River in Norway

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a reclining peasant propped on one elbow, glancing sideways, on grey paper.

A Reclining Peasant (recto); Study of a Young Man (verso)

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Drawing of a youth with two girls seated together, singing, with a potted plant and urn on a balustrade behind them.

A Youth and Two Girls Singing

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of robed figures gathered at an arched doorway beside a hilly landscape with a bathing figure.

Jacob Receiving Joseph's Blood-Stained Cloak (recto); Study of a Bearded Man and The Sacrifice of Isaac (verso)

Nicolaes Maes, ca. 1653

Brown ink wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with a kneeling elder, a mother and child, oxen, and a crowd.

The Adoration of the Magi

Nicolaes Maes, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river village with wagons on a road, thatched houses, moored boats and a distant church spire.

River Landscape with Wagons on a Road near a Village

Joos de Momper the Younger, 1586-1631

Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds and angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Hans Rottenhammer, ca. 1595-1606

A Hungarian Horseman

Roelant Savery, late 16th-mid 17th century