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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Pencil sketch of classical female figures with flowing drapery and radiating light lines above cloud forms.

Morning: Pope's Odyssey, Book 12 (recto); Study for the final drawing (verso)

John Flaxman, 1792

Pencil drawing of Night and Sleep under a starry sky, with Jupiter in a chariot above, by John Flaxman.

Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter - "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven),…

John Flaxman, 1793

Pencil drawing of two armored warriors fighting with spear and shield beside a winged archer drawing a bow.

Illustration for "Seven Chiefs Against Thebes" (recto); Studies of Figures (verso)

John Flaxman, ca. 1794

Pen and ink drawing of two bearded seated figures with haloed heads and winged putti holding a tablet and scroll.

Decorative Group

Federico Zuccaro, 16th century

Pen and wash sketch of a kneeling woman embracing a standing figure in draped robes, with faint tree and figure studies at ri

Sheet of studies with female figure kneeling and embracing standing figure

John Flaxman, 1775-1826

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in a robe gesturing toward a bound nude figure on a balcony, with onlookers and steps b

Ecce Homo

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Etching of a procession with horsemen and a carriage on a tree-lined road, smoke rising from gunfire, and a crowd of spectato

Entry of the Count of Thurn and Taxis into Hemissen

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1651

Engraved crowd of people in top hats and bonnets watching fireworks burst over trees on a night sky.

Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XII)

Winslow Homer, July 11, 1868

Monochrome print of a woman in a pale gown beside a pillar, with a chandelier and rows of lamps in a dark café interior.

Mademoiselle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris

Edgar Degas, 1877-78

Portrait of a man

Thomas Frye (, 1760

Engraving of an ornate baroque altar structure with a crowned Virgin on clouds, angels, saints, and skulls.

Il Fuoco Trionfante...della Traslatione della Miracolo...La Madona Del Fuoco...li xx di Ottobre MDCXXXVI

Floriano dal Buono, 1637

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man seen from behind, arms raised and extended, legs apart in a dynamic pose.

Standing Nude Man (recto); Three Studies of Soldiers (verso)

Taddeo Zuccari, 1550

Brown wash drawing of a mounted rider and procession before a city with towers and a harbor with a sailing ship.

Study for the Armistice between King Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V, fresco in the Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Standing Beggar

Jan Both, 17th century

Graphite drawing of a wooded landscape with a standing man, seated woman, dog, fence and small cottage.

Landscape with Figures

George Frost, 18th or early 19th century

Watercolor woodland scene of a peasant leading a horse and cart along a forest path beside a pond.

Woodland Scene with a Peasant, a Horse, and a Cart

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1760

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a white gown with red ribbons walking hand in hand with a child in blue ribbons.

Woman and Child

Kate Greenaway, 1883

Pencil portrait of a young man with curly hair, white collar and pink plaid cravat, on an octagonal tan sheet.

Portrait Head

George Henry Harlow, 1816

Red chalk drawing of many overlapping caricatured heads showing varied grimacing and shouting expressions.

Sheet of Studies of Heads

William Hogarth

Pencil sketch of a woman with long hair, head bowed, with faint figure studies beneath her on pale paper.

Head of a man and figure studies (recto). Minotaur with a maiden (verso)

Theodor Richard Edward von Holst, 1835-44

Sketch of a seated woman in flowing drapery, head resting on her hand beside a stone wall, in graphite on toned paper.

Study of a Seated Woman

John Hoppner, 1778-1810

Etched frontispiece with a winged figure striding over a Latin dedication panel while a screaming man recoils below.

Frontispiece for "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Watercolor drawing of a standing young man in a white turban and long cream cloak, against a soft blue and beige wash.

Son of the Tunisian Ambassador

Ozias Humphry, 1780

Bearded Man in Oriental Costume

Ozias Humphry, ca. 1780

A warrior facing left wearing a plumed hat and holding a cane, from "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Red chalk and ink drawing of Saint John the Baptist before Herod and Herodias, with soldiers and an arched doorway behind.

Saint John the Baptist before Herod and Herodias

Morazzone, 16th century

Grey wash drawing of a bearded robed figure preaching to helmeted soldiers beneath trees and clouds.

Saint John the Baptist (?) Preaching to a Group of Soldiers

Giovanni Battista Trotti, 16th century

Etching of a turbaned man hauling a net while two figures sit behind him on rough ground under a cloudy sky.

A man pulling a net with two figures behind him, from "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Etching of a man leaning on a staff beside a seated boy and an older man in a cap, set on rocky ground.

Two men sitting and another man holding a staff kneeling on a rock, from "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate temporary monument with winged figures, banners, and trophies on a rocky base.

Temporary Structure in Celebration of the Birth of the Duc de Bourgogne (August 6, 1682)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1650-1700