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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,714 works

Grey and white wash drawing of Christ crowned with thorns by a standing soldier, with another figure at lower left, on blue p

Christ Being Crowned with Thorns

Karl Dankwart, ca. 1700

Graphite study of a bearded standing man in draped robes holding keys, with bare feet and an outstretched arm.

Study for the Figure of Saint Peter

Daniele da Volterra, ca. 1545

Male Nude

Giovanni Battista Lombardi, 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a walled river town with a castle, a sailing boat in the foreground, and rowboats on the water.

View of Lahnstein on the River Rhine

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1636

Pen and wash drawing of a sleeping duck beside a broken wheel and clay pot in a farmyard, with a chicken on a fence.

A Duck Sleeping near a Broken Wheel in a Farmyard, a Chicken beyond

Cornelis Saftleven, 17th century

Watercolor of a crested cockscomb plant with feathery purple flower heads and green leaves on a pale background.

Study of a Crested Cockscomb (Celosia argentea cristata)

Alida Withoos, late 17th century

Brown wash drawing of Diana embracing reclining Endymion in a forest, with a cupid, two dogs, and a glowing moon.

Diana and Endymion

Johann Heinrich Keller, 1700-1765

Pen and wash drawing of moored sailing boats on a calm river with distant hills and small animals on the left shore.

Tropical Coastal Landscape

Frans Post, 17th century

Kneeling Monk

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

Chalk drawing of a seated nude man with one arm raised to his head, resting on a block, on toned paper.

Seated Male Nude (recto); Male Nude Walking (verso)

Anselm Feuerbach, 1860-69

Watercolor landscape of a thatched farmhouse under large trees, with cows, sheep, a fence and a small pond in front.

Landscape with a Farmhouse

Adrianus de Visser, 1757-1837

Grey wash drawing of a rocky cave framing a distant hilly landscape, with two figures in hats on the rocks below.

The Caves of Acradina near Syracuse in Sicily

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1797

A Country Girl at Surrentum

Allan Ramsay?, September 1776

Pen and ink study of eleven heads showing bearded men, shouting faces and varied expressions on grey paper.

Study of Eleven Heads

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

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man melting wax at a brazier beside a nude winged youth, with a bust and shelves in the room.

Daedalus Forming the Wings of Icarus out of Wax

Franz Xaver Wagenschön, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a smiling young man in a wide-brimmed hat, ruffled collar and baggy breeches, standing in full length.

Study of a Standing Youth in a Hat

Dirck Hals, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin seated with the Christ Child, flanked by two saints, one bearded and one young.

Virgin and Child with Two Saints (recto); Fragmentary Design of a Pietà (verso)

Domenico Puligo, 1515-20

Watercolor of a mountain valley with a river, hilltop town, and travelers in traditional dress on a dirt road.

View of Lebanon, after an English Engraving and an Italianate motif of the Sabiner Mountains

Ernst Welker, 1837

Brown ink drawing of a rocky gorge with a small wooden bridge over a brook and two figures crossing.

Swiss mountain landscape with small bridge spanning a brook

Franz Schütz, 1751-81

Pen and grey wash drawing of a nude woman embracing a reclining man under a draped tree, with cupids and dogs nearby.

The Death of Adonis

Johann König, ca. 1625

Brown wash drawing of Apollo, muses, Pegasus, and cherubs on clouds, with a satyr in the foreground.

An Allegory Comparing Music and Poetry

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, 1740

Watercolor of a man in blue coat, pink sash and red embroidered cloak, wearing a feathered hat, labeled Institut No. 14.

A Member of the Institute

Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1798

A Justice of the Peace

Jean François Léonor Mérimée, ca. 1798-99

Full-length watercolor of a man in a purple judicial robe and cap holding a rolled paper, labeled Tribunal Criminel.

A Judge of the Criminal Court

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, ca. 1798-99

Pen and wash drawing of three nude women standing together, the central figure seen from behind, with draperies over their ar

The Three Graces

Sebastian Schütz, 1600-1631

Pen and watercolor drawing of a nude allegorical woman holding a painter's palette, beside a shield and a small horned figure

Allegory of Art

Joachim Lüchteke, 1595

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate fountain topped by a statue of St. Christopher carrying a child, beside a building.

Design for an Elaborate Fountain Surmounted by a Statue of St. Christopher; verso: Studies of Architectural Details

the Elder Wendel Dietterlin, 1550-99

Pen and wash drawing of armored cavalry charging in battle, with rearing horses, lances, banners and fallen soldiers.

Battle Scene

Hans Heinrich Waegmann, ca. 1611-14

Red chalk drawing of a standing youth in a wide-brimmed hat, buttoned coat and boots, one hand on his hip.

Study of a Standing Youth

Moses ter Borch, 17th century

Pencil study of a rearing horse held by a nude man on a stepped pedestal, with handwritten measurements in the margins.

Study for one of the 'Chevaux de Marly'

Guillaume Coustou the Elder, ca. 1740