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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,714 works

Black and red chalk drawing of a robed male figure looking upward, hand raised at his chest, mounted in a decorative border.

Deacon Saint (Stephen or Lawrence)

Jacopo Confortini, ca. 1640-50

Caryatid Facing Right

Pirro Ligorio, mid-16th Century

Caryatid Facing Left

Pirro Ligorio, mid-16th century

Ink and wash drawing of an ornamental arch with a round landscape medallion, winged figure, mask, and scrollwork.

Decoration over an Arch with a Landscape Scene in a Round Compartment

Gaetano Galdi, 1770

Graphite drawing on tan paper with white highlights showing a draped seated figure above and folded cloth below.

Drapery Study

Alfred Rethel, 1816-59

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hilltop Roman town with rooftops and a dome, framed by a large tree at left.

View of Rome

Willem van Nieulandt II, n.d.

Brown watercolor of a stone arch bridge and waterfall on a rocky mountain road, with travelers and pack animals.

Devil's Bridge toward the Gothard Mountain in Switzerland

Franz Xaver Triner, 1785-1824

Brown wash drawing of a mountain lake with rocky slopes, a stone hut, grazing cattle, and a small boat.

View of Oberalp Lake

Franz Xaver Triner, late 18th-19th century

Dark painting of a winged angel wrestling a man beneath a large twisted tree in an arched forest scene.

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

Eugène Delacroix, 1850

Drawing of Bacchus with vine crown and jug beside an urn, with putti and a seated woman among grapevines and a tree.

Arcadian Scene with Bacchus

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

The Frigate Rotha

Carl Dahl, 1812-65

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a resting stag beneath large trees among rocks, with distant hills.

Italian Landscape with Trees, Rocks and a Resting Deer

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1824

Grey-wash drawing of a dense forest with tall trees, a winding path, and a small house half hidden among trunks.

View of a Forest

Joris van der Haagen, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a barefoot fisherman in a tricorn hat carrying a net, with a boat on the shore behind him.

A Fisherman Pulling a Net

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1774

Drawing of a man approaching a wounded woman by classical ruins, with a flying cupid, dogs, and tall trees.

Silvio Approaches Dorinda whom He Has Wounded with an Arrow (Il Pastor Fido, act IV, scene 8)

Richard van Orley, ca. 1700

Grey wash drawing of Christ on a cross appearing above a kneeling monk, with angels, putti and watching saints on steps.

Christ Appearing to St. Bernard

Johann Georg Wolcker, 1700-1766

Grey ink and wash drawing of tall trees and a sunlit forest path with two small figures in the distance.

Woodland Scene

Pieter George Westenberg, 1819

Grey wash drawing of two large twisting trees by a river, with a reclining man, a dog, and walking hikers in the distance.

Riverscape with Hikers and a Dog

Heinrich Theodor Wehle, late 18th-early 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of a rocky stone arch framing ruins on a hill, with three men in a cave below.

Mountainous Landscape with Ruins of a Castle and Three Men in a Cave, Seen through a Stone Gate

Johann Caspar Huber, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil drawing of a large tree over a ruined stone archway, with two figures on a path and a distant church spire.

Mother and Child Praying at a Roadside Shrine

Eduard von Steinle, 1859

Pencil drawing of a flat river landscape with men and buffalo, a boat, a ruined tower, and distant hills.

Italian Landscape with the Tiber River and Men with Cattle and a Boat

Friedrich Preller the Elder, 1873

Pen and ink drawing of a rocky landscape with a waterfall, a lake, dense trees on cliffs, and two small figures.

Rocky Landscape with a Lake

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1749-1822

Sepia wash drawing of a mountain brook with boulders, a fallen log, and conifer and deciduous trees.

Mountainous Landscape with a Brook

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, early 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a robed churchman raising a host before clergy, with a kneeling crowd and a town gate behind.

Saint Bernard presenting the host to Guillaume X, duc de Guyenne

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Pen and ink landscape drawing of the Holy Family resting with an angel and a donkey beneath large trees and a palm.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (recto); The Arch of Titus, Camp Vaccino (verso)

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a woodland stream tumbling over rocks and a small waterfall, framed by tall trees and ferns.

Woodland Scene with Mountain Stream

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1790s

Pen drawing in an oval frame of a hilly landscape with a palm tree, ruined buildings, a hilltop castle and two figures.

Vertical Oval Vignette of a Mountainous Landscape with Two Shepherds in the Foreground

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, late 17th century

Oval drawing of an arcaded palace interior with two figures and a distant craggy mountain seen through an arch.

Vertical Oval Vignette of A Palace Interior with Two Figures Admiring Decoration; a Craggy Mountain Seen Through a Wi…

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, late 17th century

Pen and gray wash design for a trompe l'oeil ceiling with Ionic columns, scrollwork, cherubs and a statue of Victory.

Design for a Quarter of a Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling with Architecture in the Ionic Order and a Statue of Victory

Vittorio Maria Bigari, ca. 1710-40

Pencil drawing of nine classical women with musical instruments on a rocky slope beside a winged horse.

The Muses on Parnassus

Pieter de Grebber, 17th century