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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Etching of a ploughman guiding oxen past tall cypress trees, under a dramatic hatched sky with birds and distant hills.

The Early Ploughman, or Morning Spread Upon the Mountains

Samuel Palmer, begun before 1861

Pen and brown wash drawing of two women talking in an interior, one seated and one standing, with figures in a distant room.

Two Women Talking

Hans Weiner, late 16th-early 17th century

Etching of a vaulted stone interior with arches, a shell ornament, a hanging chain, and small figures on a walkway.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Etching of an imaginary prison with a wooden crane, steep staircases, chains, and tiny figures among massive stone walls.

The Well, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Etching of a vaulted prison interior with a hanging chain, wooden platform, railed walkways, and a group of figures.

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Etching of an overgrown ruined tomb with garlands, carved reliefs, rococo scrollwork and cypress trees under clouds.

The Tomb of Nero, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Watercolor title page with stone archway, classical urn column and overgrown trees, lettered Lea Castle plans and elevations.

Title Page to a Group of Plans, Elevations and Scenic Interiors of Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Containing a View of N…

John Carter, 1816

Watercolor elevation of a crenellated castle with towers, arched windows and a central gateway, in muted brown and grey tones

South Aspects of Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Great Court

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor elevation drawing of two castle facades with crenellated towers and ivy, labeled north and west aspects.

North Aspects of Lea Castle and West Aspect of Wolverly, Cookly, Worcestershire

John Carter, ca. 1816

Pen and ink study of ornamental scrollwork and garlands for a vault decoration, with faint pencil sketches at right.

Study for the Decoration of a Vault (recto); Faint Sketches of Ornamental Patterns (verso)

Mauro Antonio Tesi, mid-18th century

Etching of the Piazza del Popolo in Rome with a central obelisk, two domed churches, carriages and pedestrians.

The Piazza del Popolo (Veduta della Piazza del Popolo), from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Watercolor interior showing a woman in a pink gown reclining on a sofa in a striped room beside a flower vase.

Woman in Pink Reclining on a Canape

Theodore Lebrun, 1819

Pen and wash drawing of the Marriage at Cana banquet with seated guests, servants, musicians and stone water jars under an ar

Marriage at Cana

Andreas Goeding, 1619

Architectural elevation drawing of a multi-story facade with a central clock, arched iron gate, and balconied windows.

Elevation of the Façade of the Marché à la Volaille, Quai des Grands Augustins, Paris

Célestin-Joseph Happe, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a vaulted hall with armed attackers on the left, fallen bodies in the center, and a procession of mon

Three Scenes of the Assassination of Clerics

Augustin Braun, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of seated Jupiter handing a cup to standing Ganymede among clouds, with blue-grey tones and white highli

Jupiter and Ganymede

Johan Carl Loth, 1645-98

Pen and grey wash drawing of a plumed warrior reaching toward a reclining crowned figure in a heart-shaped drapery frame.

Alexander the Great and King Poros

Martin Altomonte, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bearded artist in a studio with a globe, palette, statue, and landscape painting.

The Artist in His Studio

Ruprecht Bartz, 1636

Pencil landscape drawing of a tree on a embankment overlooking a plain, with a distant tower on the horizon.

A View of the Roman Campagna with the Tiber near Torre Quinto

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1820

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with nude figure studies, a Bacchus-like youth with grapes, and several head studies.

Figure and head-studies (including Bacchus) (recto); four main figure studies repeated from the recto (verso)

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, 1745-1815

Pen and wash drawing of the Holy Ghost as a dove in radiating light, surrounded by angels and putti on clouds.

The Holy Ghost Surrounded by Angels

Hans Georg Asam, late 17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of Christ ascending among clouds, with angels, cherubs and kneeling apostles looking upward.

The Ascension of Christ

Hans Georg Asam, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of God the Father holding a globe, surrounded by cherubs and angel heads in a circle.

God the Father with the Globe

Hans Krumpper, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen and watercolor section of a Gothic cathedral nave with tall stained glass windows and a canopied throne decorated for a c

Cross Section of the Nave of Reims Cathedral, decorated for the Coronation of King Louis XVIII

Charles Percier, 1815

Colored elevation drawing of a Gothic cathedral wall with a blue draped royal box, gilded ornament, and seated kings in niche

Elevation of Reims Cathedral with the Royal Box for the Coronation of Louis XVIII

Charles Percier, 1815

Etching of a vast vaulted prison interior with arches, a staircase, a sawhorse, ladders and small workmen.

The Sawhorse, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Etching of a towering imaginary prison interior with stone arches, staircases, railed bridges and tiny figures in deep shadow

The Gothic Arch, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Etching of a vaulted prison interior with arches, staircases, hanging lanterns and two small figures beside a chain.

The Pier with Chains, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Hand-colored 1817 plan of the Bagatelle gardens by Pierre Lapie, with paths, ponds, a compass rose, and a watercolor vignette

Plan for the Garden of the Château de Bagatelle

Pierre Lapie, 1817

Pencil and wash design drawing of an ornate oval basket with lattice work, shell motifs, and claw feet on paper.

Design for a fruit or bread basket

Thomas Fletcher, ca. 1836-37