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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,710 works

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with a bearded cleric holding grapes, with hatched drapery.

Virgin and Child with a Cleric

Hans Burgkmair, ca. 1503-05

Black chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, head bowed, with a drapery falling beside him.

Standing Male Nude

Franz August Myldorfer, 1754

Brown wash drawing of children in turbans and oriental dress beside a waterfall, stone pedestal with cherubs, and a tree stum

Landscape with Children in Oriental Costume

Tiberius Dominikus Wocher, 1773

Brown wash drawing of a river valley with a village, church tower, forested hills, tall spruce trees and small boats.

View of Bad Schandau at the River Elbe with the Winterberg

Adrian Zingg, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor of an ornate villa with turrets, a carriage and horses on the road, a garden, and hills behind.

View of a Swiss Villa

Rudolf von Alt, 1896

Pencil drawing of a rocky coast with a sailboat, rowboats, a stone wall, a tree-lined road and a distant hilltop town.

View of the Coast of Sorrento Near Vico

Carl Wilhelm Goetzloff, 1820-66

Red chalk drawing of a ruined timber barn, a tree, a broken fence and a hen on bare ground.

The Bee and the Hen

Bernhard Rode, 1724-97

Brown ink drawing of a penitent woman with long hair seated by a skull in a rocky cave, with a pencil study beside it.

The Penitent Magdalene

Adriaen van der Werff, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of two washerwomen by a rustic hut with hanging laundry, a wooden tub, and a tree.

Washerwomen in Front of a Cottage

Johann Georg Wille, 1769

Charcoal and chalk self-portrait of a man with curly hair staring directly forward against a gray background.

Self-Portrait

Andre-Jacques-Victor Orsel, ca. 1815-20

Pencil drawing of a young girl with hair pinned up, looking downward, with loosely sketched blouse folds.

Portrait of a young girl

Edward Burne-Jones, 1866-80

Pen and ink drawing of two nude figures in a forest with a winged horse rearing among trees and clouds.

Fantasy

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1824-98

Drawing of a seated young woman in white dress sketching under a tree beside a distant landscape.

Portrait of a Seated Young Lady Drawing under a Tree

Firmin Massot, late 18th-19th century

Portrait of a Young Lady Drawn in Left Profile

Henry Fuseli, ca. 1778-79

Watercolor of snowy alpine peaks and glaciers with a hiker and goats on a rocky grassy slope under blue sky.

View of the Massif of Mont Blanc near the "Petit Jorasse, Grand Jorasse, le Géant" with the "Glaciers des Périades et…

Jean Antoine Linck, late 18th-19th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man with wind-blown hair and flowing drapery, study for a figure.

Study for the Figure of Aeolus

Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1549-51

Brown ink and wash drawing of a forest scene with tall trees, a fallen log over a rocky stream, and a grassy bank.

Ugbrooke, Devon

John White Abbott, July 17, 1809

Watercolor of ruined Gothic arches of an abbey with a grazing cow, fallen stones and a tree against a cloudy sky.

The east end of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

John Sell Cotman, 1803

Watercolor of a hilltop castle across tidal sands, with two walking figures and boats under a cloudy sky.

Harlech Castle across the Traeth Mawr

John Varley, 1800-42

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman, an older man, and a cherub beside a chest, with handwritten text above.

An Allegory

Adam Gutmann, 1598

Grey wash drawing of two draped women, one comforting the other with a hand on her shoulder, beside a small fire.

Two women grieving

John Flaxman, 1779-1810

Drawing of the nude Farnese Hercules leaning on a club, rendered in black chalk and white highlights on blue paper.

The Farnese Hercules

Pieter van Lint, 1639

A Male Teal

Johann Jakob Walther, mid-17th century

Soft-toned drawing of a woman with upswept hair and a hoop earring, head turned to the right against a dark background.

Portrait of a woman, her head turned to the right, wearing an earring

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1770-72

Pen-and-ink drawing of a blacksmith running off with a raven as a bearded figure leaps from a rock.

The Blacksmith Chooses Ye Raven and Runs Away With It, for "The Wonder Clock"

Howard Pyle, 1887

Ink and wash drawing of Juno on a chariot above a reclining woman and bearded river god with a peacock and putti.

Juno on Her Chariot Visiting a Young Woman and a Rivergod

Richard van Orley, late 17th-mid 18th century

Blue-toned drawing of travelers and a dog on a path near a rocky cliff, trees, and a stone house.

A landscape with travelers, a ruined building and a fortified town

Adriaen Fransz. Boudewijns, mid-17th-early 18th century

Watercolor drawing of a hunting party with dogs and horsemen beside a castle on a hill and village houses.

Landscape with a Hunting Party

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 19th century

Pencil drawing of a warrior carrying a woman as a horse, soldiers and a child appear in a dramatic scene.

The Rape of the Sabines

Willem van Mieris, late 17th-mid 18th century

Watercolor landscape of a windmill with red sails beside a cottage and tree under dramatic clouds.

A Mill Near Colchester

John Constable, 1833