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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,710 works

Brown ink drawing of women gathered around a nude statue beneath trees, with winged figures in the sky and a lute in the fore

The Challenge of the Pierides, from Ovid's Metamorphosis (Book V: 294-678)

Karel van Mander I, 16th-17th century

Chalk drawing of Bacchus seated with a cup, a reclining nude Ariadne, a putto and satyrs among grapevines in a wooded setting

Bacchus and Ariadne

Jean Hughes Taraval, 18th century

Drawing of a draped grey cloth with soft folds, shaded in black chalk and highlighted in white on blue-grey paper.

Study of Drapery

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, ca. 1813

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall in a wooded landscape, with a mother and child seated on a rock at lower left.

Landscape with Waterfall and a Mother and Child

Johann Peter Beer, 1800

Portrait of Julius Olivier, the Artist's Son

Friedrich von Olivier, 1846

Pen drawing of the risen Christ with a banner rising above tumbling soldiers, with a tomb in the upper left.

The Resurrection

Bernard van Orley, early 16th century

Watercolor botanical study of a red catchfly with blue and red flowers, green leaves and a branching stem on pale paper.

Study of a red catchfly (Lychnis hirsuta)

Herman Saftleven, 1680

Grey wash allegory: a seated woman with brushes is crowned by a putto, flanked by a woman and a man with a compass.

An Allegory of the Arts with Isis and Geometry Attending the Three-headed Figure of Painting and Sculpture, a Putto C…

Erasmus Quellinus, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical frontispiece design with an empty oval cartouche, figures, a coat of arms and a ship.

Design for a Frontispiece with an Allegory of Brazil

Ottmar Elliger the Younger, late 17th-mid-18th century

Watercolor study of insects and a fungus cluster with moss and a horsetail stalk on a pale background.

Various Insects by a Fungus

Rochus van Veen, 1681

Grey wash drawing of massive stone arches framing distant buildings and a ruined structure among shrubs.

View of the Baths of Caracalla (?) in Rome

Daniël Dupré, late 18th-early 19th century

Monochrome drawing of a storm over a waterfall, with a windblown tree, rocky bank, small figures and a distant tower.

Stormy Landscape

Hendrik Meijer, 1776

Pen and ink drawing on blue paper of a bearded reclining male figure in drapery within an oval frame.

Saint Augustus

Georg Anton Urlaub, 1713-59

Bearded Man

Christoph Joseph Werner, 1690

Pencil drawing of carts and oxen on a road beside walls and buildings, with a domed church on a hill, Madrid outskirts.

View of the Outskirts of Madrid

Fritz Bamberger, 1857

Three graphite and white chalk studies of a man in a tall hat and uniform on blue paper.

Three studies on a man on a saddle

Wilhelm von Kobell, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor of a stone tower, village houses, a covered wagon on a road, and a castle ruin on a hill.

View of Weinheim on the River Neckar

Carl Philipp Fohr, 1800-1818

Grey monochrome drawing of a dusky landscape with streaked clouds, dark trees at left and a distant tree line.

Coastal Landscape

Anton Melbye, mid-19th century

Standing Man

Johann Christian Reinhart, late 18th-19th century

Watercolor botanical study of pink dianthus, blue sweet peas and two blue scabious flowers on a dark grey background.

Study of Three Flowers

Johann Christian August Birnbaum, 1781

Pen and wash drawing of a saint on a grill over fire, with soldiers, a seated ruler, and angels above.

The Maryrdom of Saint Lawrence

Rombout Eynhoudts, early 17th-mid 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a ruined stone tower with an arch, two small figures at lower right, hills and river behind.

Landscape with a Ruined Tower and Two Figures

Martin von Molitor, 1794

Red chalk portrait drawing of a heavyset man with wavy hair, white collar and dark coat, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Portrait of a Clergyman or a Jurist (?)

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of rocky hills with shrubs, a shepherd with a staff, a tree and grazing cattle under a cloudy sky.

Landscape in Saxony

Carl August Richter, late 18th-19th century

Pencil studies on cream paper of seated male figures, including a nude man with a raised arm and clothed bearded men.

Studies of a Seated Bearded Man

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, mid-19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a robed figure raising a young woman on a bed while an elderly man and a woman look on.

The Raising of the Daughter of Jairus

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1873

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a young woman in a headscarf and shawl leaning on a jar beside a basin, on blue paper.

Study of a Roman Woman

Konstantin Johannes Franz Cretius, 1841

Brown wash drawing of figures on a path under tall trees, with a town and bay visible in the distance.

Figures in a Grove above the Bay of Naples

Jakob Wilhelm Hüber, 1820

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate urn with cherubs and a mask relief on a tall pedestal with a swag.

Design for a Tomb with an Urn

Johann Gottfried Schadow, late 18th-19th century

Study drawing of the Trinity and saints around the Sacred Hearts, with kneeling clerics, a ship at sea, and a rococo frame.

A Study for a Frontispiece: The Trinity and Saints surrounding the Sacred Hearts of Christ and the Virgin Mary, a Coa…

Vitus Felix Rigl, 1743-79