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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,710 works

Pencil landscape sketch of rolling hills, a ruined stone tomb on the right, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

View of the Appian Way

August Leopold Venus, 1866

Brown wash drawing of a friar in a dark habit preaching to a seated crowd, with a wooded landscape behind, in an arched frame

St. Vincent Ferrer Preaching

Alonso Cano, 1665

Watercolor and ink drawing of a woman in a long pale dress and large hat, with a crowd and windmill behind her.

A Parisienne Outside the Moulin de la Galette

Henry Somm, 1844-1907

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a large hat standing on a crowded city street among pedestrians.

A Parisienne on a Crowded Street

Henry Somm, 1844-1907

Watercolor elevation of a neoclassical library facade with columns, green doors, a book-filled pediment and a statue on top.

Study for the Astor Library, New York

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1843

Watercolor elevation of a columned neoclassical building with green doors and two figures in top hats at the entrance.

American Institute, New York City (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1834-35

Pencil and wash drawing of a valley with a rocky gorge, trees, and a hilltop town with church towers under distant mountains.

Landscape Near Tivoli

Carl Ludwig Frommel, 1800-1863

Pen and gray wash design with circular New Testament scenes framed by ornate scrollwork and an angel holding a banner.

Design for a Painted Glass with Scene from the New Testament

Christoph Murer, 1598

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man in a velvet cap and folded robe, holding a pen over a book.

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in historical dress

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1818-28

Sepia wash drawing of a high priest, a turbaned woman and a kneeling boy around a draped table on a pedestal.

A High-Priest, the Prophetess Anna (?) and a Kneeling Boy around a Table

Anton Kern, 1745

Pen and wash drawing of two women and three men gathered around a table, one man in a patterned orange robe, with a spaniel.

Two Women and Three Men Playing Cards

Johann Eleazar Zeissig, 18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of ancient warriors with mules and an oxcart passing large trees beside a carved stone monument.

Ajax in the Grave

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, ca. 1790-99

Sepia drawing of a wooded lake scene with three robed figures near the water and a weeping willow on the shore.

Arcadian Landscape with Three Figures at a Lake

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1792

Study for the Portrait of General Desaix

Andrea Appiani, ca. 1800

Sepia wash drawing of a Copenhagen harbor promenade with cannons, strollers, benches and ships on the water.

The Harbor of Copenhagen from the Esplanade between Langelinie Park and Toldboden or the Customs House

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1809

Pencil caricature of a standing man in a top hat and long coat, drawn loosely on pale paper, dated 1883.

Caricature of James McNeil Whistler

Carlo Pellegrini, 1883

Architectural elevation drawing of a Gothic chapel in Notre Dame with a central stained glass window and painted religious mu

Plan for the Renovation of a Chapel in the Nave of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1843

Grey wash drawing of an oval ornamental frame with laurel, a plumed helmet, sword, and books at its base.

Design for an Ornamental Frame

Pieter Tanjé, 18th century

Drawing of a bearded cavalier in a plumed hat seated backward on a chair, with a draped cloak and red stockings.

Seated Cavalier

Jean Baptiste Madou, mid-19th century

Brown wash drawing of a footed ewer with a scrolling handle ending in a lion mask and decorative leaf bands.

Drawing of a Ewer in Antique Style

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a footed tazza supported by two standing nudes, with a seated figure reading on the base.

Design for a Cup Supported by Standing Nudes with Standard of Seated Figure with Book and Bird

Jacopo da Empoli, 16th century

Ink and wash design drawing of a papal throne with draped canopy, columns, stepped dais, and a coffered ceiling below.

Design for a Papal Throne with Elevations and Sketch of Baldacchino Interior

Antonio Basoli, 1841

Pencil drawing of an ornate pilaster capital with a grotesque mask, scrollwork and fruit, above a panel with a bird.

Drawing after a XVIth-Century Marble Pilaster and Capital

Ignazio Dimino, 1886

Grey wash drawing of a seated woman, a kneeling figure with feathered headdress, two attendants, and an urn with garlands.

Allegorical Figures of the Four Continents

Teodoro Viero, 1783

Grey ink and wash drawing of a classical interior with coffered ceiling, relief friezes, and draped tables holding urns and s

Design for a Stage Set?:Interior of a Stateroom with Four Tables Displaying Urns and Tabernacles

Alessandro Sanquirico, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a seated bearded man gesturing toward a standing figure beside a stone column, with a sword on the fl

Marius at Minturnae

Jean Germain Drouais, 1812

Side view drawing of a red-wheeled landaulet carriage with a dark body and white folding top, labeled No. 3000.

Landaulet, #3000

Brewster & Co., 1874

Side-view design drawing of a dark blue landaulet carriage with blue spoked wheels and a white folding top.

Landaulet #3001

Brewster & Co., 1874

Side view drawing of a green and black landaulet carriage with orange spoked wheels on a light background.

Landaulet #3032

Brewster & Co., 1874

Side view drawing of a green and black landaulet carriage with spoked wheels and folding top, numbered 3065.

Landaulet #3065

Brewster & Co., 1874