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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Thomas standing barefoot in a long cloak beside a carpenter's square and tools.

Saint Thomas

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527

Circular drawing of an old bearded man by a hearth as a boy blows on the fire, with a street scene visible outside.

December: And Old Man Seated by a Hearth with a Young Man Blowing on the Fire

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, late 16th-mid 17th century

Drawing of a mustached man in a ruffled collar and embroidered doublet, within an oval frame with painter's tools below.

Portrait of the Painter François Gysels

David Bailly, ca. 1620-30

Grey wash drawing of a bearded armored warrior with a banner, with battle scenes and horsemen behind him.

Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah

Crispijn van den Broeck, 16th century

Pen and brown ink sheet of figure studies, nude bodies, a winged putto and ornamental scrolls, by Vincenzo Tamagni.

Sheet of Figure Studies and Ornamental Motifs (recto and verso)

Vincenzo Tamagni, 1520-30

Brown ink drawing of an armored warrior standing beside a robed figure holding up a cloth, with a rocky landscape behind.

David Showing Saul the Tip of His Coat

Ferdinand Bol, 1636-41

Portrait of Honoré Daumier

Étienne Carjat, 1861

Pen and ink drawing of a lamentation scene with Christ's body on the ground and many mourning figures in period dress.

The Lamentation

Jan de Beer, ca. 1500-20

Drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ child, shepherds, oxen and a ruined stone structure.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Aertgen van Leyden, early 16th-mid 16th century

Oval pencil drawing of a young woman in a bonnet beside a metal milk churn and rose bush, with a tree behind her.

Perrette, ou la petite laitière

Montbrian De Chateauvieux, 1786

Ink drawing of a standing soldier in a tricorn hat holding a musket with bayonet, on a rocky ground, brown ink on tan paper.

Standing Soldier

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1812-45

Ink and wash elevation of a long classical monument with colonnades, a central pyramid roof, and domed end pavilions.

Elevation of a Monument

Jean Jacques Huvé, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a draped female figure holding a fluted bowl overhead as a torchère on an ornate pedestal.

Design for a Torchère

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, ca. 1770-90

Pen and ink sketch sheet with horses, riders, elephants, an ox and two dancing figures, with handwritten notes.

Various Studies

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen and ink sketch of a convalescent in a canopy bed attended by visitors in a room with a clock and folding screen.

The Convalescent

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen and ink drawing of hunters and hunting dogs gathered in a crowded interior hung with game and filled with pottery.

Departure for the Hunt

Rodolphe Bresdin

Colored design with Virgin and Child in clouds above a landscape scene, framed by an ornate blue patterned border.

Design for a Stained Glass Window

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen and ink sketch of crowded figures, horsemen, a camel, dogs and a walled city on an arched sheet.

Sketches of Classical or Biblical Figures

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen and ink drawing of mounted warriors with spears moving through a narrow mountain pass between steep rock walls.

Warriors in a Mountain Pass

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of armed riders and figures under a cloudy sky, with skeletal remains in the foreground.

After the Battle

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen drawing of travelers with a child and donkey in a rocky landscape with skulls in the foreground and hills beyond.

Flight to Egypt

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen drawing of a cluttered peasant kitchen with a standing woman, a seated man, a dog, and fish hanging from the rafters.

Peasants' interior with spinner

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1860

An Aga of the Janizaries

Robert Blyth, July 19, 1779

Ink sketch of a mounted rider in a fur hat with a lance, leading a column of horsemen across open ground.

Muscovite Rider

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen and ink sketch of riders on galloping horses chasing across a hilly landscape under clouds.

The Hunt

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pen and wash drawing of the crowned Christ displayed before soldiers and a crowd under a classical arcade.

Ecce Homo

Hans von Aachen, ca. 1590-1600

Engraving of a frightened naiad recoiling from a lion-headed fountain beside a palm tree and cypresses.

The Frightened Naïad (Une naïade échevelée recule d'efroi à la vue d'un lion)

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1740

Colored architectural plan of a symmetrical menagerie with a central pool, domed pavilion, colonnades and curved exedrae in p

Plan for a Menagerie

Charles Percier, ca. 1783

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of flowers and curling rocaille scrolls in a diagonal decorative design.

Design with Flowers and Rocaille Ornaments

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, ca. 1760

Charcoal drawing on grey paper of a woman's head and shoulders with heavy drapery and one arm extended to the right.

Half-Length Figure of a Woman with Outstretched Arms

François-Claudius Compte-Calix