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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Pen and white-heightened drawing of nymphs dancing in a circle in a wooded glade, with seated musicians at the edges.

Dancing Nymphs in a Glade

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and white-heightened drawing on blue paper of Niobe's children being struck by arrows, with horses and a temple in the ba

Death of Niobe and Her Children

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Drawing of Perseus holding Medusa's head amid fallen warriors in a columned palace hall, with a banquet at left.

Fight Between Perseus And Phineus in the Palace of Cephus

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Red chalk drawing of two draped prophets, one standing with a scroll and one seated reading, with a figure gesturing behind.

The Prophets David and Daniel

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1601-2

Pen and gray wash drawing of a canal with a wooden hut, a fisherman with a rod, a rowboat, and trees.

Canal Landscape with a Fisherman

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Engraving of a fortune teller reading the palm of a seated woman beneath a large tree, with onlookers and a small dog nearby.

The Fortune Teller and the Lady

Jacob de Gheyn II, ca. 1608

Pencil drawing of a cottage among trees, with a man and dog crossing a wooden footbridge at right.

House among Trees, at Right Man and Dog on a Footbridge

Jacob van Ruisdael, 17th century

Graphite study of three standing men in long cloaks, one holding a torch and others holding hats, on pale paper.

Study of Figures: an Old Man Holding a Hat and Facing Forwards, and a Young Man Holding a Torch and a Hat, seen from…

Antoine Sallaert, n.d.

Drawing of a man in a cap playing a violin with head tilted back, beside a jug on a stool.

Man Playing The Violin

Hendrick Sorgh, 1645

Etched portrait of a young man with curly hair, dark coat and cravat, signed by Félix Bracquemond, 1893.

Portrait of Théodore Chassériau

Félix Bracquemond, 1893

Pen and brown wash drawing of a horse-drawn covered carriage on a road beside a leaning tree and a horseman.

Carriage In A Landscape

Gérard ter Borch, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat handing a letter to a woman beside a tree on a cobbled street.

Scene From A Comedy

Jacob Buys, 1740-1801

Chalk drawing of a young woman with curled hair, lace collar and pearl ornament, shown head and shoulders on grey paper.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Wallerant Vaillant, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded street with figures, a statue on a pedestal, and a hanging banner.

Emblematic Scene

Otto van Veen, 1607 or before (?)

Pen and ink wash drawing of peasants in hats and cloaks gathered in conversation, one man seated on a mound.

Peasants

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a three-masted warship at anchor with smaller ships on calm water.

Dutch Men of War at Anchor

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a large Dutch warship under sail in choppy sea, with smaller boats nearby.

Dutch Men Of War

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of becalmed sailing boats on calm water with a figure holding a long pole on a sandbank.

Boats Becalmed

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman, a man in a plumed hat, a skeleton behind a curtain, and a child on a tiled floor.

To Each His Own Pastime (Elck Sijn Tijt-Verdrijff)

Adriaen van de Venne, ca. 1632 (?)

Grey wash drawing of a coastal dune landscape with figures, horses, a sailing boat, and a ruined building.

Landscape with Figures

Hendrik Verschuring, 1642-90

Pencil drawing of cows grazing in a flat landscape with a herdsman, sheep, trees and distant windmills under a cloudy sky.

Cows in a Landscape

Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, 19th century

Engraving of a dying muscular man on a bed, a spirit rising above him, a woman mourning and a figure covering their face at r

Death of the Strong Wicked Man, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake, March 1, 1813

Gray wash drawing of a seated woman in a dark gown, white collar and lace cap, hands folded in her lap.

Portrait of a Lady

Cornelis Visscher, ca. 1655

Reddish-brown print of a man in a wide hat walking under an arch, with a sunburst at his side and handwritten text above.

Frontispiece to Jerusalem, the Emanation of the Great Albion

William Blake, [ca. 1804-20] (?)

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted stone interior with stacked arches and small figures and a dog in the foreground.

The Interior of the So-called Stables of Maecenas at Tivoli

Hendrik Voogd, 1793

Woodcut of nude trumpeters leading a horse with a horn and a rider holding a laurel branch, with a dog and a cat in the proce

Trumpeters leading Ceasar on horseback, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut of a procession of armored figures carrying vases, platters and laurel wreaths, with Latin text below.

Figures bearing trophies and and carrying wreaths, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut of Julius Caesar on a triumphal chariot with attendants, soldiers and laurel branches in a procession.

Caesar riding on his chariot, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut print of oxen and elephants pulling a turreted triumphal chariot, with laurel-crowned armored men in procession.

Oxen and elephants, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Hand-colored print of a galloping horseman with a whip chasing a carriage past a signpost reading To Gretna Green.

Filial Affection, or a Trip to Gretna Green

Thomas Rowlandson, December 15, 1785