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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Grey wash drawing of two women in feathered hats and ruffled gowns with a gentleman holding a cane.

Two Ladies and a Gentleman

Louis Binet, 1760-1800

Grey wash drawing of a lady in a plumed hat and ruffled gown dancing with a gentleman, watched by a seated man.

Costume Drawing: Lady and Gentleman Dancing

Louis Binet, 1760-1800

Pencil drawing of a stage set showing a timber cottage cutaway with curtains and a distant town on the right.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Interior of a Cottage

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil drawing of a greenhouse stage set with glass roof, draped curtains, potted plants and climbing vines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: a Greenhouse

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Grey ink and wash drawing of a Gothic church interior with pointed arches, balustrades and ribbed vaulting, with grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Church Interior

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil drawing of a domed stage set interior with arches, ornate pilasters and standing figures in niches.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Domed Interior (recto); Sketches for Dome and Doors (verso)

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil drawing of a grand stage interior with a coffered ceiling, arched colonnades, classical columns and ornate balustrades

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Interior with Coiffered Ceiling

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown wash drawing of Jupiter embracing a white heifer under a tree while Juno watches from a cloud with a peacock.

Jupiter and Io, disguised as a white heifer, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of two seated figures beside a white cow and cattle under trees, with a draped cloth hanging overhead.

Mercury Rescuing Io from Argus, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Portrait of a Man

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 18th century

Engraving of people skating on a frozen canal before a city gate, with a covered wagon on a bridge and bare trees.

Skating before the St. George's Gate, Antwerp

Frans Huys, 1558

Engraving of a griffin with eagle head and wings and lion body, surrounded by plants, a pine apple, insects and butterflies.

A Griffin

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1662-63

Grey wash drawing of a helmeted warrior seizing a kneeling old man at an altar beneath a tree, with women and a fallen soldie

The Sack of Troy: Pyrrhus Killing Priam

Franz Cleyn, before 1654

Watercolor of a deep Swiss alpine valley with steep cliffs, a village on the valley floor, and distant snowy peaks.

The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

John Ruskin, ca. 1866

Pencil and wash sketch of Naples rooftops with a smoking volcano and mountains in the distance.

Naples

John Ruskin, 1841 (?)

Watercolor of a dense forest with gnarled trees framing a pool where a figure wades, a path of trees receding in the distance

Windsor Great Park

Paul Sandby, 1790-99

Watercolor drawing of a ruined classical colonnade with arches, fallen stones, and agave plants in the foreground.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Columned Exterior

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Pen and ink sketch of three nude women in overlapping poses, with handwritten labels past, present, to come along the top.

The Hours

Samuel Shelley, ca. 1800

Printed broadside with 48 numbered vignettes of scenes from General Garibaldi's life, with a portrait at top left.

Broadside with 48 scenes relating to the life of Giuseppe Garibaldi

Juan Llorens, 1862

Brown wash drawing of soldiers tending a wounded comrade on a battlefield, with fallen men and a rifle in the foreground.

The wounded comrade

Nicholas Shiels, 1884-89

Broadside grid of 36 numbered engravings of quadrupeds with Spanish captions, printed in Barcelona in 1862.

Broadside with 36 images of quadrupeds (animals)

Juan Llorens, 1862

Broadside of 48 small woodcut fable scenes with verses, showing animals and figures, with a portrait of Samaniego at top left

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting fables by Félix María de Samaniego

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Broadside of 48 small woodcut scenes telling the prodigal son story, each with a Spanish caption, on aged paper.

Broadside with 48 scenes relating to the story of the prodigal son

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside with 48 small woodcut scenes of a rooster's story, with Spanish verse captions beneath each image.

Broadside with 48 scenes telling the story of the chicken (social advancement and decline)

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside with 48 numbered woodcut scenes of a hunchback's life, each with a Spanish caption.

Broadside with 48 scenes relating to the life hunchback

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside titled Carnaval with 48 numbered woodcut panels of costumed carnival figures, carriages, and musicians.

Broadside with 48 figures from carnival

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Aged broadside with 48 numbered woodcut scenes of figures and street life, each with a rhyming Spanish caption, titled Estrav

Broadside with 48 scenes showing extravagances of the world

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860

Broadside of sixteen caricatures of people with animal heads, each with a Spanish verse, titled Celebridades del Mundo No. 66

Broadside with 16 caricature figures representing celebrities of the world

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Broadside of 48 numbered woodcut allegorical scenes with the sun and moon at top, titled El Sol y la Luna.

Broadside with 48 allegorical figures pertaining to the sun and the moon

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside with 48 numbered scenes of Barcelona festivals and street customs, with Spanish captions.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the celebrations and customs of Barcelona

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside of 48 numbered woodcut scenes with Spanish captions telling the adventures of Don Simplon.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the life and adventures of Don Simplon

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed sheet showing a Spanish children's card game with suits of batons, swords, cups and coins, with explanatory text in t

Sheet of playing cards for children

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Broadside with 48 numbered woodcut scenes of the life, passion and death of Jesus Christ, with Spanish verse captions.

Broadside with 48 scenes of the life of Jesus Christ

José Noguera, 1866

Engraving of a falconer holding a falcon beside a woman in a braided headdress, with ribbon scrolls above them.

The Falconer and the Lady, from "Scenes of Daily Life"

Israhel van Meckenem, ca. 1495

Pencil and grey wash drawing of an ornate building facade with a central niche statue, a stone cross and balustrade at left.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Building Façade

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Grey wash and pencil design of a stone balustrade with urn finials, a stage set drawing by Eugène Cicéri.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown ink drawing of ruined arches, cannons behind sandbags, tall trees, and a distant domed city skyline.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Landscape Looking Toward Rome

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Satirical lithograph of a parade of caricatured men with flags, a domed building, and a boar lying on scattered papers.

The Grand Review of the Juste-Milieu Passing La Caricature, October 30, 1832 (Grand revue passée par la caricature le…

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, October 1832

Satirical 1833 etching of spectators watching grotesque creatures feeding on prostrate people in a stone pit below.

The People Delivered to the Vampire Taxes, from "L'Association Mensuelle no. 10"

Association Mensuelle, May 1833

Lithograph of a crowd watching musicians on a wooden stage with painted backdrops and a monkey puppet above, by J. J. Grandvi

Zing! Zing! Boom Boom Boom!!! The Show of the Grrrreat Political Tumblers, from "L'Association Mensuelle no. 13"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, August 1833

Daumier lithograph of rows of stout, caricatured deputies seated on tiered legislative benches, with a top hat on the desk.

The Legislative Belly

Honoré Daumier, January 1834

Lithograph of crowned children on a rocking horse with a seated woman and a figure holding a scepter, French caption below.

Very Haughty and Very Mighty Legitimist Brats

Honoré Daumier, February 1834

Lithograph of caricatured figures handling a cannon and weapons in a street, while a woman at a window looks on.

Children, Obey Me, Do Not Play With Those Weapons, from "L'Association Mensuelle no. 21"

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, April 1834

Portrait of Isabella Benson

John Smart, 1811

Watercolor of a river at dusk with glowing trees, a distant castle tower, pink reflections on the water, and a small boat.

Windsor from Datchet

William Collingwood Smith, 1870-78

Watercolor interior of a long gallery with coffered ceiling, arched windows and paintings hung on walls, blue drapes.

The Flemish Picture Gallery, the Mansion of Thomas Hope, Duchess Street, Portland Place

Robert William Billings, 1830-51

Circular pen and ink drawing of figures under trees with a scroll inscription naming the four temperaments.

The Four Temperaments

Jörg Breu the Elder, 1500-1537

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical gods gathered on clouds, with a bearded central figure gesturing and putti below.

Council of the Gods

Giacomo Zoboli, n.d.

Ink and brown wash drawing of a classical hall with a vaulted ceiling, colonnades, and a statue in a central niche.

Set Design

Pietro Gonzaga, n.d.

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with shoulder-length hair and a white cravat, with handwritten name below.

Gaetano Rossi Napoletano

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a young man with short curly hair, high collar and cravat, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Liberali de Verona

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, n.d.

Hand-colored print of a crowded exhibition room with paintings covering the walls and visitors in period dress.

Exhibition Room, Somerset House

Thomas Rowlandson, January 1, 1808

A Standing Grenadier of the Municipal Guard

Édouard Detaille, 1891

Red chalk drawing of a nude figure seen from behind, with studies of a head and limbs on tan paper.

Nude Figure

Alfred George Stevens, 1862-65

Chalk study of a spotted jaguar standing on a rock against blue strokes, on brown paper.

Study of a Jaguar

John Macallan Swan, 1874-1910

Grey wash drawing of a wooded mountain valley with a waterfall on the right and grazing cattle in the foreground.

The Falls of Lodore

Thomas Sunderland, 1764-1828

Watercolor of a stone monument among cypress trees, with a figure in a red cloak and a seated figure beside it.

Oriental Scene

William James Müller, ca. 1844

Pencil drawing of a tree-lined road with bare trees, water and a distant building under a pale sky.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Tree-Lined Road

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Grey wash drawing of an ornate tiered fountain with figures and foliage on a stone plinth, on tan paper.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: A Fountain

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Blue-grey elevation drawing of an ornate balustrade with three lamp posts and carved panels on tan paper.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade wtih Lamp Posts

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil and wash drawing of a stone balustrade with floral panels and two carved lion guardian figures on pedestals.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade with Chinese Motif

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Red chalk drawing of a man with long curly hair and a buttoned jacket on toned paper.

Portrait of a Man (recto); A Male Torso in Jacket and the Head of a Child (verso)

Giuseppe Ghislandi, 1740s

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman spinning thread with a distaff, with a faint sketched figure behind her.

A Woman Spinning (recto); A Woman Holding a Bundle (verso)

Giacomo Ceruti, 18th century

Watercolor landscape of a thatched cottage on a rocky bank beside a stream and stone bridge, under a hazy sky.

Village à Dieppe

Eugène Isabey, 1843