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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of beached sailboats, figures on a shore, and a distant sailboat under cloudy skies.

Beach Scene with Boats

Pieter Mulier the Elder, n.d.

Pen drawing of fortified towers, a stone arched bridge and a gatehouse reflected in a canal.

Walls, Towers, and Gates of Amsterdam

Jacob Savery, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of several sailing warships with full sails on calm water, with smaller boats and a distant fleet.

Warships at Sea

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

Pen and ink sketch of a small sailboat with billowing sails, rigging and figures on deck, on a pale sheet.

Sketch of a Sailboat

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

Pen and wash drawing of a town square with bare trees, a tall spired tower, riders on horses and strolling pedestrians.

Abdijplein of Middelburg

Adriaen van de Venne, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a calm river with sailing boats, a rowboat with figures, and distant masts under an open sky.

River Scene with Boats

Simon de Vlieger, 17th century

Engraved view of the Palazzo di Caprarola with curved ramps, a central portico, and small figures in the foreground.

View of the Palazzo di Caprarola

Giuseppe Vasi, 1746-48

Engraving of Psyche seated on a litter carried through a landscape, with a crowned king, mourners and trumpeting putti.

Plate 5: Psyche carried on a litter, from "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Brown wash drawing of an elderly man reclining on a couch surrounded by draped onlookers in a columned interior.

The Death of Seneca

Pierre Peyron, ca. 1773

Watercolor design drawing of a cream and red sleigh with a swan-neck dashboard and rear rumble seat, labeled No. 3848.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3848

Brewster & Co., 1883

Ink and wash design drawing of a blue and black scrolled sleigh with a rumble seat, numbered 3811.

Currical Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3811

Brewster & Co., 1883

Engraved courtyard view of a castle with a tall spire, gabled buildings, an arched gateway and small figures.

View of Frederiksborg, Carousel Gate

Jørgen Roed, 1836

Watercolor sketch of a sunrise with radiating rays through clouds above a river, trees, and distant ruins.

Landscape with rising sun, December 1, 1828, 8:30 a.m

Joseph Michael Gandy, 1828

Pen and ink study sheet of three seated male nude figures with raised arms, drawn in cross-hatched lines on tan paper.

Sheet of studies for "Ex Libris Victor Graf von Rex"

Otto Greiner, 1900

Etching of Christ overturning tables among fleeing merchants in a columned temple interior, with a bull and scattered coins.

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635

Brown ink and wash drawing of lovers in a wooded landscape, with hunters chasing animals toward a distant village.

Landscape with Lovers and Hunters

Adam van Noort, n.d.

Woodcut procession of laurel-crowned men carrying model towers, city replicas and statues of Venus and Mercury.

Statues of Venus and Mercury, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, after 1503

Woodcut of a horse-drawn chariot carrying war trophies, with trumpeters and attendants in a triumphal procession.

Chariot with trophies of war, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Woodcut of armored trumpeters in laurel wreaths playing long horns, with children and a dog, and Latin text above and below.

Trumpeters, from "The Triumph of Caesar"

Jacob of Strasbourg, 1504

Etching of a woman riding a donkey with a child beside her along a wooded hill, with a distant town across the valley.

Flight into Egypt: Altered from Tobias and the Angel by Hercules Segers

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Pencil drawing of cattle, goats and a herder with a hat beneath large trees in an open pastoral landscape.

Cattle and Figures in a Landscape

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-late 17th century

Etching of a file of musket-carrying men in tricorn hats marching past a horse, dogs, and a stream on a grassy hillside.

Recruits Going to Join the Regiment

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1715-16

Brown wash drawing of dunes with thatched buildings, beached sailing boats, and horse carts on a sandy shore.

View of the Dunes at Scheveningen

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Brown wash drawing of ruined ancient walls and cypress trees on the Palatine Hill in Rome, with figures on a road.

View of the "Palazzo Maggiore" on the Palatine Hill, Rome

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a forest path lined with large trees and dense foliage, with a low fence visible on the left.

A Path in the "Haagse Bos", The Hague

Jan de Bisschop, mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of elegantly dressed figures and dogs at a brick table in a flat landscape with distant sailboats.

Elegant Party on the Tafelberg

Anthonie van Borssom, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of camels, travelers and a well on a road, with a towered hilltop castle in the background.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Lambert Doomer, 1696

Ink sketch of a veiled woman embracing a bearded man beside a camel and turbaned figures, with a building at right.

Isaac's Reception of Rebecca

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1660s

Brown wash drawing of a log mill with water wheel beside rocks and a river, with pine trees and two figures at left.

A Mill on Rocks in a River in Norway

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a reclining peasant propped on one elbow, glancing sideways, on grey paper.

A Reclining Peasant (recto); Study of a Young Man (verso)

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century