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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,958 works

Pen drawing of river nymphs in reeds, a man with a fishing rod, and a cartoon GWR steam train in the background.

Father Thames and Henley Naiads (Cartoon published in Punch, February 26, 1898)

Linley Sambourne, Febuary 18, 1898

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with a central roundel of allegorical figures and ornate scrollwork borders.

Ceiling Design

Frederick Sang, 1868

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a book titled Repository for Rubbish, above a trash cart and goblin figures.

"Repository for Rubbish, vol. I, L.F.C 1828", Illustration for children's book

Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, 1828

Pencil and red chalk sketch of three figures from The Tempest within a decorative scrolled border.

Illustration to the Tempest: Caliban, Ferdinand and Ariel

Henry Courtney Selous, 1836

Design drawing of a neoclassical monument to Sir Walter Scott with columns, a seated figure, a lyre crest and an inscribed pe

Monument to Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

Charles Harriott Smith, after 1832

Pen and wash drawing of an elderly bespectacled man in a high collar writing with a quill at a desk.

Thomas Rowlandson, aged 70

John Thomas Smith, 1824

Pencil design drawing of an ornate desk with scrolling foliage, reclining figures, putti, and a winged cupid on top.

Design for a Desk with Decorations from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

G. Clark Stanton, 1851

Engraving of Sistine Chapel ceiling figures: Libyan Sibyl, Prophet Daniel, and Jesse, David and Solomon in arched spandrels.

Portion of the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with the Libyan Sibyl, Prophet Daniel, Jesse, David, and Solomon, from S…

Cherubino Alberti, 1577 (republished in 1628)

Engraving of the Conversion of Saul: a rearing horse, falling soldiers on a hill, and God and angels in clouds above.

Conversion of Saul, from Michelangelo's fresco in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican

Nicolas Béatrizet, ca. 1545-60

Engraving of Judith handing Holofernes' head to a maidservant, with his body lying inside the tent at left.

Judith passing the head of Holofernes to her maidservant, the decapitated Holofernes inside the tent at left

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Ink and wash drawing of cavalry soldiers resting in a camp with horses, a wagon, and tents in the distance.

Cavalry Men at Rest

Georg Philipp Rugendas, late 17th-mid-18th century

Pen and blue wash drawing of mounted riders and a fallen figure in the foreground, with a walled city on a hill behind.

The Conversion of St. Paul

Melchior Bocksberger, 16th century

Engraving of Saint Peter's crucifixion upside down on a cross, with soldiers on horseback and a crowd watching on a hillside.

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, after Michelangelo's frescoes in the Pauline Chapel, Vatican Palace

Michele Lucchese, 1550-60

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded man in a turban and long robe standing with one hand at his waist.

Standing Oriental Figure

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a draped female figure with a wreath, with looped drapery lines and handwritten notes at right.

Drawing for Spencer's Fairie Queene

Alfred George Stevens, ca. 1855

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a brimmed top hat, long coat and buckled shoes, on paper with a blue border.

Man in broad brimmed hat (sketchbook page)

Thomas Stothard, 1775-1815

Seated man in circular medallion (design for a book illustration)

Thomas Stothard, late 18th-mid-19th century

Engraving of the Marriage of the Virgin: a priest joins a couple under a glowing dove in a columned temple, with onlookers on

Marriage of the Virgin

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1525-26

Watercolor design of a carved Gothic-style staircase with two children descending and a woman in a gold gown.

Design for a Jacobean-style Staircase (recto); Architectural Element Design (verso)

Matthew Digby Wyatt, ca. 1867

Etched oval self-portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, plumed cap and lace collar, shaded with fine crosshatching.

Self-Portrait with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Etching of a man on a horse before a ruined arched building, with a boy, a dog, and figures on a staircase.

The Good Samaritan

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1633

Etching of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, looking toward the viewer beside a wooden chair.

Clement de Jonghe, Printseller

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1651

Etching of mourners gathered around a body beside a stone tomb under a dark, hatched sky, with a figure on a ladder at left.

The Entombment

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1654

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat seated in a high-backed chair beside a table with an inkwell.

Jan Lutma

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656

Etching of a bearded beggar in a turban and tattered clothes, leaning on a stick and facing left.

Beggar Leaning on a Stick, Facing Left

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1630

Brown ink drawing of a hilly coastal village with sailing boats, hunters, and a decorative border of birds and fish.

Hilly Coastal Landscape with Hunters, with an elaborate border of Fishes and Birds

Pen and brown wash drawing of plumed soldiers in the foreground, a tented camp and a hilltop city behind them.

The Siege of Fiesole by the Goths

Friedrich Sustris, 1550-99

Engraved landscape with a ruined church, a peasant reading a tombstone, grazing sheep, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape with a Peasant Reading a Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and a Ruined Church

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Etching of a large oak tree with a woman in a hooded cloak walking a path beside ivy-covered rocks and distant fields.

Landscape with a Strolling Woman

Johann Christian Klengel, ca. 1800

Two studies of Headdresses from Scrapbook

John Bridge, 18th-19th century