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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,392 works

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a seated bearded man surrounded by a kneeling woman, children, and standing figures under an

Belisarius Begging for Alms

Heinrich Füger, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor of a young woman resting on a stone wall beside a basket, with a hazy landscape and church spire behind her.

Returning Home

Johann Georg Meyer, 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated nude figure leaning back on one arm, legs bent across the ground.

Study of a Nude Young Girl

August von Pettenkofen, 1838-89

Watercolor of a seated woman and child with a deer in a forest clearing, surrounded by birds and rabbits.

Genoveva

Ludwig Richter, 1872

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned herdsman seated on rocks with goats, a child, and a dog beneath a tree.

Pastoral Scene: A Herdsman and His Family, with Goats

Philipp Peter Roos, late 17th-early 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a young girl in a draped dress with a boy and a dog beside her.

Young Girl with a Boy and a Dog

François Boucher, 18th century

Watercolor of a woman and children in a forest clearing, a bearded man with a staff pointing, and blue mountains beyond.

Rübezahl

Ludwig Richter, 1872

Ink and wash drawing on blue paper of a bearded man among a woman and soldiers before a portico, with gamblers at right.

St. Peter Recognized by a Servant Girl

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a wide hat riding an ox led by a man, with companions resting under a tree.

Peasant Girl Riding an Ox with Companions

François Boucher, 18th century

Pencil sketch of two draped allegorical women with flying cherubs, a garland, and a lion below.

Design for a Book Illustration

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of nude figures clinging to trees and a bank amid floodwaters in a wooded landscape.

The Flood

Jan Cossiers, 1615-71

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a veiled woman holding a nude infant in an oval frame.

Madonna and Child [?]

Alonso Cano, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a female musician with a lute, putti reading music, and a landscape with figures.

The Sense of Hearing

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 16th century

Pen and ink nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, infant Jesus, shepherds, an ox and angels above, on toned paper.

Nativity

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, before 1761

Ink and wash drawing of a mother holding an infant in an armchair, with a girl and standing woman beside her in a room.

The Young Family

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen drawing of the winged horse Pegasus with a young rider on its back, with German handwritten notes below.

Pegasus and the Young Bellephron

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Chalk drawing of three figures: a woman with lowered eyes, a man whispering beside her, and another man looking out.

Feeding the Dog

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Pen and wash drawing of a mother and two children playing under a large tree, with a tea table in the background.

A Mother and Two Children Playing Blind Man's Bluff

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Watercolor of a girl in a bonnet seated in dune grass, looking toward a grey sea with a distant sailboat.

Girl in the Dunes

Jozef Israëls, mid-19th-early 20th century

Sepia chiaroscuro print of the Virgin and Child with young Saint John beside a classical temple and columns.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1722

Pen and wash drawing of a woman with a stick and a child watching ducks by a pond, with trees and hills behind.

Woman and Child by a Duck Pond

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with an angel presenting a nude soul below, cherubs and faces above.

Saint Michael the Archangel and Another Figure Recommending a Soul to the Virgin and Child in Heaven

Bartolomeo Biscaino, 1629-57

Print of a seated woman holding an infant with a kneeling boy beside her under a tree, with Latin inscription below.

A Woman Standing at the Foot of a Tree Holding an Infant, with a Seated Boy

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1724

Pen and ink drawing of a child kneeling on a chair reaching toward a white kitten, with a candelabra in the room behind.

Child Climbing a Chair to Reach for a Kitten

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Etching of figures searching belongings beneath trees, with a mounted rider, women, children, and a distant hilly landscape.

Laban searching for idols among Jacob's possessions

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1635-40

Pen and wash sketch of three women and a child on a rooftop with birds, in an arched frame.

Three Women and a Child on a Roof

Ludwig Richter, 1820-84

Pen and ink drawing of a toddler in a wicker basket with pillows, raising one hand, with toys and a doll nearby.

Child in a Crib

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Pen and ink drawing of rococo ornamental panels with scrollwork, cherubs, and floral motifs within a green-bordered frame.

Design for plate 2, from "Orthographia"

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-mid-18th century

Pencil sketch of three vignettes: a horseback rider over clouds, playful cherubs among foliage, and a seated figure under a t

Three Designs for Book Illustrations

Ludwig Richter, 1820-84

Pen and ink drawing of a mother kneeling by a basket as a child stands in a doorway, with a winged angel above.

Mother and Child

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903