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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Pencil and ink sketches of Turkish figures, including veiled women, a turbaned seated man, and standing figures in tall headw

Studies of two groups of Turkish figures

David Wilkie, before 1841

Grey wash frontispiece with a classical frame reading TASSO, showing an embracing couple and sheep in a wooded pastoral scene

Fronticepiece for Tasso's Poems

Richard Westall, late 18th-mid-19th century

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ's body being lowered from the cross, with mourners in robes and a crown of thorns on the groun

Deposition, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Hand-colored woodcut of the risen Christ with a halo and red cloak, standing over a tomb with startled soldiers around him.

Resurrection, from "The Small Woodcut Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, 1509-10

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo scrolled crest with hanging drapery, signed Roma in the lower right.

Design for a Crest with Drapery (the Upper Part of a Canopy or Window Treatment)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pencil and wash sketches of ornamental forms on pale paper, including a tapering column, scrollwork, a hexagonal motif, and l

Fragmentary Sketches of Various Ornament

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Engraving of an ancient marble vase with satyr masks and handles on an inscribed pedestal, with inset detail drawings.

Large vase found at the Pantanello, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, in 1770 (The 'Warwick Vase'), from "Vasi, candelabri, ci…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Sepia drawing of visitors in period dress strolling among classical ruins with carved masks, columns, and a large tree.

Visitors Inspecting Classical Ruins

Louis Jean Desprez, n.d.

Oval watercolor of a woman in a red bodice smoking beside a man at a table with glasses, with a crowded room behind them.

Un Mari Pour Rire

Paul-Emile-Anthony Morlon, n.d.

Watercolor of a kneeling man holding hands with a woman in a pink gown in a cluttered artist's studio.

Un Mari qu'on Aime

Paul-Emile-Anthony Morlon, n.d.

Engraving of dancing putti around a large tree, with a torch-bearing figure on clouds above and a temple in the distant lands

Amorini Celebrate the Rape of Proserpina

Francesco Rosaspina, 1805-12

Pen and watercolor drawing of a gothic scene with a skull on a table, a kneeling woman, and ghostly figures reaching out in m

Scene from "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror" (Keepsake Story by Sir Walter Scott)

John William Wright, ca. 1828

Etching of Dido on a funeral pyre with a sword and crown, surrounded by clouds and trumpeting putti in an octagonal frame.

Dido on the Funeral Pyre

Giuseppe Diamantini, 1650-1700

Engraving of mythological figures: a nude piper, a standing lyre player, and a crowned seated figure beside a woman, under a

The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas

Giulio Sanuto, 1562

Engraving of Saint Lawrence on a fiery gridiron, held by soldiers, with an angel above offering a palm branch.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Lucas Vorsterman, 1621

Watercolor costume design of a Franciscan monk in a grey hooded robe and rope belt, pointing to the left.

Brother Richard, a Franciscan Monk; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera Company, 1897

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Costume design of a medieval duke in purple velvet robe, jeweled crown and chainmail sleeves, with handwritten caption.

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Engraved gallery interior with statues, workers unrolling a tapestry, courtiers and dogs, with a caption and coat of arms bel

Colbert Visiting the Gobelins

Sébastien Leclerc I, ca. 1665

Engraved frontispiece with two seated hunters, dogs, horses and hanging game, with dedicatory text in italic script.

Frontispiece with Hunters, Dogs and Horses, from "Hunting Scenes VI"

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Engraving of horsemen with lances and dogs chasing ostriches across a landscape with palm trees.

Ostrich Hunt, from "Hunting Scenes VI"

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Engraving of hunters on horseback and dogs attacking a bear in a forest, with more hunters in the distant landscape.

Bear Hunt, from "Hunting Scenes VI"

Antonio Tempesta, 1609

Brown wash drawing of clergy in vestments carrying a reliquary bust through a vaulted church interior with kneeling figures.

Scene 36: Reception of the heart and head of the Blessed Father Dom Jean de la Barrière, brought from Rome to his Abb…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Grey wash drawing of a risen Christ with a banner standing over a skeleton, beside chained women in an arcaded hall.

Christ Saving Eve

Hans Jakob Nüscheler the Elder, 1595-1654

Drawing of a man resting beside a dog under a huge gnarled oak tree, with small figures working in the misty distance.

A Man Resting Under a Tree

Egbert van Drielst, n.d.

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in fur-trimmed cloak with his hand on a skull, hourglass beside him.

Portrait of Joannes Neyen, General of the Order of Franciscan Friars, Ambassador in Trier

Jan Müller, 1608

Engraved plate comparing Roman and Greek Ionic capitals with architectural drawings of temple columns and caryatids.

Various Roman Ionic capitals compared with Greek examples from Le Roy [S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Paoplo fuori le Mur…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, mid-18th century

Engraving of a lavish outdoor banquet with seated diners, servants, a musician, and a nude figure in a tub.

The Rich Man at His Table, from "The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1554

Neoclassical arched panel design with rosettes, Greek key borders, and a central medallion of a draped classical figure.

Design for a Panel

Robert Adam, 1748-92

Engraved landscape of pilgrims walking beneath a large tree beside a winding river, with a castle and sunset in the distance.

Euntes in Emaus (Landscape with Pilgrims at Emmaus), from "The Large Landscapes"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1555-56

Engraving of a wooded landscape with a large tree, a covered wagon on a road, and a village church tower in the distance.

Wooded Region (Pagus Nemorosus), from "The Large Landscapes"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1555-56