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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,349 works

Watercolor design for an ornate frame with gilded lattice, blue columns, green drapery and a seated bearded figure at top.

Design for Frame

Edouard [?] Bouvenne, ca. 1843

Red chalk drawing of twelve allegorical scenes in a grid, each labeled in French with classical figures and cupids.

Illustrations for an Allegorical Pattern Book

Antoine Borel, late 18th-early 19th century

Dark green leather book cover with gold tooled foliate border and a small embossed coat of arms at center.

Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings of Kew

Sir William Chambers, 1763

Engraving of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary holds the Christ Child as a kneeling king offers gifts beside standing attendant

Adoration of the Magi

Hendrick Goltzius, n.d.

Portrait of Charles Kinnaird Sheridan

Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel D'Orsay, 1844

Woodcut of two women embracing before a stone archway, with a mountain landscape, trees, and a dog in the foreground.

The Visitation, from "The Life of the Virgin"

Albrecht Dürer, 1503-4

Woodcut of Joachim and Anna embracing at a Gothic arched gate, with onlookers and a town in the background.

Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate, from "The Life of the Virgin"

Albrecht Dürer, 1504

Woodcut of the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds, crowned by two figures above while apostles look up from an open tomb below.

The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin, from The Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Grey and white chalk drawing of a classical female nude statue on blue paper, with a skull at lower left.

Venus de' Medici; view from the front

Pieter van Lint, 1640

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a nude classical figure seen from behind, with a skull at lower left.

Venus de' Medici; view from the back

Pieter van Lint, 1640

Grey wash drawing of a feathered warrior with a parrot, crocodile and sugarcane, above a panel with a smoking cherub.

Allegory of America, from the Four Continents

Godfried Maes, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman with a camel, pagoda and ornate scrollwork, labelled ASIA.

Allegory of Asia, from the Four Continents

Godfried Maes, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a crowned woman seated beside a lion with a palm tree, obelisk, and ornamental panel below.

Allegory of Africa, from the Four Continents

Godfried Maes, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a helmeted allegorical woman with a spear and horse, labeled EUROPA, with putti and ornate scrol

Allegory of Europe, from the Four Continents

Godfried Maes, 17th century

Loose lithograph sketch of a Paris shop front with a woman at the doorway and two dogs on the pavement.

La Fruitière de la Rue de Grenelle

James McNeill Whistler, 1894

Loose crayon sketch of a seated woman in a feathered hat and dark dress, looking to the side, on cream paper.

A Portrait: Mildred Howells

James McNeill Whistler, 1894-96

Pen and brown ink sketch of a standing man, a woman guiding a toddler, and a seated bearded man.

Studies of Two Men and a Woman Teaching a Child to Walk

Nicolaes Maes, 1645-50

Graphite portrait of a seated man in an overcoat holding a sketchbook and pencil, turning toward the viewer.

Portrait of Pieter Frederik van Os

Anton Mauve, 1855

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf and long skirt leaning forward on a shore, with a tow rope trailing behind her.

Woman pulling a tow rope. verso: sketch of landscape with figures

Anton Mauve, mid to late 19th century

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat, holding a paper, with a walking stick.

Seated Cavalier with Glass

Gabriel Metsu, mid-17th century

Black chalk drawing of a curly-haired young boy with a lace collar, gazing forward within an arched border.

Portrait of a Young Boy

Frans van Mieris the Elder, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a formal garden with an arched portico, fountain, statue, tall trees and a boat on a pool.

Landscape with Architecture

Isaac de Moucheron, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental wall design with a caryatid figure, putti, fruit garlands and a grotesque mask around a

Design for a Wall Decoration

Rosso Fiorentino, 16th century

Pen and grey wash elevation of a building façade with a large clock, sculpted figures, and a balustrade, by Robert de Cotte.

Elevation of the Pompe de la Samaritaine, Paris

Robert de Cotte, ca. 1713-14

Charcoal drawing of a steamship deck with smokestacks, rigging, a crate labeled Eaux-fortes de Guérard, a sleeping pug and a

Frontispiece to "Eaux-fortes de Guérard, Collection de Mr. S. P. [Samuel Putnam] Avery, New York"

Henri Charles Guérard, late 19th century

Engraving of an allegorical autumn scene with a woman holding fruit, a man with a goblet, and harvest produce in front of a f

Autumn, from "The Four Seasons"

Jan Saenredam, ca. 1595

Charcoal drawing of a large face and a small face in a misty sky above faint grasses on tan paper.

Hallucinations

Odilon Redon, n.d.

Engraved ornamental panel with a woman holding a vase aloft, surrounded by putti, scrolls and acanthus leaves, with Italian v

A panel of ornament with a woman holding a vase in centre

Master of the Die, 1532

Ink and wash drawing of a cobbler working at a stall beside a sleeping dog, with a kneeling man and climbing vines.

The Cobbler

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of a violinist and villagers gathered outside a rustic ale house with a tankard, children, and a dog.

Strolling Violinist at an Ale House Door

Adriaen van Ostade, 1625-85