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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,956 works

Pencil drawing of an officer in a tricorn hat and his wife leaning on a stone balustrade, study by Arthur Devis.

Study for a Portrait of an Officer and His Wife

Arthur Devis, ca. 1756-58

Pen and brown ink drawing of a large old tree with dense foliage, a seated figure at lower left and distant walkers at right.

Study of an Old Tree

Gillis Neyts, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a river with sailboats, a walking couple on a bank, and a cloudy sky with birds.

River Landscape

Jan Porcellis, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of sailing boats on choppy sea, two figures on shore by wooden posts, ships on horizon.

Choppy Sea with Boats near the Coast

Pieter van Everdingen, n.d.

Watercolor of a pink poppy in several flowering stages with a caterpillar, pupa and moth on the stems and leaves.

A Poppy in Three Stages of Flowering, with a Caterpillar, Pupa and Butterfly

Johanna Helena Herolt, late 17th-early 18th century

Watercolor of a black curassow with a curled crest and yellow beak standing on a grassy mound.

A Black Curassow

Johannes Bronckhorst, late 17th-early 18th century

Watercolor of several black, blue and yellow birds perched on a gnarled branch, with a small river scene below.

Six South American Birds

Abraham Meertens, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of an arcadian landscape with a gnarled tree, robed figures on a path, and a distant town.

Arcadian Landscape with Figures

Johannes de Bosch, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a winter road framed by bare trees, with two figures and a distant windmill under an overcast sky.

A Winter Landscape

Johannes Franciscus Hoppenbrouwers, 1854

Lithograph titled Pantheon Nadar showing hundreds of caricatured male figures arranged in tiers on a slope.

Nadar's Pantheon (Panthéon Nadar)

Nadar, 1854

Oval graphite and chalk drawing on blue paper of a young man with curled powdered hair and a buttoned coat.

Oval, bust-length portrait study of a young man

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Drawing of a wigged man in 18th-century dress, hand on hip, rendered in white chalk on blue-grey paper.

Half-length portrait study of a wigged man

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Ink and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated man in a wig with a dog and a book beside him.

Three-quarter length portrait study of a man seated at a desk with a dog

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Chalk drawing of a woman in a lace cap and satin dress with bows, shown in an oval frame on grey paper.

Half-length portrait study of a woman wearing a cap and pearl earrings

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a young woman with curled hair, lace trim, and bow-decorated sleeves in a half-length pose.

Half-length portrait study of a young woman with long hair

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Blue-paper drawing in white chalk of a young woman with curled hair and lace collar, in an oval frame.

Bust-length portrait study of a young woman with a striped shawl

Joseph van Aken, ca. 1740-60

Watercolor landscape of a stream, shepherd with cattle, wooded hills, and a hilltop building under clouds.

Licenza, near Rome: Horace's Villa

William Havell, ca. 1828-29

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged and draped allegorical figures above a skull on a tomb.

Allegorical Design for a Tomb

André Lebrun, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of the Virgin and infant Christ ascending on clouds above arches and small figures.

The Assumption of the Virgin with the Five Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary

Georg Pecham, late 16th-early 17th century

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of nude and draped female figures among trees in a woodland scene.

Diana and Callisto

Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann, 1725-61

Pen and ink design for a circular platter with woven lattice field, floral border and central cartouche.

Design for a platter

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen and ink study with white highlights showing soldiers, a horse, and a crouching man around a stone block.

Historical Scene (Composition Study for Chapelle de Guise)

Niccolò dell' Abate, 16th century

Pen drawing of the Annunciation: a praying Virgin seated in a gothic arcade as an angel with a lily branch approaches.

The Annunciation

Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, 1808-62

Grey wash drawing of an armored infantryman in a helmet drawing a long sword, with white highlights on the armor.

An Infantryman Drawing his Sword

Jacob Matthias Weyer, 1640-91

Engraving of a reclining man and standing woman in an elegant 18th-century interior with canopy bed and cupid sculpture.

La Carquois Épuisé (The Empty Quiver)

Pierre Antoine Baudouin, 1775

Engraving of an alchemist's cluttered workshop with furnaces and flasks, and a snowy street scene with a hospital through a w

The Alchemist

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, after 1558

Engraving of a crowded tavern where a quack performs a stone operation on a seated patient, surrounded by grotesque onlookers

The Stone Operation or the Witch of Mallegem

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559

Watercolor sheet of butterflies, moths, a green dragonfly, and beetles scattered on a pale background.

Insects, Butterflies, and a Dragonfly

Jan van Kessel, 1662

Pen and grey wash sheet of figure studies, with a seated official questioning two turbaned men at a table in the lower right.

Figure Studies, Including Scenes of Interrogation

Honoré Daumier, ca. 1860

Watercolor drawing of a canopied chariot procession with bishops, horses, and flying angels in a forest setting.

The Triumph of the Church: Ecclesia Presented with the Doctrines, Seated in a Chariot Attended by the Four Doctors of…

Otto van Veen, 1615-20

Pen and wash drawing of a narrow rocky gorge with figures on ledges and a rowing boat on the water below.

Figures Boating in a Gorge near Sorrento

Daniël Dupré, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a boy in a tricorn hat resting his cheek on his hand, leaning on draped fabric.

Portrait of a Boy

Georg Friedrich Schmidt, 1720-75

Engraving of a nude Nereid riding a sea centaur among sea creatures, with a man blowing a conch and cupids in the clouds.

A Nereid Riding a Sea Centaur Accompanied by Other Sea Creatures

Angiolo Falconetto, ca. 1540-60

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, a veiled woman, a kneeling figure at the base, and a standing man.

The Crucifixion

Giuseppe Salviati, 1556

Engraving of robed figures with a celestial globe, open book and classical colonnade, with a landscape and reclining man in t

Frontispiece to "Le sorti di Francesco Marcolini da Forli intitolato Giardino di Pensieri"

Giuseppe Salviati, 1540

Title page of Thronus Justitiae with a central engraved vignette of the allegorical figure of Justice holding scales and a sw

Typographic Title Page with a Vignette Depicting the Allegorical Figure of Justice, from "Thronus Justitiae, tredecim…

Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, 1606

Etching of two hunters and a dog on a wooded hill overlooking a river valley, with a castle on a cliff and a distant city.

The Rabbit Hunt

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1560

Etching of a nude muscular man straining against a tree stump in a rocky landscape under a cloudy sky.

Milo of Croton

Philippe Auguste Hennequin, n.d.

Hand-colored bird's-eye map of Antwerp with a star-shaped citadel, harbor ships, and four figures in costume at the bottom.

View of Antwerp from Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum

Joris Hoefnagel, 1572-94

Sheet with four engravings of the Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine showing Virgin, Child, an angel with a wreath, and seated

Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

Marco dell'Angolo del Moro

Engraving of a group of draped Roman-style men with a horse, a tree and a dagger, gathered in an outdoor scene.

Group of Roman Figures

Master IQV, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of a nude man against a tree trunk, with classical ruins, columns and arches in the background.

Man Against a Tree

Master IQV, ca. 1543-44

Engraved courtyard view of the Rubenshuis in Antwerp with a three-arched gate, statues, and a medallion portrait above.

View of the Rubenshuis in Antwerp

Jacobus Harrewijn, 1699-1732

Engraved view of a baroque courtyard with an ornate gateway, statues, and a portrait medallion above, Antwerp.

View of the Garden of the Rubenshuis, Antwerp

Jacobus Harrewijn, 1699-1732

Pen and grey wash drawing of a dancing woman in a flowing gown, floral wreath and laced ballet slippers.

Woman Alone, from the series the Dancing Pair Vigano

Johann Gottfried Schadow, n.d.

Portrait of Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbruck (1762-1834)

Johann Gottfried Schadow, n.d.

Pen drawing of visitors in 1830s dress viewing framed prints in a gallery, with men in top hats and women in bonnets.

The Public at an Exhibition

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1831

Black and white print of an old town skyline with twin church towers, gabled houses, and a round tower over open meadow.

View of an Old Town with a Church and High Gabled Houses

Johann Gottfried Schadow, n.d.

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel with a scroll and lily kneels before the Virgin beneath a dove and rays of light.

The Annunciation

Martin Schongauer, ca. 1475-1482

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers on horseback, onlookers, and dogs.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Martin Schongauer, 1470-75

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers, riders and onlookers, with a dog in the foreground.

Christ Carrying the Cross (copy)

Martin Schongauer, late 15th century

Engraving of Christ crowning the kneeling Virgin Mary on a throne, with an angel watching from the left and rays of light beh

The Coronation of the Virgin

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Engraving of the crowned Virgin praying beside a blessing, crowned Christ holding an orb, with three angels above.

The Enthronement of the Virgin

Martin Schongauer, 1470-91

Engraving of Christ kneeling in prayer on a rocky hill as sleeping disciples lie nearby and an angel appears above.

Christ on the Mount of Olives (reverse copy in roundel)

Martin Schongauer, late 15th-16th century

Engraving of Christ bound before a seated elder in a Gothic arched hall, with armed men, a lantern, and a dog.

Christ before Annas

Martin Schongauer, 1470-82

Engraving of Pilate washing his hands while a crowned figure stands before a crowd, with dogs in the foreground.

Pilate Washing His Hands

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns presented to a crowd of men and soldiers before an arched doorway, with a dog in t

Ecce Homo

Martin Schongauer, 1470-82

Engraving of mourners lowering Christ's body into a stone tomb, with a crown of thorns in the foreground and a bare tree abov

The Entombment of Christ

Martin Schongauer, 1470-82

Engraving of the risen Christ standing on an open tomb with a banner while soldiers sleep and an angel looks on.

The Resurrection

Martin Schongauer, 1470-82

Engraving of Christ as the Man of Sorrows between a veiled woman and a young man, with angels above in an arched niche.

Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Virgin and St. John

Martin Schongauer, 1469-72

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with a parrot, the Virgin reading a book on a cushion before a tiled wall.

The Madonna and Child with the Parrot

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Engraving of the Madonna holding the infant Christ on a draped cloth, with a bare tree and tower behind a courtyard wall.

The Madonna and Child in the Courtyard

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Engraving of St. Christopher wading a river carrying the Christ Child on his shoulder, with a hermit and lantern at left.

St. Christopher

Martin Schongauer, 1470-91

Engraving of Saint John the Baptist standing barefoot on a mound, holding an open book and a haloed lamb with a cross.

St. John the Baptist

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491