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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,349 works

Ink and grey wash drawing of a receding palace interior with arched colonnades, draped curtains and a staircase.

Perspectival Sketch for a Palace Interior

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Engraving of three boys raiding a sand-swallow colony on a sandy bank while birds fly overhead, by Winslow Homer, 1874.

Raid on a Sand-swallow Colony - "How Many Eggs?" (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVIII)

Winslow Homer, June 13, 1874

Etching of a bearded man in a feathered hat carrying a stack of folding chairs on his back, walking on a bare ground.

Arti di Bologna (Di Bologna l'Arti per via D'An.ibal' Ca.rac)

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1660 (re-published 1740)

Pen and wash drawing of a Baroque altar design with a Nativity scene below and God the Father among angels above.

Design for an Altar with a Painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds and God the Father Above

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate alcove with a crowned coat of arms, flanking putti, and pilasters with human-head ca

Design for an Alcove with a Coat of Arms Flanked by Putti Bearing a Crown, Supported by Pilasters with Human Heads in…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Sheet with sketches and designs for two vases, three classical heads en profil and two slave figures (recto); Design…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Women sewing havelocks together in a sunlit parlor draped with an American flag, engraving from Harper's Weekly cover, 1861.

The War - Making Havelocks for the Volunteers (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, no. 235, cover)

Winslow Homer, June 29, 1861

Pen and wash drawing of a standing female figure holding a mirror, with a serpent beside her and draped robes.

Design for a Statue of Prudence with Sketches at Upper Left Corner

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of two seated men at a table, an old man with a staff watching, and a village landscape behind.

A Proverb: Wealth and Poverty

Karel van Mander I, mid-16th-early 17th century

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long hair, white collar and cross medal, set in a field of engraved stars.

Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe

Robert Nanteuil, 1665

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar and cross pendant, with inscription and coat of arms.

Charles-Maurice le Tellier

Robert Nanteuil, 1671

Sepia drawing of a Gothic portal with a sculpted tympanum and statue, with a street and figures visible through the arch.

View of the Entrance to the Piazza del Duomo from the Piazza San Giovanni in Siena

Giovanni Battista Silvestri, 1816-73

Grey paper with ink sketches of book headpieces and vignettes, including a laurel wreath, a winged figure, and a reclining fi

Studies for headpieces and vignettes in the book, Amor und Psyche (Opus V)

Max Klinger, 1878

Engraved portrait of a man with long hair and white collar inside an oak wreath, above a coat of arms with two lions.

Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar and cross pendant, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, Le Cardinal de Bouillon

Robert Nanteuil, 1668

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, lace collar and star badge, Chancellor Michel Le Tellier.

Chancelier Michel IV Le Tellier

Robert Nanteuil, 1674

Engraved oval portrait of a young man with curled wig, lace cravat and armour, framed by fleur-de-lis and inscription.

Louis de France, called Le Grand Dauphin or Monseigneur

Robert Nanteuil, 1677

Engraved oval portrait of Louis XIV in curled wig and lace collar, with fleur-de-lis armor and cherub heads in corners.

Louis XIV

Robert Nanteuil, 1686

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair, lace cravat and armor, framed by titled inscriptions.

Charles d'Albert d'Ailly, duc de Chaulnes

Robert Nanteuil, 1676

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar and dark robe, framed by a laurel wreath with Latin inscription

Jacques-Nicolas Colbert

Robert Nanteuil, 1673

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair, white collar, and star insignia on a cloak, within an inscribed border.

Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, cardinal de Bouillon

Robert Nanteuil, ca. 1678

Engraved oval portrait of a man with a white collar, dark cape and star-shaped order insignia, within a decorative border.

Hardouin de Beaumont de Péréfixe

Robert Nanteuil, 1663

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl necklace and lace collar, with fleur-de-lis corners.

Anne of Austria

Robert Nanteuil, 1666

Sepia drawing of a young girl in a bonnet beside a small dog, framed in a neoclassical architectural niche with a carved head

Portrait of a Girl and Her Dog

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, ca. 1796-97

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled wig and lace collar, framed by a laurel wreath and inscriptions.

François-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois

Antoine Masson, 17th century

Woman in plaid dress blowing a dinner horn outside an ivy-covered cottage, with field workers and a cat nearby.

The Dinner Horn (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XIV)

Winslow Homer, June 11, 1870

Wood engraving of three boys in tall grass watching a loaded stagecoach travel a road toward distant hills, on a magazine cov

On the Road to Lake George (from "Appleton's Journal," Vol. I)

Winslow Homer, July 24, 1869

Colored print of a seated soldier in a cap smoking a clay pipe, with army tents in the background.

Life in Camp, Part 1: Building Castles; Hard Tack; Upset His Coffee; Water Call; A Shell is Coming; Riding on a Rail;…

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored print of a man in a wide-brimmed hat smoking a pipe while seated on a cannon, with smoke and distant figures behind.

Life in Camp, Part 2: In the Trenches; Good Bye; Fording; Extra Ration; The Field Barber; The Girl He Left Behind Him…

Winslow Homer, 1864

Colored architectural design of a Gothic altar chapel with pointed windows, scrollwork, a heraldic crest, and paneled walls.

Design for an Altar Chapel, Farnborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86