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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,349 works

Pen and ink drawing of a man in an ornate feathered hat, lace cape and ruffled ballet costume, arm extended.

Male Figure in Ballet Costume

T Remy, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of putti, sea figures and clouds arranged around a central seated figure in water.

The Triumph of Amphitrite

Luca Cambiaso, ca. 1550-1580

Engraving of two sea gods with fish tails and four nude nymphs at a stone table under a tree, with doves flying overhead.

Two sea gods accompanied by four nymphs

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Etching of a woman in a white nightgown leaning over a bed in a dark room, with a shadowy figure behind her.

Plate 36 from "Los Caprichos": A bad night (Mala noche)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a young draped model in a headscarf standing before a hatched dark background, by James McNeill Whistler.

The Model Resting (Draped Model)

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Drawing of a fir tree with tangled branches and a textured trunk, with open landscape and sky at the right.

A Fir Tree in the Forest of the Landes, Aquitane

René-Ernest Huet, 1909

Black trade card with white ornament showing dragons, rockets and a seated figure, advertising fireworks maker Ladislas Lukas

Trade card for Ladislas Lukassy Kunstfeuerwerker

Joseph Franz Kaiser, 19th century

Engraved frontispiece showing a bearded God figure above a winged angel writing and a veiled seated woman holding a book.

Frontispiece to the Bible

Claude Mellan, 1642

Red chalk style print of a young woman leaning on an open book beside a classical bust and sketched heads.

Painting - Gilles Demarteau

Gilles Demarteau

Color print of Venus at her toilette, nude and reclining, attended by cherubs and doves beside draped curtains and a classica

The Toilet of Venus

Jean François Janinet, 1783

Engraving of a reclining mermaid and bearded merman by water, with a walled town and castle on a cliff behind them.

The Sea Monster (Das Meerwunder)

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Engraved oval portrait of a crowned woman in pearls and fur-trimmed robe, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Anne of Austria

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curly hair in a fur-trimmed robe, with inscription and coat of arms below.

Louis-Dominique de Bailleul

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and moustache wearing a fur-trimmed robe, within an ornamental border.

Pompone II de Bellièvre

Robert Nanteuil, 1653

Engraved oval portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair and a white collar, with a coat of arms below, 1651.

Charles Benoise

Robert Nanteuil, 1651

Engraved oval portrait of a man in armor and lace collar, with a coat of arms and inscription below, dated 1649.

Frédéric-Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon

Robert Nanteuil, 1649

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair, lace collar, and sash, in a layered oval frame.

Léon-Bouthillier, comte de Chavigny

Robert Nanteuil, 1651

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair and lace collar, inscribed frame and coat of arms below.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Robert Nanteuil, 1660

Pencil and wash drawing of a draped woman with a water jug beside a small child in a wooded landscape.

Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness (recto); Two portrait studies of the artist's wife, and a study of a leg and tors…

George Richmond, 1829-33

Caricature drawing of a bearded man with an oversized head wiping tears, beside a signpost reading Route de Boheme.

Caricature of Henri Mürger

Nadar, 1849-61

Engraved portrait of a smiling man in a beret and fur collar holding a flute, with Dutch verse below.

The Man with the Flute

Cornelis Bloemaert, 1625

Pen and ink drawing of Pilate washing his hands before a crowd of soldiers, with a column, drapery and city behind.

Pilate Washing his Hands

Bernard van Orley, early 1530s

Ink and gray wash drawing of a haloed rider on horseback sharing his cloak with a beggar at his knee.

Saint Martin and the Beggar

Vittore Carpaccio, 1493-1500

Pen and watercolor drawing of a black-robed saint with a torch and cross triumphing over fallen figures beneath an angel.

An Allegory of the Triumph over Heresy, with St. Domenic to the Fore

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1650-60

Drawing of an elderly bearded man with flowing hair in brown wash and red chalk against a dark background.

Study for the figure of Moses

Jacob de Wit, 1730-37

Pen and wash drawing of Ecce Homo: a crowned figure on a balcony above a crowd, framed by a border of birds, flowers and urns

Ecce Homo

Maerten de Vos, 1584

Two Studies of a Man

Santi di Tito, ca. 1575

Red chalk drawing of a seated man in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, one hand resting on a table.

Portrait of George Graham

Thomas Hudson, ca. 1739

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with cherubs and an angel holding a cross, heightened with white.

Virgin and Child, and Saint John the Baptist (recto); Summary sketches, possibly the Virgin and Child (verso)

Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

Brown wash drawing of the risen Christ rising above a tomb as startled soldiers recoil below.

The Resurrection of Christ

Denys Calvaert, n.d.