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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,170 works

Pencil study of a classical scene with nude youths, draped women embracing, and helmeted warriors around them.

Group of studies for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"

Joseph-Ferdinand Lancrenon, 1817

Drawing of peasants, a donkey, and sheep fording a stream beneath a large leaning tree with birds overhead.

Landscape with Peasants Fording a Stream

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1756

Color print of a seated woman in a white bonnet sewing beside a basket of fruit and a pincushion, with patterned curtains beh

The Embroiderer

Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty, 18th century

Colour print of a young draftsman in a dark cloak sketching on a board in a studio beside a figure study on the wall.

The Young Draftsman

Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty, ca. 1743

Figure and Head Studies

René Michel Slodtz, ca. 1732-36

Full-length lithograph of a standing man in a frock coat and tall boots holding a top hat, with a German dedication below.

Ludwig Wilhelm Wittich, Art Dealer and Publisher in Berlin

Friedrich Jügel, n.d.

Engraving of an armored rider on a rearing horse lancing a dragon, with a woman watching and a city in the background.

St George Killing the Dragon

Enea Vico, 1542

Ink drawing on blue paper of a rocky landscape with gnarled roots, an owl on a dead tree, and a seated figure.

Rugged Moonlit Landscape with a Woman Seated by Gnarled Tree Roots, and an Owl

Ludwig Emil Grimm, 1833 (?)

Grey wash drawing of a herdswoman seated with a lamb among cattle, sheep and a donkey under a large tree.

A Herdswoman Seated Amongst Her Animals, with a Lamb in Her Arms

Dirck Van Bergen, 1690

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, two figures by a small wooden bridge, and a hidden house.

Landscape with a House Hidden Between Trees and Two Men Near a Small Bridge

Franciscus Andreas Milatz, late 18th-early 19th century

Red chalk drawing of a draped young woman seated on a cloud with outstretched arm, surrounded by smaller figure studies.

Young Woman on a Cloud with Three Figures (recto); Studies of an Old Man and a Hand (verso)

Francesco Furini, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with winged figures, a nude woman, and musicians among clouds under a sun

Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco

Francesco Albani, 1650-1700

Etching of St. Nicholas of Bari in an interior with draped bed, kneeling figure and reclining figure, with handwritten notes.

St. Nicholas of Bari

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraved page of six sibyl figures in architectural niches, each with a Latin inscription beneath.

The Persian Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraved page of six sibyl figures in architectural niches, each with a Latin inscription below.

The Libyan Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Grey wash drawing of a crowded street before a colonnaded building, with figures, a horse, a dog and a tent.

An Italian City with a Crowd Watching Actors in an Outdoor Theater

Hendrik Verschuring, 1642-90

Graphite drawing of a woman's head turned upward with a wistful gaze, short wavy hair, on tan paper.

Head of a Woman Looking Up

Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, 1800-1862

Young Man and Old Woman

Jacob Matham, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a robed churchman among a crowd, with two flying cherubs above in an arched composition.

Saint Carl Borromäus

Melchior Steidl, late 17th-18th century

Drawing of a robed priest giving last rites to plague victims beneath hovering angels and cherubs, with columns behind.

Saint Carl Borromäus Giving Extreme Unction to the Plague-Stricken

Johann Daniel Herz the Elder, 1700-1754

Brown ink drawing of a helmeted Roman warrior raising a spear beside a sword and shield on a rocky ledge.

Roman Warriors

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1700-1767

Pen and ink sheet of studies showing a Madonna and child, a bearded old man, and draped standing and seated figures.

Sheet of Studies

Anthony van Dyck, 1621-27

Engraved portrait of a young woman with curled hair leaning on a balustrade holding flowers, with a formal garden behind.

Portrait of Mary Stuart

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Engraving of the prophet Daniel seated on an ornate throne, holding an open book, with Italian verse below.

The Prophet Daniel, from "Prophets and Sibyls"

Francesco Rosselli, 1480-90

Engraving of mourners carrying Christ's body to a rocky tomb, with three crosses on a hill and an inscription on a stone bloc

The Entombment of Christ

Andrea Mantegna, before 1475

Engraving of Joseph gesturing among two seated men and a bowl of fruit, with a figure in shadow behind.

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharoah's Chief Butler and Baker

Jusepe de Ribera, 1766-67

Etching of a bearded turbaned man seated with a shirtless youth, an animal skull and open book in the foreground, trees and r

Magician with four Figures near a smoking Altar, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-52

Ink and wash floor plan of Houghton Hall with a central block, curved colonnades, and labeled service wings.

Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Ground Floor (Basement) Plan

Isaac Ware, 1735

Circular engraving of Mary Magdalen carried upward on clouds by winged angels, with radiating light rays.

Mary Magdalen carried to Heaven

Jean Mignon, ca. 1535-55

Engraving of women weaving, spinning and sewing in a classical interior with columns and a loom.

Women spinning, weaving and sewing

Master FG, 1540-50