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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,350 works

Broadside of 48 numbered woodcut allegorical scenes with the sun and moon at top, titled El Sol y la Luna.

Broadside with 48 allegorical figures pertaining to the sun and the moon

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside with 48 numbered scenes of Barcelona festivals and street customs, with Spanish captions.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the celebrations and customs of Barcelona

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed broadside of 48 numbered woodcut scenes with Spanish captions telling the adventures of Don Simplon.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the life and adventures of Don Simplon

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Printed sheet showing a Spanish children's card game with suits of batons, swords, cups and coins, with explanatory text in t

Sheet of playing cards for children

Juan Llorens, ca. 1860-70

Broadside with 48 numbered woodcut scenes of the life, passion and death of Jesus Christ, with Spanish verse captions.

Broadside with 48 scenes of the life of Jesus Christ

José Noguera, 1866

Engraving of a falconer holding a falcon beside a woman in a braided headdress, with ribbon scrolls above them.

The Falconer and the Lady, from "Scenes of Daily Life"

Israhel van Meckenem, ca. 1495

Pencil and grey wash drawing of an ornate building facade with a central niche statue, a stone cross and balustrade at left.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Building Façade

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Portrait of Isabella Benson

John Smart, 1811

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with shoulder-length hair and a white cravat, with handwritten name below.

Gaetano Rossi Napoletano

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a young man with short curly hair, high collar and cravat, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Liberali de Verona

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, n.d.

A Standing Grenadier of the Municipal Guard

Édouard Detaille, 1891

Chalk study of a spotted jaguar standing on a rock against blue strokes, on brown paper.

Study of a Jaguar

John Macallan Swan, 1874-1910

Red chalk drawing of a man with long curly hair and a buttoned jacket on toned paper.

Portrait of a Man (recto); A Male Torso in Jacket and the Head of a Child (verso)

Giuseppe Ghislandi, 1740s

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman spinning thread with a distaff, with a faint sketched figure behind her.

A Woman Spinning (recto); A Woman Holding a Bundle (verso)

Giacomo Ceruti, 18th century

Watercolor landscape of a thatched cottage on a rocky bank beside a stream and stone bridge, under a hazy sky.

Village à Dieppe

Eugène Isabey, 1843

Watercolor vanitas with a skull crowned by colorful flowers, a butterfly, a candle and a bone on a stone ledge.

Vanitas Still Life

Herman Henstenburgh, n.d.

Pen drawing of an arched classical ruin with a waterfall in a vaulted bath, two statues, and figures under trees.

Classical Ruins: A Public Bath

Joseph Lemercier, 19th century

A Young Girl Walking to the Left

Adriaen van de Velde, mid-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a classical landscape with two figures, a stone monument, a pine tree, and a distant town.

Arcadian Landscape

Johannes Glauber, n.d.

Drawing of the Pentecost: a dove descends through clouds above apostles gathered in prayer, within a gilt ornamental frame.

The Pentecost

Salomon de Bray, early to mid-17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd of muscular figures gesturing beneath classical arches and an elevated platform.

Ecce Homo

Maarten van Heemskerck, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling friar gazing up at the Christ Child in clouds, with an altar table and procession at right.

The Vision of Saint Anthony of Padua

Vicente Salvador Gómez, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a woman at a fountain before a ruined temple, with a classical Hercules statue among trees behind.

A Woman at a Fountain by a Ruined Temple, the Farnese Hercules in the Background

Johannes Antiquus, 1726-50

Watercolor of geese and goslings alarmed by foxes and cubs emerging from rushes beside a pond under a willow.

A Goose and a Gander with their Goslings Honking in Alarm as Two Foxes with their Cubs Emerge from the Rushes

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, mid-18th-early 19th century

Etching of a nude Roman warrior seen from behind, with plumed helmet, spear and oval shield beside classical columns.

A Roman Warrior with Shield and Spear

Leendert van der Cooghen, 1666

Etching of a nude warrior seen from behind, leaning on a fasces, with armored soldiers and a flag in the background.

A Roman Warrior with Fasces

Leendert van der Cooghen, 1666

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a fur cap and long coat leaning on a walking stick beside a grassy bank.

Man in a Coat and Fur Cap Leaning against a Bank

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1630

Etching of an elderly beggar in a fur cap and ragged clothes, leaning on a crutch and wooden leg.

Beggar with a Wooden Leg

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1630

Brown wash drawing of a gallows with a hanged figure, birds rising above, and small figures on a dark ridge under a pale sky.

The Hanged Man

Victor Hugo, ca. 1855-60

Ornate pen and wash title page for the Illustrirte Zeitung 1856, with a winged lyre-playing figure, cityscapes and allegorica

Title Page for "Illustrirte Zeitung 1856"

Johann Caspar Nepomuk Scheuren, 1856