New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,851 works

Engraved mythological banquet scene with vases, a grapevine arbor, an elephant, a flying putto, and reclining figures among l

The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche (right panel)

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1530-61

Engraving of a nude man bound to a column, scourged by several bearded men with rods and whips, with a crown of thorns on the

The Flagellation

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1552-61

Pen and wash drawing of a robed churchman raising a host before clergy, with a kneeling crowd and a town gate behind.

Saint Bernard presenting the host to Guillaume X, duc de Guyenne

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Pen and ink landscape drawing of the Holy Family resting with an angel and a donkey beneath large trees and a palm.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (recto); The Arch of Titus, Camp Vaccino (verso)

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Etching of a Paris bridge over the Seine with towered buildings, rowing boats, barges and a hot air balloon in the sky.

Pont-au-Change, Paris, from "Etchings of Paris"

Charles Meryon, 1854

Brown wash drawing of a woodland stream tumbling over rocks and a small waterfall, framed by tall trees and ferns.

Woodland Scene with Mountain Stream

Johann Georg von Dillis, 1790s

Pen drawing in an oval frame of a hilly landscape with a palm tree, ruined buildings, a hilltop castle and two figures.

Vertical Oval Vignette of a Mountainous Landscape with Two Shepherds in the Foreground

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, late 17th century

Oval drawing of an arcaded palace interior with two figures and a distant craggy mountain seen through an arch.

Vertical Oval Vignette of A Palace Interior with Two Figures Admiring Decoration; a Craggy Mountain Seen Through a Wi…

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, late 17th century

Pen and gray wash design for a trompe l'oeil ceiling with Ionic columns, scrollwork, cherubs and a statue of Victory.

Design for a Quarter of a Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling with Architecture in the Ionic Order and a Statue of Victory

Vittorio Maria Bigari, ca. 1710-40

Aerial lithograph of Central Park in summer with a lake, boats, crowded terrace, hot air balloon and city beyond.

Central Park (Summer)

Julius Bien, 1865

Engraved portrait of Leopold Mozart playing the violin, framed by rococo scrollwork with sheet music at his feet.

Leopold Mozart playing the violin

J. A. Friedrich, 1756

Colored print of a four-horse carriage with coachman and passengers racing along a dirt road through countryside.

"Four-in-Hand"

Louis Maurer, 1861

Oval bust portrait print of a man in a military uniform with star epaulettes, set within a decorative oval frame.

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale, 1787

Oval bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin in round spectacles and buttoned coat, with inscription around the frame.

Benjamin Franklin

Charles Willson Peale, 1787

Hand-colored print of the 1775 battle at Charlestown, showing smoke-filled hillside, warships in harbor and soldiers in forma

An Exact View of the Late Battle at Charlestown, June 17th, 1775

Bernard Romans, ca. 1775

Pencil drawing of nine classical women with musical instruments on a rocky slope beside a winged horse.

The Muses on Parnassus

Pieter de Grebber, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a seated bearded man speaking to a woman at a stone well beneath a large tree.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Nicholas Verkolje, early 18th century

Pen drawing of a crowned seated figure mocked by soldiers in feathered hats, one holding a staff above his head.

The Mocking of Christ

Pieter Jansz. Quast, 1640

Brown wash drawing of a river landscape with rocks, trees, fishermen in a boat, sailing boats and a hilltop building.

Landscape with Fishermen

Maerten de Cock, ca. 1588-1661

Grey wash drawing of herdsmen, cattle, sheep and dogs by a fountain beside a classical statue and overgrown stone architectur

Landscape with Herdsmen, Sheep and Cows Around a Fountain

Pieter Bout, n.d.

Grayscale drawing of a Delft market square with a tall Gothic church tower, gabled houses, carriage, and pedestrians.

Marketplace of Delft with the Nieuwekerk

Gerrit Toorenburgh, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Last Supper, with apostles seated at a candlelit table in a columned interior.

The Last Supper

Claes Moeyaert, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of three cloaked travelers walking in a landscape, one pointing toward distant buildings on the right.

The Road to Emmaus

Claes Moeyaert, 17th century

Pencil drawing of rocky cliffs overgrown with bushes and trees, with a small figure and distant landscape at left.

Rocks Overgrown with Bushes

François van Knibbergen, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of figures beneath a draped canopy at an outdoor tavern, with a cart and barrels at right.

Figures in an Outdoor Tavern

Jan Asselijn, 1635-52

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in a cloak gesturing beside a reclining figure under a tree, with small figures in a dis

St. John the Baptist Pointing to Christ

Willem van Oordt, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior and veiled woman in a rocky cave, gesturing toward figures and a dog.

Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld

Arnold Houbraken, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of Noah raising his arm before a burning altar while his family kneels, with a rainbow over the ark.

The Sacrifice of Noah

Gerard Hoet, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Annunciation: the Virgin Mary at a lectern receives a lily from a winged angel amid clouds a

The Annunciation

Gabriel Hornstain, 1639

Pen and grey wash drawing of nude women in a forest clearing, one embracing a goat-headed satyr, with children nearby.

Women Bathing in a Wood, Surprised by a Satyr

Balthasar Katzenberger, 1580-1627

Engraving of Saint John the Baptist standing in a landscape with a tower and houses in the background.

Saint John the Baptist standing in landscape, figures and buildings in the background

Giulio Campagnola, ca. 1505-10

Engraving of a young shepherd seated by a tree, with a mountain and towered buildings behind him and an old man at lower righ

Young shepherd seated in a landscape looking toward an old man in the lower right, buildings in the background and a…

Giulio Campagnola, ca. 1509-12

Engraving of four shepherds with instruments under a tree, with a hilly landscape and buildings on the right.

At left four shepherds with musical instruments seated under a group of trees; at right a hilly landscape with buildings

Giulio Campagnola, ca. 1517

Engraving of Saint John the Baptist with halo and scroll, holding a cup, standing before a landscape with a walled city and p

Saint John the Baptist

Girolamo Mocetto, 1500-1506

Engraving of two women with a severed bearded head wrapped in cloth, beside a tree and a distant walled town.

Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes

Girolamo Mocetto, 1500-30

Engraved frieze of Neptune in a sea-horse chariot with tritons, a trident and putti over rolling waves.

Frieze with Neptune and Tritons

Girolamo Mocetto, ca. 1500-1530

Engraving of a winged nude woman reclining amid piled armor, helmets, shields and spears, with a building behind.

Victory reclining amid trophies

Jacopo de' Barbari, ca. 1498-1500

Drapery Study for a Standing Male Figure in Profile Facing Left

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1512-17

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing woman in a fur stole and pearls beside an architectural niche.

Standing Female Figure and Ornamental Framework

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, ca. 1547-53

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a kneeling bearded saint gazing up at angels among clouds.

The Vision of Saint William of Aquitaine

Giovanni Angelo Canini, late 1650s

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Hood in Profile Facing Left

Giuseppe Cesari, 1636-38

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing male figure in a long robe and tall crown, holding a sword, over a faint grid.

Standing Male Figure Holding a Sword (King Otto of Hungary; recto); Sketch of Standing Male Figure (verso)

Cigoli, n.d.

Engraving of draped women, a bearded man holding an infant, and an altar with plants before a classical doorway and tree.

The sacrifice to Priapus (the larger version)

Jacopo de' Barbari, ca. 1499-1501

Engraving of the Madonna nursing the Christ Child seated against a large tree trunk in a bare landscape.

The Madonna nursing the Christ Child at the foot of a tree

Jacopo de' Barbari, ca. 1501-3

Woodcut print of skeletons riding bicycles, some in top hats and sombreros, with a winged skeleton at center on tan paper.

Skeletons (calaveras) riding bicycles

José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1891

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights of a house with a dovecote among trees, a path with two figures, and boats on the s

A House with a Dovecote and Trees by the Sea

Gherardo Cibo, 16th century

Pencil sketch of a Holy Family group with two flying angels above, drawn on pale paper.

Holy Family with Two Flying Angels

Baldassare Franceschini, ca. 1640

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin crowned in clouds above rows of angels playing instruments and holding banners.

Coronation of the Virgin with the Heavenly Hosts

Baldassare Franceschini, 17th century

Brown ink sketch of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin and infant Christ, kneeling figures, and a column.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Pietro da Cortona, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of workers digging and building a stone wall, with an axe-wielding man and mountains behind.

Men Digging and Constructing a Wall

Pietro da Cortona, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of Christ kneeling in Gethsemane, an angel above him, a cross and fence in a stormy landscape.

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane

Gaspare Diziani, 18th century

Pen and ink caricature of two men in period coats facing each other, one smiling broadly, one with a stern expression.

Marco and Carlo: Caricature of Two Men Standing Face to Face

Pier Leone Ghezzi, 1674-1755

Watercolor landscape with a large tree, waterfall, figures and cows on a hillside path under a cloudy sky.

The Morning

Johann Georg Wagner, 1732-67

Engraving of a kneeling woman pleading before a crowned seated ruler as a swordsman and crowd look on in a columned hall.

Female figure (Saint Catherine?) kneeling on the ground at center pleading to a male figure (Maximus?) who wears a cr…

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Engraving of the Virgin rising in clouds with cherubs, above twelve apostles gesturing upward.

The Virgin at top center in clouds with clasped hands and right foot raised, surrounded by cherubin; below, the twelv…

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Engraving of a reclining nude woman in a landscape with trees and a distant tower, signed DO CAMP 1517.

Nude woman (Venus) reclining in a landscape

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Engraving of nude men fighting on foot and horseback in a wooded landscape, with a dog at lower left.

Group of naked men engaged in battle in a wooded landscape, some on horseback; a dog at lower left

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Engraving of a dove descending in light above twelve robed apostles gesturing toward it before an archway.

The Holy Spirit as a bird descending with spread wings at top center; the twelve Apostles standing below gesturing to…

Domenico Campagnola, 1518

Woodcut landscape with Saint Jerome at left, a lion and bear fighting at center, and a mule with two figures in the distance.

Landscape with Saint Jerome at left looking towards lion and bear fighting at center; two figures with mule in the ba…

Domenico Campagnola, ca. 1530-35

Woodcut-style print of soldiers attacking women and children before classical arcades and columns, with bodies on the ground.

The Massacre of the Innocents (Right side) with group of male figures attacking women and children; classical buildin…

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Engraving of the Massacre of the Innocents with a mounted soldier, fleeing women and children, and a seated ruler on a throne

The Massacre of the Innocents (Left side), with man on horseback at center left, women and children below, group of f…

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Woodcut of the Virgin and infant under trees with Joseph, Saint Jerome, Saint John, a lion, and a town in the distance.

Mary seated beneath trees with baby, flanked by Joseph at left and St. Jerome at right; St. John the Baptist seated i…

Domenico Campagnola, 1517

Black and white print of a mountain landscape with travelers on a path, a town of stone buildings, and clouds.

Landscape with family walking together in the foreground, at left two figures with herd of goats and sheep; a mill (?…

Domenico Campagnola, ca. 1535-40

Woodcut landscape with a seated couple in the foreground, a large tree on the right, and a rocky peak above a village.

Landscape with a woman seated next to a man playing a hurdy-gurdy

Domenico Campagnola, ca. 1540