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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,693 works

Pen drawing of a man in period dress and a plumed hat riding a snail, with a crowned shield above.

Shield King: A Man Astride a Snail

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a horseman in a tricorn hat on a rearing horse, with a river, bridge and town behind him.

Shield Knave: A Horseman

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in a feathered hat leaning on a star-shaped fortification, with a hanging bell and a bridge behind.

Shell King: A Man with a Map of a Fortification

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in period dress riding a leaping boar, holding a flag, with an acorn shield in the corner.

Acorn Knave: A Man Astride a Swine

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Red chalk drawing of a young woman with a ribbon in her hair, with a handwritten Italian inscription below.

Head of a Girl

Rudolf Escher, 1694

Ink and wash drawing of two horsemen on rearing horses firing pistols at each other, smoke rising from both guns.

Two Horsemen Shooting at Each Other

Heinrich Werdmüller, 1600-1677

Drawing of a nude man seated on a cloud beside an armillary sphere, gesturing toward a distant town, with Latin inscriptions.

Man Sitting on a Cloud Above a Battlefield, Pointing to a Globe

Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger, 1693

Pencil drawing of a rocky landscape with a natural stone arch, a waterfall beneath it, and foliage framing the scene.

Landscape with a Natural Arch and a Waterfall

Felix Meyer, 17th-early 18th century

Watercolor landscape of rocky cliffs and a stream, with a winged angel and a young figure near the water at left.

Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

Felix Meyer, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a weeping putto beside a lute, with a river and city skyline behind him.

Sketch for Title Page of the Neujahrsblatt vom Musiksaal, Zurich

Johannes Meyer the Younger, ca. 1699

Pen and ink drawing of a winged putto holding a laurel wreath, surrounded by a globe, lute, palette and peacock within a circ

Allegory of Virtue

Johannes Meyer the Younger, 1692

Pen drawing of a man in a tricorn hat riding a cow with a sword, a crowned acorn shield above, and a tree.

Acorn King: A Man Astride a Cow

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in a tricorn hat raising a sword while riding a fox, with a crowned rose coat of arms in the corner.

Rose King: A Man Astride a Fox

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in period dress and a plumed hat riding a snail, with a crowned shield above.

Shield King: A Man Astride a Snail

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a horseman in a tricorn hat on a rearing horse, with a river, bridge and town behind him.

Shield Knave: A Horseman

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in a feathered hat leaning on a star-shaped fortification, with a hanging bell and a bridge behind.

Shell King: A Man with a Map of a Fortification

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in period dress riding a leaping boar, holding a flag, with an acorn shield in the corner.

Acorn Knave: A Man Astride a Swine

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Red chalk drawing of a young woman with a ribbon in her hair, with a handwritten Italian inscription below.

Head of a Girl

Rudolf Escher, 1694

Head of a Bearded Man Looking Right

Mathais Füssli the Youngest, 1692

Brown wash drawing of putti on clouds with musical instruments, books, a coat of arms, and a temple on a hill.

Allegory of Art and Knowledge with the Coat-of-Arms of Hans Wilpert Zoller

Mathais Füssli the Youngest, 1694

Trompe-l'œil drawing of a curled calendar with saints' names and zodiac symbols, pinned above an inscribed decorative paper s

Calligraphic Trompe-l'œil Calendar

Matthias Buchinger, 1709

Grey wash drawing of a crowned seated woman pointing upward, with a globe and book beside her.

Saint Margaret Pointing to Heaven, with a Globe Next to Her

Maria Clara Eimmart, 1693

Ink and wash drawing of winged Father Time unveiling a reclining nude woman beside a column, with a cherub and sailboats.

'Tempus omnia manifestat': Allegory of Art and Knowledge

Johann Melchior Füssli, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of Icarus falling past a sunburst above a sea coast, inside a circular frame on blue paper.

The Fall of Icarus

Johann Caspar Hessius, 1692

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of two horsemen on rearing horses, one striking at the other, with shrubs in a landscape.

Two Fighting Horsemen

Pandolfo Lorenzo Hopfer, 1693

Grey wash drawing of a blindfolded Fortune on a sphere playing violin, with a dancing couple and tree in a landscape.

A Dancing Pair Accompanied by a Blindfolded Fortune

Monogrammist EF, 1693

Red chalk drawing of an eagle flying with a figure on its back above a distant mountain range.

The Rape of Ganymede

Sophia Blesendorf, 1694

Red chalk drawing of a putto fishing beside reeds, with a basket behind him and a rod extending diagonally.

A Fishing Putto

Sophia Blesendorf, late 17th century

Pen drawing of a rearing horse and armored rider leaping before onlookers and a stone city wall.

Marcus Curtius

Samuel Stettler, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a long-haired seated woman, nude to the waist, gazing toward a skull beside her.

Mary Magdalen Penitent

David Höscheler, 17th century