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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,710 works

Brown wash drawing of the Circumcision: a draped cloth above, a seated figure holding an infant, and onlookers around.

The Circumcision

Hans Muelich, 1516-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds approaching a group around an infant with angels, set before ruined arches and a dist

Adoration of the Shepherds

Master of Liechtenstein, ca. 1549-50

Brown wash drawing of Saint John the Baptist with a cross confronting a turbaned ruler, courtiers, a guard, and a ruined city

Saint John the Baptist Appearing Before Herod

Augustin Braun, late 16th-mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical battle scene with armed men, a nude figure, and a winged figure in clouds.

Allegory of the Battle at Selimbar (October 28, 1599)

Hans von Aachen, 1552-1616

Ink sketch of a mounted officer in a bicorne hat on a rearing horse, with a fallen soldier and battlefield below.

Battlefield with Soldier on Horseback (Napoleon?)

Antoine-Jean Gros, ca.1810

Pen drawing of a crowned woman beside a tall crucifix, with a dragon at her feet and a town with a sailing boat behind her.

Allegorical Figure (Faith?)

Pieter Cornelisz Kunst, early 16th-mid 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a triptych design with robed figures under arches, an angel above, and a reclining figure in th

A Design for a Triptych with the Adoration of the Two Saints

Jan Symonsz. Pynas, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a village street with a huge tree, crowds of villagers, a cart, and low houses.

May Day Celebrations at Xeuilley

Jacques Callot, ca. 1624-25

Chalk drawing of a young woman with a candle at a table, lit by the flame in a dark arched interior.

Young Woman Seated at a Table, Holding a Candle

Godfried Schalcken, late 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a river flowing past a rocky cliff and tall trees, with a small waterfall and figure in the distance.

At Nunnery in Cumberland

Joseph Farington, August 20, 1786

Two Heavily Bearded Men

Stefano da Verona, n.d.

Pen and ink caricature of an exaggerated older man with a large nose, cloak and ruff, pointing to the right.

Caricature of a Man Pointing

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1610-80

Wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child enthroned and kneeling kings offering gifts.

The Adoration of the Magi (Cartoon for an Embroidery)

Diego Lopez de Escuriaz, 1587-89

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and kneeling women.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Caspar Fraisinger, 1590

Drawing of a bearded clergyman in an oval medallion framed by allegorical figures, putti, and a coat of arms.

Portrait of Johann Schweickhardt von Kronberg, Archbishop of Mainz

Gerhard Brück, early 17th century

Brown ink landscape drawing of gnarled trees, a winding road, two figures, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landscape with old trees and figures

Gillis Neyts, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of a crowded courtroom with a standing man at left, a seated judge at right, and spectators filling the gall

Two Men Before a Judge in a Crowded Courtroom

Egbert Jasperszoon van Heemskerck I, late 17th century

Pen drawing of a five-bay Corinthian archway with horses on top, warrior statues, and a Latin inscription panel.

A Monumental Archway with Five Bays in the Corinthian Order

Jacques Androuet, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of a travelling column scattered by a swirling dust storm, with figures tumbled on the right.

A column of oriental travelers scattered by a dust storm

William West, 1820-40

Pen and brown ink drawing with grey wash of robed figures gathered in an interior beside a balustrade, one seated man holding

Jacob Gives Joseph a Coat of Many Colors

Daniel Seiter, 17th-early 18th century

Sepia drawing of a ruined classical hall with Corinthian columns, ivy, and figures including a sketching artist and a child.

Artist Among Ruins

Antonio Zucchi, 18th century

Watercolor drawing of an Egyptian temple gateway with columns and hieroglyphs, with robed figures before the entrance.

The Temple at Dendur, Nubia

David Roberts, 1848

Brown wash drawing of peasants working at a well beside a thatched hut and barrels, with trees and clouds.

Peasants Around a Well

Johann Georg Wille, 1758

Graphite and white chalk study of a monk's head in three-quarter view, with a tonsured crown and downcast eyes, on tan paper.

Study of the Head of St. Augustine, for the painting of the Madonna and Child with Saint Augustine and Bonifacius (1846)

Eduard von Steinle, 1846

Pen and grey wash drawing of two wooden carts on a dirt road beside a stone house with a thatched roof and hills behind.

Irish cars (Study of two carts in a landscape)

Cornelius Varley, 1800-73

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in Roman dress and headscarf, turning back while holding a distaff for spinning.

A Seated Woman in Roman Dress, Spinning

Theodor Leopold Weller, early 19th-late 19th century

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a seated nude man with curly hair leaning on a cushion over a stone block.

Study of a Seated Male Nude

Philipp Otto Runge, late 18th-19th century

Moonlit bay with a distant volcano, a small sailboat, and dark trees framing the foreground in a blue-gray drawing.

Virgil's Tomb with a View of the Bay of Naples in the Moonlight

Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1860-84

Brown wash drawing of a classical landscape with a river, rocky cliffs, large trees, resting figures and a shepherd with shee

Classical Landscape with Figures

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell, 1749-1822

Grey wash drawing of a bare-chested figure and kneeling men in a prison courtyard with mosque minarets behind.

An Islamic Prophet Appearing in the Courtyard of a Prison in Alexandria

Jan Goeree, ca. 1706