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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,714 works

Two studies of a saddled horse and of a horse with a boy astride; verso: Study of a bean plant

Jacob de Gheyn II, ca. 1602

Brown wash drawing of a sea nymph on a dolphin with a triton and a cherub beside her on a rocky ledge.

A Sea Nymph and a Triton on a Dolphin

Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, 18th century

Pencil and wash drawing of a pyramid-topped memorial with laurel wreath cartouche and inscription for J.B. van Bree.

Pyramid monument for J.B. van Bree

G. Fock, 1857 or after

Pen and ink drawing of a standing soldier with a plumed helmet, billowing cape, sword and long pike, on an arched sheet.

A Standing Soldier

Michel Kirmer, 1561

Pen and ink drawing of fortified city walls with crenellated towers, angled bastions, and an arcaded building behind them.

Recto: "Libro Primo, Chapo Quarto..." (Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 4); Verso: The Fortification of City Walls (Vitruvi…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

Ink drawing of a columned temple elevation, a floor plan, and a background with a round building and arched bridge, with hand

Recto: Temple Types: in Antis and Prostyle (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, nos. 2, 3); Verso: Temple Types: Peripteral…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

Pen and brown ink drawing of a walled city by a river with obelisks, a fortress and hills, framed by trees and rocks.

The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Alexandria, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no.…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

Pen and ink drawing of labeled trees in a landscape with hills, a pond and ducks.

Recto: On Timber, the Species of Trees (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 9, no. 4); Verso: On Timber, the Battle of Larigni…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hilly ancient city with amphitheaters, obelisks, and cave openings, with a floor plan below.

Recto: The Houses of the Barbarians (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 1, nos. 3, 4); Verso: The Aeropagus in Athens with Ca…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

Pen and brown ink landscape with wind-blown trees, small figures, a wooden structure and clouds in the sky.

Recto: Landscape with Trees and Figures (? Remarks on the Winds and the Lay-out of the City; Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapt…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

Pen drawing of a temple plan and a perspective view of a columned temple with statues, with Italian notes below.

Recto: Temple Types: Amphiprostyle (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, no. 4); Verso: Temple Types: Pseudodipteral (Vitruv…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

Pen and ink drawing of a ruined Roman temple with fluted columns and a pediment, standing in water with reeds and ducks.

Recto: Front Elevation of a Roman Temple in Ruins (inspired by Giuliano da Sangallo); Verso: Elevation of the Nave of…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

Black and white chalk drawing of a boy in a buttoned jacket asleep, slumped over his arms beside a hat and staff.

A Sleeping Shepherd Boy

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 17th century

Watercolor architectural drawing of a Gothic Revival university facade with towers, battlements and a large pointed-arch wind

University of the City of New York, Washington Square (facade of main building)

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1833

Watercolor of City Hall Park in New York with trees, a church spire, row buildings, and City Hall at right, 1826.

City Hall Park, New York

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1826

Grey wash drawing of a helmeted man carrying an elderly man on his back, with a nude figure at lower left.

Aeneas and Anchises

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Grey wash drawing of King Midas with donkey ears reaching for gold at a candlelit table, watched by onlookers.

King Midas

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Pencil drawing of a woman in a long dress seated beside an ornate iron garden bench with a scrolled canopy and cherub.

Woman seated on iron garden seat with canopy

Ferdinand Kirchgessner, 1854

Pen and wash drawing of a blank coat of arms flanked by two putti holding a crown, with scrolls and garlands.

Design for a Title Page with a Coat of Arms (blank) and Two Putti Holding a Crown

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a pedestal clock with a numbered dial and pendulum, beside a side-view apparatus with a hanging ball.

Designs for a clock, Illustrations for "Saggi di naturali esperienze"

Circle of Giuseppe Cocchini, 1666

Pencil sketch of a figure sleeping face-down on the ground among grass tufts, drawn in soft grey tones.

A Boy Sleeping in the Outdoors

Cornelis Saftleven, 17th century

The Prix de Rome Winners of 1817: Léon Cogniet, Achille Michallon and Antoine Garnaud

Léon Cogniet, 1817

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman-order column elevation with Corinthian capital and proportion diagram at the base.

Design for a column in Roman order

Maximilian Hardmuth, 1844-76

Watercolor of a cascading waterfall over rocks in a forest, with trees on both sides and a wooden footbridge in front.

A Waterfall in a Forest at Langhennersdorf

Christoph Nathe, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil and white chalk drapery studies on blue-grey paper, showing a standing figure in a mantle and folds of cloth.

Drapery Studies (recto); Drapery Studies (verso)

Anselm Feuerbach, 1829-80

Colored design drawing of an altarpiece with a column, cherubs, and a figure of St. Sebastian, with a floor plan at right.

Design for an Altarpiece with a Figure of St. Sebastian

Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, 1741

Pen and ink study of an ornate altar with a fluted column, rococo scrollwork, cherubs, and a standing figure on a pedestal.

Study for an Altar with a Figure on a Raised Socle at Left; verso: Study for an Altar with a Figure of an Angel or Saint

Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, ca. 1720-40

Ink and wash drawing of a rococo church altar with angels, cherubs, scrolled ornament and draped canopy.

Design for the Transeptal Altars in the Klosterkirche Zwiefalten

Johann Michael Feichtmayr, ca. 1740-50

Pen and watercolor drawing of snowy ruined castle courtyard with a round tower, arched gateway and bare tree.

Winter View of the Courtyard of a Medieval Castle in Ruins

Karl Julius von Leypold, 1832

Brown wash drawing of two laurel-crowned figures riding a clawed monster beside a waterfall and cliffs.

Dante and Virgil on the back of Geryon

Bertel Thorvaldsen, early 19th century