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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Painting of a young woman with long hair reading a large open book in a dark wooded setting, wearing a white blouse.

Study in a Wood

Daniel Huntington, 1861

Oil study of a rounded rock and autumn meadow under a pale sky, with a small tree in the foreground.

Autumn Study, View over Hanging Rock, Newport, R.I.

John La Farge, 1868

Oil painting of pale birch trunks beside a lake under green, sunlit foliage, with a shadowed earthen path below.

Study of Beeches

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Monochrome reproduction of a painted study of a standing deer with antlers in a shadowy forest clearing.

Deer - Sketch from Nature

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, ca. 1882

Painting of a man in a white turban and yellow vest beside a veiled woman in a pale shawl, on a brown background.

Study of Two Figures

Edwin Lord Weeks, ca. 1878

Suzanne Manet at Bellevue

Édouard Manet, 1880

Brown wash drawing of an imaginary landscape with a towered castle, trees, and a small figure with a staff.

Imaginary Landscape

Monogrammist AM, ca. 1600

Watercolor and pencil self-portrait of a thin nude man with one arm outstretched against an ochre background, signed EGS 1911

Self-Portrait

Egon Schiele, 1911

Cover of a drawing book with ornate black scrollwork, a central 'Drawing Book' title, and small landscape vignettes on sage g

Drawing Book

H. Byrne, 1880-81

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a domed circular temple with elevation, section, and floor plan.

Architectural Drawing

Nicolas François Barbier, n.d.

Symmetrical black-and-white geometric ornament drawing with radiating lines, pointed arches and stylized foliage in a rectang

Design drawing

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on earlier design

Watercolor of a calm sea and pastel sunset sky with lavender clouds and a thin orange horizon glow.

Sunset at Sea

John Singer Sargent, 1905-6 (?) or 1905-?6

Watercolor of waves breaking on a sandy beach under a dark, cloudy sky with a distant horizon.

Marine

John La Farge, 1883 (?)

Watercolor of a rocky coastline with waves breaking against cliffs and seabirds flying under a grey sky.

A Rocky Coast

William Trost Richards, 1877

Watercolor interior of a lottery office with a large window, wooden counter, stools, shelves, and lottery posters.

Interior of a Lottery

James Kidder, 1821

Watercolor street elevation of three adjoining New York buildings with an eagle pediment, arched shop windows, and a red bric

Shop and Warehouse of Duncan Phyfe, 168-172 Fulton Street, New York City

John Rubens Smith, 1817-20

Muted gouache drawing of a classical theatre facade with columns, staircases, and a CIVIC sign over the entrance.

14th Street Theatre

Perkins Harnly, ca. 1940

Life Drawing

Carle Vanloo, mid-18th century

Ink drawing on paper of birds perched on rocks and branches, with a drooping willow twig at upper left.

Japanese Drawing

Kanō Naonobu, early 19th century

Pink poinsettia-like flowers and green leaves in a watercolor design drawing, with a color swatch key at lower left.

Design Drawing

Tiffany & Co., ca. 1893

Black ink drawing on tan paper of a stylized village with angular rooftops, tall trees, and curving hills.

Drawing 16

Jacoba van Heemskerck, ca. 1916

Watercolor of wildflowers including yellow goldenrod, blue gentians, white asters and dark berries among green and rust leave

Wildflowers

Ellen Robbins, 1875

Moonlit winter landscape with bare trees, snowy hills, a frozen stream and streaky white clouds under a deep blue sky.

Winter Scene in Moonlight

Henry Farrer, 1869

Watercolor of boys in straw hats in a wooden dory on calm water, with sailboats and a shoreline in the distance.

Boys in a Dory

Winslow Homer, 1873

Red chalk drawing of a seated mother nursing an infant while two other children rest nearby in soft shading.

Maternity

Benjamin West, 1784

Grey-toned watercolor of a surgeon at center directing assistants over a patient, with a tiered audience of observers behind.

The Gross Clinic

Thomas Eakins, 1875-76

Watercolor of purple plums on a branch with green leaves and two yellow quinces resting on sandy ground.

Plums

John William Hill, 1870

Watercolor of a shirtless young man wading in turquoise sea, with a sailboat, palm-lined shore and bunting in the background.

The Bather

Winslow Homer, 1899

Watercolor of a rower in a red headband and white shirt in a single scull on a river, with sailboats in the distance.

John Biglin in a Single Scull

Thomas Eakins, ca. 1873

Drawing of a woman in a gray skirt lifting a bowl while a dark turkey stands beside her on grass near a pale wall.

Feeding the Turkey

Eastman Johnson, ca. 1872-80