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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,711 works

Studies of a Woman Praying

Ludwig Emil Grimm, early to mid-19th century

Watercolor of Dresden across a river with a bridge and church domes, a couple and dog walking under trees in the foreground.

View of Dresden from the West

Christian Gottlob Hammer, 1833

Watercolor landscape of a twisted tree beside a dirt path, with shrubs, a stream, and a pale blue-gray sky.

Mountain Path with a Tree

Friedrich Nerly, 1825-35

Drawing of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and loose coat, with an unsteady posture and a tilted gaze.

A Drunken Man Standing

Aleksandr Orlovsky, 1822

Grey wash landscape drawing of two trees on a rocky hillside with a path and distant hills.

Landscape near Albano and Pallazole

Josef Rebell, 1812

Pencil drawing of an ornate three-armed candelabra with a crown finial and scrolled decoration on a stepped base.

Design for a Candelabra

Heinrich Jauner, 1877

Pen and wash drawing of a smiling fisherman with a pole, net and basket, framed by rococo scrollwork with fish and a heron.

Caricatures of a Fish and a Bird Peddler in Ornamental Frames

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1735-88

Watercolor stage design of a vaulted Roman ruin converted into a barn, with a staircase, cart, ladder and figures.

Stage Set Design of an Ancient Roman Ruin being Converted into a Barn

Johann Heinrich Ramberg, late 18th-mid-19th century

Grey ink and wash design for a pendant showing St. George on horseback attacking a dragon, surrounded by scrollwork.

Design for a Pendant with St. George and the Dragon

Otto Seitz, 1889

Watercolor of a nude seated figure crowning a soldier with a laurel wreath before classical columns and attendants.

Allegory of Victory: Soldier Being Crowned by Laurels

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, ca. 1814

Pen and blue wash drawing of a white eagle perched on a branch between floral garlands, in a horizontal ornamental band.

Ornament with Eagle and Garlands

Aug. Strubeker, 1833

Pen and gray wash drawing of a woman with a bucket on a cobbled street beside a high wall, with pedestrians and trees behind.

View of Charlottenborg Palace in Copenhagen with the Old Botanical Garden and Figures

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, ca. 1838-41

Grey wash drawing of a spired castle across a moat, with a large tree and figures near a gate in the foreground.

View of Frederiksborg Castle from the Northeast

Johan Christian Dahl, 1817

Grey wash drawing of deer resting and grazing in a meadow beside a large tree, with hills in the distance.

View of Dyrehaven

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1838

Architectural drawing with a watercolor elevation of a domed temple above a colored triangular floor plan.

Project for a Temple Dedicated to the Trinity, Elevation and Plan

Jean Nicolas Sobre, ca. 1783

Portrait of a woman in a blue gown with lace, pink rose and pearls, set in an ornate gilt frame.

Mrs. Edward Green (Mary Storer)

John Singleton Copley, 1765

Watercolor elevation and cut-away section of a domed neoclassical pleasure villa with columns and garden terrace.

Project for a "Maison de plaisance pour un grand seigneur", Elevation and Section

Jean Nicolas Sobre, ca. 1783

Portrait of a bald man in a green velvet cap and patterned green silk robe, set in a gilded frame.

Ebenezer Storer

John Singleton Copley, 1767

Pen and wash design drawing of a classical pulpit with Corinthian columns, a seated allegorical figure with a cross, and a do

Design for a Pulpit

Louis Gustave Taraval, 18th century

Portrait of Alois Senefelder

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1805-73

Brown wash drawing of two figures struggling against wind in a churchyard with gravestones, skull and Gothic church behind.

Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard

Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1775

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded elderly man seated at a table, raising one hand, within an oval frame on blue paper.

Saint Jerome

Georg Anton Urlaub, 1713-59

Red chalk drawing of a young boy seen from behind, looking up, holding a sword and a cap.

A Young Boy Seen from Behind, holding a sword and cap

Matteo Rosselli, n.d.

Charcoal and white chalk portrait of a mustached man in a cravat and frock coat, turned three-quarters, dated 1851.

Ernest Chassériau (?)

Théodore Chassériau, 1851

Pencil portrait of a seated man in a frock coat and cravat, with curled hair, resting his arm on a ledge.

Count Philibert-Oscar de Ranchicourt

Théodore Chassériau, ca. 1836

Ink and wash design drawing for a square ornamented tile with a central radiating motif, zigzag border and blue corner rosett

Design for Ornamented Tile

Stuttgart Carl Faber, 19th century

Watercolor of a spotted grey butterfly beside a brown-spotted sea shell casting a shadow on a pale background.

An Arrowhead Blue Butterfly and a Scotch Bonnet Sea Shell

Balthasar van der Ast, 17th century

Pencil and ink sketch of a child leaning on a table, hand at mouth, looking down at an open book.

Portrait of Eline Marie Heger as a Child, Leaning on a Table, Looking at a Book

Johan Christian Dahl, 1818

Portrait of Juliane Sophie Heger as a Child, leaning on a Table

Johan Christian Dahl, ca. 1820 (?)

Ground floor plan of Charlton House, Wiltshire, showing rooms, a central court, hall, gallery and staircases in ink.

Ground Floor Plan, Charlton House, Wiltshire

the younger Matthew Brettingham, before 1772