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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,955 works

Etching of a bearded man seated in the foreground with a second figure in shadow behind him, rendered in dense hatched lines.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens and His Model

Anders Zorn, 1897

Etching of a barefoot peasant on a horse drinking at a river, with another rider and a horse on a bank at right.

A barefoot peasant on horseback crossing a river, another peasant on horseback and leading a horse on a bank to right…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

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

Hand-colored print of a hillside with a ruined church, gravestones, a man leaning on a staff, a donkey, and sheep.

Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Church

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

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

Engraving of a sower scattering seed over rocky ground, with birds in flight and feeding and pine trees at left.

The Sower (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a woman kneading at a table while a young girl holds a bowl by a fireplace in a dim kitchen.

The Parable of the Leaven (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a bearded man in a cloak carrying a bundle of stalks across a dark field at night, a wolf watching nearby.

The Tares (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Wood engraving of a bent farmer guiding a plow pulled by two oxen across a furrowed field under an open sky.

The Hidden Treasure (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a merchant offering a pouch to bearded men on a shore, with a donkey, a woman with a net, and seagulls overhead.

The Pearl of Great Price (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a kneeling servant before a robed king with a sword, watched by onlookers, with a domed building behind.

The Unmerciful Servant (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a robed bearded man in a crown speaking with a half-naked worker, with onlookers behind them.

The Labourers in the Vineyard (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Black and white print of a reclining figure among vines beside a stone wall and gate, with a tower in the distance.

The Wicked Husbandmen (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of ten women with lamps and jars in a field, one sleeping in the foreground beside a spilled vessel.

The Parable of the [Ten] Virgins (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a cloaked man with a loaf of bread at a door, a dog beside him, and a fence under a stormy sky.

The Importunate Friend (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a king at a feast watching a servant lead a disheveled guest toward a banquet table.

The Marriage Feast (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a shepherd carrying a sheep on his shoulders up a rocky hillside, with a soaring eagle above.

The Lost Sheep (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a stooped woman with a broom lighting a candle in a dark room, a crescent moon visible through a window.

The Lost Piece of Silver (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a ragged bearded man with dogs in foreground, and feasting figures at a table in a dim hall behind.

The Rich Man and Lazarus (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of an enthroned judge being pleaded with by a kneeling woman as attendants watch in a courtroom interior.

The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Wood engraving of a bowed, dark-robed figure in front of turbaned men gazing upward in a stone temple interior.

The Pharisee and the Publican (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of an elegant salon with columns, a chandelier, and fashionably dressed figures gathered at tables beside two dogs.

L'Assemblee au Salon

François Nicolas Barthélemy Dequevauviller, N.D.

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

Graphite and white chalk studies on blue paper of a woman's head, arms, hands, and draped fabric.

Studies of a woman, her hands and arms and drapery

Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, late 18th-19th century

Pen and ink portrait of a young man with curly shoulder-length hair, buttoned coat and cravat, with handwritten notes below.

Portrait of the Postillion Johann Heinrich Matheis

Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern, 1800-1865

Pen and gray wash drawing of an armored warrior with a spear among clouds, with nude figures and a skeleton below.

Allegorical Scene (Temptations of a Wealthy Man?)

Master of the Stockholm Wolf Huber Copies, first half 17th century

Woodcut title page with a central Virgin Mary surrounded by angels and stars, and four corner medallions of animals.

Title-page from Pelbartus de Temesvar

Johann Otmar, 1502-14

Watercolor of a seated young woman with a grape basket on her back beside a rocky slope with wildflowers.

Young Woman in the Vaudois after the Grape Harvest

Wolfgang Adam Töpffer, 1821