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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,063 works

Etching of a kneeling man presenting a book to a seated king in a fleur-de-lis hall, with attendants around them.

The printer Valère Maxime being presented to King Louis XI, after an earlier miniature

Charles Meryon, 1860

Etching of hooded, elderly figures crowding around a small doll-like figure, with a caption reading Obsequio á el maestro.

Plate 47 from "Los Caprichos": A gift for the master (Obsequio á el maestro)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of hooded elderly figures under a dark shadow, with winged demons and cats flying overhead.

Plate 46 from "Los Caprichos": Correction (Correccion)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Pen and wash drawing of a seated bearded man gesturing toward a standing figure beside a stone column, with a sword on the fl

Marius at Minturnae

Jean Germain Drouais, 1812

Hand-colored drawing of a red tilbury carriage with two men in top hats pulled by a grey horse in harness.

Tilbury #101

Brewster & Co., c. 1860

Side-view illustration of a green and gold break de promenade carriage with yellow wheels on a cream sheet.

Break de Promenade #519

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view drawing of a green-wheeled phaeton carriage, labeled No. 918, with brown body and brass lamp on a ground line.

Phaeton #918

Brewster & Co., ca. 1870

Pen and watercolor drawing of armored Mars seated with Pomona holding a fruit-filled cornucopia, a dog and shield nearby.

Mars and Pomona

Jost Amman, 1539-91

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman holding two children, framed by stylized foliage within an oval.

A Seated Personification of Charity with two Children

Jost Amman, 1539-91

Brown ink drawing of peasant figures dancing and running in a row, holding hands, with a handwritten inscription above.

Farmers Dancing

Dietrich Theodor Meyer the Elder, 1599

Ink and wash drawing of a bare-chested archer on a rock, drawing his bow as a snake coils around his ankle.

Philoctetes Being Bitten by the Snake

Gotthard Ringgli, late 16th-early 17th century

Gray wash drawing of a man under a tree attacked by a lion as his horse runs away across a hazy landscape.

A Man under a Tree Bitten by a Lion while his Horse Escapes

Mathais Füssli the Elder, 1692

Pen and ink drawing of four nude putti holding a bird, fish, a candle, and a rod, shaded with fine hatching.

Four Putti representing the Four Elements

Rudolf Meyer, 1605-38

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling nude woman with long hair before a seated figure in a rocky landscape.

Mary Magdalen Penitent

Joachim von Sandrart, 17th century

Two Heads of an Old and a Young Woman Looking to the Left (Ages of Woman?)

Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway, 1609-70

Pen and brown wash drawing of a painter seated at an easel, brush raised, painting a landscape with a figure under a tree.

A Painter at his Easel

Hans Caspar Nüscheler, 1615-52

Pen and ink drawing of a horseman in a plumed hat on a rearing horse with flowing mane and tail.

A Horseman

Hans Caspar Nüscheler, 1615-52

Ink and wash drawing of two horsemen on rearing horses firing pistols at each other, smoke rising from both guns.

Two Horsemen Shooting at Each Other

Heinrich Werdmüller, 1600-1677

Drawing of a nude man seated on a cloud beside an armillary sphere, gesturing toward a distant town, with Latin inscriptions.

Man Sitting on a Cloud Above a Battlefield, Pointing to a Globe

Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger, 1693

Pen drawing of a man in a tricorn hat riding a cow with a sword, a crowned acorn shield above, and a tree.

Acorn King: A Man Astride a Cow

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in a tricorn hat raising a sword while riding a fox, with a crowned rose coat of arms in the corner.

Rose King: A Man Astride a Fox

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in period dress and a plumed hat riding a snail, with a crowned shield above.

Shield King: A Man Astride a Snail

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a horseman in a tricorn hat on a rearing horse, with a river, bridge and town behind him.

Shield Knave: A Horseman

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in a feathered hat leaning on a star-shaped fortification, with a hanging bell and a bridge behind.

Shell King: A Man with a Map of a Fortification

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in period dress riding a leaping boar, holding a flag, with an acorn shield in the corner.

Acorn Knave: A Man Astride a Swine

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Head of a Bearded Man Looking Right

Mathais Füssli the Youngest, 1692

Grey wash drawing of a crowned seated woman pointing upward, with a globe and book beside her.

Saint Margaret Pointing to Heaven, with a Globe Next to Her

Maria Clara Eimmart, 1693

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of two horsemen on rearing horses, one striking at the other, with shrubs in a landscape.

Two Fighting Horsemen

Pandolfo Lorenzo Hopfer, 1693

Grey wash drawing of a blindfolded Fortune on a sphere playing violin, with a dancing couple and tree in a landscape.

A Dancing Pair Accompanied by a Blindfolded Fortune

Monogrammist EF, 1693

Red chalk drawing of an eagle flying with a figure on its back above a distant mountain range.

The Rape of Ganymede

Sophia Blesendorf, 1694