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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,959 works

Pen and wash drawing of classical warriors and women in a tumultuous interior scene, with a doorway at right.

Scene from the Iliad

Michael Martin Drölling, 1815

Pen drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a walled city, surrounded by disciples waving palm fronds and angels above.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Gustav Ferdinand König, 1841

Red and black chalk study of a kneeling man in a draped cloak, head turned upward, on blue-grey paper.

Study of a Kneeling Man; verso: Cropped Study of a Standing Man in a Cloak

Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1788-1853

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling man, a bearded standing man, and a seated woman holding fruit before classical column

Allegory of Fecundity (?)

Gérard de Lairesse, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a classical scene with soldiers, grieving women and a fallen figure before a long city wall.

The Surviving Horatian

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, first half 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a standing man in a white Roman toga beside a patterned curtain and small side table.

Standing Roman

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1875-90

Ritratti di alcuni Ostrogotti

Joseph François Foulquier, 1768

Brown wash drawing of an ivy-framed landscape with figures, a thatched hut, and a distant bay under a hazy sky.

Grape Harvest at the Gulf of Naples

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1770-1825

Brown wash drawing of a large tree with two seated travelers, a walking figure on a path, and a distant town.

Landscape with Wayfarers

Ferdinand Kobell, 1740-99

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned emperor at a banquet between columns, with courtiers, a page, and a dog in the foreground.

Episode from the "Gesta Romanorum": The Emperor and the Page

Jörg Breu the Elder, 1500-1537

Watercolor study of a flowing-robed female figure with pink drape in a circle, beside a panel of cherubs among clouds.

Two designs for the decoration of ceilings with figures in clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Tall decorative door design with gilded panels, a dancing woman with a tambourine, and a lower roundel of ducks among flowers

Design for a decorated door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a gilded ceiling with rococo scrollwork, a central rosette, and a small painted panel of two seated fig

Design for a ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Horizontal ceiling border design with rococo cartouches, putti on the left and reclining figures in a landscape on the right.

Design for the decorative border around a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Etching of elegant figures in a garden with a boat, nude statue on a pedestal, and cherubs in clouds above.

The Isle of Cythera

Jérôme-François Chantereau, ca. 1750

Etching of a stone mason in a hat chiseling a block of stone beside a column, with a garden wall and trees behind.

Stone Mason at Work

duc de Chartres Louis Philippe Joseph, 1762

Etching of a man in a powdered wig and lace cuffs, resting his head on his hand while reading a large sheet at a table.

Portrait of a Man Reading

Dominique Vivant Denon, 18th-early 19th century

Etching of a young man in a cap reading and writing at a table beside a barred window and shelves with vases.

Young Man Writing and Reading from Large Volume at His Left

Dominique Vivant Denon, n.d.

Etching of two women conversing on a grassy bank by a stream, with a dog and trees in the background.

Two Women in a Landscape

Dominique Vivant Denon, 18th-early 19th century

Etched sheet of many sketched heads in wigs and turbans, plus a seated man in a coat at lower right.

Sketches of Voltaire at Age Eighty-One

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1775

Chalk drawing of a bearded man's head turned upward to the right, with white highlights on grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man, Looking up to the Right

Bartolomeo Schedoni, ca. 1595-1615

Mezzotint portrait of a seated woman with a braid, pointing outward, set before a shaded landscape with trees and a bird.

Isabella, Duchess of Grafton

John Smith, 1692

Etching of an allegorical procession with a chariot, a winged trumpeter in the clouds, and classical ruins beneath a zodiac s

The Triumph of Modern Art

Jean Barbault, 18th century

Engraved circular print of a seated man in a fur-trimmed robe playing a bone instrument before a castle and bridge.

The Rich Man Playing Violin on a Jaw Bone

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1568

Engraving of a hooded beggar standing at a closed door, with a second figure at a distant doorway, inscribed with Flemish pro

One Begs in Vain at the Door of the Deaf, from Twelve Flemish Proverbs

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1568

Engraving of a scolding woman standing before a seated woman, with a rooster and hen and a broom in a round domestic interior

The Scolding Woman and the Cackling Hen

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1568

Circular engraving of a smiling woman in a headscarf surrounded by crowned, helmeted men grasping at her.

La Coaltion

Esprit-Antoine Gibelin, n.d.

Circular engraving of a hooded figure being robbed by a man in a round sphere, with a windmill and carriage behind.

The Misanthrope Robbed by the World, from Twelve Flemish Proverbs

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1568

Etching of a reclining man on a bed attended by physicians and soldiers in a draped tent, with smoke rising from a brazier.

Death of Antiochus After His Fall

Noël Hallé, 1738

Engraving in reddish-brown ink of a battle scene with an overturned chariot, fallen soldiers, rearing horses and a banner.

Fall of Antiochus From His Chariot

Noël Hallé, 18th century