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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,063 works

Etching of a fallen figure with a mitred clergyman and a crowd of onlookers in a dark, hatched setting.

Plate 79 from "The Disasters of War" (Los Desastres de la Guerra): 'Truth has died' (Murió la verdad)

Francisco Goya, 1814-15 (published 1863)

Drawing of a nude reclining man on rocks with two draped figures reaching toward him, white highlights on tan paper.

The Drunkenness of Noah, Genesis 9:21-23

Daniel Seiter, 17th-early 18th century

Etching of two anglers leaning on a wooden footbridge over a river, with a rowboat, ducks, a tree and a distant cottage.

Two Anglers on a Bridge

Adriaen van Ostade, 1647

Engraving of an allegorical hunting scene with horsemen, hounds, a falconer, cherubs holding a coat of arms, and trees.

Allegory of the Flourishing State of the United Provinces

Jan Saenredam, 1602

Etching of a shoemaker working under a counter while a customer smokes outside and a dog sleeps beneath ivy, 1671.

The Shoemaker

Adriaen van Ostade, 1671

Grey wash drawing of a woman with a cup leaning over a sleeping bearded man beside a candle and draped cloth.

Jael and Sisera

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Pencil drawing of a standing man in a tall top hat and fur-collared overcoat, with a German inscription at lower left.

Portrait of H. Gluckmann of Poland

Bartolomeo Pinelli, n.d.

Silhouette Portrait of John Marshall

William Henry Brown, 1844

Silhouette Portrait of Martin Van Buren

William Henry Brown, 1844

Black silhouette of a man in a top hat and long coat with a walking stick, beside a tree, with horses behind a fence.

Silhouette Portrait of John Randolph

William Henry Brown, 1844

Engraving of the Virgin and Child on a canopied seat with two winged angels playing lutes beside them.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Musical Angels

Johannes Wierix, n.d.

Standard Bearer

Urs Graf, 1500-30

Pen and brown wash drawing of a commander kneeling before a crowned ruler on a throne, with soldiers and vessels in the foreg

Holofernes before Nebuchadnezzar (Judith 2:4-13)

Maerten de Vos, 1587

Grey wash drawing of a rider, horse-drawn wagon, and dog on a road, with an obelisk and tower in the distant landscape.

Travellers and wagons fording a river in a Southern landscape

Hendrik Verschuring, ca. 1646-62

Night scene in blue wash of helmeted soldiers with a torch chasing a nude running fugitive through a dark landscape.

Night scene with soldiers chasing a fugitive (Mark XIV, 5-52)

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Engraving of a young man bowed over a pipe, surrounded by a pack of wolves on a rocky ledge in a forest.

The Wolf-Charmer

John La Farge, 1867

Engraving of a huge hunched giant kneeling in a barren landscape while two small travelers reach toward him.

The Travelers and the Giant

John La Farge, 1869

Engraving of the Nativity: a woman in bed under a canopy, a ray of light, winged angels above, and standing women at left.

The Nativity

John La Farge, n.d.

Engraving of a kneeling fisherman beside a jar, watching a smoke plume become a giant genie's head over the sea.

The Fisherman and the Afrite (or Genie)

John La Farge, 1868

Engraving of three robed wise men gazing at a bright star over a desert plain, with horses and camels in the background.

The Wise Men out of the East

John La Farge, 1868

Pencil drawing of two men resting on a log by a lake under a large spreading tree, with boats on the water.

Two Men Resting by a Lake (recto); Studies for Soldiers Mounted on Horseback (verso)

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of two children playing on a floor while a mother reads at a table near a window.

Mother Watching Over Two Young Children Playing (recto); Baby in a Bassinet (verso)

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Brown ink study of two seated women with children and a flying angel above, framed by a ruled border.

Study Sheet with Two Seated Children and an Angel

Hendrick Goudt, early 17th century

Color woodcut of a seated woman with curly hair beside a seascape with sailboats under a pink sky.

Convalescent, Mme Lepère

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1892

Etching of a young woman, an old man, a monkey and an ox beside a tree and a stone trough with horse heads.

Young shepherdess and old man with a monkey, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

La Citella Romana (Maiden)

Pietro Bertelli, ca. 1580

Engraving of a standing woman in a veil and layered gown holding a palm frond, captioned La Sposa Romana.

La Sposa Romana (Bride)

Pietro Bertelli, ca. 1580

La Maritata Romana (Matron)

Pietro Bertelli, ca. 1580

Engraving of a standing woman in a veil, dark cloak and pleated gown, hands folded at her waist, with grass at the base.

La Vedova ala Baronessa

Pietro Bertelli, ca. 1580

Engraving of a standing woman in a long gown and veil, labeled La Vedova Romana, a costume study of a Roman widow.

La Vedova Romana

Pietro Bertelli, ca. 1580