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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,063 works

Engraved full-length print of a standing woman in a draped veil, pearl necklace and long skirt, with caption La Cortigiana de

La Cortigiana de Roma (Courtesan)

Pietro Bertelli, ca. 1580

Red chalk drawing of a nude central figure with bound arms flanked by two studied figures, with sketched drapery and limbs.

The Flagellation of Christ

Bernardo Cavallino, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of the Circumcision: a draped cloth above, a seated figure holding an infant, and onlookers around.

The Circumcision

Hans Muelich, 1516-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds approaching a group around an infant with angels, set before ruined arches and a dist

Adoration of the Shepherds

Master of Liechtenstein, ca. 1549-50

Brown wash drawing of Saint John the Baptist with a cross confronting a turbaned ruler, courtiers, a guard, and a ruined city

Saint John the Baptist Appearing Before Herod

Augustin Braun, late 16th-mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical battle scene with armed men, a nude figure, and a winged figure in clouds.

Allegory of the Battle at Selimbar (October 28, 1599)

Hans von Aachen, 1552-1616

Pen drawing of a crowned woman beside a tall crucifix, with a dragon at her feet and a town with a sailing boat behind her.

Allegorical Figure (Faith?)

Pieter Cornelisz Kunst, early 16th-mid 16th century

Chalk drawing of a young woman with a candle at a table, lit by the flame in a dark arched interior.

Young Woman Seated at a Table, Holding a Candle

Godfried Schalcken, late 17th century

Two Heavily Bearded Men

Stefano da Verona, n.d.

Pen and ink caricature of an exaggerated older man with a large nose, cloak and ruff, pointing to the right.

Caricature of a Man Pointing

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1610-80

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and kneeling women.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Caspar Fraisinger, 1590

Drawing of a bearded clergyman in an oval medallion framed by allegorical figures, putti, and a coat of arms.

Portrait of Johann Schweickhardt von Kronberg, Archbishop of Mainz

Gerhard Brück, early 17th century

Brown ink landscape drawing of gnarled trees, a winding road, two figures, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landscape with old trees and figures

Gillis Neyts, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of a crowded courtroom with a standing man at left, a seated judge at right, and spectators filling the gall

Two Men Before a Judge in a Crowded Courtroom

Egbert Jasperszoon van Heemskerck I, late 17th century

Pen drawing of a five-bay Corinthian archway with horses on top, warrior statues, and a Latin inscription panel.

A Monumental Archway with Five Bays in the Corinthian Order

Jacques Androuet, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing with grey wash of robed figures gathered in an interior beside a balustrade, one seated man holding

Jacob Gives Joseph a Coat of Many Colors

Daniel Seiter, 17th-early 18th century

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a loose shirt before draped curtains, seen turned over his shoulder.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Anders Zorn, 1898

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 herdsmen driving cattle over an arched bridge near a ruined tower and trees.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

Thomas Gainsborough, 1797

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