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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,063 works

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

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with a mother embracing a child, soldiers with spears, and a robed ruler pointing.

The Martyrdom of the seven brothers; verso: Sketch of two men wrestling (?)

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1826

Brown wash drawing of an allegory with a helmeted goddess, robed women, cherubs with wreaths, and classical columns.

Allegory of the Arts

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1796

Pencil drawing in an arched frame of two seated men in conversation, with a standing figure in shadow at right.

Christ and Nicodemus

Christen Købke, 1810-48

Gray wash drawing of a horseman talking to two seated figures by a river, with trees and a village in the distance.

Landscape with Horseman Talking to Seated Figures

Johann Christoph Dietzsch, 1730-68

Sepia drawing of a farewell: a man in a boat, a grieving man, embracing women and children, with a domed interior scene above

"The Farewell"

Johannes Riepenhausen, late 18th-19th century

Pencil drawing of a seated man in loose draped robes, head bowed, one hand raised to his face, on pale paper.

A Drapery Study of a Seated Man

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, early 19th century

Pencil study of a man's left arm and shoulders seen from behind, with draped cloth falling over the shoulder at right.

Left Arm and Shoulders of a Man Seen from the Back

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of robed figures performing a ritual offering before tents and mountains, within an ornate scrolled frame.

'The law of the leper in the day of his cleansing'

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Grey wash drawing of crucified Christ above an armored warrior, allegorical figures, a lion, and Latin inscriptions.

Allegory of Christian Virtues

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1746

Pencil study of two mourning draped women beside a tall tomb block, with a hanging cloth and a small winged figure at right.

Study for a Tomb

Antonio Canova, ca. 1790/91-95

Study of a Nude Man in Profile turned to the Right

Antonio Canova, n.d.

Portrait of the Emperor Joseph II as Military Commander

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, early to mid-18th century