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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,065 works

Charcoal and chalk study of a man looking upward with a woman behind him, raised hands visible, on tan paper.

A male and a female figures (study for 'Golgotha')

Otto Greiner, late 19th-early 20th century

Ornate framed drawing with ivy, a bust of King Ludwig, statues of Raphael and Dürer, and a still life of flowers and fruit.

Homage from Bavarian artists to King Ludwig I

Peter Herwegen, 1874

Pen and brown ink sketch of three men beside a stone pedestal with sculptures and an urn among tall trees.

Three Men in a Landscape near Sculptures

Martin Johann Schmidt, 18th century

Pencil portrait of a young bearded man with curly hair wrapped in a cloak, looking toward the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Man

Adolf Senff, 1834

Two Caricature Heads of Men

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, after 1794

Colored pencil drawing of a figure in classical robes with a blue cloak, wrists chained, head bowed, on a pale background.

The soprano Karoline Hetzenecker in the role of Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito by W.A. Mozart

Moritz von Schwind, ca. 1848

Pencil and watercolor study of a man in a tall hat and blue jacket leaning on a wall, with a cloak over his shoulder.

Study of a Roman Coachman

Martinus Rørbye, early 19th century

Watercolor landscape with trees, an obelisk, a statue on a pedestal, small figures, a river and a distant hilltop town.

Arcadian Landscape with Figures Making Music

Jan van Huysum, early 18th century

Study of a Standing Man with Headcloth and Two Studies of his Hands

Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, early to mid-19th century

Study of a Woman Walking to the Right

Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, 1808-62

Pen and wash drawing of a woman at her toilet attended by a maid, a boy, a dog and a soldier, 1770.

A Woman at her Toilet with a Maid, a Boy, a Dog and a Young Soldier; verso: A Sketch for a Similar Composition

Johann Eleazar Zeissig, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of an aristocratic family standing among a crowd of villagers outside cottages.

An Aristocratic Family Visiting Paupers

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, mid-18th-18th century

Brown wash drawing of Christ carrying the cross past a kneeling figure, a spear-bearing soldier, and a walled city.

Christ on the Road to Calvary

Thaddäus Kuntz, 1731-93

Pencil sketch of a man and a draped woman standing, with small head studies above and a signature at lower right.

A Man Holding the Hand of a Woman, Another Woman Looking On

Johann Christoph Liska, late 17th-early 18th century

Studies of a Woman Praying

Ludwig Emil Grimm, early to mid-19th century

Watercolor of Dresden across a river with a bridge and church domes, a couple and dog walking under trees in the foreground.

View of Dresden from the West

Christian Gottlob Hammer, 1833

Drawing of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and loose coat, with an unsteady posture and a tilted gaze.

A Drunken Man Standing

Aleksandr Orlovsky, 1822

Pen and wash drawing of a smiling fisherman with a pole, net and basket, framed by rococo scrollwork with fish and a heron.

Caricatures of a Fish and a Bird Peddler in Ornamental Frames

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1735-88

Watercolor of a nude seated figure crowning a soldier with a laurel wreath before classical columns and attendants.

Allegory of Victory: Soldier Being Crowned by Laurels

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, ca. 1814

Pen and blue wash drawing of a white eagle perched on a branch between floral garlands, in a horizontal ornamental band.

Ornament with Eagle and Garlands

Aug. Strubeker, 1833

Pen and gray wash drawing of a woman with a bucket on a cobbled street beside a high wall, with pedestrians and trees behind.

View of Charlottenborg Palace in Copenhagen with the Old Botanical Garden and Figures

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, ca. 1838-41

Etching of a dark horse tethered to a post beside a tent, with a turbaned man holding a spear and shield at left.

Cheval arabe au piquet, d'après Delacroix

Félix Bracquemond, 1857

Etching of men gathered in a forest clearing around a badger dig, with dogs, tools, and a tent among the trees.

Un Déterrage de Blaireau

Félix Bracquemond, 1863

Etching of a seated woman with hair pulled back, lace collar, and hands resting on a chair arm, gazing at the viewer.

Madame Granger, after Ingres

Félix Bracquemond, 1867

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man with curly hair, turned three-quarters toward the viewer, on cream paper.

Portrait of Charles Leland

Félix Bracquemond, 1871

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man seated beside a window, with a leafy landscape of trees behind him.

Portrait of Meyer-Heine

Félix Bracquemond, 1872

Etched portrait of a bearded man with long hair seated on a wooden chair, wearing a buttoned jacket, dated 1853.

Portrait of Charles Meryon

Félix Bracquemond, 1853

Etching of an elderly bearded man with spectacles writing with a pen beside an easel, a window and a potted plant.

Portrait of Edwin Edwards

Félix Bracquemond, 1872

Engraving of crowded steerage emigrants on a ship deck among ropes, with a sailor and women in shawls, dated 1870.

Steerage Emigrants, from "The Graphic," vol. 1

Arthur Boyd Houghton, March 19, 1870

Portrait of Alois Senefelder

Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1805-73