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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Watercolor architectural drawing of a domed capitol building elevation above its floor plan with a central rotunda.

Plan by T. Cole, Esq. for the Capitol of Ohio

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Architectural drawing of a domed capitol building elevation above its floor plan, with a scale bar and caption for Ohio.

For the Capitol of Ohio, by A.J.D. arch

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Grey wash drawing of allegorical figures guiding cherubs toward a ship, with an eagle, shield and fruit in the foreground.

Allegories of Wisdom and Truth Leading the Infant Arts to America

John James Barralet, after 1796

Brown wash drawing of shepherds resting on a mound beside a bare tree, with cattle, a donkey and a rifleman in a rocky landsc

Shepherds at rest

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Pen and ink landscape drawing of farm buildings, trees, a brook and rocks under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Brook and Farm Buildings

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Sepia drawing of a winding forest path with a strolling couple, two seated beggars, and a fallen log beneath tall trees.

A Path Bordered by Trees with two Beggars and a Couple Strolling

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Blue-grey wash drawing of a rocky landscape with a waterfall, pine trees, two goats in a pool, and a distant tower.

Southern Landscape with a Waterfall and Goats

Ferdinand Kobell, late 18th century

Grey wash drawing of haloed shepherd kneeling by his staff among sheep in a wooded landscape.

Saint Eberhard of Tüntenhausen as a Shepherd

Jan Sebastiaen Loybos, late 17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with herders and cattle, a ruined tower on a hill, and a sailboat on the water.

Southern Landscape with Figures and Cattle at a River

Jan van der Meer the Younger, 1686

Pastel portrait of a young woman with curly hair in a black top hat and white shawl against a blue background.

Portrait of Petronella Cornelia Rømeling

Jens Juel, ca. 1792?

Pencil study of a standing nude man shouldering a wooden block, with a smaller repeated sketch of the pose at right.

Study of a Male Nude Shouldering a Wooden Block

Christen Købke, ca. 1832

Brown wash drawing of a sphere-topped column, a manor house and strolling figures among trees on curved paths.

View of Naesse castle and De Coninck's Column from the East

Erik Pauelsen, ca. 1780-84

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crouching male nude hiding his face and body against a dark background.

Study of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) Trying to Hide Himself

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown ink and wash study of a seated male nude twisting with one arm outstretched, on aged paper.

Study of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) in Despair

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Ink sketch of a crouching nude male figure bowed over a long staff, drawn with loose contour lines and brown wash.

Study of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) in Despair Trying to Hide Himself

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Sepia drawing of a garden with an obelisk, colonnade, swans on a pond, and couples strolling among trees.

The Progress of Love

Pierre Antoine Mongin, 1803

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded ceremonial gathering in an ornate interior with seated figures, clergy and a canopied thron

A Gathering in a Church

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular standing king in ornate armor and draped cloak, hand on hip, on tan paper.

A King of Judah and Israel

Martin Fréminet, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a forest with large trees, birch trunks, a winding path and stream in the foreground.

Forest Landscape

Lodewijk de Vadder, early 17th-mid 17th century

Drawing of a young man in a tricorn hat and curled wig with a lace collar, rendered in graphite and red chalk.

Portrait of a Young Man

Cornelis Troost, early 18th-mid 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Holy Family with young Saint John and a lamb beneath a tree, with a distant town.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Hans Krumpper, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a man with closed eyes, curly hair and high collar, inscribed Benjamin Mocatta at top.

Portrait of Benjamin Mocatta (1802-1865)

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 19th century

Portrait of a Man

Louis Lafitte, 1793

Circular brown ink and wash drawing of nymphs surprised near a bath, with a reclining river god in the foreground.

Diana Surprised at her Bath

Hans Rottenhammer, after 1610

Watercolor landscape of a stream cutting through a plain beneath blue snowy mountains, with a domed building on the horizon.

Landscape near Rome

Albert Venus, 1867

Pencil drawing of a wide rural landscape with a farmhouse, cattle, wooded hills and distant mountains.

Panoramic landscape near Bergen

Monogrammist DS, 1813

Engraving of three startled men facing a robed, crowned ghost emerging from a cloud beside a stone tomb.

Hamlet and the Ghost of his Father

Adam Vogler, mid-19th century

Colored architectural elevation drawing of a baroque building facade with pink mansard roof and painted window panels.

Architectural Design for a Façade

Ferenc Speth, 1739-69

Pencil and watercolor study of a sprawling thistle plant with pink blossoms and spiny leaves on pale green paper.

Study of a Flowering Thistle

Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1846

Ink and grey wash drawing of an angel blowing a trumpet above a crowd of figures with raised arms.

The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, a…

William Blake, 1780-85