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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Watercolor fashion drawing of two women in 1880s dresses and feathered hats on a city street beside a jewelry shop window.

Two Women in Day Dresses: Preparatory drawing for a fashion plate from Le Moniteur de la Mode

Jules David, October 19, 1886

Watercolor of two women in 1875 day dresses, one in a striped gold coat and red skirt, one in blue plaid with a train, in an

Two Women in Day Dresses

Jules David, 1875

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged putto with a flower wreath seated on a ledge, surrounded by faint architectural studies.

Genie of Drawing

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and wash drawing of a covered urn on a pedestal, with a frieze of robed figures holding torches below.

Study of an Urn; Study for the Frieze Decoration around the Urn

Edward Pierce II, ca. 1690

Chalk portrait drawing on blue paper of a man in a soft cap, turned three-quarters, with white and red chalk highlights.

Portrait of Jonathan Richardson, Jr., the artist's son

Jonathan Richardson Sr., 1729

Painting of a large beech tree in a woodland clearing, with a mother and children resting at left and deer grazing at right.

A mother and children resting beneath a large beech tree, deer grazing beyond, possibly in Norbury Park, Surrey

the elder George Barret, 1776

Watercolor of misty trees beside a rocky stream, with grazing cows and a seated figure in soft morning light.

Early morning near Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, Scotland

John Glover, before 1831

Watercolor of woodcutters felling and stacking logs in a forest, with a river valley visible through the trees.

Woodcutters at Park Place, Henley, the river Thames beyond

William Havell, ca. 1826

Grey-wash drawing of a crowded Amsterdam square with a town hall, a tall decorated liberty pole, and celebrating figures.

Popular Celebrations in Dam Square, Amsterdam, on 4 March 1795, marking the erection of the Liberty Tree and the succ…

Daniël Kerkhoff, 1795 or after

Drawing of a woman in an oval frame flanked by cherubs, flower garlands, urns and winged figures holding a globe.

Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in an ornamental frame

Johann Esaias Nilson, late 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure leaning forward, with small studies of a body held by an angel below.

Studies of the Dead Christ supported by an Angel, with subsidiary studies for the same composition

Poppi, ca. 1570

Pen and ink drawing of a sailing boat with haloed figures, an angel above, and a tower at left.

Parri spinelli, copia della navicella di giotto, metropolitan museum

Parri Spinelli, 1320

Watercolor of two women in 1860s dresses holding hands in a gallery with framed landscape paintings behind them.

Two Women in an Art Gallery

Jules David, 1868

Pen and brown ink drawing of a biblical scene with a bearded prophet raising his arm while Pharaoh's soldiers are overwhelmed

The Destruction of the Pharaoh’s Army

Hendrick de Clerck, late 16th-early 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of figures preparing and drying fish at a camp with tents, racks, and a smoky fire.

Itelmen Preparing Fish to be Dried

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1769

Pencil sketch of a Gothic cottage elevation with gabled roofs and pointed windows, above a labeled floor plan with dimensions

Design for Small Gothic Cottage, Design IV from The Architecture of Country Houses

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1850

Pencil architectural sketch of a wood farmhouse with two floor plans, an elevation showing chimneys and dormers, and notes.

Design for Bracketed American Farm House, Design XVII from The Architecture of Country Houses

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1850

Two heads of women

Pierre Parrocel

Pen and wash drawing of architectural ornament with scroll brackets, a capital, a garlanded cornice, and winged putti.

Architecture

Michelangelo Colonna, 17th century

Pen drawing of a frontispiece with an Italian text cartouche, putti, an owl and birds, dated 1653.

Frontispiece with Putti and Animals

Valerio Spada, 1653

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental cartouche with a crowned shield flanked by two winged figures and shell scrolls.

Cartouche for Le Pont Neuf

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a man in a large turban with a sharply drawn face, inside a double brown ink border.

Head, from the Kinnaird Sketchbook

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a coastal landscape with sailing boats, a rocky hillside, and small figures on the shore.

Landscape

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of ship sterns, a balustrade, and a small boat with a lantern on calm water.

Studies of Boats

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival church with a tall spire and clock tower, flanked by trees, by Alexander Jackson Dav

Church of the Holy Apostles, New York City

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1845

Brown ink drawing of a rhinoceros in a landscape with mountains and a tree, set within an ornate architectural frame.

Rhinoceros in a Landscape within an Ornamental Frame

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Brown wash drawing of a valley seen through a rocky arch, with a mill, river, footbridge and small figures.

View of a Valley through a Rocky Arch

Friedrich Christian Reinermann, 1806

Watercolor plan of a landscape design with a central university building, botanic garden, fountains, and tree-lined avenues.

Landscape Design for University of Michigan

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Pencil drawing of a dragonfly seen from above with four spread wings and a long slender abdomen on cream paper.

A Dragonfly

Nicolaas Struyk, early 18th-mid 18th century

Four grey ink-and-wash studies of a nude woman in varied poses, one arm raised, a cloth draped over one leg.

Four Studies after Giambologna's "Venus Leaving the Bath"

Hans Bock the Younger, ca. 1590