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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Design for an Armor Helmet with Tournament Headdress

Baccio del Bianco, ca. 1620-56

Horse Dressed Up for a Tournament or Ceremonial Entry

Baccio del Bianco, ca. 1620-56

Design for a Lavish Headdress with Feathers on a Helmet

Baccio del Bianco, ca. 1620-56

Grey wash design of a lavish feathered headdress with layered rosettes, scrolls, and plumes on toned paper.

Design for a Lavish Headdress with Feathers on a Helmet (frontal view)

Baccio del Bianco, ca. 1620-56

Grey wash drawing of a horse head with a plumed headdress topped by a small winged dragon, with braided straps hanging below.

Design for the Headdress of a Horse Crowned by a Small Dragon

Baccio del Bianco, 1620-1700

Grey wash drawing of two figures in fur clothing on a rocky shore, with a child on a woman's back, kayaks and ice behind.

Inuit Manner of Dress

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1769

Pen and wash drawing of a fortified town gate with round towers, arched stone bridge, ruins and small figures under a cloudy

The Gate of Bruges at Sluis

Hendrick van Minderhout, 1661

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling bearded figure praying as an angel descends from clouds, with sleeping figures below.

Christ on the Mount of Olives (recto); Study of a Cypress (verso)

Alonso Cano, ca. 1640-50

Pen and ink sketch of two nude male figures in a tangled pose, one seated holding the other across his lap.

Ugolino and his Sons: Fifth Day (recto); Dante and Virgil: Anatomical Studies (verso)

Auguste Rodin, ca. 1875-1880

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a draped standing woman with one arm outstretched, on tan paper.

Drapery Study of a Woman with an Outstretched Arm

Louis Jean François Lagrenée, ca. 1770-80

Brown wash drawing of a woman in flowing robes walking through a dark forest, with a seated figure beside a tree at left.

Daphnis Running toward Chloe

François Gérard, ca. 1798

Red chalk drawing of ancient stone ruins with an arched doorway, large boulders, and overgrown bushes on a hillside.

Ruins of the Palatine Hill

Joseph-Benoît Suvée, ca. 1772-76

Brown wash drawing of Saint Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross, with a crowd, a mounted rider, and a temple.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Otto van Veen, ca. 1595

Pen and green wash drawing of a geometric lattice with quatrefoil medallions inside a green border.

Layout for a Garden with Flower-shaped Floral Beds

Jörg Rurfinger, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a standing man in white embroidered attire with a cloak, a distant column and building at right.

Portrait of George, 5th Duke of Marlborough, with Blenheim Palace in the Distance

Richard Cosway, 1817-21

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a feathered hat and draped cloak, with a small putto figure at the left edge.

Standing Man with a Putto

Jacques Bellange, ca.1575-1616

Graphite sketch of a man in a turban and long robe seen from behind, one arm extended to the side.

A Muslim Preparing for Prayer

Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1862-67

Pencil drawing of a standing goat and a lying goat beside a small tree in an open landscape.

A Standing and a Lying Goat Near a Small Tree

Pieter Gerardus van Os, early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling woman gazing up at a vision of the Virgin, infant Christ, and angels with a banner.

The Vision of Joan of Arc

Eduard von Steinle, ca. 1870-86

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ being nailed to a cross by figures with hammers, with a crowd and city behind.

Christ Nailed on the Cross

Paul Decker the Younger, early 18th century

Oval drawing of a seated nude woman by a tree with a leering satyr peeking from foliage, a dog at her feet, and a distant lan

Diana and a Leering Satyr in a Forest

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, ca. 1600

Brown ink and grey wash drawing of a centaur carrying off a nude woman, raising a staff with a billowing cloak behind.

The Centaur Nessus Abducting Deianira

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1763-1809

Pencil sketch of men and women seated on a hill talking, with pine trees, horses and distant mountains behind them.

Men and Women Enjoying a View

Martinus Rørbye, 1823-48

Portrait of Giovanni Antonio Santarelli

Giovanni Battista Dell'Era, 1765-99

Grey wash drawing of a rocky fountain design with classical figures, cupids, deer and cascading water.

Design for the Fontana di Venere e Adone, Reggia di Caserta, Naples

Fedele Fischetti, ca. 1780

Grey wash landscape of rocky cliffs, misty hills, a lake, and small figures on the shore.

Landscape with hills, a lake, and figures

William Gilpin, ca. 1772

Grey wash drawing of rocky hills, wooded slopes, and a calm lake under a hazy sky.

Landscape with hills and a lake

William Gilpin, ca. 1772

Pen and wash drawing of a nude youth with a cloak standing beside a winged horse grazing at the ground.

Bellerophon and Pegasus

Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1790-1844

Pencil drawing of figures in an arched Italian city setting, with a woman gesturing near a basin and a child and dog in front

Scene in an Italian City with Figures Near a Fountain

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849

Grey wash drawing of mourners gathered around a draped body in an arched composition, with a skull at the right edge.

A Burial Scene

Lord Leighton Frederic, ca. 1849