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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,774 works

Watercolor landscape of rocky cliffs and a stream, with a winged angel and a young figure near the water at left.

Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

Felix Meyer, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a winged putto holding a laurel wreath, surrounded by a globe, lute, palette and peacock within a circ

Allegory of Virtue

Johannes Meyer the Younger, 1692

Pen drawing of a man in a tricorn hat riding a cow with a sword, a crowned acorn shield above, and a tree.

Acorn King: A Man Astride a Cow

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in a tricorn hat raising a sword while riding a fox, with a crowned rose coat of arms in the corner.

Rose King: A Man Astride a Fox

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in period dress and a plumed hat riding a snail, with a crowned shield above.

Shield King: A Man Astride a Snail

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a horseman in a tricorn hat on a rearing horse, with a river, bridge and town behind him.

Shield Knave: A Horseman

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in a feathered hat leaning on a star-shaped fortification, with a hanging bell and a bridge behind.

Shell King: A Man with a Map of a Fortification

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Pen drawing of a man in period dress riding a leaping boar, holding a flag, with an acorn shield in the corner.

Acorn Knave: A Man Astride a Swine

Johannes Brandenberg, 1712 or later

Red chalk drawing of a young woman with a ribbon in her hair, with a handwritten Italian inscription below.

Head of a Girl

Rudolf Escher, 1694

Head of a Bearded Man Looking Right

Mathais Füssli the Youngest, 1692

Brown wash drawing of putti on clouds with musical instruments, books, a coat of arms, and a temple on a hill.

Allegory of Art and Knowledge with the Coat-of-Arms of Hans Wilpert Zoller

Mathais Füssli the Youngest, 1694

Trompe-l'œil drawing of a curled calendar with saints' names and zodiac symbols, pinned above an inscribed decorative paper s

Calligraphic Trompe-l'œil Calendar

Matthias Buchinger, 1709

Grey wash drawing of a crowned seated woman pointing upward, with a globe and book beside her.

Saint Margaret Pointing to Heaven, with a Globe Next to Her

Maria Clara Eimmart, 1693

Ink and wash drawing of winged Father Time unveiling a reclining nude woman beside a column, with a cherub and sailboats.

'Tempus omnia manifestat': Allegory of Art and Knowledge

Johann Melchior Füssli, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of Icarus falling past a sunburst above a sea coast, inside a circular frame on blue paper.

The Fall of Icarus

Johann Caspar Hessius, 1692

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of two horsemen on rearing horses, one striking at the other, with shrubs in a landscape.

Two Fighting Horsemen

Pandolfo Lorenzo Hopfer, 1693

Grey wash drawing of a blindfolded Fortune on a sphere playing violin, with a dancing couple and tree in a landscape.

A Dancing Pair Accompanied by a Blindfolded Fortune

Monogrammist EF, 1693

Red chalk drawing of an eagle flying with a figure on its back above a distant mountain range.

The Rape of Ganymede

Sophia Blesendorf, 1694

Red chalk drawing of a putto fishing beside reeds, with a basket behind him and a rod extending diagonally.

A Fishing Putto

Sophia Blesendorf, late 17th century

Pen drawing of a rearing horse and armored rider leaping before onlookers and a stone city wall.

Marcus Curtius

Samuel Stettler, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a long-haired seated woman, nude to the waist, gazing toward a skull beside her.

Mary Magdalen Penitent

David Höscheler, 17th century

Sepia etching of two grotesque figures, one cutting the other's hair with scissors, a winged shape and third face behind them

Plate 51 from "Los Caprichos": They spruce themselves up (Se repulen)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two hunched old women with a bat overhead and a basket of infants in the foreground, from Goya's Los Caprichos.

Plate 45 from "Los Caprichos": There is Plenty to Suck (Mucho hay que chupar)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Sepia etching of an elderly man grinning beside a chair burning with flames and smoke in a dim room.

Plate 18 from "Los Caprichos": And his house is on fire (Ysele quema la Casa)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a donkey seated beside a monkey painting at an easel in a dim studio, with a small face visible on the canvas.

Plate 41 from "Los Caprichos": Neither more nor less (Ni mas ni menos)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of winged women and birds above a branch, with an old woman and two younger women and a dog below.

Plate 19 from "Los Caprichos": All will fall (Todos Caerán)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two bound men beside a donkey-headed figure with a spoon and a basket, sepia tones, plate 50.

Plate 50 from "Los Caprichos": The Chinchillas (Los Chinchillas)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a hunched old man clutching money bags while three grinning figures, one in a top hat, watch him.

Plate 30 from "Los Caprichos": Why hide them? (Porque esconderlos?)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Goya etching of an elderly woman reading a book while grotesque figures lurk behind and beside her, numbered plate 29.

Plate 29 from "Los Caprichos": That certainly is being able to read (Esto si que es leer)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Sepia etching of a woman cutting a seated man's hair while another woman with a plate looks on in a dim room.

Plate 35 from "Los Caprichos": She fleeces him (Le descañona)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of an old woman leaning on a cane while a hooded companion whispers, with a dark tree behind them.

Plate 28 from "Los Caprichos": Hush (Chiton)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a monkey playing guitar in front of a seated donkey, with a man peering over the donkey's back.

Plate 38 from "Los Caprichos": Bravo! (Brabisimo!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Engraving of a seated woman with her hand on a lion, beside an open book, columns, arch, and balance scales.

La Force

Jean Chartier, 16th century

Etching of a woman in a nightgown struggling with billowing bedclothes beside a windswept tree at night.

Plate 36 from "Los Caprichos": A bad night (Mala noche)

Francisco Goya, 1881-86

Goya etching of witches with brooms and plucked birds on the ground, a flying bird above, and a figure peering from a doorway

Plate 20 from "Los Caprichos": There they go plucked (i.e. fleeced) (Ya van desplumados)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a figure in a shawl balancing two chairs on her head, with a seated woman and two laughing onlookers nearby.

Plate 26 from "Los Caprichos": They've already got a seat (Ya tienen asiento)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a nude figure held by a grotesque man beneath a monstrous shadowy creature, with a figure reaching up below.

Plate 62 from "Los Caprichos": Who would have thought it? (Quien lo creyera!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Colored print of Richmond, Virginia, burning at night, with a crowded wooden bridge over a river in the foreground.

The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865

Currier & Ives, 1865

Three paddle steamboats race at night on the Mississippi under a full moon, with sparks rising from their smokestacks.

The Champions of the Mississippi - "A Race for the Buckhorns"

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1866

Colored print of steamboat Queen of the West at night on the Mississippi, with fireworks, smoke and a full moon.

"Rounding a Bend" on the Mississippi - The Parting Salute

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1866

Etching of two hooded witches above a winged creature with an open book, and a seated nude man in the foreground.

Plate 70 from "Los Caprichos": Devout Profession (Devota profesion)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Hand-colored print of a horse-drawn sleigh with milk cans passing a snowy farmhouse and barn in winter.

Winter Morning in the Country

Currier & Ives, 1873

Hand-colored winter print of a log cabin in snowy woods with a woman feeding chickens, men and a horse by a pond.

A Home in the Wilderness

Currier & Ives, 1870

Chromolithograph of a flower bouquet, fruit, and a hummingbird on a balustrade, with a river landscape beyond.

Landscape - Fruit and Flowers

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1862

Goya etching of a woman in a white dress flying with arms raised, held by winged grotesque figures and a bird-like creature.

Plate 72 from "Los Caprichos": You will not escape (No te escaparàs)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Colour print of Patrick Henry standing and gesturing while Virginia Assembly delegates raise their hands in a crowded chamber

"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!-Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the Rights of the Colonies, before th…

Currier & Ives, 1876

Etching of a seated man and older woman with a standing young woman in a white dress, from Goya's Los Caprichos.

Plate 73 from "Los Caprichos": It is better to be lazy (Mejor es holgar)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a woman in a lace dress screaming while an old hooded woman and a man look on, caption below reads No grites, tont

Plate 74 from "Los Caprichos": Don't scream, stupid (No grites, tonta)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a nude woman carried aloft by grotesque figures, with a cat holding an umbrella, by Goya, 1799.

Plate 65 from "Los Caprichos": Where is mom going? (Donde vá mamá?)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a nude old witch flying on a broomstick with an owl above, signed Goya, plate 68 from Los Caprichos.

Plate 68 from "Los Caprichos": Pretty teacher! (Linda maestra!)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of two travelers and a horse on a path beneath dense, dark trees in a forest, with a pale sky opening above.

Two Travelers in a Forest (Le Cavalier en forêt et le piéton)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1854

Color print portrait of a young man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a bundle of crayons, with a French inscription below.

Portrait of Edouard Gautier-Dagoty

Carlo Lasinio, 1783

Etching of two butterfly-winged figures fencing with swords on a rococo console table, within an ornate scrolled frame.

The Duel (Le Duel), from Essay on Butterflies Masquerading as Humans (Essai de Papilloneries Humaines)

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, ca. 1756-60

Colour caricature of a dandyish man in a tan overcoat, monocle and dark hat, holding a cane and cigarette.

A Symphony, from "Vanity Fair"

Leslie Ward, January 12, 1878

Etching of a cloaked man and two bowed women beside a dark wall, with the caption Probrecitas below.

Plate 22 from 'Los Caprichos': Poor little girls! (Probrecitas!)

Francisco Goya, 1799, posthumous impression

Pen and ink drawing of a seated musician playing a lyre beside tumbling stone blocks and city walls.

Amphion Building the Walls of Thebes

Giovanni Luigi Valesio, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of monks carrying a cross in procession below a standing Christ figure among clouds.

Members of a Monastic Order Carrying the Cross for Christ to Heaven

Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a man in contemporary dress lifted on clouds by winged figures, with a trident-bearing sea god below.

Glorification of the Widmann Family

Gaspare Diziani, ca. 1755

Brown wash drawing of a muscular man leaning on a long staff, wearing draped cloth, looking to the left.

A Man Resting on a Staff

Paolo Farinati, n.d.

Engraving of winged Mercury descending a ladder to Aeneas beside workmen building a classical city, with a coat of arms below

Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1654

Engraving of the Virgin in a long robe holding the infant Jesus, with a haloed sky, castle and tree in the landscape.

Virgin and Child (La Sainte Vierge debout embrassant l'enfant Jesus)

Mario Cartaro, 1565

Engraving of Saint Catherine raising her arms before a spiked wheel, with tumbling figures, rays of light and an angel holdin

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Mario Cartaro, 1563

Engraving of armored riders in battle below a radiant divine figure in clouds, with a city and bridge in the distance.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Mario Cartaro, 1567

Watercolor sketch of an elderly man in a tall hat leaning over a cider stand while two men watch outside a shop.

Sketch to Illustrate the Passions - Senility or Peevishness

Richard Dadd, 1855