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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Red chalk drawing of a seated sibyl reading a book with putti, plus a lunette study of reclining figures.

The Cumaean Sibyl (after Michelangelo)

Jean-Robert Ango, 1767

Ink and wash drawing of a funeral monument with a skull, putti, candelabra, draped curtains and a coat of arms.

Design for a Funeral Monument (Preparatory Drawing for a Print)

Johann Jakob Schübler, 1724-41

Pencil caricature of a balding man with exaggerated features holding a Journal pour Rire newspaper, on tan paper.

Caricature of Charles Philipon

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Pencil caricature of a standing man with large nose, round spectacles and goatee, on tan paper, dated 1859.

Caricature of Jules de Prémaray

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Caricature of Louis Marie de la Haye, Vicomte de Cormenin (alias Timon)

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Pencil caricature of a man with a large head, mustache and long overcoat, signed Mailly and dated 1859.

Caricature of Paul Meurice

Hippolyte Mailly, 1859

Pencil drawing of a cliff tower above stormy waves beside a leafy tree over reeds, designed as alphabet letter forms.

Alphabet book design (Letters C and K)

Miss L. E. M. Jones, ca. 1830

Pencil design with garland frame and scenes of a countryside excursion: picnic, carriages, rider, crowd and pavilion.

Design Illustrating an Excursion to the Countryside

Hermann Kestner, 1839

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a light hat and blue waistcoat, seated with one hand resting on his knee.

Portrait of Mr. George Bailey

Richard Dadd, August 15, 1855

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate covered goblet with scroll and mask decoration and a figure finial.

Design for a Large Goblet

Jost Amman, ca. 1570-80

Self-Portrait as Monsieur Prudhomme

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1861

Pen and ink drawing of a standing female figure with outstretched arms holding a dagger, in classical drapery.

Lucretia

Pencil sketches of a butterfly pen-holder, a shell pen-holder, a snail ring-holder and a vase on a page in a sketchbook.

Sketches of Butterfly Pen-holder, a Shell Pen-holder and Snail Ring-holder, and a Vase

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Portrait of a Woman in a Lace Bonnet, in three-quarter profile to the left

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, mid-19th century

Watercolor of a woman with a basket on rocks, with sailboats and rowboats on stormy, choppy water beneath a grey sky.

Inside the Bar

Winslow Homer, 1883

Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume

Peter Paul Rubens, 1617

Pen and wash drawing of a praying man in a cloak flanked by two women inside a circular frame with rosette arch.

Design for a Wall Monument

Francesco di Giorgio, ca. 1490

Pencil and chalk study of a sword-bearing man striding left beside two figures with raised arms, on blue-grey paper.

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Admiral De Winter Raisi…

John Singleton Copley, 1798

Charcoal and chalk study of three male figures with raised arms on blue paper with a red grid.

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Three Figures Raising t…

John Singleton Copley, 1798

Watercolor of a grassy path beside a water channel leading to umbrella pines under a pale blue sky.

Castel Fusano - Near Rome

William Stanley Haseltine, ca. 1885

Watercolor of an autumn river with reflective water, colorful trees, lily pads, and a small figure on the bank.

Mill Dam in Traunstein

William Stanley Haseltine, 1894

Watercolor of overgrown brick ruins with arched openings and a dirt path beneath a pale blue sky.

Baths of Trajan (Sette Sale, Villa Brancaccio, Rome)

William Stanley Haseltine, ca. 1882

Watercolor landscape of gnarled trees beside a shallow stream on a wooded slope, rendered in soft brown tones.

Tivoli

William Stanley Haseltine, 1858

Watercolor of a large leafy tree on a grassy slope beside a wooden fence, with forested mountains in the background.

Vahrn in Tyrol near Brixen

William Stanley Haseltine

Watercolor of a rocky creek with trees and figures on the rocks, with hazy mountains behind under a pale sky.

Landscape: View on Catskill Creek

John William Hill, 1867

Oval watercolor still life of a pear, blackberries, ivy and rose hips on a white cloth, signed J.W. Hill 1876.

Still Life with Fruit

John William Hill, 1876

Watercolor of turquoise sea and pale limestone rocks under a grey sky, with a natural rock arch and a small red dog.

Natural Bridge, Bermuda

Winslow Homer, ca. 1901

Watercolor of two women in white dresses seated on a brown patterned bench, facing each other in conversation against a green

Two Ladies

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of a green open plain under a grey-blue sky, with distant buildings and dark trees along the horizon.

Across the Campagna

George Inness, 1872

Pencil study of an angel marking a kneeling haloed woman, with two draped figures floating above in an arched frame.

Angel Sealing the Servants of God (Study for the Anna, Margaret Sherman and Gertrude Van Dalfsen Memorial Window, Tri…

John La Farge, 1889