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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,936 works

Pencil sketch of a castle with pointed towers and steep roofs against an empty pale sky.

A Castle (on the Rhine?)

Jan van Goyen, early 17th-mid 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a commander kneeling before a crowned ruler on a throne, with soldiers and vessels in the foreg

Holofernes before Nebuchadnezzar (Judith 2:4-13)

Maerten de Vos, 1587

Grey wash drawing of a rider, horse-drawn wagon, and dog on a road, with an obelisk and tower in the distant landscape.

Travellers and wagons fording a river in a Southern landscape

Hendrik Verschuring, ca. 1646-62

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mountainous river landscape with trees, hills, figures, and a distant village.

Mountainous River Landscape

Jacob Esselens, 17th century

Pencil drawing of travelers on a dirt road beside large trees, with a horse-drawn carriage and hills in the distance.

Figures on a Road

Pieter de Molijn, 17th century

Pencil drawing of a village on an estuary with trees, figures, a rowing boat on the shore, and a distant sailboat under a clo

Village on an estuary, with a rowing boat on the shore

Pieter de Molijn, 17th century

Etching of a torchlit procession of mounted riders, soldiers with torches, and carriages moving across an open field.

Torchlight Procession at the Modena Carrousel

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching of a draped figure bending over a bare-bodied figure bound to a tree, with a landscape and water to the right.

Apollon et Marsyas

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Etching of a bearded smith at an anvil with armor on the ground, facing a draped woman gesturing toward him.

Vulcan et Thetis

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Engraving of three robed wise men gazing at a bright star over a desert plain, with horses and camels in the background.

The Wise Men out of the East

John La Farge, 1868

Etching of galleys fighting around rocky islands, with a coat of arms and compass rose in the margins.

Capture of Two Galleys at Byserta

Stefano Della Bella, 1628

Etched map of the Siege of Saint-Omer with a lettered key, fortifications, ships at sea, and officers studying a map in the f

Siege of Saint-Omer

Stefano Della Bella, 1638

Pencil drawing of two men resting on a log by a lake under a large spreading tree, with boats on the water.

Two Men Resting by a Lake (recto); Studies for Soldiers Mounted on Horseback (verso)

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Pencil drawing of a windswept tree on a rocky cliff above a shadowed gorge with mountains and clouds behind.

Broken Tree in Moutainous Landscape

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Brown ink study of two seated women with children and a flying angel above, framed by a ruled border.

Study Sheet with Two Seated Children and an Angel

Hendrick Goudt, early 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a nude central figure with bound arms flanked by two studied figures, with sketched drapery and limbs.

The Flagellation of Christ

Bernardo Cavallino, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds approaching a group around an infant with angels, set before ruined arches and a dist

Adoration of the Shepherds

Master of Liechtenstein, ca. 1549-50

Brown wash drawing of Saint John the Baptist with a cross confronting a turbaned ruler, courtiers, a guard, and a ruined city

Saint John the Baptist Appearing Before Herod

Augustin Braun, late 16th-mid 17th century

Ink sketch of a mounted officer in a bicorne hat on a rearing horse, with a fallen soldier and battlefield below.

Battlefield with Soldier on Horseback (Napoleon?)

Antoine-Jean Gros, ca.1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a triptych design with robed figures under arches, an angel above, and a reclining figure in th

A Design for a Triptych with the Adoration of the Two Saints

Jan Symonsz. Pynas, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a village street with a huge tree, crowds of villagers, a cart, and low houses.

May Day Celebrations at Xeuilley

Jacques Callot, ca. 1624-25

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and kneeling women.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Caspar Fraisinger, 1590

Brown ink landscape drawing of gnarled trees, a winding road, two figures, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landscape with old trees and figures

Gillis Neyts, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of a crowded courtroom with a standing man at left, a seated judge at right, and spectators filling the gall

Two Men Before a Judge in a Crowded Courtroom

Egbert Jasperszoon van Heemskerck I, late 17th century

Pen drawing of a five-bay Corinthian archway with horses on top, warrior statues, and a Latin inscription panel.

A Monumental Archway with Five Bays in the Corinthian Order

Jacques Androuet, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of a travelling column scattered by a swirling dust storm, with figures tumbled on the right.

A column of oriental travelers scattered by a dust storm

William West, 1820-40

Pen and brown ink drawing with grey wash of robed figures gathered in an interior beside a balustrade, one seated man holding

Jacob Gives Joseph a Coat of Many Colors

Daniel Seiter, 17th-early 18th century

Etching of a bearded man seated in the foreground with a second figure in shadow behind him, rendered in dense hatched lines.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens and His Model

Anders Zorn, 1897

Etching of a barefoot peasant on a horse drinking at a river, with another rider and a horse on a bank at right.

A barefoot peasant on horseback crossing a river, another peasant on horseback and leading a horse on a bank to right…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1644-47

Engraving of a wooded road with several riders on horseback passing large trees and a rocky bank under a cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape with Riders

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797