New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child in an oval with angels and clouds, attributed to Francesco Guardi.

The Virgin and Child Holding Scapulars

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Ink and wash drawing of a three-masted frigate under sail on rough sea, with a small boat and figure on rocks.

A Frigate at Sea

Pierre Puget, 17th century

Pencil sketch of a drunken Silenus riding a donkey, surrounded by satyrs and draped figures in a frieze-like procession.

Drunken Silenus Riding on an Ass

Jacques Sarazin, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a picnic party on a bank: a man in a tricorn hat, a turbaned man pouring wine, and a woman drinking.

A Picnic Party

Claude Simpol, 1716

Charcoal drawing on tan paper of draped clothing, a hat and a parasol arranged on a chair with white highlights.

Still Life with Hat, Parasol, and Clothes on a Chair

Georges Seurat, 1887

Gray wash drawing of a seated woman in a ruffled gown holding a mirror, with trees in a woodland setting.

Lady with a Mirror

Claude Simpol, 1716

Grey wash drawing of a man smoking a pipe and a seated woman with elaborate hair beside a tree.

Tête à Tête

Claude Simpol, 1716

Grey wash drawing of three women in a wooded landscape, one seated on rocks, one standing with folded arms, one kneeling.

Ladies Bathing

Claude Simpol, 1717

Pen and gray wash drawing of five men straining to push and lever a large stone block with wooden poles.

Five Men Pushing a Block of Stone

Jacques Stella, ca.1640-50

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a female figure with arms outstretched and face raised, draped in flowing cloth on gray p

St. Louis in Glory

Simon Vouet, ca. 1640-41

Pencil drawing of men clubbing cormorants at a pond while birds fly past a large window frame and a tree.

The Defeat of the Cormorants

Louis Testelin, ca. 1648-53

Chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman pointing right beside a companion, with a forest and a seated figure behind.

Diana and Acteon

François-André Vincent, 1778

Man Seated at a Keyboard Instrument

François-André Vincent, 1774

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated classical ruler with kneeling woman and attendants in an arcaded hall.

The Clemency of Augustus (Corneille, Cinna, V, 3)

François-André Vincent, ca. 1787-88

Two black chalk studies of crouching nude male figures on toned paper, with red guide lines and a signature.

Two Crouching Nude Male Figures

Simon Vouet, ca. 1640

Drawing of a bacchanal wedding feast with revelers, musicians, putti, and an elephant beneath grapevines, in red chalk and wa

The Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne

Guy Louis Vernansal the Elder, ca. 1709

Caricature of the Artist's Younger Brother Marie-Alexandre-François

François-André Vincent, 1776

Pen and wash drawing of a dove at centre surrounded by a flower garland held up by winged infant angels.

The Holy Spirit Surrounded by a Wreath of Flowers Held up by Infant Angels

Giovanni Battista Merano, 1632-98

Brown ink and wash drawing of Hector embracing Andromache as a nurse holds a frightened infant in a colonnaded hall.

Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax

Benjamin West, 1766

Pen and brown ink drawing of a large gnarled tree with twisting trunk and dense foliage on tan paper.

A Large Tree

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Red chalk drawing of the Annunciation: an angel and draped Virgin with a dove and clouds above.

The Annunciation

Camillo Procaccini, 1616-18

Brown ink and wash drawing of two men, one in a turban and draped robe, the other bearded and leaning toward him.

Two Men Seen Three- Quarter Length

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown wash sketch of a woman seated on a scallop shell, twisting with billowing drapery and hair swirling around her.

Studies of a Reclined Woman on a Seashell, for the Triumph of Galatea (recto and verso)

Paolo de Matteis, ca. 1692

Brown ink and wash drawing of three nude men in twisting poses with studies of arms and legs, by Paolo Pagani.

Studies of Three Naked Men, a Right Arm and a Nude Figure Supported by Another (recto); Studies of a Figure with Left…

Paolo Pagani, 1700-1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling old man seen from behind, bending forward toward the upper left.

Old Man Kneeling Facing Upper Left

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Architectural cross-section drawing of a tiered theater interior with a central royal box, draped curtains and a decorated va

Transverse Section of the Small Theater in the Palace of Caserta with a View Towards the Royal Box

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin mourning the dead Christ across her lap, with a cross and ladder behind them.

The Virgin Lamenting over the Dead Christ

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seated woman nursing an infant, a praying man in a hat, a palm tree, and a donkey at sunset.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (The Repose of the Holy Family in Egypt)

William Blake, 1806

Watercolor of an old timber mill with a wooden waterwheel beside a river, with two fishermen on the bank.

Riverside Scene (Old Mill)

Peter De Wint, 1805-10 (?)

Pen and wash drawing of a robed deacon led by armed men through an arched architectural space toward martyrdom.

A Deacon Led to Martyrdom

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, 1575-1640