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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Watercolor of a seated woman in a white lace bonnet and blue bodice before red drapery, signed and dated 1888.

A Seated Woman

Franz Skarbina, 1888

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a standing woman in flowing drapery, seen from behind, looking down at her gown.

Study of a Standing Woman

Angelica Kauffmann, 1792-96

Watercolor portrait of an older man with grey hair in a dark blue coat and black cravat, turned to the side.

Prince Rudolph Joseph of Colloredo-Mansfeld

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1835

Watercolor of a boy in a blue tunic leaning from a cabinet window, surrounded by pencil-sketched toys on cream paper.

Prince Paul Clemens von Metternich as a Child, Surrounded by Toys

Rudolf Gaupmann, 1841

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a dark blue military uniform with a red and white sash and medals, by Josef Kriehuber

Prince Friedrich of Schwarzenberg

Josef Kriehuber, 1847

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a tall fur hat, green sash and jeweled medals, by Moritz Michael Daffinger.

Hussein Khan

Moritz Michael Daffinger, 1839

Colored portrait drawing of a man with an eye patch, curled mustache and dark coat, gazing upward, dated 1837.

François Henri Schlick, Count of Bassano de Weisskirchen

Franz Eybl, 1837

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark curly hair, white off-shoulder gown, blue cross pendant and a small flower bouquet.

Countess Hélène Esterházy, née Countess Bezobrazov

Moritz Michael Daffinger, 1841 (?)

Watercolor portrait of a gray-haired, mustached man in a dark coat and white waistcoat, turned to the left.

Count Georg Esterházy von Galántha

Josef Kriehuber, 1840

Watercolor portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache in a dark blue jacket, with handwritten inscription below.

Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg

Moritz Michael Daffinger, 1838

Chalk portrait of a young man with curly hair, slight smile and open collar, drawn in black and red chalk with white highligh

Portrait of Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791)

Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger, 1741

Watercolor of a ruined castle gatehouse with ivy-covered walls, tall trees, and small figures under a cloudy sky.

Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon

Francis Towne, 1773-80, with additions in 1805

Circular brown wash drawing of Venus above Vulcan at a forge, with hammering workers, cupids and scattered armor.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan (recto); Sketches with Two Putti (verso)

Sebastiano Conca, ca. 1716-18

Ink and wash drawing of a rider on a grey horse performing a piaffe, with a groom and trees in the background.

A Mounted Grey Horse Being Schooled in Piaffe

Philips Wouwerman, after 1646

Watercolor of feluccas sailing on the Nile at sunset, with palms on the bank and a city skyline in the distance.

View on the Nile near Cairo

Thomas Seddon, ca. 1855

Pen and ink sketch of a man with bowed head and lowered eyes, wrapped in a cloak, shaded with loose hatching.

Study of a man gazing down

George Richmond, 1840-80

Portrait of George Eliot, seen in profile to the left

George Richmond, 1881

Watercolor study of a windswept tree with golden and green foliage against blue and green washes of sky and hillside.

Study of a tree

George Richmond, possibly 1848

Graphite study of a male figure with shaded torso and draped limbs on pale paper.

Study for a male figure in "Comus-The Measure" (recto); Reclining male nude (verso)

George Richmond, before 1864

Watercolor still life of a yellow apple, blue grapes, a hazelnut and leaves on a mossy bank.

An apple, grapes and a hazelnut on a mossy bank

William Henry Hunt, 1830-64

Watercolor of the Giralda tower in Seville rising above the cathedral and street, with a blue sky behind it.

The Giralda, Seville

David Roberts, 1833

Pencil sketch of a wooded hillside with small figures on a flat foreground beneath an open sky.

Landscape at Margate

George Richmond, 1840-60 (?)

Graphite and white chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a dense leafy shrub with shaded ground beneath it.

Burdock

George Richmond, 1820-90

Red chalk and graphite sketch of large cedar trees in a park with grass, a figure, and grazing animals.

Cedar trees in a park

George Richmond, 1840-70

Pencil and chalk portrait of a young man with wavy hair in a gray coat and white cravat, turned toward the viewer.

Benjamin Rouse Jr.

Thomas Lawrence, 1813 (?)

Watercolor landscape of cattle in a stream beneath large trees, with a ruined abbey and hills in the distance.

Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire

Paul Sandby, 1770-79 (?)

Pencil study of a branching plant with several leaves and stems on pale paper.

Study of a plant

George Richmond, 1840-80

Graphite sketch of a seated draped woman gazing upward, with loose studies of a cross and halo around her.

Vision of the True Cross appearing to St. Helen

William Young Ottley, 1795-1836

Graphite sketch of a man in a broad-brimmed hat looking upward, with one hand resting on his chest.

The Rev. William Atkinson, wearing a broad-brimmed hat

George Romney, ca. 1760

Watercolor of a young woman with a stick in a forest, with workers and stacked timber behind her.

Barking Timber in Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire

Joshua Cristall, 1818 (?)