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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etching of a turbaned man and a woman pointing toward a statue in a gothic arched interior with a small altar.

Solomon's Idolatry

Albrecht Altdorfer

Engraved dagger sheath design with an armored standing man above a panel of dense acanthus scrollwork.

Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1529

Pen drawing of two men in an arched interior, one seated at a table and one bearded man leaning in and pointing.

Ammon and Jonadab

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Engraving of two men in an interior, one leaning on a staff beside a bed where another reclines, with a Latin inscription abo

Amnon and Jonadab, from "The Story of Amnon and Tamar"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540

Woodcut of a skeleton playing a pipe while leading a startled abbot in a hooded robe beneath a tree with an hourglass.

The Abbot, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton handing a flask to a seated physician while a cloaked figure with a cane waits nearby.

The Doctor (or Physician), from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton in a feathered hat fighting an armored knight with swords, a broken hourglass on the ground.

The Knight, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a noblewoman and gentleman dancing with a skeleton beside an hourglass, in front of draped curtains.

The Noblewoman, from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Woodcut of a skeleton guiding a horse-drawn plough while a peasant pushes it across a field toward a village and rising sun.

The Peasant (or Ploughman), from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Black and white print of Turkish soldiers, horses and tents in a rocky landscape, framed by decorative turbaned figures.

Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz (Customs and Fashions of the Turks)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a nude man sprawled in front of a draped woman and a crowd of onlookers with raised hands.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jacques Bellange, ca. 1606-8

Chalk drawing of a seated bearded man beside a jug, visited by a winged angel pointing away, with a sleeping figure below.

Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (I Kings 19:4-8)

Jean-Baptiste Bénard, 18th century

Portrait of Madame Dugazon as Nina

Joseph Jean Bernard, 1788

Pen and ink drawing of a village street with tiled rooftops, chimneys, smoke, and shrubs leading to the horizon.

Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Vincent van Gogh, ca. July 15, 1888

Drawing of a seated woman gesturing to a plan held by a kneeling figure, with attendants and ruins behind, in chalk on blue p

Semiramus Inspecting a Plan of Babylon

Jean-Simon Berthélémy

Drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds with angels, while a kneeling man gazes up beside a stone tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1822

Brown wash drawing of a rustic farmyard with a wooden balcony, stone walls, straw heap and figures near a bare tree.

Farmyard

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ancient interior with a canopied bed, seated woman, standing man and incense burner on a tripod ta

A Scene from Ancient History

François Boitard

Graphite study of a bearded, bare-chested man with one arm raised high and fist clenched, on cream paper.

Bearded, bare-chested male figure, study for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 1852-53

Head of a Young Girl in Profile

Louis-Marin Bonnet, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon with putti and clouds around them.

Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon with Putti

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ Child, kneeling shepherd and angels abov

Adoration of the Shepherds

Jusepe de Ribera, 1645-50

Watercolor still life of a bouquet of chrysanthemums in a dark vase on a wooden table against a grey wall.

Bouquet of Small Chrysanthemums

Léon Bonvin, 1862

Watercolor fashion drawing of a woman in a layered rococo gown with blue, yellow and silver trim, annotated in French.

Mademoiselle Marie-Jeanne Fesch Chevallier

Louis René Boquet

Red chalk drawing of a feathered female figure drawing a bow while seated on a large animal.

Allegory of America, from the Four Continents

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Red chalk design for a circular medal showing a winged helmeted warrior with sword and shield above a shoreline.

Design for a Medal: Marine 1758

Edmé Bouchardon, 1758

Red chalk design for a circular medal showing two draped women beside a pedestal with scales of justice.

Design for a Medal

Edmé Bouchardon, ca. 1738

Red chalk design for a medal showing a seated helmeted female figure with a Latin inscription and the date 1740.

Design for a Medal: Bâtiments du Roy, 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Red chalk design for a circular token showing a woman in a chariot drawn by lions, with inscription and 1740 below.

Design for a jeton or a token: Maison de la Reine 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 1740

Red chalk drawing of a circular medallion showing two putti riding a sea creature over waves, with Latin inscription and date

Design for a Token: Galères, 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 1740