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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded painter working at an easel in a cluttered studio with a skull and bust.

A Painter at Work in his Studio

Thomas Wijck, 1663-77

Watercolor of Dumbarton Rock with a fortress on its cliffs, a sailboat and rowing boat on calm water.

Dumbarton Rock from the South

Joseph Farington, 1788

Ink and wash drawing of a seated king receiving kneeling women and a child under classical arches and columns.

Pyrrhus in the House of Glaucias

Augustin Pajou, ca. 1752-56

Pen drawing of a seated shepherd in a broad hat holding a small child on his lap against rocky terrain.

A Seated Italian Shepherd with a Small Child on his lap; verso: A Southern Landscape with a Woman Carrying a Jar on h…

Franz Horny, ca. 1820

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a stone bridge over a canal with figures on the railing and gabled houses beyond.

A Bridge over a Canal in Winschoten

Martinus Rørbye, 1834

Pencil and wash drawing of a harbor with wooden pilings, rowboats with figures, and masted ships along a waterfront of low bu

The Coastline of Altona Seen from the East

Martinus Rørbye, 1834

Pencil design for a medal showing a rooster, sunburst, crown, laurel wreath and the words FRANCE and Charte de 1830.

Design for the Medal to Commemorate the Charter of 1830

Henri-Baron de Triqueti, 1830

Pen and gray wash drawing of the Oude Waag in Amsterdam with pointed roofs, figures on a quay, and ship masts at right.

The Oude Waag in Amsterdam Seen from the North-East

Martinus Rørbye, 1834

Head Studies of A Young Man Wearing a Hat and of a Black Man

Lucas Franchoys the Younger, mid-17th century

Brown wash drawing of a priest elevating the host at an altar while kneeling worshippers watch in a colonnaded church interio

A Priest Celebrating Mass

the Younger Giorgio Picchi, ca. 1600-5

Red chalk drawing of a bearded elderly prophet in an oval, gazing upward beside a young attendant holding a scroll.

The Prophet Jeremiah

Sebastiano Conca, 1718

Pencil portrait sketch of a bearded man in a suit and cravat, turned three-quarters, on tan paper.

Portrait of Christophe Louis Engelhard Dalgas

Christen Købke, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of a classical interior with a canopied throne, colonnades, a fountain, and crowded figures in the foreg

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Carlo Portelli, 1560-70

Watercolor of a ruined tower and manor house across a calm lake, with figures in a rowing boat in the foreground.

Ruins at Oestergoedland

Pehr Nordqvist, ca. 1800

Grey wash drawing of a stone tomb with stepped base among tall forest tree trunks.

A Stone Tomb in a Forest; verso: Study of a Flower

Christen Købke, 1830

Grey wash drawing of a seated man in a cap beside a large dolmen on grassy ground, on tan paper.

The Artist, Seated in Front of a Dolmen

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1844

Grey wash drawing of four nude women approaching a classical altar, with putti flying in clouds above and waves at left.

Four Nude Women Surrounded by Putti, Approaching an Altar

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Pen and ink drawing of a brook lined with bare trees, with a farm, grazing cows, and two figures in an open field.

A Brook near a Farm in Usserød with Cows and Two Figures

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1847

Pen and ink drawing of a battered ship with broken masts in stormy seas, with a small boat holding two figures in the foregro

A Storm at Sea with a Large Ship and a Small Boat with Two Figures

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a embroidered-collar coat painting at an easel, holding brushes and a palette.

Portrait of the Painter Ditlev Martens at Work Behind and Easel; verso: An Artist Sketching

Wilhelm Bendz, ca. 1820-24

Three Portraits in Profile

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Sepia drawing of the Statue of Liberty on a star-shaped island, its torch rays spreading over a harbor and city grid with boa

Presentation Drawing of "The Statue of Liberty Illuminating the World"

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, 1875

Brown wash drawing of Christ with a staff among nude figures and demons at a gateway, with winged creatures above.

Christ in Limbo

Luca Penni, ca. 1547-48

Red chalk drawing on blue paper with many studies of hands in different gestures, grasping, open and resting.

Study of Hands (recto); Study for a Reclining St. Francis (verso)

Daniele Crespi, ca. 1628-30

Graphite sketch on blue paper of two hands, one holding a pen diagonally, with a second hand partly drawn below.

Study of Hands

Charles-Joseph Natoire, ca. 1761

Watercolor study of an antique wooden armchair with red-trimmed upholstered back and red seat, on a grey wash background.

Study of an antique armchair

David Cox, 1849

Pen and brown ink sketch of a muscular male nude with twisted torso and raised arm on aged paper.

Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Ornamental Designs of Foliage, a Grotesque Head, and a Leg (verso)

Agostino Carracci, ca. 1590-93

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a stone house and trees overlooking a calm sea and distant hills, Calabria, Italy.

Pentedatelo, Calabria, Italy

Edward Lear, 1847 (?)

Pen and ink invitation card design with two classical female figures, drapery, and text for the Moray Minstrels, 1865.

The Moray Minstrels (Design for Invitation card of Arthur James Lewis)

Frederick Walker, 1865

Brown wash drawing of a cave interior with dripping rock formations, a bright entrance, stone steps, and small armed figures.

Cave of Pan, near Sunium, Greece

Simone Pomardi, 1805