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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Watercolor of a mountain valley with a river, a stone cottage, seated figures and sheep under a cloudy sky.

The Honister Pass from Gatesgarth Farm, Gatesgarthdale, Lake District

Edward Dayes, 1789-1804

Pen and brown ink drawing of a ruined brick building with a staircase, a bare tree, and a boat on a river bank.

An Inhabited Ruin on the Bank of a River

Jan van de Velde II, ca. 1630-40

Pencil and wash drawing of a brown horse harnessed to a cart with a barrel, with a lamp post and distant town.

A Cart Drawn by a Brown Horse Near a Lamp Pole (recto); A Group of Mounted Officers (verso)

Johann Adam Klein, ca. 1815

Pencil drawing of a grotto in a rocky cliff by the sea, with a sailboat and a distant volcano on the horizon.

A Grotto near Sorrento, with a Distant View of the Vesuvius

Heinrich Reinhold, 1823

Ink and wash study of many figures and heads, with a classical female figure above, by James Barry, ca. 1802.

Study for "Divine Justice"

James Barry, ca. 1802

Ink and wash drawing of a crowned king on a rearing dark horse pointing at ghostly women in the background.

A king with his horse, alarmed by ghostly women

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pen and watercolor drawing of a centaur carrying a nude woman across water, with a hilly landscape behind them.

The Abduction of Deianira

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude standing figure with a staff, a kneeling man, and a haloed figure beside trees and water

John the Baptist and two men, with Christ

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pencil drawing of a tiered architectural frame with many narrative scenes of crowds, figures and allegorical groups beneath a

Preparatory Drawing for a Print Series on the History of Germany (Die Geschichte des deutschen Volkes in fünfzehn Bil…

Carl Heinrich Hermann, 1851-53

Pen and watercolor drawing of a winged female figure with serpent hair raising a staff amid stormy clouds, a temple beyond.

Envy from Ovid's "House of Envy" (Book II, lines 760-796) (recto); A naked woman (verso)

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pen and watercolor drawing of a nude woman raising her arms as a satyr reaches toward her in a wooded landscape.

Amymone (?) with a lecherous satyr

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Grey ink and wash drawing of a man with a staff shielding his eyes against a stormy sky beside trees.

Male with a staff in a storm (recto). Anatomical studies of a foot (verso)

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pen and wash drawing of three classical warriors with shields, a horse head, and studies of armor and a face.

Classical military subject

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded god raising a scepter on clouds beside a reclining figure in the sky.

Ceres pleading with Jove for the return of Prosperpina, from Ovid, "Metamorphoses," Book V

Thomas Carwitham, 1713-33

Pen and wash drawing of men and a boy on a shore beside a ship's sails and rigging.

Historical subject with men and a boy near a ship (recto). Anatomical study of a foot (verso)

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Watercolor and pen drawing of Corinthian columns of a Roman temple ruin, with an arched gate and oxen cart at lower right und

Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome

James Holland, 1840-45

Brown wash drawing of a crowded gambling room, with a woman in a pale blue gown standing among seated men.

Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden

Gustave Doré, 1862

Pen and ink with grey wash drawing of a hooded woman sheltering a child, with a boat and trees in a landscape.

Woman sheltering a child in a landscape

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Red chalk drawing of a gnarled tree with a knotted trunk, spreading branches and leafy crown on pale paper.

Study of a Tree in the Luxembourg Gardens

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1773

Pen and watercolor design for an alcove with four columns, pink draped canopy, garlands, and two classical busts.

Design for an Alcove

Giuseppe Valeriani, ca. 1740-60

Watercolor of a burning ship at sea, with crew escaping in a boat and swimmers in rough water under a dark sky.

Fire at sea

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, 1820-46

Red chalk drawing of a balding man in an oval medallion framed by cherubs, garlands and a blank scrolled cartouche.

Oval Portrait of a Man in an Elaborate Frame with a Cartouche

Antonino Grano, ca. 1724

Brown wash drawing of an octagonal interior with columns, statues in niches, and a coffered dome.

Interior of an Octagonal Room (Stage Design?)

Tranquillo Orsi, ca. 1790-1830

Graphite drawing of a seated mother with curled hair holding a toddler in a white ruffled dress, on tan paper.

Portrait of a mother and child

John Linnell, 1823

Watercolor of a woodland clearing with stacked planks, felled logs, a wooden shed and tall trees under green foliage.

Clearing with a lumber mill

John Middleton, 1847 (?)

Watercolor design of a classical chimney piece with Venus in a shell, dolphins, two figures, and lion masks.

Design for a Chimney piece decorated with figures of Venus and Cupid

Emil Wolff, ca. 1835-50

Watercolor design of a painted wall dado and cornice with scrolling foliage, winged figures, and a central oval medallion.

Design for the Decoration of a Cornice and Dado with Neoclassical Motifs

Guiseppe Mannocchi, ca. 1760-1782

Ink and wash design for an epitaph with kneeling figures, an IHS monogram, winged putti, garlands and heraldic shields on red

Design for the Epitaph of the 't Seraets-Van Etten family

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, ca. 1650-75

Pen and brown wash drawing of an epitaph design with two cherubs, a central putto, a female term holding a skull, and a laure

Design for an Epitaph with a Variant, flanked by Terms and surmounted by statues of Cherubs

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling saint in a grotto with a skull, open book, hourglass and crucifix.

Saint Francis Kneeling in a Grotto, holding a Book and a Skull

Nicolaas van der Horst, 1627 or before