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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Pencil drawing of Socrates seated in a stone chamber, reaching for a cup while robed figures gather around him.

Death of Socrates

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, ca. 1782-92

Pencil sketch of a hunter with a rifle and hat, seen from behind, with a dog at lower left.

Roman Hunter with his Dog, seen from the Back

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1845

Watercolor of a shepherd driving sheep along a path beneath steep rocky cliffs and a twisted tree under cloudy skies.

Driving sheep in a rocky landscape

David Cox, ca. 1846

Watercolor of a wooded landscape with a large tree, rocky cliffs, a waterfall, and three small figures on a path.

Figures beside a waterfall and pool in a wooded landscape

John Varley, 1812

Red chalk drawing of a melancholic woman leaning on a ledge beside a skull, celestial globe, hourglass and sleeping dog.

Melancholia

Henri Simon Thomassin, ca. 1729-40

Chalk drawing of a young man with curly hair, gazing upward, draped in classical cloth against a grey background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, ca. 1810-20

Watercolor of a woman, children in a cart, and a dog on a path, with a distant city dome and cows on a hillside.

View of London with St. Paul’s in the distance: woman and children with a baby carriage

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1787

Watercolor of a craggy mountain under stormy clouds, with rocky boulders and tawny moorland in the foreground.

Snowdon, after an April Hailstorm [or Snowdon through Clearing Clouds]

Alfred William Hunt, ca. 1857

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of the Holy Family with two infant children, Virgin Mary, and bearded Saint Joseph.

Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist (recto); large-scale cropped sketches of draperies and legs (verso)

Gregorio Pagani, 1590-92

Watercolor of a calm lake with wooded hills, distant mountains, and a small tower on a ridge under cloudy skies.

View of Lake Como

Francis Towne, August 27, 1781

Watercolor of a family pausing on a road with a dog, grazing cattle, and a distant city dome under a cloudy sky.

View of London with St. Paul’s in the distance: a family pausing on a road

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1787

Dark woodland path at dusk with tall trees on both sides and pale light on the ground, in brown and blue wash.

A woodland scene at dusk (recto); A study of trees and foliage (verso)

William James Müller, 1833-45

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with tousled hair and a stern expression, on cream paper.

Portrait of the Sculptor Hermann Ernst Freund

Christen Købke, 1837

Drawing of a wooded and rocky landscape with trees on the left, boulders on a steep slope, and white highlights on grey paper

A wooded and rocky landscape

Raphael Lamar West, ca. 1800

Watercolor drawing of nude Adam and Eve by a tree with fig leaves, a parrot, an angel, and a mountain landscape behind.

The Expulsion from Paradise

Daniel Fröschl, late 16th-early 17th century

Watercolor of a wooded Caucasus valley with a river, village huts, and figures in traditional dress on a path.

Valley of Vardan, Caucasus

William Simpson, 1855-58

Pencil sketch of armed men in a rowing boat on a shore beside a ship, with rocks and trees in the landscape.

Rinaldo rescued from Armida

Benjamin West, 1766-1800

Red chalk drawing of a classically dressed figure in a cloak and armor, with faint inscribed lettering at lower left.

Louis XV as a Roman Emperor

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, ca. 1750-60

Watercolor of a low-tide beach at sunset with two walking figures, a crowd in the distance, and sailing ships on the horizon.

Beach Scene

James Hamilton, ca. 1865

Pastel drawing of a seated woman seen from behind, bare-shouldered, with lavender drapery and a soft taupe background.

The Toilet

Robert Frederick Blum, ca. 1893

Graphite study of prone, sprawling and cheering figures on grey paper, preparatory sketches by John Singleton Copley.

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figure Reaching; Sprawling Figures; Cheering Group; Dying Sailors

John Singleton Copley, 1785-86

Half-length portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet and dark dotted shawl, against a dark background.

Mrs. Ebenezer Storer (Mary Edwards)

John Singleton Copley, 1767-69

Portrait of a Woman

Eastman Johnson, ca. 1871

Watercolor of a waterfall cascading over rocks in a wooded ravine, with tall trees and two figures resting on boulders.

Catskill Clove

William Rickarby Miller, 1856

Charcoal drawing of a woman in a dark dress holding the hands of another woman floating in rough surf, with a ship offshore.

The Bathers

Winslow Homer, 1882

Chalk study of a standing man in period dress holding a rolled document, on blue-grey paper.

Study for "John Adams"

John Singleton Copley, 1783

Pencil perspective drawing of an interior with a grid, pedestal table, chair, and sideboard on tan paper, by Thomas Eakins.

Perspective Drawing for the "Chess Players"

Thomas Eakins, 1875-76

Watercolor of rocky cliffs and green valley opening to a distant sea under a pale sky, by William Trost Richards.

From Paradise to Purgatory, Newport

William Trost Richards, 1878

Pencil sketch of a pergola terrace with lattice roof, balustrade and an urn, framing a view of water and distant hills.

Sketchbook of Greek, Italian Islands, and Near East Subjects

Mary Newbold Sargent, 1904

Grayscale watercolor of a wide bay with sailing ships, a windmill, grazing cows, and a seated figure on a hill.

The Bay of New York Looking to the Narrows and Staten Island, Taken from Brooklyn Heights

William Guy Wall, 1820-25