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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,834 works

Red chalk drawing of a plumed female figure in a chariot drawn by lions, with a flaming altar and tree behind.

Allegory of America

Louis Licherie de Beurie, mid-17th century

Watercolor bouquet of white roses, pale lilacs, buds and green leaves against a grey background.

Flowers: Roses and Lilacs

Paul de Longpré, late 19th-early 20th century

Painted bouquet of white and pink roses with green leaves and buds against a dark gradient background.

Flowers: Roses

Paul de Longpré, late 19th-early 20th century

Red chalk drawing of a young woman with curly hair holding a curved horn, with an Italian inscription below.

Huntress with a Horn

Carle Vanloo, ca. 1733

Bust of a Young Girl, Profile to Left

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a praying deacon before a crowd, an angel above, and kneeling figures in an ornate cartouche frame.

Saint Gregory as Deacon Directing Prayers and Processions for the Cessation of the Plague

Carle Vanloo, 1762

Brown wash drawing of St. Gregory dictating to a secretary by candlelight in a book-lined room, inside an arched frame.

St. Gregory Dictating His Homilies to a Secretary

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a seated pontiff receiving homage from kneeling figures and clergy, framed in an ornate cartouche with

The Clergy of Rome Paying Homage to St. Gregory after His Investiture

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling figure held by a man amid a crowd, framed by a shield cartouche with two cherubs.

St. Gregory Reluctant to Accept His Election as Bishop of Rome

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man giving alms to a kneeling woman and child in a city street, within an arched frame.

St. Gregory Distributing His Worldly Goods to the Poor

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a robed priest at an altar with a kneeling woman, candle, angels and cartouche frame.

The Mass of St. Gregory

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of elegant figures conversing in a colonnaded hall, with a servant carrying a tray and a small dog.

La Conversation espagnole

Carle Vanloo, 1754

Ink drawing of a bearded man in a cap and long coat standing on two crutches against a pale background.

A Man on Crutches

Édouard Manet, 1878

Brown ink and wash design for a ceiling with a central medallion of putti, trumpets and clouds, surrounded by ornamental scro

Design for the Decoration of a Ceiling an Allegory of Victory

Daniel Marot the Elder, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in period dress seated beside an ornate tray and jug.

Portrait of a Silversmith, Seated

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 19th century

Charcoal drawing of a reclining male figure draped in cloth, with limp arms, on pale paper.

Dead Man

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1830-91

Hand-colored print of Saint Wolfgang as a bishop holding a crozier and a church model, in red, green and yellow.

Saint Wolfgang

Casper, ca. 1460

Hand-colored woodcut of the Nativity with Mary kneeling, Joseph standing, an ox and ass, and an angel with a scroll above.

The Nativity

Wolfgang, ca. 1470

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Christopher carrying the Christ child and Saint John the Baptist holding a lamb.

Saint Christopher and Saint John the Baptist

Jorg Glockendon, ca. 1480-90

Hand-colored woodcut of a haloed female saint holding a bowl of bread and wheat, against a red patterned background.

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Wolfgang, ca. 1470

Hand-colored print of Christ beside a woman lowering a jug into a brick well, with a castle on the hills behind.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Master with the Cologne Arms, ca. 1460-70

Woodcut print of two haloed saints under Gothic arches, one holding a lamb on a book, the other holding a chalice.

Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist

Master with the Cologne Arms, 15th century

Black and white print of Saint Gregory celebrating Mass at a Gothic altar, with a decorative floral border and medallions.

The Mass of Saint Gregory

Master of the Church Fathers' Border, late 15th century

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Jerome removing a thorn from a lion's paw beside a lectern, with a crucifix and decorative bord

Saint Jerome in Penitence and as a Scholar Removing a Thorn from a Lion's Paw

Master of the Church Fathers' Border, ca. 1470-85

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple, with a priest, columns and kneeling mother.

Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple

Charles Mellin, ca. 1643

Virgin Mary on clouds gestures to Saint Joseph with a lily while a kneeling nun looks up, with cherubs above.

The Virgin Placing St. Teresa of Avila Under the Protection of St. Joseph

François Guillaume Ménageot, ca. 1787

Pencil sketch of a clock tower with spires and turrets above a stone arched bridge over a river.

The Clock Tower

Charles Meryon, ca. 1852

Watercolor study of four striped tulips with stems and leaves, a butterfly and a grasshopper, labeled in Dutch.

Four Tulips: Boter man (Butter Man), Joncker (Nobleman), Grote geplumaceerde (The Great Plumed One), and Voorwint (Wi…

Jacob Marrel, ca. 1635-45

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd in a interior, with a man lifting a reclining figure on the floor.

Saint Paul Restoring Eutychus to Life

Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66

Brown wash drawing of a river with a rowing boat, a stone arched bridge, a round temple and a brick tower.

A View of the Tiber from the North Bank, with the Temple of Vesta, the Campanile of S. Maria in Cosmedin and the Pont…

Achille Etna Michallon, 1819