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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,796 works

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo tomb design with an inscribed column, crown finial, putti and a seated draped figure.

Tomb Design

Ignaz Günther, 1740-75

Pen and ink drawing of a knight on horseback beside a helmeted landsknecht with a pole, with a dog in the foreground.

Knight on Horseback and Landsknecht

Albrecht Dürer, 1485-1528

Drawing of a woman with a dog on a lakeside path, with trees, misty mountains and a hilltop tower across the water.

Woman with a dog by a mountain lake

Alexandre Calame, early to mid-19th century

Pen and ink drawing of Gothic architectural study panels with a rider on horseback, seated figures, and a central statue.

Studies for Two Book Illustrations

Carl Alexander von Heideloff, 1809-65

Brown wash drawing of storm waves breaking on rocks under a dark sky, with birds flying overhead.

Stormy Sea

Eduard Hildebrandt, 1851

Brown ink drawing of a man with long hair and plumed hat riding a rearing horse in a sketched landscape.

Charles II of Spain on Horseback

Matías de Torres, late 17th century

Pen drawing of a title page design with lettering in a central panel, a mounted knight, a crowd, and a castle behind.

Study for a Title Page

Carl Alexander von Heideloff, 1809-65

Ink and wash design of an ewer and oval table with candelabra in a landscape, framed by putti and figures.

Design for an Ewer, table and candelabra within an ornamental frame

Abraham Drentwett the Elder, 1660-1727

Loose watercolor of horsemen among trees beside a pale stretch of water under a blue sky.

Moors on Horseback

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1838-74

Pen and ink drawing of a child kneeling on a chair reaching toward a white kitten, with a candelabra in the room behind.

Child Climbing a Chair to Reach for a Kitten

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1903

Brown ink and wash design for a fireplace with a seated female figure, nude male supports and trophies of arms.

Design for a Mantlepiece

Christian Gottlob Mietzsch, mid-18th-late 18th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a plumed-hat rider on a rearing horse, with a cloaked standing figure at left.

Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibly that of Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg; verso: Various Studies of Stat…

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1628-32

Pen and ink drawing of a girl leaning over a garden fountain with cherub statues while a white cat walks nearby.

The Fountain

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1904

Grey pencil study of birds on a branch above sheet music, a flute, flowers and a cloth on a grassy bank.

Study for a Pastoral Scene

Jean Baptiste Huet, n.d.

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a bearded armored rider on a rearing horse in a landscape.

Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg, Prince of Brabançon (1600-1674)

Anthony van Dyck, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a rocky landscape with a ruined stone wall, arched opening, small travelers, and birds in the sky.

Landscape with Ruins

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1650

Grey wash drawing of a woman with a basket among poultry and birds, with a shed, haystack and town in the distance.

Landscape with Three Figures and Birds

Albert Flamen, mid-late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a river with a towboat, sailboat, rider on horseback, and figures under a tree on the bank.

River Scene with Towboat

Jan van Goyen, 1653

Pale blue wash drawing of a river landscape with tall trees, a statue, a bridge, a church tower and a rider on horseback.

Italian Lanscape

Pieter de Groot, 1769

Etching of a quack dentist on a platform in a crowded square, with masked figures, a lute player, a dog, and a bell tower.

The Quack Dentist

Giacomo Leonardis, 1765

Etching of a rhinoceros in the foreground with masked Carnival spectators and a keeper with a whip behind a wooden barrier.

The Rhinoceros, Clara, in the foreground, her keeper holding her horn and a whip behind her at center with various ot…

Alessandro Longhi, after ca. 1751

Chalk drawing of three figures: a woman with lowered eyes, a man whispering beside her, and another man looking out.

Feeding the Dog

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds gathered in a dim arched stable interior with horses in the background.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Samuel van Hoogstraten, early 1640s

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd with oxen and a kneeling priest before a classical colonnaded building.

Saint Paul at Lystra

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Pen and ink wash drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of rearing horses over clouds, with faint red grid lines.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Rising Sun

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Grey wash drawing of hunters with dead hares and a bird beside a stone wall, with dogs and a saddled horse under trees.

Hunters with Dead Game in a Landscape

Giovanni Agostino Cassana, 1600-1800

Pen and wash drawing of a banquet with a seated woman, a man beside her, servants, soldiers and dogs under a draped canopy.

The Banquet of Anthony and Cleopatra

Jacob Jordaens, 17th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a young hunter seated on a rock with dogs in a landscape with trees and a vessel.

Young Hunter with His Dogs in a Landscape

Giovanni Francesco Castiglione, 1641-1710

Red chalk drawing of shepherds herding sheep and cattle past a tree trunk along a rocky path.

Pastoral Journey with Flocks and Herds at a Stream

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1660-64

Brown wash drawing of the Crucifixion with soldiers, a mounted rider, a fortified wall and mourners in the foreground.

Crucifixion

Thomas de Keyser, 1665