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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,279 works

Red chalk drawing of a bearded countryman in a wide hat holding a staff, with trees and landscape behind him.

Standing Countryman Holding a Staff

Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole, 1654-1719

Brown wash drawing of Christ gesturing to a kneeling woman, with bearded onlookers, trees and buildings, over printed text.

Christ and the Canaanite Woman

Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole, 1654-1719

Engraving of a ram sacrifice: a naked man leads a ram to a flaming altar as a hooded priest and young attendant look on.

The Sacrifice of a Ram; naked man at right guiding a ram towards an altar pyre, hooded priest at left with a young at…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of two satyrs steadying Silenus on a braying mule while a third satyr leads it beside a vase.

Two satyrs placing Silenus on a braying mule and a third satyr at right

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Etching of Mary nursing the infant Christ beneath a palm while a winged angel bends its fronds and Joseph rests nearby.

Repose in Egypt, Mary nursing the infant Christ while an angel pulls at tree branches

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Etching of the Holy Family resting in a landscape while a winged angel pulls at palm branches above them.

Repose in Egypt, Holy Family seated while an angel pulls at tree branches, copy after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-1639 or after

Etching of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, the Virgin embracing the Christ child in a wooded landscape with Sain

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-40 or after

Etching of armored Mars with a helmet, Venus leaning on a tree, and a winged Cupid at her feet in a landscape.

Mars, Venus, and Cupid

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Etching of a bare-chested man seated by a tree in a wooded landscape, holding a cup, with mountains in the distance.

Saint John the Baptist in the desert

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Etching of a youth playing pipes beside a sleeping man under oak trees, with a cow and dog in a pastoral landscape.

Mercury and Argus, copy in reverse after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1630-48 or after

Engraving of a youth playing a pipe under an oak, with a reclining man, a cow, and a distant landscape.

Mercury and Argus, counterproof of copy in reverse after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1630-1648 or after

Etching of Saint Sebastian seated nude at a tree, pierced by arrows, with a winged putto holding a palm above.

Saint Sebastian pierced with arrows and tied to a tree

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Etching of Saint John the Baptist seated beside a tree in a wooded landscape, holding a bowl, with a reed cross and animal sk

Saint John the Baptist in the desert, copy in reverse after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39 or after

Etching of Saint Sebastian, nude and pierced by arrows, tied to a tree while a cherub holding a palm descends above.

Saint Sebastian pierced with arrows and tied to a tree, copy after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639 or after

Etching of a shepherd with a flute pointing outward, two children beside him, under gnarled trees in a landscape.

Shepherd holding a flute and two other figures in a landscape

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1660-61

Etching of a tree over a rocky slope with a small seated figure resting on a ledge.

Landscape with a figure seated on a rock

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1640

Etching of a bearded penitent man praying on a rock in a wooded wilderness, with hatched shading.

Praying male penitent in the wilderness

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1640

Pen and brown ink sketch of allegorical figures on a rocky hillside with trees, including standing women and reclining old me

Allegorical Figures on Mount Parnassus: Study for the etching Triumph of Painting

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Etching of an armored man bound with rope to a tree trunk, with dense foliage and roots around him.

Saint William of Maleval, hands tied with rope fastened to a tree

Salvator Rosa, 1661

Etching of a standing draped woman reaching toward a seated male figure with a lyre beside a leafy tree under clouds.

Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1661

Etching of leaning trees on the left, a herdsman with cattle by a pool on the right, and an open sky above.

Landscape with a herdsmen

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1640-45

Etched landscape with a tall tree at left, a winding path or water through rocky hills, and distant mountains under a hatched

A landscape with water in the foreground and mountains in the distance

Salvator Rosa, 17th century

Etching of Jason in flowing drapery wrestling a winged dragon beneath trees, with shield and sword.

Jason and the Dragon

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1663-64

Pen and brown wash drawing of travelers on a road beside a tree, one man in a hat leaning on a staff.

Travelers on a Road

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Pencil sketch of two large bare trees over a woodland scene with figures near a tent and cattle on a path.

Landscape with cattle and figures; sketch for the Rustic Courtship

Gainsborough Dupont, 1755-97

Etching of a procession with horsemen and a carriage on a tree-lined road, smoke rising from gunfire, and a crowd of spectato

Entry of the Count of Thurn and Taxis into Hemissen

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1651

Watercolor drawing of a formal garden with cypresses, a crowned monogram on a tiered pedestal, and decorative rosettes and gl

Coronation of the Czar Alexander I, Moscow, September 1801

Lieutenant-Captain Cheleyev, 1801

Grey wash drawing of an open landscape with a herdsman, cows, grazing sheep, a leaning tree, and a pool under cloudy skies.

Open Landscape with Herdsman, Cows, and Sheep

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1785

Graphite drawing of a wooded landscape with a standing man, seated woman, dog, fence and small cottage.

Landscape with Figures

George Frost, 18th or early 19th century

Sepia drawing of a figure resting with a donkey on a path beside large trees, with horses in the distance.

A Rest by the Way (Open Landscape with Figures, Donkey and Horses)

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1780