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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,063 works

Portrait of an Artist Sketching a Portrait Miniature

Franz Jakob Josef Ignatz von Predl, 1799

Watercolor of a wooden bridge with a standing man, thatched cottages, a windmill and hills under a blue sky.

Landscape with a Bridge Near Mosbjerg

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Pen and brown ink drawing of two draped seated women, Nemesis and Themis, one holding a staff, by Abildgaard.

Nemesis and Themis

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen and ink sketch of two kneeling nude men, one reaching toward the other, with faint pencil background details.

Two Nude Men Playing with Dice

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated figure in a headwrap feeding papers into a fire, with smoke rising behind.

An Old Woman Burning Papers

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Sepia ink and wash drawing of two studies of a crouching male nude hiding among bushes.

Two Studies of a Male Nude (Althaemenes) Hiding in a Bush

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen drawing of Damocles raising his arm beneath a suspended sword while King Dionysius watches in a draped hall.

The Sword of Damocles; verso: Sketches of Man's Head and of a Figure with a Raised Arm

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1805

Watercolor of a young couple on a path under a ruined stone arch, with green trees and a sunlit ruin beyond.

A Young Couple Viewing Ruins near Bingen

Christian Georg Schütz the Younger, 1801

Grey wash drawing of two riders with spear and bow, a winged horse, a lion and a hound on the ground.

Man's Fortitude

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor of a sleeping woman in blue drapery reclining in a shadowy landscape beside a golden vessel and a tree.

Psyche Asleep in a Landscape

Karl Agricola, 1837

Etching of a seated woman in a long dress and a bearded man leaning on a pedestal in an ivy-covered garden.

La Broderie à l'aiguille

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1855 (?)

Daumier lithograph of two seated card players at a table, one in classical robes, with a standing man speaking from the doorw

Je viens prévenir le roi Agamemnon qu'on va commencer le 4e acte..., from Croquis Dramatiques, published in Le Chariv…

Honoré Daumier, November 27, 1856

Engraving of three people playing cards at a table in a rustic room with a fireplace and leaded window.

The Interrupted Game (Le Jeu intérrompu)

Jean Heudelot, 1730-68

Etching of a smiling older peasant man in a knit cap, leaning on a chair and holding a pipe beside a table.

Peasant with a Pipe

Adriaen van Ostade, 1640-80

Engraving of the allegorical figure Dialectica seated with a bird on her head and a snake on her arm, beside a philosopher in

Dialectica, from "Seven Liberal Arts"

Jan Sadeler, 16th century

Engraving of a fearful seated woman beside a tree with a hare, hedgehog and owl, with a farmhouse in the distance.

Timiditas from Four Vices

Raphaël Sadeler, 1560-1628

Etching of an elderly woman in a fur-trimmed cloak and headscarf, seated in a chair, looking left.

The Artist's Mother Seated at a Table, Looking Left: Three Quarter Length

Rembrandt van Rijn, after 1631

Etched portrait of an elderly woman in a cloth headdress with head bowed and eyes lowered, inscribed Rembrandt 1633.

Rembrandt's Mother in a Cloth Headress, Looking Down

Dominique Vivant Denon, 17th century

Grey lithograph of a group of figures in traditional dress gathered around a standing woman in a light lace-trimmed gown.

The Andalusian dance (El Vito)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1824-1825

Etching of a man in a plumed hat and a woman in a bonnet, with the man holding a quill over paper.

Rembrandt and his Wife (copy)

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, 1786-1844

Etching of a kneeling man embraced by an older cloaked figure at a doorway, with onlookers and a distant landscape.

Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Lithograph cover of sheet music showing two cadets shaking hands in an oval frame with a river landscape and ornate border.

United States Military Academy: Song of the Graduates (sheet music cover)

James McNeill Whistler, 1852

Woodcut of a woman with a hammer and tent peg above a sleeping man, under large trees beside a walled town.

Jael and Sisera

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1520-25

Engraving of a reclining river god embracing a young woman, with three nude nymphs carrying jars near rocks and trees.

Daphne embracing her father, the river-god Peneus, at the left three nymphs bring jars from the 'Story of Apollo and…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Satirical engraving of robed figures, a donkey, and a skeletal figure processing before a tavern with onlookers.

The Mystery of Masonry Brought to Light by the Gormagons

William Hogarth, [first published December 1724] later reissue

Satirical engraving of crowned figures on a platform with a telescope and attendants, set within a circular frame with clouds

Some of the Principal Inhabitants of the Moon, as They Were Perfectly Discovered by a Telescope...

Samuel Ireland, May 1, 1788

Engraving of an allegorical stage scene with lottery wheels, a central pedestal of gods, and crowds of figures below.

The Lottery

William Hogarth, after 1724

Clément Marot

René Boyvin, 1576

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask

Bust of a Man Wearing a Fantastic Head-dress and Mask