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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,796 works

Pencil sketches of horses in various poses, including rearing and galloping figures, on pale paper.

Studies of Horses

Eugène Delacroix

Lithograph of a man in a nightcap reaching for a barking dog beside a bed, with a lit candle on a nightstand.

Allons haut! Y sommes-nous?, from "La Chasse"

Honoré Daumier, November 11, 1843

Black and white print of two figures kneeling in prayer near a church, with a dog, banana plants and a basket-carrying figure

Paul et Virginie

Jean Frédéric Schall, ca. 1791-92

Graphite study of a hooded rider on horseback leading robed attendants and a crowd before a city wall, with a parasol overhea

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, 1845

Daumier lithograph: a woman and a top-hatted man sit at a table with a dog and wine bottle between them.

Qui aime Bertrand aime son chien (He who loves Bertrand loves his dog), from "Proverbes et Maximes"

Honoré Daumier, July 22, 1840

Pen and grey wash drawing with two maps of ancient Rome, a river god, a she-wolf and twins, framed by stone.

Two Maps of Ancient Rome with a River God and Romulus and Remus

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen sketch sheet with a marriage procession of riders and a canopied carriage, a trophy of arms, and a winged rider on a hors

Sheet of Studies: A Marriage Procession in Sixteenth-Century Dress; a Cavalier; and a Trophy of Arms

Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863

Blue-grey drawn frontispiece with Latin inscription cartouche, Medici arms, flanking allegorical figures, and hunting animals

Design for a Frontispiece with the Medici Arms

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, 16th century

Ink and wash drawing: upper reconstruction of the Theatre of Marcellus, lower view of its ruins with street figures and horse

Reconstruction of the Theatre of Marcellus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Graphite sketch of a lion grappling with a tiger on rocky ground beside ferns.

A Lion and a Tiger, Fighting

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1854

Black and white engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child with haloes, a crown above, an open book, and flowers in the foregro

Virgin with a Bird on a Grassy Bank

Master ES, mid-15th century

Grey wash drawing of a domed temple reconstruction above, ruins with a tower below, a lion statue and coins at left.

A Reconstruction of the Temple of Romulus and Remus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Engraving of Saint John writing on Patmos beside an eagle, with the Virgin and Child in light above and a sea view.

Saint John on Patmos

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Sketch of a ceiling design with a chariot and horses in clouds, winged figures, and allegorical figures in brown wash.

Design for a Ceiling

Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819

Grey and brown wash drawing of a Roman triumphal arch with a chariot group and riders atop, flanked by medallions.

A Reconstruction of the Arch of Septimius Severus

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Engraving of a wild man with a leafy crown holding a club, resting on a shield with a leaping greyhound.

Shield with Greyhound Held by Wild Man

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Woodcut of Saint George on horseback spearing a dragon, with a kneeling figure and sheep beside an ornate building.

Saint George on Horseback

Hans Burgkmair, 1508/1518

Grey wash drawing of Roman ruins and houses on a hillside, with horsemen on a road and a cherub on a pedestal at left.

View of the Ruins of the Palatine Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Woodcut of a bearded man in robes tearing open a lion's jaws, with a town and castle in the landscape behind.

Samson Rending the Lion

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1497-98

Woodcut of nude witches at a cauldron, one flying on a broomstick above a tree, with a goat and skulls in the foreground.

The Witches

Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

Ink and wash drawing of a tall date palm with a Latin banner, with a haloed rider on a donkey and a crowd in a hillside lands

Christ's Entry Into Jerusalem

Jan Goeree, 1696-1704

Woodcut of armored knights jousting on horseback in a tournament, with spectators in galleries and a lion panel above.

The Tournament with Samson and the Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

Engraving of seven horses clustered in a forest, rearing and lying among rocks and trees, dated 1534.

Group of Seven Horses

Hans Baldung Grien, 1534

Engraving of armed riders and foot soldiers with spears moving through a rocky landscape, with hounds in the foreground.

The Conversion of St. Paul

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Engraving of a flood with people fleeing on horseback and rooftops, a large ark in the background, and animals in the foregro

The Deluge

Dirck Vellert, 1544

Woodcut of a horse in a stable above a man lying on the floor, with a witch holding a broom at upper right.

The Bewitched Groom

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1544

Engraving of a man hoisted in a basket above a crowd in a city street, with towers and onlookers.

The Poet Virgil in a Basket

Lucas van Leyden, 1512

Girl with a Cat

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, 1546

Woodcut of a skeleton handing a flask to a seated physician while a cloaked figure with a cane waits nearby.

The Doctor (or Physician), from "The Dance of Death"

Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Three armored riders on horseback with plumed helmets, one holding a banner reading Judas Maccabeus, in a line-engraved print

Joshua, David, and Judas Maccabee, from The Nine Heroes

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1520