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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,938 works

Plate IV, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Mezzotint of three hooded witches lying in bed with fingers to their lips, a moth-like figure at left, after Fuseli's Macbeth

The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3)

John Raphael Smith, March 10, 1785

Etching of a round temple beside a waterfall, with figures on rocks, trees at right and a walled hillside behind.

View of the Temple of the Tiburtine Sibyl

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1809

Pen and brown wash drawing of Castel Sant'Angelo and a stone bridge over the Tiber with boats below.

Ponte and Castell Saint'Angelo

Stefano Della Bella, 1633-64

Ink and wash drawing of robed figures, a kneeling man, sacrificial animals and onlookers beneath a palm tree.

The Return of Joseph

John Michael Rysbrack, 1720-70

Hand-colored stage design of an Egyptian-style temple with columns and lion figures inside a rocky cave with hanging vines.

Design for the Opera: The Magic Flute, Act I, Scene I

Karl Friedrich Thiele, 1847-49

Etching of a seated man and a woman pointing at him, with several dogs and study heads of dogs around them.

Studies of Dwarfs and Dogs

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1753

Grey wash drawing of a winged putto riding a lion-like sea creature with a second head, highlighted in white on blue paper.

A Winged Putto Riding a Sea Horse and a Lion (recto); The Three Graces (verso)

Denys Calvaert, 1574

Etching of a busy Chelsea street with a fish shop under an awning, pedestrians on the pavement, and shopfronts above.

The Fish Shop, Busy Chelsea (Fish Shop, Chelsea)

James McNeill Whistler, 1886-87

Etched procession of riders and camels with trumpeters approaching a distant city, with a dedicatory cartouche at left.

Entry of the Polish Ambassador into Rome

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Pen and wash drawing of a river waterfall between rocky banks and trees, with a ruined tower on a distant hill.

Corra Linn, the Falls of the Clyde

Joseph Farington, 1788

Red and black chalk drawing on blue paper of a classical funeral procession with a draped body, soldiers on horseback, and ar

Study for the Funeral of Pallas

Antoine Coypel, ca. 1716-17

Etching of a lake in a wooded park with tall trees and small strolling figures under a pale sky.

La lac du Bois de Boulogne

Félix Bracquemond, around 1858

Grey wash drawing of cattle and shepherds wading through water below a hilltop town and steep rocky mountains.

Cattle and Shepherds in a Southern Mountainous Landscape

Karel Dujardin, mid-17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of cavalry in battle, with rearing horses, raised swords, and fallen soldiers under a hazy sky.

A Battle Scene

Ferdinand Kobell, 1783

Grey wash drawing of a classical sacrificial scene with a priest at an altar and mourners supporting a fallen woman.

An Antique Sacrificial Scene (recto); Sketch of a Group of People (verso)

Johann Eleazar Zeissig, 1779 (?)

Pencil drawing of two wayfarers on a rocky path beside a ruin overgrown with ivy, with trees and hills in the background.

Wayfarers Near a Ruin in a Hilly Landscape

Victor Paul Mohn, 1863 (?)

Grey wash drawing of a house with a small doorway beside rocks, trees and a cliff on a hillside.

A House on a Hillside in a Southern Landscape

Adam Pynacker, mid-17th century

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 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

Brown wash drawing of a lake with a sailboat, walking figures on the shore, a manor on a hill, and trees.

View of Naesse castle with Lake Furesø from the West

Erik Pauelsen, ca. 1780-84

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 shaded forest path lined with dense bushes and tall tree trunks, with light opening into a clearing.

Rue des Bruyères, à Sèvres

Félix Bracquemond, 1868

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 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

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a landscape with cypress and pine trees, a stone arch, two figures, and a distant town.

View in Rome near the Colosseum

Michiel van Overbeek, mid-17th-early 18th century