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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,003 works

Figure in armor and red cloak raises arm toward a pale sun against teal arched background, with golden halo.

Joshua, with the Sun at Upper Left

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1856-63

Etching of two women in a shell chariot pulled by sea creatures across waves, with tritons and musicians on the right.

Two Women Sitting in a Shell

Pierre Brébiette, 1615-42

Ink and wash drawing of a nude youth offering a boar's head to a draped woman among onlookers and satyrs.

Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar

Guillaume Boichot, ca.1800

Saint Cloud; Study for the frieze at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-64

Graphite study of a seated woman resting her chin on her hand, with a rod across her lap, within an architectural frame.

Study for the Muse Thalia

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of an architectural façade elevation with columns, a statue in a niche, and a seated figure on a scroll.

Design in Elevation for the Façade of a Building

Cigoli, 1590-1610

Brown wash drawing of a farmhouse beside a winding road, with large trees and a distant town under cloudy skies.

Landscape with Buildings and a Town in the Distance (recto); Study of a Building (verso)

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Albrecht Dürer, 1490-1528

St. Matthew

Martin Schongauer, second half of the 15th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a banquet with reclining guests, servants, draped curtains and urns in a classical interior.

Feast in the House of Simon

Melchior Steidl, 1699 or before

Brown wash drawing of Christ on the cross with two angels and two draped mourning figures below.

Christ on the Cross Between Mary and Saint John

Johann Christoph Storer, 1620-71

Pen and brown ink sketch of small figures grouped inside an oval cartouche with ornamental scroll framing.

Drawing for a Cartouche

Jacques Callot, early 17th century

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a thatched cottage beside trees, a river, and distant hills under clouds.

Landscape with Cottage

Jacques Callot, early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a ferryboat with passengers and a white horse crossing a river toward a distant town.

The Ferryboat

Hendrick Avercamp, 17th century

Wash drawing of a hilly river landscape with a farmhouse, a tree, small figures, and a distant town under a pale sky.

Landscape

Jan Frans van Bloemen, late 17th-mid 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a city view with a church, obelisk and a road with figures leading to a gateway.

View of St. John Lateran, Rome

Gillis van Coninxloo, after 1589

Pen and brown ink drawing of a village street with thatched cottages, gabled houses, trees, and a small walking figure.

Village View

The Master of the Small Landscapes, 1555-60

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded battle scene with horsemen, a rearing horse, winged figures in clouds, and a distant city.

Conversion of St. Paul

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1538 (?)

Brown chalk and white highlight drapery study of a standing male figure with clasped hands on tinted paper.

Standing Male Figure

Filippino Lippi, ca. 1480

Pencil sketch of a distant town skyline with a church spire, windmills and masts along a flat shoreline.

Flushing from the Sea

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned bearded king with a scepter above a heraldic shield labeled with Aragon arms.

The Kingdom of Aragon

Vincenzo Carducci, 1560-1638

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 drawing of a winged figure beside an eagle and a seated nude freed from broken chains, with distant mountains.

The Release of Prometheus

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Pencil sketches of a winged cherub beside a draped pedestal inside two oval frames, one with lettering above.

Design for a Box-Lid

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a vertical ornamental jewelry design with a bow, flowers, scrolling leaves and a round medallion at the bas

Design for a Piece of Jewelry (Bracelet?)

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1730-50

Pen and gray wash drawing of a reclining nude sea figure with putti and a sea creature in a triangular pediment design.

Design for a Box-Front

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a coastal village with ruined walls, rowing boats on the beach, a sailing ship and figures.

View of an Italian Coastal Village with Boats Landing on a Beach

Casper van Eyck, mid-17th century

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, a windblown tree, a dirt path and a grazing cow under a pale sky.

Landscape

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1877

Painted design for a wall with garlands, gilded scrolls, and a central doorway panel on a reddish-brown ground.

Design for Wall Decoration

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine

Pencil drawing of a bay with distant mountains, a fortified town on the right shore, and small boats on the water.

View of a Bay and Mountains

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century