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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Engraved street scene of Fulton Street and Market with arched market stalls, a horse cart, pedestrians, and brick buildings.

Fulton Street and Market, New York

William James Bennett, 1834

Hand-colored broadside of Joseph Meeks & Sons furniture showing chairs, tables, beds, and sofas around a central factory buil

Broadside

Joseph Meeks & Sons, 1833

Watercolor elevation of a classical white exchange building with Ionic columns, a central dome, and a cloudy sky.

First Merchants' Exchange, New York (elevation of main façade)

Alexander Jackson Davis, probably 1826

Hand-colored panoramic print of New York harbor with a paddle steamer, sailboats, rowboats and a city skyline under a pale sk

Panoramic View of New York Taken from the North River

Robert Havell Jr., 1844

Hand-colored aquatint of a busy 1836 Broadway street in New York with carriages, pedestrians and shop signs.

Broadway, New-York. Shewing [sic] Each Building from the Hygeian Depot Corner of Canal Street to beyond Niblo's Garden

Thomas Hornor, 1836

Lithograph of a crowded iron and glass exhibition hall with galleries, exhibits, a statue, and visitors in 19th-century dress

An Interior View of the New York Crystal Palace

Charles Parsons, 1853

Hand-colored 1829 print of New York Harbor with tall ships and well-dressed people strolling along a stone waterfront quay.

New York Harbor from the Battery

Thomas Thompson, 1829

Hand-colored print of crowded skaters in period dress on a frozen pond in Central Park, with a stone bridge behind them.

Central Park, Winter - The Skating Pond

Charles Parsons, 1862

Pen and wash drawing of a robed bearded man gesturing among kneeling and reclining figures on a hillside with mountains.

Figure Studies

Sebastiano Ricci, 1659-1734

Pen and wash drawing of an allegory: a winged figure with an hourglass, two seated women and a skeleton beside a pedestal.

Allegory with Figures of Hope, Time, and Death

Sebastiano Ricci, 1659-1734

Pastel portrait of a woman with curled hair and a pearl necklace, turned to the left against a grey ground.

Portrait of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné

Claude Lefèbvre, 17th century

Drawing of a bearded man in a pleated cap and ruff collar, looking toward the viewer, on tinted paper.

Portrait of a Man

François Clouet

Grey-ground drawing of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, kneeling and standing figures and angels above.

The Nativity

Louis Licherie de Beurie

Red and black chalk portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white biretta and collar, with faint sketch lines around him.

Portrait of cardinal d'Ossat

Daniel Dumonstier, 1601-46

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds holding a scapular, with two cherubs above holding a star wreath.

Virgin Standing on Clouds Holding a Scapular in Her Left Hand

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1675-1741

Pastoral landscape drawing with cattle and sheep, a shepherd, tall trees, a river, a ruined tower, and a distant town under b

Extensive Pastoral Landscape

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Watercolor capriccio of Roman ruins with a triumphal arch, stone lion, and figures among fallen architectural fragments.

Capriccio with Roman Ruins

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Brown ink drawing of a clearing framed by a fir tree on the left and a gnarled tree with budding branches on the right.

Clearing in a Wooded Landscape

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Pen and ink sketch of a seated older woman with a child on her lap and a standing woman behind them.

Studies for an Education of the Virgin: Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read

Sebastiano Ricci, 1659-1734

Ink and white chalk drawing on grey paper of three standing male figures in draped robes, studied from different angles.

Three Standing Figures

Francesco Primaticcio, 16th century

Grey wash design for a ceiling with allegorical figures, putti and draped forms framing an open central sky.

Design for a Ceiling: Allegories of the Four Continents

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1725

Pencil drawing of a seated pope receiving a kneeling man on a stepped dais, with two standing clergy under an arch.

Angelo Maria Querini Created Cardinal by Benedict XIII

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Pencil drawing of the Adoration of the Magi showing the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, and an arched architectural backgro

The Adoration of the Magi

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Circular sketch of a crowned seated woman, a bishop, a mother with infant, and putti on steps.

Nobility Presenting an Infant to Venice

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Pencil drawing of two seated allegorical women flanking a blank oval cartouche, one holding a cross and one wearing a mitre.

Allegorical Figures of Religion and Venice Flanking an Empty Cartouche

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with a large tree, a hilltop town, an arched bridge, and travelers on a path.

Landscape with a Town in the Distance

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1680-1767

Brown wash drawing of a river town with a bell tower, a stone bridge, riders on a road and a large tree in the foreground.

Landscape with a Town by a River

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1680-1767

Pen and ink drawing of Christ healing at the Pool of Bethesda, with crowds, a circular pool, classical buildings and a descen

Christ Healing at the Pool of Bethesda

Lambert Lombard, 16th century

Engraving of nude male warriors fighting with swords and bows among trees, with fallen figures in the foreground.

Battle of the Nude Men

Antonio del Pollaiuolo, ca. 1470-90

Red chalk drawing of four studies of heads in varied poses, including a hooded figure and profiles, on pale paper.

Studies of Four Heads

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century