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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,877 works

Sam Lovill, Porter at the Royal Academy

Edwin Landseer, ca. 1817-20

Pen and ink drawing of a standing draped woman in a niche with columns, with a winged putto at lower left.

Allegory or Goddess (Juno?)

Perino del Vaga, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of robed saints ascending through clouds toward light, with angels and palm fronds.

Apotheosis of Four Martyred Saints (Four Crowned Martyrs?)

Antonio Cavallucci, 17th century

Black chalk drawing of a young person in three-quarter view with curly hair and loose drapery, in a ruled border.

Figure of Young Man or Woman in Bust-length, in Three-Quarter View

Carlo Maratti, 1700-1713

Pen and ink drawing of robed men and an armored soldier pointing to a canopied bed with figures in a classical setting.

Christ and the Daughter of the Centurion

Perino del Vaga, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a ruined classical interior with arches, columns, a sarcophagus, and small seated figures.

Ruins of a Basilica or Mausoleum

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1691-1765

Brown wash drawing of an elderly seated man in a skullcap facing a kneeling younger man beside a draped curtain.

Young Cleric Kneeling before a Pope

Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, 1663-1716

Engraving of a cardinal writing at a desk with books and quill, a city view through a window, and a framed portrait above.

Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino at his desk, writing

Francesco Villamena, 1604

Engraved portrait of an elderly man in a cardinal's cap holding compasses, with an armillary sphere and books beside him.

Portrait of Cardinal Christopher Clavius

Francesco Villamena, 1606

Pen and ink anatomical study of muscular forearms and hands with visible tendons, drawn in hatched brown ink.

Anatomical Studies: a left forearm in two positions and a right forearm

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1600-05

Pen and wash drawing of a monumental classical stage set with tiered arches, columns and a receding central arch.

Design for a Stage Set (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of a Stage Set in Elevation (verso)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1718-65

Pen and wash drawing of a theatrical stage set with arches, columns, and ornate vaulting receding in perspective.

Design for a Stage Set (recto); Fragmentary Sketch of a Plan (verso)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1718-65

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a receding loggia with Corinthian capitals, Gothic arches and a tower in Venice.

Loggia of the Ducal Palace, Venice

John Ruskin, 1849-50

Etching of a river valley with a hilltop château, church spires, rustic cottages, figures, and a small boat on the water.

View of the Madrid Castle, near Paris

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1764

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a dark doublet and white ruff collar, after Van Dyck, 1770.

Portrait, after Van Dyck

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Etching of a herdsman leading a bull through a river past a leaning tree and a thatched cottage.

Herdsman and Bull, after Ruisdael

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Etching of a forest path beside a thatched cottage, with a rider and pack horse passing a large tree trunk.

Entrance to the Forest of Brie with Cottage on the Right

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Etching of villagers gathering on a path before a small church with a bell tower, a canopy and a large tree at right.

Village Festival

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1773

Etching of a river landscape with a hilltop town, sailing boats, fishermen in a rowboat, and trees on a rocky bank.

View of the Water Along the Route from Sienna to Rome

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1773

Etching of a round temple above a river with herders and cattle wading in the foreground and mountains beyond.

View of the Temple of Vesta

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1774

Etching of a village square with a stone fountain, ruined tower, goats, donkeys, and figures in rustic dress.

View of Saint-Andéol

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1774

Etching of an elderly schoolmaster at a desk with children studying in a plain room with windows and a dog on the floor.

The School Master

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1780

Etching of two boys playing with a dog in a dim doorway while two women look on, lit from one side.

Children Playing with a Dog

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1789

Etching of a public writer at a wooden booth with waiting customers, a seated knitting woman, a child and dogs on a street.

Public Writer

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1790

Etching of a small rustic chapel by rocks and trees, with two robed hermits in the foreground and cattle on a path.

The Little Hermitage

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1793

Etching of a ferry crossing a river near a stone bridge and tower, with a hilltop town and mountains behind and travellers in

Garigliano Passage (Italy)

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1793

Etching of a gnarled tree with leafy branches above grazing cattle, sheep, and seated figures in a wooded landscape.

Spring, after a drawing completed in Saint-Chamond

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Etching of a leaning bare tree, goats on a hill, figures in hats at left and a wooden shed at right.

Winter, after a drawing completed in Saint-Chamond

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1795

Engraved self-portrait of a man in a wide hat holding a print of cows under trees, with a plaster bust and inkwell on the tab

Self-Portrait with Cows

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1796

Etching of a standing donkey and a resting donkey in a grassy field, with a herder and cow in the distance at right.

Jenny with its Foal

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1797