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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,889 works

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling old man greeting three winged angels, with a woman behind a curtain at left.

Three Angels Visiting Abraham

Charles Meynier, 1793

Ink and pencil sketch of a parade with musicians, a large drum, a brass instrument, and a crowd on a street.

A Parade

George Cruikshank, ca. 1850

Pen and ink sketch of two women in full skirts beside a folding screen, with a swan, window and oval medallion in an interior

Study for "On Guardian's Power," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737

Pen drawing of a wounded crane with an arrow in its breast, flying before a setting sun with radiating rays.

Wounded Crane with an Arrow in its Breast Before Setting Sun

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Marie Gabrielle Capet and Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, ca. 1785

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of two reclining nude figures, a winged cherub, and drapery, titled Diana and Endymion.

Diana and Endymion

Januarius Zick, 1745-97

Head of a Horse, after the Parthenon

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1825

Watercolor of a reclining man and seated woman in embroidered dress on a sunlit terrace with cushions and a rug.

A Moroccan Couple on Their Terrace

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Six studies for Corréard and Savigny in the "Raft of the Medusa"

Théodore Géricault, 1818-1819

Pen and ink drawing of putti around a panel showing a nude archer aiming at pigeons.

Putti grouped around a rectangular panel

Watercolor of a domed classical pavilion behind a formal garden with elegant strollers, a rocky basin and tall trees.

The Garden Façade of Bagatelle

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1779

Watercolor of imagined Roman ruins with arches, columns, carved reliefs, a statue in a niche, and overgrown stones.

Architectural Fantasy with Roman Ruins

Charles-Louis Clérisseau

Blue-toned wash drawing of an angel appearing to shepherds at night beside sheep, a cow, a donkey, and a cottage.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1775

Dark charcoal drawing of a row of small houses under a pale dusk sky, with a tall tree trunk at the right edge.

Landscape with Houses

Georges Seurat, 1881-82

Brown wash drawing of musicians and singers around a harpsichord, with a lute player and women in plumed headdresses.

A Concert

Louis Licherie de Beurie, ca. 1679

Black chalk drawing with white highlights of a seated woman holding an infant, with an attendant holding a torch at left.

Allegorical Figures for a Ceiling Decoration

Michel Corneille the Elder, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a donkey-riding figure departing between columns, with an armoured guard, attendants, dogs and onlook

The Departure of Sancho Panza for the Island of Barataria

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a formal assembly hall with a canopied dais, seated dignitaries, and armed guards along barriers.

Assemblée des Notables, Versailles, 1787

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1787

Lithograph in black on yellow of two Breton women in white headdresses by a wooden fence, with a rural landscape behind.

Bretonnes à la Barrière, from the "Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques"

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Landscape with a circular temple on a rocky hill, a tree at left, a distant town, and two figures on a path below.

Landscape with Figures

Pierre Antoine Patel the Younger, 1693

Sepia wash drawing of a village with a church steeple in an alpine valley, with a winding river and mountains behind.

Village in an Alpine Valley

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing with four figure studies: a woman carrying a basket, a woman lifting a vase, a seated woman, and an arm

Figure Studies: Woman Carrying a Basket; Woman Carrying a Vase, and Woman Seated at a Table

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Brown ink and wash sketch of a warrior on horseback with standing draped figures and veiled women studies.

Figure Studies: Warrior on Horseback, and Groups of Standing Female Figures

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Pen and ink sketch of a standing male nude, a seated figure, and head studies on aged paper.

Standing and Seated Figures

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a seated Madonna and child, dancing children, nude figures and drapery studies.

Figure Studies: The Holy Family, a Running or Dancing Child, Drapery Studies

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Pen and ink design sketch of mythological figures including Neptune, Europa, putti and sea creatures on aged paper.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration with Neptune and Allegories of the Four Continents

Pietro Dandini, 1646-1712

Brown wash drawing of a rider leaping into a chasm while onlookers in classical dress react beside columns.

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm (recto); Study of a Seated Crowned Female Figure (verso)

Luigi Garzi, 1638-1721

Pencil sketch of hooded monks with torches and a crucifix leading a procession beside nearly nude flagellants.

Illustration for a Book: Procession of Monks and Flagellants

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of a columned Venetian building facade with figures and awnings in a square.

The Fenice Theater in Venice (recto); Fragment of a Larger Drawing Representing Part of a Column and a Cornice (verso)

Francesco Guardi, 1712-1835

Pen and wash drawing of an ornately decorated warship with carved stern and flying putti above, on a calm sea.

Design for the decoration of a Warship

Pierre Puget, 17th century