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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,889 works

Pen and wash drawing of a bacchanal with nude women, wreathed revelers, putti, grapevines and classical columns in a garden.

Bacchanal

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, ca. 1765-66

Etched frontispiece with winged grotesque figures, a crowned coat of arms, and the title Capricci di varie Figure by Callot.

Frontispiece, from "Les Caprices" Series A, The Florence Set

Jacques Callot, 1617

Watercolor of a ruined castle gatehouse with ivy-covered walls, tall trees, and small figures under a cloudy sky.

Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon

Francis Towne, 1773-80, with additions in 1805

Ink and wash drawing of a rider on a grey horse performing a piaffe, with a groom and trees in the background.

A Mounted Grey Horse Being Schooled in Piaffe

Philips Wouwerman, after 1646

Watercolor of feluccas sailing on the Nile at sunset, with palms on the bank and a city skyline in the distance.

View on the Nile near Cairo

Thomas Seddon, ca. 1855

Watercolor still life of a yellow apple, blue grapes, a hazelnut and leaves on a mossy bank.

An apple, grapes and a hazelnut on a mossy bank

William Henry Hunt, 1830-64

Pencil sketch of a wooded hillside with small figures on a flat foreground beneath an open sky.

Landscape at Margate

George Richmond, 1840-60 (?)

Graphite and white chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a dense leafy shrub with shaded ground beneath it.

Burdock

George Richmond, 1820-90

Red chalk and graphite sketch of large cedar trees in a park with grass, a figure, and grazing animals.

Cedar trees in a park

George Richmond, 1840-70

Watercolor landscape of cattle in a stream beneath large trees, with a ruined abbey and hills in the distance.

Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire

Paul Sandby, 1770-79 (?)

Graphite sketch of a man in a broad-brimmed hat looking upward, with one hand resting on his chest.

The Rev. William Atkinson, wearing a broad-brimmed hat

George Romney, ca. 1760

Red chalk drawing of a seated female nude, arm extended to grip a vertical support, on cream paper.

Study of a female nude, seated

George Richmond, 1870-79 (?)

Red chalk anatomical drawing of a dog in a running pose, with skin removed to show muscles of the shoulder, ribs, and legs.

A full size écorché study of a hound

Charles Landseer, 1821

Watercolor of an ornate Gothic abbey house with figures, horses and dogs in a sunlit courtyard, with a statue at left.

The Abbatial House, Abbey of St. Ouen, Rouen

John Sell Cotman, 1824-31

Graphite sketch of a dense clump of trees above a shaded path, with hatched shading on the foliage and ground.

A clump of trees

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1757

Pencil sketch of a rocky stream with a fallen log, boulders, shrubs and pebbles in the foreground.

A Rocky Stream or River

James Ward, ca. 1811

Grey wash drawing of a rocky coast with breaking waves, a headland on the right, and a pale stormy sky.

Barren Coast and Slight Storm

John Glover, 1794

Watercolor of a Gothic archway and water trough with a church tower rising behind trees under a cloudy sky.

Waltham Abbey, Essex

Peter De Wint, ca. 1840

Pen and watercolor drawing of a deep gorge with steep cliffs, a winding river, a stone building, and distant snowy mountains.

Agia Paraskevi, Epirus, Greece

Edward Lear, April 13, 1857

Architectural drawing of a salon chimneypiece with mirror above and a ceiling with a painted mythological scene.

Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with two drawings: (a): Salon Chimney, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Elevation; (b): Sa…

Isaac Ware, 1735

Architectural drawing of two staircase elevations with a floor plan, showing classical reliefs, statues and balustrades in in

Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with two drawings: Side of the Staircase, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Elevation (rect…

Isaac Ware, 1735

Pen and wash drawings of a hall chimneypiece with a classical relief and a coffered hall ceiling with garland frieze.

Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with two drawings: (a): Hall Chimney-Piece, Houghton Hall, Norfolk; (b): Hall Cei…

Isaac Ware, 1735

Graphite sketch of robed figures among trees, a compositional study with loose overlapping lines on pale paper.

Compositional Study for "Comus-The Measure" (recto); Studies of a Man's Right Leg, after Titian, and a Profile, for "…

George Richmond, before 1864

Etched title plate with two satyr heads, horns and spiral curls, ribbons at the sides, and lettered inscription reading Diver

Title Plate with Two Satyr Heads, from "Divers Masques"

François Chauveau, ca. 1635-45

Etching of a grotesque ornamental head with foliage and scrolls, rendered in fine parallel hatching on cream paper.

Head of a Child on the Bow of a Ship, from "Divers Masques"

François Chauveau, ca. 1635-45

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a reclining female nude with head turned upward and legs extended.

Study of a Reclining Female Nude

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1710-50

Grey wash drawing of an armored warrior reaching toward a woman before soldiers, women and a classical building.

The Daughter of Jephthah

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1710-50

Brown wash drawing of robed figures gathered around a smoking altar before a classical temple with columns.

Classical Scene with Figures Gathered around a Sacrificial Altar

Louis-Félix Delarue, ca.1760-65

Watercolor of a riverside scene on the Thames with a large tree, brick buildings, a chimney, a sailing boat and figures.

On the Thames at Hammersmith

John Varley, ca. 1836

Charcoal drawing of a laurel-crowned young man playing a long trumpet before two women on a couch in a paneled room.

Two Women in an Interior Listening to a Young Musician in Antique Times

Kristian Zahrtmann, 1902