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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,889 works

Grey wash drawing of a seated king on a throne in an arched hall, with standing courtiers, spectators and onlookers.

King Christian IV of Denmark Judging Christoffer Rosenkrantz; verso: Don Quixote and Others Attending Master Peter's…

Wilhelm Marstrand, ca. 1865

Watercolor of a country château beside a lake, with tall cypress trees and wooded hills behind it.

View of the Château at Folembray

Paul Huet, ca. 1831

Lithograph of a dirt road curving up a hill past bare trees, with a distant town and water under a sunset sky.

The Road from Gaud (La Route de Gaud), from "L'Estampe Originale"

Maxime Maufra, 1893

Pen drawing of a mounted hunter, a spearman, hunting dogs, a dead boar and fleeing deer in a landscape with trees.

Medieval Hunting Scene

Franz Pforr, ca. 1807

Hand-colored view of 1851 Great Exhibition hall with a white marble statue, United States display, and visitors in period dre

View in the East Nave; The Greek Slave, by Power [sic], from "Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851"

John Absolon, 1851

Watercolor of an ivy-covered stone ruin with an arched doorway, framed by trees and a grassy field under a pale sky.

An ivy covered ruin

Francis Towne, late 1780s-early 1790s

Watercolor drawing of a rocky grotto with an arched stone entrance, wooden door, ivy, and trees under a pale sky.

The door of a grotto

William Marlow, ca. 1765-66

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded painter working at an easel in a cluttered studio with a skull and bust.

A Painter at Work in his Studio

Thomas Wijck, 1663-77

Watercolor of Dumbarton Rock with a fortress on its cliffs, a sailboat and rowing boat on calm water.

Dumbarton Rock from the South

Joseph Farington, 1788

Ink and wash drawing of a seated king receiving kneeling women and a child under classical arches and columns.

Pyrrhus in the House of Glaucias

Augustin Pajou, ca. 1752-56

Engraving of a bearded seated ruler on a throne as a cloaked man approaches across a tiled palace floor.

The Death of Eglon, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

Ford Madox Brown, 1865-81

Engraving of soldiers and trumpeters before a collapsing walled city, with veiled women and an ark-like chest in the foregrou

The Fall of the Walls of Jericho, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

Henry Hugh Armstead, 1881

Engraving of robed people and children gathering on rocky hills, with a camel at left and clay jars in the foreground.

Gathering Manna, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

Arthur Boyd Houghton, 1865-81

Engraving of a seated bearded man in a tent as a messenger rushes in, with attendants and a plain beyond.

Job Receiving the Messengers, from "Dalziels' Bible Gallery"

William Small, 1876-81

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a stone bridge over a canal with figures on the railing and gabled houses beyond.

A Bridge over a Canal in Winschoten

Martinus Rørbye, 1834

Pencil and wash drawing of a harbor with wooden pilings, rowboats with figures, and masted ships along a waterfront of low bu

The Coastline of Altona Seen from the East

Martinus Rørbye, 1834

Pen and gray wash drawing of the Oude Waag in Amsterdam with pointed roofs, figures on a quay, and ship masts at right.

The Oude Waag in Amsterdam Seen from the North-East

Martinus Rørbye, 1834

Hand-colored etching of a man struggling with a rearing horse as a carriage overturns and a balloon floats above a hillside.

Rural Sports: Balloon Hunting

Thomas Rowlandson, October 25, 1811

Pitbull Terrier

Moriz Jung, 1912

Watercolor of a ruined tower and manor house across a calm lake, with figures in a rowing boat in the foreground.

Ruins at Oestergoedland

Pehr Nordqvist, ca. 1800

Grey wash drawing of a stone tomb with stepped base among tall forest tree trunks.

A Stone Tomb in a Forest; verso: Study of a Flower

Christen Købke, 1830

Grey wash drawing of a seated man in a cap beside a large dolmen on grassy ground, on tan paper.

The Artist, Seated in Front of a Dolmen

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1844

Grey wash drawing of four nude women approaching a classical altar, with putti flying in clouds above and waves at left.

Four Nude Women Surrounded by Putti, Approaching an Altar

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Pen and ink drawing of a brook lined with bare trees, with a farm, grazing cows, and two figures in an open field.

A Brook near a Farm in Usserød with Cows and Two Figures

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1847

Pen and ink drawing of a battered ship with broken masts in stormy seas, with a small boat holding two figures in the foregro

A Storm at Sea with a Large Ship and a Small Boat with Two Figures

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Engraving of dancing figures at a Grecian harvest festival, with a bearded elder, grapevines, an ox, and winged figures in cl

A Grecian Harvest-Home, or Thanksgiving to the Rural Deities, Ceres, Bacchus, etc.

James Barry, dated May 1, 1791, issued 1792

Three Portraits in Profile

Carl August Ehrensvärd, 1765-1800

Sepia drawing of the Statue of Liberty on a star-shaped island, its torch rays spreading over a harbor and city grid with boa

Presentation Drawing of "The Statue of Liberty Illuminating the World"

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, 1875

Black and white print of an angel with a cross, Adam and Eve, Moses with tablets, and a crowd of figures in a landscape.

Section A: an angel holding a cross at upper left, Adam and Eve below, from "The Triumph of Christ"

Andrea Andreani, 1836

Red chalk drawing on blue paper with many studies of hands in different gestures, grasping, open and resting.

Study of Hands (recto); Study for a Reclining St. Francis (verso)

Daniele Crespi, ca. 1628-30