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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pen and grey wash elevation of a building façade with a large clock, sculpted figures, and a balustrade, by Robert de Cotte.

Elevation of the Pompe de la Samaritaine, Paris

Robert de Cotte, ca. 1713-14

Watercolor drawing of pink roses and blue morning glories in swags framing an empty oval cartouche with a purple ribbon.

Floral Swags Framing an Empty Oval

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Charcoal drawing of a steamship deck with smokestacks, rigging, a crate labeled Eaux-fortes de Guérard, a sleeping pug and a

Frontispiece to "Eaux-fortes de Guérard, Collection de Mr. S. P. [Samuel Putnam] Avery, New York"

Henri Charles Guérard, late 19th century

Pen and watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with a putto, garlands, rococo scrolls and a balustrade seen in perspective

Design for a Decorated Ceiling with Putti and Garlands and a Forshortening of a Balustrade Around an Oculus

Michelangelo Colonna, 17th century

Engraved title plate showing a cartouche with garlands above a formal garden with fountain and strolling figures.

Title Plate, from "Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util"

Nicolas Cochin, 1645

Grey wash drawing of a river with fishermen, sailing boats, and a town with a church tower under cloudy skies.

Moonlit view of a river with fishermen and a town in the background

Karel La Fargue, mid-late 18th century

Pencil sketch of two men smoking pipes on a divan in Turkish-style dress, with a servant holding a tray at right.

Yankees trying to be Turkish from my album - Esquisses at the Centenial [sic] Leon y Escosura

Ignacio de León y Escosura, 1876 (?)

Brown ink drawing of two robed men beside a kneeling woman, a tent camp behind them, and a figure climbing a cloudy mountain.

Aaron and Nadab Taking Leave of Elisheba (?), with the Israelites Camped before Mount Sinai and Moses Ascending the M…

Adam van Noort, late 16th-mid 17th century

Engraving of an allegorical autumn scene with a woman holding fruit, a man with a goblet, and harvest produce in front of a f

Autumn, from "The Four Seasons"

Jan Saenredam, ca. 1595

Circular pen and blue wash drawing of a robed man among armored soldiers and columns, with a kneeling figure in the foregroun

St. George and the Sorcerer of Dacian

Lambert van Noort, 1555

Pen and ink drawing of women and children with a shorn sheep in the foreground and a village landscape behind.

The Month of June, Shearing Sheep (recto); Couples Drinking Wine, The Month of October (verso)

Master of the Months of Lucas, ca. 1535

Charcoal drawing of a large face and a small face in a misty sky above faint grasses on tan paper.

Hallucinations

Odilon Redon, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures gathered in a dim inn interior beneath wooden rafters, by Adriaen van Ostade.

Scene in an Inn

Adriaen van Ostade, 1625-85

Watercolor and pen drawing of peasants drinking in a smoky tavern, with a seated woman holding a glass and men around a table

Peasants Drinking, verso: sketches of peasants

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraved ornamental panel with a woman holding a vase aloft, surrounded by putti, scrolls and acanthus leaves, with Italian v

A panel of ornament with a woman holding a vase in centre

Master of the Die, 1532

Ink and wash drawing of a cobbler working at a stall beside a sleeping dog, with a kneeling man and climbing vines.

The Cobbler

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of a violinist and villagers gathered outside a rustic ale house with a tankard, children, and a dog.

Strolling Violinist at an Ale House Door

Adriaen van Ostade, 1625-85

Pen and wash drawing of men drinking in a cluttered tavern with shelves of jugs, a ladder, and barrels.

Drinkers in a Tavern

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a dim barn interior with peasants, cows, and chickens beneath heavy timber roof beams.

Barn Interior with Peasants and Cows (recto); Six Studies of Peasants (verso)

Isaac van Ostade, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of a church tower with spire and arched windows, beside trees, with a Spanish handwritten note below.

Church Tower with Inscription in Spanish to Avery. Verso: 3/4 View Portrait of Man

Martín Rico y Ortega, 1833-1908

Watercolor elevation of an ornate triumphal arch with obelisks, flags, sculptures and a winged trumpeter atop a dome.

Triumphal Arch, April 1814

Francisco Antonio de Sousa, 1814

Pen and wash drawing of a domed rotunda with columns beside a formal garden, with strolling figures and a dog.

A General Plan and Prospective of Lord Viscount Cobham's Gardens at Stowe

Jacques Rigaud, 1733-34

Pen and wash drawing of a village waterfront with gabled houses, a crowd gathered by a torch, and a boat at the right.

Distribution of the Catch by Night

Isaac van Ostade, 17th century

Pen and ink landscape of a river with a ruined arch, rocky banks, boats, and figures in the foreground, with birds overhead.

Landscape with the Calling of St. Peter

Jacob Pynas, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a reclining woman with angels below, a cross on a hill, and the title La Maison de Nazaret.

Maison de Nazaret

Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, 1851-1904

Album page of rococo chimneypiece and candelabra ornament designs, pen and ink with pasted prints, ca. 1760.

Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints

Gideon Saint, ca. 1760

Pencil drawing of a tall-masted ship and rowboats moored in harbor water before a coastal town and cliffs.

Boats Moored Near Cliffs of Dover

T. H. Yudin, 19th century

Title page of Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience with gold lettering, colored washes, and two entwined nude figures

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: Combined Title-page

William Blake, [1789-94] printed ca. 1825

Grey wash drawing of a river town with sailing boats, church spires, a hilltop castle and figures on the banks.

Town by a Large Body of Water

Abraham Rademaker, mid-17th-mid-18th century

Watercolor of a shepherd boy with a pipe looking up at a winged child in pink clouds, with trees and sheep around him.

Songs of Innocence: Frontispiece

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825