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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,814 works

Pencil and wash sketch of a seated robed figure with a lion and dog, attendants, and a cloaked man holding a scroll.

Illustration for a Book: Allegory of Venice

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a procession with riders, horses, banners and a figure holding a tray beside a stone wall.

Illustration for a Book: Keys of a City Offered to a Procession of Cardinals Headed by a Riderless Horse

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a cloaked rider and soldiers on a path, with a soldier pointing toward a fortified hilltop.

Illustration for a Book: Cardinal with Troops Facing a Fortification on a Hilltop

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a crowned rider and soldiers with a kneeling man before them, and a walled city on the right.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Surrendering to an Emperor, with a City in the Background

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of a mitred bishop on horseback leading armed riders toward a city gate, where robed figures gesture in greeting.

Illustration for a Book: Reception of a Bishop Leading an Army at a City Gate

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of soldiers with banners and shields advancing on horseback toward a stone city gate, with a fallen figure in

Illustration for a Book: Troops Advancing toward a City Gate

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen drawing of a figure offering keys on a bridge to mounted soldiers before a fortified city wall and tower.

Illustration for a Book: Surrender of the Keys of a City to an Emperor

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and wash drawing of figures talking in a garden promenade with an arched gateway and urns, a dog in the foreground.

Illustration for a Book: Figures in Conversation in a Garden

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a mounted general meeting a cardinal at a stone city gate, with soldiers and onlookers nearby.

Illustration for a Book: Cardinal Receiving a General at a City Gate

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a goddess among clouds, warriors with torches, a lion, a reclining nude and a ship prow.

Cybele Prevents Turnus from Setting Fire to the Trojan Fleet by Transforming the Ships into Sea Goddesses

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a ruined tower, a herdsman driving cattle along a path, and trees in a hazy rural landscape.

Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1792

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ice boat with a sail and skaters among stylized pine branches in a fantastical winter landsc

Fantastical Landscape with Exotic PLants, Two Skaters and a Man in an Iceboat

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1771

Brown wash drawing of two women gesturing upward beside a lion, with a putto among clouds below.

Two Women, a Lion, and a Putto on Clouds

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Ink and wash drawing of a winged figure, a reclining warrior with a sword, and a lion on a cloud.

Apotheosis of a Warrior

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a dog's head and body, with a second dog study and sketched figure above.

Three Dogs

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with angels, a dove, and a cross in the sky.

The Baptism of Christ

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned man reclining with a horse, a standing figure under a tree, and a striped-clothed man at lef

An Oriental Chieftain Resting

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of a turbaned horseman with a lance on a rearing horse in a open landscape.

An Oriental Horseman

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Sepia drawing of a turbaned lancer on a rearing horse, with onlookers at right and a hillside town and mountains behind.

Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1760-70

Pencil study sheet showing a walking cart horse, a horse-drawn cart, and several bending and walking soldiers.

Studies of Soldiers and Cart Horses

Isidore Pils, 1830-75

Pen and brown ink drawing of a sorcerer on a winged beast seizing a lady from a rearing horse beside a tree.

The Sorcerer Atlante Abducting Pinabello's Lady (Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, canto II, 38)

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635-38

Charcoal study of a reclining nude man, a horse head, a rearing horse, and a draped female figure on toned paper.

Sketch for War, painting in the Museum of Picardy at Amiens

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1861

Brown ink and wash drawing of a squadron of lancers on horseback advancing under a cloudy sky, pennants raised.

Squadron of Lancers

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 19th century

Grey chalk drawing of a bare tree, a hooded figure and two birds in a rural landscape under a cloudy sky.

Copy of a painting entitled "L'Automne," by J.F. Millet

Alfred-Ernest Robaut, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a large curlew with a long curved bill, with smaller curlews, a duck, reeds and flying birds behind.

Curlews and Ducks

Nicolas Robert, 17th century

Two women hold hands on a cobbled street beside a donkey laden with flower baskets, with townspeople and a church in the back

The Flower Girl (La Petite Marchande de Fleurs)

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded Paris street with armed soldiers marching past spectators at tall building windows.

Louis XVI Entering Paris, October 6, 1789

Jacques François Joseph Swebach, 1789

Brown ink drawing of cavalry and infantry battling near pyramids, with fallen men and horses in the foreground and palm trees

Battle of the Pyramids, July 21, 1798

François-André Vincent, ca. 1800

Engraved specimen sheet with banknote vignettes, allegorical figures, portrait medallions, and denomination numerals.

Specimen Sheet of Bank Note Engraving

Asher Brown Durand, ca. 1828

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated man gesturing beside a woman with an infant, children and a dog under a tree.

Young Father Distressed by His Growing Family

called Watteau de Lille Louis Joseph Watteau, 18th century