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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Engraving of two women on a stone bench, one seated and one reclining, with oleander and a sea horizon behind them.

Pleading

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1878

Brown ink and wash drawing of a stone bridge over a stream with two figures, bare trees and snow in a winter landscape.

The Bridge at Shoreham

Samuel Palmer, ca. 1829

Watercolor of misty mountains above a pale reflective lake, with handwritten place names along the bottom edge.

Craig Goch, Moel Hebog, North Wales

Cornelius Varley, ca. 1802

Sepia drawing of a woman with long hair leaning over a reed-covered basket among bulrushes, with figures and a balustrade beh

Miriam Watching the Finding of Moses in the Bulrushes

Simeon Solomon, February 22, 1859

Grey wash drawing of a lion below a goat on a rocky cliff, with a wide landscape and clouds behind them.

The Lyon and the Kid, from Ogilby's Aesopics

Francis Barlow, ca. 1668

Pen and brown ink drawing of robed figures with staves struggling over a reclining nude, with a rocky landscape and ruins beh

The Age of Iron

Alonso Berruguete, 1520s-30s

Study of the Right Leg of a Male Child

Red chalk drawing of a prophet, King David and two putti in decorative cupola compartments.

Design for the Decoration of a Cupola with a Prophet, King David and Two Putti

Drawing of a bearded man in a gray robe and white collar, gazing upward, rendered in chalk on blue-gray paper.

Bust-Length Portrait of an Ecclesiastic

Carletto Caliari, 16th century

Pen and ink sketch of a draped woman, a man in a plumed hat with a sword, and several figure studies on paper.

Sheet with Figure Studies (double sided)

called Il Monrealese Pietro Novelli, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a priest in a mitre circumcising an infant at an altar, with a kneeling child, a praying woman and onloo

The Circumcision

Gérard de Lairesse, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a crowd beneath classical columns, with flames above their heads and seated women in the foreground.

The Pentecost

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Watercolor of skaters on a frozen canal under a brick bridge, with a snowy thatched cottage and windblown tree beneath stormy

Winter Landscape with Skaters on a Frozen Canal

Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a rainbow over a farmhouse, grazing cows and a distant village under a stormy sky.

Landscape with a Rainbow over a Farmhouse and Distant Village

Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne, n.d.

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a colliery winding wheel at a town edge, with a castle on a hill and a bare tree.

View of a colliery at the edge of a town

George Price Boyce, 1865-75

Engraved portrait of an older bearded man in a ruff collar and skullcap, framed by an arch with classical ornaments.

Portrait of Hendrick Goltzius

Jan Müller, ca. 1617

Etching of a beheading scene with a severed head on the ground, a mounted horseman, soldiers and onlookers in hatched shading

The Beheading of St. Paul

Michael Lucas Leopold Willmann, n.d.

Etching of a young elephant walking left to right with its trunk lowered, drawn in fine hatched lines on a pale ground.

A Young Elephant

Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger, n.d.

Black chalk and white highlight study of a draped angel seated on a cloud, one arm raised, with extra hand studies.

Angel Holding a Banderole

Charles-Joseph Natoire

Pen and brown ink study sheet with several nude figures, intertwined couples, and a winged cupid at upper left.

Studies for Apollo and Daphne, Zeus and Juno, Orpheus and Eurydice and other figures (recto and verso)

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, n.d.

Pen and wash study of a fountain with a seated woman, dancing figures, statues and an ornate scrolled frame.

Study for The Allegory of Spring

Federico Zuccaro, 1579

Engraved self-portrait of John Kay seated beside a bust, with a cat on the chair and drawing tools on the table.

Portraits of Eminent Scotch Characters

John Kay, 1784-1819

Dense engraving of allegorical scenes of human folly, with a central globe, ladder, fighting figures and a skeleton with a sc

The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de' matti)

Sebastiano di Re, 1557-63

Engraved oval portrait of a cardinal with curled hair and white clerical collar, inscribed border above and below.

Le cardinal Pierre de Bonzi

Robert Nanteuil, 1678

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled wig, dark robe and white collar, within an inscribed border.

Le chancelier Louis Boucherat

Robert Nanteuil, 1676

Oval engraved portrait of a bewigged man in a dark robe and white collar, inside a laurel wreath border.

Le chancelier Louis Boucherat

Robert Nanteuil, 1677

Oval engraved portrait of a man with long curled wig and white collar, inscribed border, 1671.

Le cardinal Guillaume-Égon de Fürstenberg

Robert Nanteuil, 1671

Engraved oval portrait of a man with curled hair, white collar and cross insignia, within a Latin inscribed border.

François de Harlay de Champvallon

Robert Nanteuil, 1673

Etching of a nude woman swinging from a branch above a seated bear, framed by flowering trees and bamboo.

Intermezzi, Opus IV

Max Klinger, 1881

Pencil sketch of three women in long dresses talking beside a croquet field, with two croquet players at the left.

Three women in conversation beside a croquet field (recto); Studies of a ballet dancer, a woman's profile, and a seat…

Louisa Starr Canziani, ca. 1865