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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Pencil drawing of two nude boys on rocky ground, one hugging a puppy while the other reaches up toward him.

Two Boys with a Puppy

Cornelis Visscher, ca. 1656

Lithograph of a snowy winter road with a covered wagon, horses, a rider in a top hat, and a village in the distance.

Roulier Montant un Cote

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Circular pen drawing of Christ at the cross's foot, mourned by Mary and John, with a ladder and soldiers behind.

Christ at the Foot of the Cross, Mourned by Mary and John

Nicolaas Hogenberg, early 16th century

Engraved print of shipwreck survivors crowded on a raft beneath a torn sail, with a distant ship on the horizon.

Shipwreck of the Meduse

Théodore Géricault, 1820

Drawing of scholars around globes and charts beneath a lantern, with ships on a sea panel above.

Petrus Plancius Instructing Students in the Science of Navigation

David Vinckboons, early 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a crowned saint beside a grape barrel, with angels above, putti at lower left, and vines.

Saint Wenceslas at the Vintage, Attended by Angels and Putti

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, mid-18th-late 18th century

Lithograph title page showing a stone watering trough, fountain pedestal lettered Etudes de Chevaux par Géricault, with horse

Watering Trough, Title Page of "Studies of Horses" (Etudes de Chevaux)

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a horse team pulling a coal-laden wagon up a hill, with a driver and a seated woman on the load.

Coal Waggon [sic.] Drawn by Horses

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a grey horse held by a man drinking from a tankard beside a girl at an inn doorway.

Old Horse at an Inn Door

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of two dappled-grey horses galloping, one ridden by a man in a striped cap, with a checked saddle cloth.

Two Dappled-Grey Horses Being Exercised

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a blacksmith lifting a horse's hoof in a stable beside a harnessed draft horse and a wooden bucket.

The French Blacksmith

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a farrier shoeing a grey horse in a stable, with a glowing hot iron, onlookers and a dog at left.

The Flemish Farrier

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Black-and-white lithograph of a horse in harness beside a plaster-laden cart, with a man carrying a load in a doorway.

The Plastermaker's Horse

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of horses on rocky ground with riders in long coats, one leading a white horse, under a cloudy sky.

Horses Driven to a Fair

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of two horses drinking from a bucket held by a groom beside a stable door, with an attendant holding a broom.

Two Post Horses at the Door of a Stable

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a boy feeding a harnessed cart horse from a nose bag beside a wooden cart under a stormy sky.

Boy Feeding a Cart Horse from a Nose Bag

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a man shoeing a grey horse in a stable beside a dark bay horse in a checkered blanket.

The English Blacksmith

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Lithograph of a black horse with bridle and checkered blanket standing in a stable, with another horse visible in the backgro

Black Horse Tethered in a Stable

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Engraving of two flayed muscular men beside two skeletons, with armor and a drapery backdrop.

Two Flayed Men and Their Skeletons

Domenico del Barbiere, ca. 1540-45

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man and a nude woman on a rock looking up at an eagle flying among forest trees.

Jupiter and Io, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Sepia drawing of a donkey with a heavy pack and ornate harness, a figure carrying a bundle behind it, casting a shadow.

A Donkey

Adriaen van de Velde, mid-17th century

A Great Grey Shrike

Pieter Holsteyn II, mid-17th-late 17 century

The Blessed Egidius (Cartoon for a Fresco in chapel at S. Maria degli Angeli, Assisi)

Lo Spagna, 1514-16

Grey wash drawing of a winged archangel surrounded by flying putti and clouds, with a distant landscape below.

Flying Putti, Surrounding Archangel Raphael

Conrad Meyer, 1631-32

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a monk's hood, with Latin inscription and date 1520 below.

Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1520

Engraving of a seated bearded man at a desk beside an angel, with a walled city, a swan, a boat and animals.

The artist Jean Duvet in the guise of St. John the Evangelist, sitting at a desk

Jean Duvet, ca. 1546-55

Engraving of a crowned man between two winged figures, one with a sword and fleur-de-lis shield, under an arched cloudy sky.

Henri II, King of France, Between France and Fame

Jean Duvet, ca. 1548

Engraving of a reclining nude nymph with a greyhound in an oval cartouche, framed by caryatids, cherubs and fruit garlands.

The Nymph of Fontainebleau

René Boyvin, n.d.

Woodcut star chart of the southern sky with constellations shown as mythological figures, animals, and ornamental frames.

The Celestial Globe-Southern Hemisphere

Albrecht Dürer, 1515

Engraving of a papal figure in a tiara and ornate robes facing a bearded man in a feathered cap, 1555.

Satire on the Papacy

Melchior Lorck, 1555