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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,010 works

Pen and ink caricature of a scowling man's bust with a cigarette, captioned "Phil May's Bust. Has he?"

"Phil May's Bust. Has he?"

Phil May, ca. 1882

Pen drawing on torn brown paper of an arcaded building with a crowd, horsemen and a fallen figure in the street.

Tracing of scene from Dr. Syntax

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1819

Etching of a woodland sacrifice to Pan, with a goat, satyrs, nymphs and a large tree beside an altar.

Sacrifice to Pan

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1762-63

Grey paper study with ink and wash sketches of winged female figures, a veiled central figure, and chalk studies of hands.

Studies of fairies with a pair of hands (possibly representing the Opening of Pandora's Box)

William Lock the Younger, 1784

Portrait of a man in profile

Cornelius Varley, 19th century

Head of a Man

Jan Lievens, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a young man in a beret, eyes looking upward, with curly hair and loose hatched shading.

Young Man Wearing a Beret

François Boucher, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ancient galley with carved prow and armored soldiers in classical dress.

Studies of Details from Trajan's Column

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635

Etching of an elderly bearded man in a dark cap, head turned, with a sketched hand raised at left.

Sketch of Joseph Guichard

Félix Bracquemond, 1853

Watercolor of a crowded domed hall with dancing guests, potted trees, and a balcony audience beneath a glass ceiling.

Innere Ansicht des Deutschen Volks Winter Gartens. IInterior of the German Winter Garden. 45 Bowery, New York

Fritz Meyer, 1856

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a man in three-quarter view with a moustache, against dense diagonal hatching.

Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, after his own design of 1848

Félix Bracquemond, 1869

Colour print of a seated man in a grey coat with a quill and inkwell on a café table, floral banquette behind him.

Viennese Café: The Man of Letters (Wiener Café: Der Litterat)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Colored print in six panels showing a courtly man and woman with a smiling sun, treasure chest, and handwritten German verse.

A Fulfilled Wish (Der erfüllte Wunsch)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Head of a Woman

Eugène Carrière, ca. 1904

Pen and ink sketch of a head and shoulders of a figure in a tall headdress, turned to the right, with loose hatching.

Study of Head and Shoulders of Woman with Headdress

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing man in a hat and long coat holding a gun, with a hatched shadow on the ground.

A sportsman with a gun

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Pen and ink sketch of a plumed rider with a baton on a horse with an ornate saddle cloth, seen from behind.

A mounted drummer from the front

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Engraved print of men in period dress gathered around a table in a classical hall with hanging flags.

The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776

Asher Brown Durand, 1823

Engraving of two women and a man in a field, with an ox-drawn hay wagon behind them at the edge of the trees.

The Last Load (from "Appleton's Journal," Vol. I)

Winslow Homer, August 7, 1869

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly itinerant man in a wide-brimmed hat, leaning on a walking stick.

An itinerant

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Pen and ink drawing of a mounted drummer seen from behind, raising a drumstick beside a horse with a tasselled saddle cloth.

A mounted drummer from the back

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Woodcut print of two men beside a tangle of pale ribbons, with a framed picture above and title text below.

Gespräch eines Redakheurs mit einem Staatsmann (Editor's Conversation with a Statesman)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Pen and ink drawing of a young medieval warrior with sword and shield framed by ornate foliate scrollwork.

The Young Siegfried

Julius Hübner, 1839

Lithograph of a hunter with dogs crossing a field at dusk, two figures and a cart in the distance.

Return from the Hunt, from "Hunting Scenes"

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1829

Etching of a partially dressed man in a feathered cap holding a bow and pointing, standing beside a shrub.

A partially dressed man holding a bow in his left hand and pointing with his right, from "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Etching of a necromancy scene with a turbaned man, a pointing soldier, a woman with a vessel, and a burning skull on a pedest

A scene of necromancy: a woman bearing a vessel, a turbaned man, and a soldier look toward a pedestal upon which a sk…

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-57

Etching of a sleeping warrior leaning on a shield beside a tree, with a sword on the ground and horizontal hatched sky.

A sleeping warrior seated on a rock and leaning on his shield, from "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven over apostles gathered around a stone tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Johann Christoph Storer, 1641

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of robed figures around a man carried on another's shoulders.

Christ Healing the Paralytic

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1616-20

Pen and wash drawing of people feasting and boating on a river, with swans and a leafy canopy under a cloudy sky.

July: Amusements on the Water, (Juillet : les Divertissements sur l’eau)

Claude Simpol, ca. 1700