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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Drawing of a nude toddler standing and reaching out with one arm, rendered in white highlights on brown paper.

Nude Boy, Walking to the Left

Anselm Feuerbach, 1840-80

Watercolor of thatched and red-roofed farmhouses beside a sandy track in open dunes under a cloudy sky.

Farmhouses

Johannes Bosboom, 19th century

Seated man in white turban, dark robe and blue garment holding a book, drawn in pencil and watercolour.

Abram Incab Messir

David Wilkie, 1841

Watercolor landscape of an open plain under cloudy sky, with a figure and sheep in the foreground and distant hills.

Salisbury Plain with Old Sarum in the distance, Wiltshire

William Turner, 1835-45

Watercolor of a hilltop castle above a beach with beached sailing boats, fishermen, and distant island under clouds.

Bamborough Castle from the Northeast, with Holy Island in the Distance, Northumberland

John Varley, 1827

Watercolor landscape of a dark mountain above a lake under a cloudy sky, with warm light and small figures by the shore.

Study for "The Ferry"-Snowdon from Lyyn Padran, North Wales

Peter De Wint, after 1829

Watercolor landscape of large trees along a dirt road on a grassy slope, with a dusky blue sky and distant hills.

A Parkland View at Dusk

William Leighton Leitch, ca. 1879

Watercolor of grey-sailed fishing luggers on calm water beside a stone pier at sunset, with figures and distant sails.

Fishing Luggers (Chasse-marée) Making Sail, Off Calais

Louis François Thomas Francia, ca. 1823

Sepia drawing of a rocky cave with a hunter playing a horn and a dog running in front of overhanging cliffs.

Rocky Landscape with Hunters

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1786

Engraving of a Gothic church interior filled with scaffolding, rubble and workers during restoration in Nuremberg.

View of the Church of the Franciscans in Nuremberg under Reconstruction, from the series Views of Nuremberg

Johann Ulrich Kraus, n.d.

Etching of workmen hoisting an Egyptian obelisk with a wooden derrick, hieroglyphic blocks on the ground, and spectators at n

The Excavation of an Obelisk from the Campo Marzo

Jean Barbault, ca. 1749

Pen and wash drawing of a classical landscape with figures harvesting wine, barrels, a temple and a distant city.

Landscape with Wine Harvest

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1630

Etching of a courtyard with a stone well, pulley bucket, brick ruins, washing basins, a donkey, and a figure at work.

The Well, from the series Landscape Scenes

Thomas Wijck, 17th century

Etching of a tall obelisk beside a thatched cottage and footbridge in a flat landscape with distant buildings.

Cottage and Boundary Post on the Spaarndammerdijk ('L'Obelisque')

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1650

Napoleon I

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1807

Engraved panorama of a Venetian ceremonial procession with gondolas on the water and crowds in a city square.

Procession of the Doge to the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, with a View of Venice, ca. 1565

Jost Amman, 1697

Portrait of Louis-Francois Bertin, l'ainé

Anne-Louis Girodet, n.d.

Red chalk and white highlight drawing on blue paper of a kneeling draped figure seen from behind, bare feet visible.

Study of a Draped Figure

Jean-François de Troy, ca. 1736-39

Pen and watercolor drawing of a chained prisoner in a vaulted stone cell, surrounded by armed guards and a monk.

Joan of Arc Imprisoned in Rouen

Pierre Révoil, 1819

Red chalk sketch of a young man bent over a reclining figure, on an arched-top cream sheet.

A Young Man Seated, Bent over a Reclining Figure

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1845-50

Brown ink drawing of a wide dune landscape with a herdsman and sheep under a cloudy sky.

A Panoramic Landscape with a Herdsman and His Flock

Jan Ruischer, 17th century

Engraved oval portrait of a man in steel armour with a white collar, framed by laurel wreaths and initials.

Oliver Cromwell

Jan van de Velde IV, after 1653

Imaginary portrait head of a man wearing a cap and fur-trimmed coat; from the series of 22 imaginary portrait heads a…

Johann Lorenz Haid, ca. 1730-50

Blue monochrome print of a man in a feathered hat and ruff collar holding a sword hilt, after Piazzetta.

Imaginary portrait head of a man in a feathered hat; from the series of 22 imaginary portrait heads after Giovanni Ba…

Johann Lorenz Haid, ca. 1730-50

Watercolor botanical study of an orchid with rose and cream flowers, long green leaves and pale roots on paper.

Study of an orchid, "Vanda Roxburgia"

James Sowerby, before 1822

Botanical watercolor of a spiny globe thistle with two blue-white flower heads and prickly green leaves on cream paper.

Study of a thistle

James Sowerby, before 1822

Study, Head of a Boy

Thérèse Eléonore Lingée, ca. 1777

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate festival decoration with a staircase, candelabra, columns, relief panels and winged figures

Festival decoration

Antonio Gherardi, late 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman handing a swaddled infant to a bearded nude man, with a small child at lower left.

Rhea Outwitting Saturn

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Charcoal drawing of slender trees on a slope overlooking calm water, low hills and a cloud-filled sky.

Le Cap Martin

Henri Harpignies, 1910