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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,814 works

Engraving of two armored riders on horseback holding staffs with banners reading Tito and Vespasian.

Titus and Vespanian both on horseback

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of a nude helmeted man holding a banner beside a seated lion, with a town in the background.

Naked man wearing an elaborate helmet viewed from behind holding a banner, a lion seated on the ground

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-1534

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris with nude goddesses, a youth, Cupid, and chariots in the clouds above a wooded landscape.

The Judgment of Paris

Marco Dente, 1515-27

Engraving of armored men and mounted horsemen with spears gathered before a brick tower with arched windows.

The Emperor Meeting the Warrior

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1516-17

Engraving of a bacchanalian procession with Silenus riding an ass, satyrs, maenads, a lion, and putti in a classical setting.

The procession of Silenus who is carried on an ass preceeded by a bacchant playing the cymbals and other figures

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1531

Engraving of Hercules strangling the Nemean lion among classical ruins with arches and broken columns, dated 1528.

Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

Agostino Veneziano, 1528

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with studies of horses in various poses, plus hands, feet and heads, by Delacroix.

Studies of Horses, Hands, and Feet (recto); Studies of Heads and Figures (verso)

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1822-27

Engraving of a nude muscular man in a plumed helmet holding a flag, standing over a lion, with a town in the background.

Man with a Flag

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Watercolor drawing of a preacher in a pulpit addressing a seated congregation of men and women in a church interior.

A Sermon in a Village Church

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1630

Engraving of nude men climbing rocks beside trees, a clothed youth standing at left and a hilltop town in the distance.

The Climbers

Agostino Veneziano, 1524

Grey wash drawing of a rocky mountain landscape with pine trees, a natural arch, and two travellers with laden horses on a ro

A Mountainous Landscape with Travellers on a Road

Jan van Aken, ca. 1650-55

Ink and wash sketch of a mounted rider under a parasol amid robed figures and a crowd along arched street walls.

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, 1832-33

Pencil sketch of a hooded rider on horseback surrounded by turbaned attendants, with a parasol above and city buildings behin

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1855-56

Pencil drawing of a Chinese vase with a ring handle, cloud and fret patterns, and a lion-mask motif on a pale background.

A Chinese Vase

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, mid-19th century

Painted design for a wall panel with a putto medallion, a putto playing with dogs, and red, blue and gold borders.

Design for Wall Decor Painted with Putti and Dogs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, before 1889

Colored design drawing of a symmetrical arabesque with cherubs, grapevines, scrolls, and three recumbent lions at the base.

Design for an Arabesque

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, ca. 1780-93

Pencil sketch of a raven on a rail, with a separate study of a clawed foot and handwritten notes below.

A Raven Perched on a Rail

Charles Meryon, mid-19th century

Watercolor landscape with a rider, sheep and dogs on a riverbank, ruins, a bare tree and rolling hills under cloudy skies.

Figures on a Country Road

Louis Gabriel Moreau, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a rococo stucco design with a cartouche of small figures, scrollwork, and winged motifs.

Design for Stucco Decorations with a Cartouche at Left

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1725-40

Colored drawing of a pulpit design with a robed preacher, winged angel, cherub on clouds and crimson drapery.

Design for a Pulpit

Augustin Pajou, n.d.

Sepia drawing of an ornate urn on a pedestal with sphinxes, fruit swags, a satyr and putto relief, birds and flowers.

Wine Cooler or Vase on a Classical Pedestal

Aubert Henri Joseph Parent, ca. 1784

Engraving of a bearded penitent man kneeling beside a lion among rocky cliffs and pine trees, with a distant castle.

Saint Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1496

Pencil landscape drawing of a seated shepherd by a tree with a dog, shrubs and a wide distant view, in a green border.

Landscape with Seated Shepherd and Dog

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Watercolor ceiling design with soft clouds, two small birds, and a lattice border entwined with vines and purple flowers.

Designs for Ceilings with Clouds and Birds

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pen and ink study of a bearded prophet-like man in draped robes raising one arm, on a grey-toned sheet.

Study for the Prophet Jeremiah (recto); Studies of a Horse Seen from Below and of a Man Seated on a Chair, Probably a…

Henry Fuseli, 1764-70

Pen and wash drawing of a trompe l'oeil ceiling with Corinthian columns, ornate vault moldings, eagles and figures opening to

Design for a Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, ca. 1750-60

Pen and grey wash drawing of a symmetrical ornamental panel with an armored woman, putti, and scrolling decorative framing.

Study for an Ornamental Panel

Jean Bernard Toro, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing on blue paper of a classical cavalry battle with rearing horses, armored riders and spears.

Classical Battle Scene; Verso: Peter and John Heal a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Bartholomeus Spranger, ca. 1590

Grey wash drawing of a military convoy in disarray after an explosion, with fallen horses, soldiers, and an overturned carria

A Military Convoy Surprised by an Explosion

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Brown wash drawing of a woman holding a child on a terrace beside a sleeping dog, with an inscription beneath.

O Bella Giovane

Fortunato Duranti, n.d.