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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,662 works

Pen and ink drawing of a seated classical woman leaning on a round shield, with a plumed helmet and spear beside her.

Design for large fireplace white tiles produced in Wedgwood's factory

Pen and ink drawing on tan paper of a reclining figure with a child nestled against them, arms outstretched.

Design for large fireplace white tiles produced by Wedgwood's factory

John Flaxman, 19th century

Pen-and-ink drawing of a lion holding pen nibs, its body forming a scroll with flourished penmanship lettering.

Ornamental Lion Composed of Scrolls, Holding Pens

H. E. Forbes, 18th century

Pencil sketch of a leafless, weathered tree with bare branches spreading outward on grey paper.

Study of a Dead Tree

Myles Birket Foster, 1840-99

Watercolor drawing of the Koh-i-Noor diamond mounted in jewelry, with a blue pedestal and gilded columns above, by R. S. Garr

Drawing of the "Koh-I-Noor Diamond"

R. S. Garrard & Co., 1851

Engraving of a horse pulling a globe above reclining allegorical figures, with a ruined city and palm tree behind.

The World Carrying Away Knowledge and Love, from The Unrestrained World, plate 3

Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, 1550

Engraving of a chubby putto blowing bubbles beside a skull and bones, with a distant town and a Latin inscription.

Quis evadet?

Hendrick Goltzius, 1594

Line drawing of a nude woman reclining on her side, head resting on her arm, hair loose, on a cream background.

Girl

Egon Schiele, 1918

Brown line drawing of a man's head and shoulders, facing forward with wide eyes and curly hair, on cream paper.

Portrait of Paris von Gütersloh

Egon Schiele, 1918

Drypoint print of a hunched nude figure with bowed head and crosshatched shadow beneath, on a textured grey ground.

Sorrow

Egon Schiele, 1914

Portrait of Franz Hauer

Egon Schiele, 1914

Self-Portrait

Egon Schiele, 1914

Portrait of a Man

Egon Schiele, 1914

Watercolor sheet music cover of a seated young woman beside colorful sails and a distant pink tower by the water.

Design for music cover: A Runaway Girl Waltz

W. George, 1898

Watercolor design for a stained glass window with a swallow over a wheat field and two lancets of flowering branches and urns

Design for a stained glass window

Alexander Gibbs, 1866-92

Architectural design sheet with a coloured stained glass lancet window, a rose roundel above, and handwritten notes on the pa

Design for stained glass windows in Ditteridge Church

Edward William Godwin, ca. 1859

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a river with towers and a small boat, under a cloudy sky.

Pisa

Francis Seymour Haden, 1843-44

Pencil sketch of old houses with tiled roofs, chimneys, balconies and hanging laundry around a narrow street.

Houses on the Tiber

Francis Seymour Haden, 1838-1910

Pencil drawing of a cottage porch with an open door, latticed windows, a flower bowl, and a church spire in the distance.

A Cottage Porch

Francis Seymour Haden, 1838-1910

Pencil drawing of a cottage parlour seen through an open door, with a leaded window, a bowl on a table, and a rug.

A Cottage Parlour

Francis Seymour Haden, 1838-1910

Pen and wash drawing of a frieze with crossed flutes inside a laurel wreath and a medallion at left.

Design for a Frieze Ornamented with Musical Instruments

Thomas Hardwick, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and watercolour elevation of a Pompeian-style room with winged figures in medallions, garlands, and a central doorway.

Design for a Room in the Etruscan or Pompeian style (Elevation)

C. G. Hawkhurst, 1833

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded old man's head with curly hair and a flowing beard, by Sir George Hayter, 1849.

Head of a Bearded Old Man

George Hayter, 1849

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a pointed hood, shaded with fine cross-hatching, dated 1840.

Head of a Male Pilgrim

George Hayter, 1840

Brown wash elevation drawing of a classical fireplace with fluted pilasters, a scrolled central keystone and an arched firebo

Design for a fireplace

Thomas Heiton, 1827

Painted floral design with blue flowers, maroon accents and green scrolling leaves in one corner of a cream sheet.

Design for a Floral Pattern

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on earlier design

Decorative frieze with repeating stylized crowned faces, green flowers and striped arches, inscribed "We're a Band of Brother

We're a Band of Brothers

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on a design of ca. 1867

Two stylized ornamental design drawings: a maroon panel with green leaves and peach petals, and a plant with red-tipped tendr

Two design drawings

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on earlier design

Ink and wash drawing of an Egyptian style figure forming the handle of a pointed utensil, signed Poccetti.

Design for Pointed Utensil with an Egyptian Style Figure on the Handle

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Pen and ink drawing of two mirrored ornamental cartouche designs with scrollwork, masks, and putti on grey paper.

Designs for Cartouche (recto and verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612