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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,313 works

Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume

Peter Paul Rubens, 1617

Charcoal and chalk study of three male figures with raised arms on blue paper with a red grid.

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Three Figures Raising t…

John Singleton Copley, 1798

Pencil study of an angel marking a kneeling haloed woman, with two draped figures floating above in an arched frame.

Angel Sealing the Servants of God (Study for the Anna, Margaret Sherman and Gertrude Van Dalfsen Memorial Window, Tri…

John La Farge, 1889

Watercolor of a leafy woodland path with a picket fence and a distant rooftop under a cloudy sky.

Pleasant Valley, New Jersey

William Rickarby Miller, 1858

Watercolor of surf breaking against a rocky cliff, with a sailing ship on the distant sea and gulls in a cloudy sky.

Purgatory Cliff

William Trost Richards, 1876

Graphite portrait study of a young man with curly hair, ruffled collar and clasped hands, looking upward.

Hugh Mercer, Jr. (Study for "The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, Janury 3, 1777")

John Trumbull, 1791

Seated young woman in a pale gown before a dark garden with a classical urn, drawn in chalk.

Elizabeth Maria Church

John Vanderlyn, 1799

Chalk portrait of a woman in a white gown holding a toddler who gazes outward, against a dark background.

Mrs. Daniel Strobel, Jr. (Anna Church Strobel) and Her Son, George

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1799

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young woman in a white dress seated before a tree and landscape.

Sarah Russell Church (daughter of Edward Church)

John Vanderlyn, 1799

Seated man in a dark coat and white cravat with a powdered wig, resting a gloved hand on a chair arm.

Daniel Strobel, Jr.

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1799

Watercolor of an elderly bearded man in spectacles reading a large book beside a fireplace and broom.

Reading the Scriptures

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1874

Portrait of an elderly man with white hair, white cravat and dark coat with gold buttons, against a brown background.

Captain Abraham Vorhees

Micah Williams, ca. 1803-5

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a leather apron standing with one hand on his hip, on grey paper.

The Village Blacksmith

Thomas Hovenden, ca. 1885

Watercolor of a carved stone doorway at an Egyptian temple, with hieroglyphs and rubble in the foreground and a columned hall

East Entrance, Room of Tiberius, Temple of Isis, Philae

Henry Roderick Newman, 1905

Adelaide Napier

Olin Levi Warner, 1882

Sepia wash drawing of a woman reading by an arched window, with a draped table, flowers and a framed picture in the room.

Woman at a Window (from Sketchbook)

Thomas Sully, 1810-20

Watercolor of a cascading waterfall over rocks into a pool, framed by tall trees and an overhanging branch.

Indian Falls, Indian Brook, Cold Springs, New York

William Rickarby Miller, 1850

Brown ink and wash study of a bearded nude male figure with one arm raised, leaning against a pillar.

Study for the Crucifixion

Benjamin West, 1788

Engraving of a preacher with outstretched arms addressing kneeling women and standing men in a stone church interior.

The Wept of the Wish-Ton-Wish

Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Pastel portrait of a woman with pearl-decorated hair, blue-green silk gown, lace collar and a pink rose at her neckline.

Elizabeth Green (Mrs. Ebenezer Storer II)

John Singleton Copley, ca. 1767

Pencil study of a standing female nude with loosely sketched drapery over the shoulder, on tan paper.

Study of a Nude with Drapery

Auguste Rodin, ca. 1908

Caricature of a Man Carrying a Stick, Standing in Profile to the Left

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760 (?)

Skull in Profile

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1538

Ink and wash drawing of a figure seen from behind in a voluminous gown and tricorn hat, within an octagonal border.

Caricature of a Person in a Voluminous Gown, Seen from Behind

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760 (?)

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a cap beside a raised hand and a crumpled pillow, by Albrecht Dürer, 1493.

Self-portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow (recto); Six Studies of Pillows (verso)

Albrecht Dürer, 1493

Seated Female Figure with Upraised Arms, Facing Right

Veronese School, mid-15th century

Hand-colored print of two red-shouldered hawks on a tree branch with leaves and Spanish moss.

Red Shouldered Hawk (No. 12)

John James Audubon, 1829

Hand-colored print of a goshawk in flight and two perched hawks in a marsh landscape with grasses and hills.

Goshawk, Stanley Hawk (No. 29)

John James Audubon, 1830

Hand-colored print of two dark hawks, one perched on a branch and one diving with spread wings, by Audubon, 1830.

Black Warrior (No. 18)

John James Audubon, 1830

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one holding a lantern and the other an umbrella, by Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800.

“Geisha” from the series Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties (Tōsei bijin san’yū: Geigi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800