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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,313 works

Woodblock print of a woman with elaborate hairpins holding a scroll and brush, wearing a blossom-patterned kimono.

“Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya,” from the series Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō Nana Komachi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a courtesan with gold hair ornaments, wearing a kimono and a green crane-patterned robe, with calligraphy

The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel in Yoshiwara (Ōgiya uchi Hanaōgi, Yoshino, Tatsuta)

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1793-94

Japanese woodblock print of a lacquer box, metal kettle, red tray and pine sprigs arranged on a wooden stand, with calligraph

Wine-Set for the New Year Ceremony

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a waterfall beside a rocky green cliff, a temple building, and figures carrying baskets along a path.

The Falls at Aoigaoka in the Eastern Capital (Tōto Aoigaoka no taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various…

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a robed figure facing a large moon and a wall of orange flames, with small figures in the lower right.

Moon in the Flame from the Series One Hundred Images of the Moon (Tsuki hyaku sugata-enchūgetsu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, February, 1886

Standing Man with His Right Hand on His Chest

François-André Vincent, ca. 1787

Grey wash drawing of a priest raising the host at an altar while kneeling worshippers fill a vaulted church interior.

Mass

Théodore Chassériau, ca. 1837-38

Pastel drawing of a ballerina in a pale green tutu on pointe, one arm raised, against a soft green and ochre background.

Dancer in Green

Edgar Degas, ca. 1883

Pen and ink drawing of a standing nude male figure holding a bow, with fine hatching modeling the muscular body.

Standing Male Nude Holding a Bow ("Poynter Apollo")

Albrecht Dürer, 1501-3

Red chalk drawing of a man's head and shoulders, turned sideways with curly hair and an open-mouthed, upward gaze.

Bust of a Man

Wolfgang Huber, 1522

Pen and gray wash design of a nude female figure holding a celestial globe inside an ornate oval scrolled cartouche.

Design for an Ornamental Panel with the Figure of Astronomy

Johann Matthias Kager, 1590-1637

Pen and wash drawing of a hexagonal heraldic cartouche with a central shield, winged putti, garlands and scrollwork.

Design for a Coat of Arms with Putti holding Garlands

Tobias Stimmer, 1550-84

Pen drawing of an oval design with a flower garland framing a domed pavilion, cherubs and a reclining figure.

Design for a Navette

Hubert François Gravelot

Two watercolor designs for a rectangular box with canted corners, showing blue and pink borders, laurel garlands and pink bow

Two Separate Designs for the Top and Bottom of a Rectangular Gold Enameled Box with Canted Corners

Head of a Young Girl and Studies of Hands and of her Right Foot

Charles de La Fosse, n.d.

Half Figure of a Woman

Thomas Blanchet, 1660

Pen and grey wash drawing of a plump child with flowers, an urn on a pedestal, and a distant landscape with a tree.

Design for an Emblem with a Child Picking Flowers

Georg Strauch, 1633-75

Ink and wash drawing of a woman holding a child in a room with a bearded man, a pot, and a lattice window.

Mother and Child with a Doll

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

A Lyre Bird

Charles Meryon, ca. 1846-55

Pencil sketch of a bird of paradise on a perch with long trailing tail feathers and handwritten French color notes.

A Bird of Paradise

Charles Meryon, 1835-68

Pencil sketch of a jay perched on a ledge, head turned upward, with handwritten French notes at the top.

A European Jay

Charles Meryon, ca. 1863

Chalk drawing of a woman with a red headband and piled dark hair, staring wide-eyed with a furrowed brow.

Medea

Charles-Antoine Coypel, ca. 1715

Brown wash drawing of a nude woman lifted by a draped goddess among clouds, with a deer and kneeling figures below.

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Charles de La Fosse, ca. 1678

A Golden Eagle

Charles Meryon, after 1859

Black and white chalk drawing of a young man asleep in a chair, head tilted back, draped in loose robes.

Youth Sleeping in a Chair

François-André Vincent, ca. 1771-72

Brown wash drawing of an ornate vase with a winged finial, flanked by figures, resting on a carved console bracket.

Design for a Vase and Supporting Console

Augustin Pajou, n.d.

Grey-blue wash drawing of a fox and hedgehog in a landscape with hilltop buildings and rocky cliffs.

The Fox, the Flies, and the Hedgehog, from La Fontaine's "Fables", XII, 13

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1733

Blue wash drawing of a sleeping man with bow and arrows beneath a tree, with clouds, a winged figure and a standing woman abo

The Dream of an Inhabitant of Mogul, from La Fontaine's "Fables", XI, 4

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1732

Brown wash drawing of chained prisoners led up stone steps by armored soldiers with spears, figures in foreground gesturing.

Prisoners Led Out of a Dungeon

Philippe Louis Parizeau, ca. 1786

Red chalk drawing of a woman with a basket beside a small child in a cap holding a bundle of herbs.

Menghina Coming from the Garden Meets Cacasenno

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1665-1747