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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,313 works

Etching of a plumed falconer on horseback beside a tree, with a hawk on his arm and two riders in the distance.

The Falconer

Jacques Callot, 1617

Pencil and brown wash drawing of a scowling bearded man with wild curly hair, turned three-quarters to the viewer.

Head of Silenus

Paul Cézanne, 1855-1906

Watercolor design of a blue urn with gold mounts, a female mask, rope handles, and a gilded pedestal on a paper sheet.

Design for an Urn

George Heinrich von Kirn, ca. 1770-90

Brown wash drawing of a crowned woman beside a lion, looking up at clouds, rushing water and muscular figures in a storm.

The Deliverance of Cybele, an Allegory of the Seasons

Gabriel François Doyen, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing in an oval of a bearded man with curly hair looking upward, hands on a cross, rays behind.

Christ with the Cross

Joachim Wtewael, ca. 1605-15 (?)

Pen and wash drawing of two sailing ships moored at a Copenhagen quay with rowboats and waterfront buildings.

Sailing Vessels at Wilders Plads, Copenhagen

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1830

Watercolor of a vaulted stone prison interior with arches, staircases, balconies, a hanging lantern, and small figures.

Dark Prison (Carcere Oscura)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1790-99

Illuminated letter B with a dragon, a knight with a sword, a tree, and figures being anointed in blue, red and gold.

Illuminated Initial "B"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Pen and ink caricature of a scowling man's bust with a cigarette, captioned "Phil May's Bust. Has he?"

"Phil May's Bust. Has he?"

Phil May, ca. 1882

Watercolor drawing of a Gothic hall with vaulted timber roof, stained glass window, chandeliers, and figures on a tiled floor

Guildhall, London: The Great Hall, Facing East

Horace Jones, ca. 1864

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival church with a tall spired tower, pointed windows, and small figures near an iron fen

Perspective Elevation of Reverend Mr. Gaird's Church, Glasgow, in the Gothic Style

J. T. Rochead, 1858

Colored drawing of a green eclectus parrot on a branch, with two parrots in flight above and handwritten notes on the sheet.

Eclectus Roratus Polychloros

Edward Lear, ca. 1830-32

Portrait of a man in profile

Cornelius Varley, 19th century

Head of a Man

Jan Lievens, 17th century

Watercolor design of a blue passion flower with green leaves and tendrils on a grey scrolled lattice panel.

Design for Panel Decoration Centered on a Passion Flower

J. Hulme, 1828-40

Red chalk drawing of a young man in a beret, eyes looking upward, with curly hair and loose hatched shading.

Young Man Wearing a Beret

François Boucher, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ancient galley with carved prow and armored soldiers in classical dress.

Studies of Details from Trajan's Column

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a man in three-quarter view with a moustache, against dense diagonal hatching.

Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, after his own design of 1848

Félix Bracquemond, 1869

Colour print of a seated man in a grey coat with a quill and inkwell on a café table, floral banquette behind him.

Viennese Café: The Man of Letters (Wiener Café: Der Litterat)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Colored print in six panels showing a courtly man and woman with a smiling sun, treasure chest, and handwritten German verse.

A Fulfilled Wish (Der erfüllte Wunsch)

Moriz Jung, 1911

Head of a Woman

Eugène Carrière, ca. 1904

Pen and ink sketch of a head and shoulders of a figure in a tall headdress, turned to the right, with loose hatching.

Study of Head and Shoulders of Woman with Headdress

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing man in a hat and long coat holding a gun, with a hatched shadow on the ground.

A sportsman with a gun

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Pen and ink sketch of a plumed rider with a baton on a horse with an ornate saddle cloth, seen from behind.

A mounted drummer from the front

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly itinerant man in a wide-brimmed hat, leaning on a walking stick.

An itinerant

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Pen and ink drawing of a mounted drummer seen from behind, raising a drumstick beside a horse with a tasselled saddle cloth.

A mounted drummer from the back

Marcellus Laroon the Elder, 1670-1702

Woodcut print of two men beside a tangle of pale ribbons, with a framed picture above and title text below.

Gespräch eines Redakheurs mit einem Staatsmann (Editor's Conversation with a Statesman)

Moriz Jung, 1907

Engraved cartoon of vultures with human faces on cliffs in a storm, with skulls labeled Law, Justice and Taxpayer below.

A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over"-"Let Us Prey" (from "Harper's Weekly," vol. 15, p. 889)

Thomas Nast, September 23, 1871

Pen and ink drawing of a young medieval warrior with sword and shield framed by ornate foliate scrollwork.

The Young Siegfried

Julius Hübner, 1839

Watercolor of two children outdoors, a girl in white with a pink sash standing beside a seated boy in a brown jacket.

Portrait of two children

George Richmond, 1837