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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Ink and wash drawing of a reconstructed classical palace with arcades, an eagle, and an Augustus medallion in the foreground.

A Reconstructed View of the Palace on the Palantine Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing of a walled Roman camp with a central classical temple, flanked by standards and coin reliefs.

A Reconstruction of a Castle on the Viminal Hill at the Esqualine Gate

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a domed classical rotunda with columns, beside putti, a satyr, a goat and Roman coins.

A Reconstructon of an Undefined Building

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a hawk-headed Osiris statue in a formal garden with terraces, figures and an inscribed pedestal.

Statue of Osiris in a Garden

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of a draped woman holding a medallion showing a fountain, beside an obelisk fountain with carved reliefs.

Female Figure Holding a Coin and Image of a Fountain

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Brown wash drawing of a reconstructed columned temple with a reclining river figure holding a Latin inscription scroll and co

A Reconstruction of the Temple of Fortuna

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Sepia drawing of a reconstructed Roman theatre with arcades, beside a bust of Pompey and a carved pedestal.

A Reconstruction of the Theatre of Pompey

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Brown wash drawing of a domed temple in a circle beside a bearded statue of Serapis, with coins and an inscribed stone.

A Recontruction of the So-Called Temple of Serapidis

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Grey wash drawing of the Colosseum cross-section with tiered seats and arches, topped by a laurel-crowned bust on a plinth.

A Reconstruction of the Colosseum in Cross-Section

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical frame with a statue, bust, Roman coins, and Latin inscriptions on a banner.

Adumbration of Capitoline Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Ink and wash drawing of a tall date palm with a Latin banner, with a haloed rider on a donkey and a crowd in a hillside lands

Christ's Entry Into Jerusalem

Jan Goeree, 1696-1704

Grey wash drawing of a male saint with upturned face, holding a staff and wrapped in a heavy draped cloak.

Male Saint with Staff, Half-Figure

the Younger Francisco Herrera, 1640

Brown ink drawing of an ornamental title page with spring and autumn allegorical figures flanking a blank panel, crown, cheru

Drawing for the title page to the 'Descrpción de las honras' (related to the death of Philip IV)

Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo, 1666

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman in a headscarf leaning on a ledge, holding drapery over a basket of fruit and flowers.

Female Personification of Summer or Abundance

Sebastián de Herrera-Barnuevo, 1619-71

Pen and blue wash drawing of the crucified Christ with head bowed, arms outstretched on a cross, on blue paper.

The Crucified Christ

Diego Lopez de Escuriaz, 1587-97

Brown wash drawing of a nude figure seen from behind among swirling, struggling figures in a dark, dramatic composition.

The Chastisement of Luxury

Eugenio Lucas, 1817-70

Loose watercolor of turbaned figures resting in the shadow of a stone archway, with red and blue robes in the foreground.

Arabs Resting

Eugenio Lucas, 1817-70

Sketch of a ceiling design with a chariot and horses in clouds, winged figures, and allegorical figures in brown wash.

Design for a Ceiling

Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819

Brown wash drawing of a haloed kneeling saint receiving a sacred vessel amid radiating light and angels in clouds.

St. Paschal Baylon Adorning the Blessed Sacrament

Mariano Salvador Maella, 1739-1819

Grey wash drawing of a young boy reclining with his arm on a lamb beside a cross-topped staff and rocks.

The Infant St. John the Baptist

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1618-82

Pen and brown ink study of a standing bare-chested man beside an easel, with an inscription below, on pale paper.

Standing Male Figure: Study for a Portrait

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1670-80

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity with kneeling Virgin, Saint Joseph, infant Christ in a manger, and angels above.

The Nativity

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ca. 1665-70

Red chalk drawing of a bishop giving alms to kneeling poor figures while clergy and a crowd watch in an interior.

Thomas of Villanova, Archbishop of Valencia Distributing Alms to the Poor

Pedro Orrente, ca. 1620-45

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a bearded man with a white collar, looking directly at the viewer, on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

Francisco Pacheco, 1564-1644

Sheet of studies, including a Roman head, a male figure on a pyre, and a colonnade

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1766-1774

Frontispiece for the collection 'Trages españoles usados en diferentes epocas'

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1798-1799

Studies of a standing man holding a hat and a girl in profile

Luis Paret y Alcázar, ca. 1766-1774

Pen and wash drawing of St. Francis receiving the stigmata, supported by an angel, with cherubs and a cross in the sky.

St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Antonio de Pereda, 1611-78

Watercolor and ink drawing of a Gothic church interior with a stone pulpit, arches, and kneeling worshippers.

Interior of the Church of St. Jacques, Louvain

Genaro Pérez Villaamil, 1807-54

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin with the Christ Child holding a cross-topped staff, with a faint figure at left.

Half-length Virgin and Standing Child with Indications of a Young Saint John the Baptist at Left

Pedro del Pozo, ea. 18th century-1785