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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Pen and ink study of an inverted figure with draped legs and bare feet, with handwritten signature and faint construction lin

Study for a Crucifixion of St. Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, 1628-30

Head of a Satyr Facing Left

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1625-30

Pen and wash drawing of a harbor with a large sailing ship, a stone tower, and two seated figures on the quay beneath clouds.

Framed Port scene with two figures

Dominique Barrière

Red chalk drawing of two small standing figures on a circular base, one helmeted, with a handwritten inscription below.

Etruscan Candelabrum Finial (from Cassiano dal Pozzo's 'Paper Museum')

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1620-40

Pen drawing of two men in an arched interior, one seated at a table and one bearded man leaning in and pointing.

Ammon and Jonadab

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Pen and wash drawing of a nude man sprawled in front of a draped woman and a crowd of onlookers with raised hands.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jacques Bellange, ca. 1606-8

Chalk drawing of a seated bearded man beside a jug, visited by a winged angel pointing away, with a sleeping figure below.

Elijah Visited by an Angel in the Wilderness (I Kings 19:4-8)

Jean-Baptiste Bénard, 18th century

Portrait of Madame Dugazon as Nina

Joseph Jean Bernard, 1788

Pen and ink drawing of a village street with tiled rooftops, chimneys, smoke, and shrubs leading to the horizon.

Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Vincent van Gogh, ca. July 15, 1888

Drawing of a seated woman gesturing to a plan held by a kneeling figure, with attendants and ruins behind, in chalk on blue p

Semiramus Inspecting a Plan of Babylon

Jean-Simon Berthélémy

Drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds with angels, while a kneeling man gazes up beside a stone tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1822

Brown wash drawing of a rustic farmyard with a wooden balcony, stone walls, straw heap and figures near a bare tree.

Farmyard

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ancient interior with a canopied bed, seated woman, standing man and incense burner on a tripod ta

A Scene from Ancient History

François Boitard

Graphite study of a bearded, bare-chested man with one arm raised high and fist clenched, on cream paper.

Bearded, bare-chested male figure, study for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 1852-53

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon with putti and clouds around them.

Virgin and Child on Crescent Moon with Putti

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, Christ Child, kneeling shepherd and angels abov

Adoration of the Shepherds

Jusepe de Ribera, 1645-50

Watercolor still life of a bouquet of chrysanthemums in a dark vase on a wooden table against a grey wall.

Bouquet of Small Chrysanthemums

Léon Bonvin, 1862

Watercolor fashion drawing of a woman in a layered rococo gown with blue, yellow and silver trim, annotated in French.

Mademoiselle Marie-Jeanne Fesch Chevallier

Louis René Boquet

Red chalk drawing of a feathered female figure drawing a bow while seated on a large animal.

Allegory of America, from the Four Continents

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Red chalk design for a circular medal showing a winged helmeted warrior with sword and shield above a shoreline.

Design for a Medal: Marine 1758

Edmé Bouchardon, 1758

Red chalk design for a circular medal showing two draped women beside a pedestal with scales of justice.

Design for a Medal

Edmé Bouchardon, ca. 1738

Red chalk design for a medal showing a seated helmeted female figure with a Latin inscription and the date 1740.

Design for a Medal: Bâtiments du Roy, 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Red chalk design for a circular token showing a woman in a chariot drawn by lions, with inscription and 1740 below.

Design for a jeton or a token: Maison de la Reine 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 1740

Red chalk drawing of a circular medallion showing two putti riding a sea creature over waves, with Latin inscription and date

Design for a Token: Galères, 1740

Edmé Bouchardon, 1740

Red chalk design for a circular medal showing a winged figure holding two crowns, with Latin inscription below.

Design for medal commemorating the capture of Port Mahon

Edmé Bouchardon, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a child holding a flowering vase, with a dog sniffing the ground below, within an oval frame.

The Sense of Smell

Edmé Bouchardon

Red chalk drawing of a fountain with three nude nymphs on top, lion heads on the pedestal, and dolphins at the base.

Fountain Surmounted by Three Nymphs

Edmé Bouchardon

Red chalk drawing of a helmeted female figure with a spear and a nude child at her side, in flowing drapery.

La Guerre

Edmé Bouchardon

Circular drawing of a reclining river god holding a cornucopia, with a crocodile and the words Trésor Royal 1748.

Design for a Token: Trésor Royal 1748

Edmé Bouchardon, 1748

Red chalk design for a circular token showing a seated youth playing a lyre beside stone blocks, inscribed BÂTIMENS DU ROY 17

Design for a Token: Bâtiments du Roi, 1748

Edmé Bouchardon, 1748