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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged infant riding a crouching horse, holding its reins, on a pale sheet.

Winged Infant Riding a Crouching Horse

Giulio Romano, n.d.

Etching of a truss bridge over a river with moored boats, bare trees and riverbank buildings, under diagonal lines.

Fulham (Chelsea)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of a crowded Venetian piazza with a clock tower, two columns, and birds flying over the rooftops.

The Piazetta (The Piazzetta)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Etching of a dark stone archway framed by leafy trees, with figures in hats seated at a table and a woman with a child at lef

The Traghetto, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Etching of a busy Venetian waterfront with figures on the quay, moored sailing boats, a gondola and palazzi.

The Riva, No. 1 (The Riva)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Etching of a narrow Venetian street with a tall mast, seated figures in the foreground, and shuttered buildings.

The Mast (The Venetian Mast)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Etching of a courtyard with a woman by a stone well, turkeys on the ground, a staircase and building with figures and vines.

Turkeys

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Etching of a Venetian quay with strolling figures, stone steps to the water, moored boats and palazzo facades.

The Riva, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Brown etching of a loose street scene with buildings, a central rounded structure and sketched figures.

Glass Furnace: Murano (Murano - Glass Furnace)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Etching of woven lobster pots and baskets on a sandy beach with grass tufts and a distant sea horizon.

Lobster Pots (Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill)

James McNeill Whistler, [1880-81]

Etching of a city street with tall buildings, balconies, a horse and cart in the foreground, and pedestrians.

Alderney Street, from "Gazette des Beaux-Arts," 1881

James McNeill Whistler, [1880-81]

Etching of a swan and iris stems by a river, with trees and a building on the far bank.

Swan and Iris (sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris")

James McNeill Whistler, 1883

Etching of moored sailing boats with tall masts along a waterfront, with small figures walking on a quay in the foreground.

Little Dordrecht

James McNeill Whistler, 1885-86

Etching of a fair booth with a dark awning, figures gathered beneath it, and a lone standing figure on the right.

Booth at a Fair

James McNeill Whistler, [1884-86]

Etching of a cluttered old-clothes shop interior with hanging garments, a chair, and figures near the doorway.

Old-Clothes Shop, No. 2 (Rag Shop)

James McNeill Whistler, [1884-86]

Etching of a shop front with a sign and awning, children and figures walking in the street, drawn in loose hatched lines.

T. A. Nash's Fruit Shop (T. A. Nash's Greengrocer's Shop)

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a furniture shop front with awnings and chairs and cabinets displayed outside, drawn in loose hatched lines.

Furniture Shop

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a street with shopfronts, a barber sign, a street lamp, and figures near a dark archway.

The Barber's (The Barber's Shop, Chelsea)

James McNeill Whistler, [1886-95]

Etching of a London street scene with diagonal iron gate bars over loosely sketched figures and buildings.

Gates, City, London

James McNeill Whistler, after 1887

Etching of a crowded London street with shopfronts, hanging clothes, a sign reading Abrahams, and pedestrians.

Cutler Street, Houndsditch

James McNeill Whistler, [1886-88]

Loose etching of a seated mother leaning over a small child, with hatched lines modeling her gown on cream paper.

Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)

James McNeill Whistler, 1880-1903

Etching of a tall building with a lamp post and small figures gathered in an open courtyard.

Courtyard, Brussels

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a château with a conical tower rising above dense trees and a railing along a river bank.

Château de Verneuil, Touraine

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Etching of a tall arched window flanked by slender columns, with a smaller window above and loose sketched lines.

Windows, Bourges

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Etching of a city street with a classical building, bare trees on the right, and small pedestrians and a cart on the road.

Fitzroy Square (Street Scene)

James McNeill Whistler, 1878-81

A Lion in Profile Facing to the Left ("Leo")

Giulio Romano, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of several figures: a man with a staff and dog, a seated woman, a standing woman with a rosary, and othe

Studies for Standing and Seated Figures

Salvator Rosa, 1634-45

Brown wash drawing with red chalk showing two draped seated male figures within triangular spandrel shapes.

Two Seated Male Figures Within Spandrels

Andrea Schiavone, 16th century

Pen and wash design for a semi-dome with framed scenes, garlands carried by putti, and a classical architectural order below.

Design for the Decoration of the Semi-Dome of a Church Apse

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1545-55

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man leading a blind friar with a walking stick, on aged paper.

A Man Leading a Blind Friar (recto); Incidental Sketches (not by the artist; verso)

Jusepe de Ribera, 17th century