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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Grey wash drawing of the Colosseum interior with stone arches, a vaulted ceiling, and small figures among rubble.

View Within the Colosseum, Rome

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 18th century

Black chalk drawing of a woman with wavy hair and a high collar, with a handwritten inscription in the upper right corner.

Portrait of Charlotte Duchesne

Philippe de Champaigne, ca. 1628

Pencil sketch of a cat beside a table with fish and fowl, with a hanging bird above, signed Chardin 1753.

Cat Surveying Fish and Fowl on a Table

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1753

Grey wash drawing of a wide sandy landscape with scrubby bushes, a distant walled city by the water, and small figures restin

Distant View of Syracuse and its Harbor

Claude Louis Châtelet, late 18th century

Watercolor of a sunlit road with umbrella pines, whitewashed buildings, an oxcart, and travelers near a column.

Road Leading to the Grotto of Posillipo

Claude Louis Châtelet, 18th century

Brown ink sketch of a winged angel descending in clouds toward a kneeling woman beside a stone block.

The Annunciation

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Grey wash drawing of a covered wooden bridge over a river with stone buildings, a hillside and small figures on the bank.

The Covered Bridge at Fribourg

Claude Louis Châtelet, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of two winged figures, a bearded man holding a written scroll and a woman writing with a quill.

Allegory of History

François Chauveau, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with trees, a man leading a donkey, and a seated woman with a child by a road.

Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635

Pen and ink landscape with tall trees, a distant castle, a shepherd and cattle beside a stream.

Sunrise (recto); Landscape with Figures (verso)

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a family traveling by donkey along a path beneath palm trees, with a distant hazy landscape.

The Flight into Egypt

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Wash drawing of a wooded landscape with robed figures gathered on rocks beside a waterfall and swans in the pool below.

Landscape with Apollo and the Muses

Claude Lorrain, 1674

Pen and brown ink drawing of four men in feathered caps, three with bows and arrows and one with a raised spear, on rolling h

Three Archers and a Figure with a Spear

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1670-72

Moonlit coastal drawing with a rocky arch, a winged horse, small figures on the shore, and a calm sea beyond.

Coast View with Perseus and the Origin of Coral

Claude Lorrain, 1674

Brown wash drawing of a harbor with masted ships, rowboats with figures, and a ruined tower on the shore.

View of Civitavecchia

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a harbor with masted ships, a rowboat with one figure, and towers on the shore.

A Port Scene

Claude Lorrain, 17th century

Red chalk allegorical drawing of robed figures, a helmeted woman and a winged child beneath draped curtains and a coat of arm

Allegory of the Life of the Dauphin

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, ca.1765

Red chalk drawing of crowds in chaotic abduction scene before a fortified city with towers and a fire altar.

The Rape of the Sabine Women

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1781

Sepia drawing of Christ falling under the cross, attended by angels among clouds.

Christ Falling under the Cross

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1782

Sepia drawing of the Pentecost scene with a dove and flames above robed figures gathered in clouds.

The Coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II

Sepia drawing of a cross among clouds with angels and cherubs, and discarded armor and weapons below.

The Cross Triumphant over Worldly Powers

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1782

Red chalk drawing of a robed figure reaching toward a seated man among clouds, with angels and putti above.

The Risen Christ Appearing to Souls in Purgatory

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1782

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Trinity on clouds with a cross, a dove, and adoring angels and putti below.

Angels Adoring the The Holy Trinity

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1772

Red chalk drawing of saints and bishops gathered on clouds beneath a radiant triangle of divine light.

The Company of Saints in Glory

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1772

Pen and brown wash drawing of satyrs, nymphs and an infant beside a goat in a forest with an altar and urn.

The Nurture of Jupiter

Jean-Baptiste Corneille

Pen and ink study sheet with many sketched figures, robed women and men, and a colonnade, for a judgment scene.

Figure Studies for a Judgment Scene

Michel Corneille the Younger

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds among angels, with praying figures gazing upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Michel Corneille the Younger

Drawing of a kneeling bearded saint embracing an X-shaped cross, with an angel descending above and onlookers around.

The Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Michel Corneille the Younger

Red chalk drawing of several studies of female heads, hands and a small child on grey paper.

Copies after Raphael's "The Finding of Moses"

Michel Corneille the Younger

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude men in combat, one raising a sword over a fallen figure, with figure studies around.

Combat of Nude Men, after Raphael

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1823