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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Pencil drawing of a winged youth embracing a nude woman, with reclining and seated figures among clouds at right.

Mythological Scene, from the Legend of Cupid and Psyche

Bonaventura Genelli, early 19th-mid 19th century

Red chalk drawing of an ornate baroque tomb with a saint statue on top, flanked by winged cherubs and garlands.

The Silver Tomb of St. John Nepomuk in the Cathedral of St. Veit's Prague, designed by Fischer von Erlach, 1729

Jeremias Jakob Sedelmayr, ca. 1729

Architectural elevation drawing of a town house with a curved gable, scrolled volutes, and arched doorways in ink and wash.

Drawing for the Street Elevation of a Town House

Andreas Schneidmann, 1729

Pencil drawing of winged human-animal figures with lion and bull heads beside a chariot with wheels and a robed figure.

The Vision of Ezekiel

Bonaventura Genelli, early 19th-mid 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a nobleman giving coins to a kneeling beggar in a Roman piazza with a dog and the Coliseum behind.

Nobleman Giving Alms to Beggar in Piazza near the Coliseum

Conrad Martin Metz, 1813

Sepia drawing of a man with curly hair and a stern expression, wearing a ruffled shirt, by Francisco Goya.

Self-portrait

Francisco Goya, 1795

Symmetrical ink and wash architectural elevation of a palace facade with columns, arched central doorway and circular medalli

Study for the West Façade of the Palace of Charles V, The Alhambra, Granada

Juan de Orea, ca. 1580

Pen and grey wash drawing of Christ in an oval frame with a halo, cross, kneeling figures and putti in rococo scrollwork.

Christ in Glory

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, early to mid-18th century

Pencil drawing of villagers dancing and gathering outdoors under a large tree, with a horseback rider and dogs at left.

Peasants' Dance Outdoors

Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Richard, 1745-70

Pen and grey wash drawing of an oval allegory with cherubs, a cross, two dogs with torch and trumpet, and a hydra.

Allegory of Heaven and Hell

Claudio Coello, 1642-93

Pencil and chalk study of a draped female figure resting on a globe, with a separate head study looking upward at left.

Study for the Muse Urania

Michel Dorigny, mid-17th century

Brown wash drawing of Neptune with a trident and Amphitrite among clouds and sea figures.

Allegory of Fishery: Neptune and Amphitrite

Gabriel François Doyen, 1768

Grey wash drawing of Neptune and Amphitrite among clouds above sea figures, tritons and fish.

Allegory of Fishery: Neptune and Amphitrite

Gabriel François Doyen, ca. 1773

Watercolor of a garden with a thatched cottage, figures, a wheelbarrow, iron railings, and a windmill under cloudy sky.

Figures in a Garden

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1784

Napoleon Bonaparte at the Champ de Mai, June 1, 1815

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, ca. 1815

Grey wash drawing of a domed circular grain market interior with arcades, columns, and small figures among stacked goods.

Interior of Halle aux Blés, Paris [The Corn Exchange]

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a bat with spread wings above two studies of human ears, with a motto written below.

Studies of Two Ears and of a Bat. Below, the motto: FULGET SEMPER VIRTUS

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652

Pen and ink sketch of a fallen giant, onlookers raising arms at right, and a levitating figure above.

Unidentified Scene: Figures Watching a Fallen Giant and Another Figure Levitating

Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652

Red chalk drawing of two robed saints embracing before a building, with angels in clouds above and a dog below.

Saint Francis Meeting Saint Dominic

Francisco Vieira de Mattos, 1699-1783

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with kneeling figures at a stable and angels above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francisco Vieira de Mattos, 1699-1783

Pen and brown ink drawing of two seated satyrs in a landscape with a hilltop building and a sun diagram.

Two Satyrs in a Landscape

Titian, ca. 1505-10

Watercolor of a harbor with sailboats on choppy water, a distant lighthouse, and a heavily clouded grey sky.

Harbor, Brest

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1840-98

Head of a Young Girl

called le Romain Jacques Dumont, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of an angel rising in flames above an altar, with a kneeling man and woman and a goat in a landscape.

The Sacrifice of Manoah

called le Romain Jacques Dumont, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a priest offering communion from a chalice to a kneeling, emaciated Mary Magdalen beside a skull.

The Last Communion of St. Mary Magdalen, after Benedetto Luti

Louis Jean Jacques Durameau, ca. 1761-64

Red chalk drawing of a standing soldier in tricorn hat and uniform, carrying a rifle, against a sketched landscape.

Standing Soldier: Garde Française

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, 18th century

Graphite drawing on blue-gray paper of dense forest trees with bare branches and a rocky forest floor.

Forest View Near Fontainebleau

Paul Flandrin, 19th century

Saint Agatha

Paul Flandrin, 19th century

Pencil sketch of two muscular male figures in combat, one raising a club over a kneeling figure, with rocks and handwritten l

Hercules and Cacus, after Annibale Carracci, and the Destruction of Enceladus, after Agostino Carracci

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1761

Brown wash drawing of steep-roofed farm buildings by a waterway, with a rowboat, jetty, trees and a distant round tower.

Farm Buildings beside a Waterway

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1765-70