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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Sepia drawing of a farewell: a man in a boat, a grieving man, embracing women and children, with a domed interior scene above

"The Farewell"

Johannes Riepenhausen, late 18th-19th century

Pencil drawing of a seated man in loose draped robes, head bowed, one hand raised to his face, on pale paper.

A Drapery Study of a Seated Man

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, early 19th century

Pencil study of a man's left arm and shoulders seen from behind, with draped cloth falling over the shoulder at right.

Left Arm and Shoulders of a Man Seen from the Back

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, early 19th century

Pencil drawing of a rocky path with trees, a village, a calm bay and distant hazy mountains under an open sky.

A view of Pozzuoli, seen from the Northeast

Robert Kummer, early 19th-late 19th century

Watercolor of three nude boys bathing by a wooded riverbank with dense trees and leafy plants.

Riverside with Three Bathing Boys

Christian Friedrich Gille, 19th century

Watercolor and pen drawing of the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice, with Gothic arches and two tall columns under blue sky.

View of the Piazzetta di San Marco in Venice

Wilhelm Gail, 19th century

Pen and blue wash drawing of Apollo and the Nine Muses with poets in a wooded clearing on Mount Parnassus.

Apollo and the Nine Muses surrounded by Poets on Mount Parnassus

Karel Škréta, later 17th century

Grey wash drawing of robed figures performing a ritual offering before tents and mountains, within an ornate scrolled frame.

'The law of the leper in the day of his cleansing'

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Grey wash drawing of crucified Christ above an armored warrior, allegorical figures, a lion, and Latin inscriptions.

Allegory of Christian Virtues

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1746

Pencil drawing of a walled castle complex with steep roofs, a church spire and trees, dated 1690.

View of the castle at Oberbürg

Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger, 1690

Pencil study of two mourning draped women beside a tall tomb block, with a hanging cloth and a small winged figure at right.

Study for a Tomb

Antonio Canova, ca. 1790/91-95

Study of a Nude Man in Profile turned to the Right

Antonio Canova, n.d.

Portrait of the Emperor Joseph II as Military Commander

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, early to mid-18th century

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Benedict ascending on clouds, supported by angels and putti within an arched niche.

The Ascension of Saint Benedict; verso: Ornamental sketches

Hans Georg Asam, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a flooded monastery ruin with arched colonnade, a stone cross in water, and trees framing the scene.

Inundated Ruins of a Monastery

Carl Blechen, ca. 1824

Brown etching of an elderly bearded man's head, turned three-quarter view, with a serious expression and fine hatched shading

Self-Portrait

Max Klinger, 1918

Printed trade card of Isaac Puller advertising cane chairs and rattan canes, with a handwritten price note below the text.

Trade Card of Isaac Puller, Cane Chairs at the Golden Plow, St. Paul's Church Yard

Isaac Puller, 1714

Etching of a tavern courtyard beneath large trees, with seated diners, a rider on horseback and figures near a low building.

A Tavern at Monte Testaccio

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1793

Engraving of a kneeling priest raising a chalice before a vision of the crowned Christ rising above an altar, with clergy in

Mass of St. Gregory

Etching of a man seen from behind beside a leaning tree, with a pond and wooded landscape beyond, by Laurent de La Hyre.

Man Seen From Behind

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Etched print of a siege: fortified town with camps and trenches below, a column of soldiers and wagons, and a city skyline ab

Plan and view of the siege of Arras: lower part of the plate with a topographical view with troops in the foreground…

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Etching of an arena theater filled with spectators, a triumphal car at center, and horsemen in formation at the corners.

Theater at Modena, seen from above and filled with spectators, with a triumphal car at center and horses in formation…

Stefano Della Bella, 1652

Etching in two parts: a friar holding a sun above clouds with Lima below, and a robed theologian between columns with text pa

Decoration for a Thesis in Honor of Saint Francis Solano in two parts: the top part with Saint Francis Solano, arms r…

Stefano Della Bella, 1639

Engraved trade card showing a cane chair in an ornate border, with script advertising Samuel Spencer's furniture shop in Alde

Trade Card of Samuel Spencer, Cain Chairs, at the Golden Chair in Aldermanbury

Samuel Spencer, ca. 1700-1720

Etching of a river landscape with tall trees, a walled town, and figures in a boat where a man holds up a snake to a child.

Landscape with a man holding a snake to a terrified child, watched by a fashionably dressed couple on the riverbank a…

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1626-80

Drawing of a family group with children, a seated woman in a lace bonnet, and a standing man in a powdered wig beside a table

Family Portrait

Georg David Matthieu, 1737-78

Still life drawing of pink rose and blossoms in a gold vase, with butterflies, a snail, caterpillars and a dragonfly.

Still Life with Flowers, a Snail and Insects

Joris Hoefnagel, 1589

Watercolor landscape of a monastery beside a lake in a mountain valley, with trees framing the view and a shepherd with sheep

View of the Monastery in Tegernsee seen from the north-east

Johann Georg von Dillis, late 18th-mid 19th century

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a shepherd and dogs in foreground trees, with a hilltop town in the distance.

Roman landscape with figures near Paliano

Joseph Anton Koch, 18th-19th century

Etching of a clump of trees on rocks at left, with a valley, water and distant hills receding under a sky with birds.

Clump of Trees

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640