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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Grey wash drawing of a helmeted man carrying an elderly man on his back, with a nude figure at lower left.

Aeneas and Anchises

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Grey wash drawing of King Midas with donkey ears reaching for gold at a candlelit table, watched by onlookers.

King Midas

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Hand-colored panoramic print of New York city showing a fountain park, busy avenues, church spires and a harbor full of ships

New-York (Union Square, Looking South)

C. Bachman, 1850

Hand-colored engraving of New York harbor with ships and a city skyline, seen from a grassy rise where a picnic party sits un

The City of New York, in the State of New York, North America [The Birch View with the Picnic Party]

Samuel Seymour, [1803] reissued ca. 1820

Pencil drawing of a woman in a long dress seated beside an ornate iron garden bench with a scrolled canopy and cherub.

Woman seated on iron garden seat with canopy

Ferdinand Kirchgessner, 1854

Pen and wash drawing of a blank coat of arms flanked by two putti holding a crown, with scrolls and garlands.

Design for a Title Page with a Coat of Arms (blank) and Two Putti Holding a Crown

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a pedestal clock with a numbered dial and pendulum, beside a side-view apparatus with a hanging ball.

Designs for a clock, Illustrations for "Saggi di naturali esperienze"

Circle of Giuseppe Cocchini, 1666

Pencil sketch of a figure sleeping face-down on the ground among grass tufts, drawn in soft grey tones.

A Boy Sleeping in the Outdoors

Cornelis Saftleven, 17th century

The Prix de Rome Winners of 1817: Léon Cogniet, Achille Michallon and Antoine Garnaud

Léon Cogniet, 1817

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman-order column elevation with Corinthian capital and proportion diagram at the base.

Design for a column in Roman order

Maximilian Hardmuth, 1844-76

Engraved group portrait of George Washington, a boy, a seated woman, an older woman, and a standing attendant beside a map an

The Washington Family: George Washington, His Lady, and her Two Grandchildren by the Name of Custis-George Washington…

Edward Savage, March 10, 1798

Watercolor of a cascading waterfall over rocks in a forest, with trees on both sides and a wooden footbridge in front.

A Waterfall in a Forest at Langhennersdorf

Christoph Nathe, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil and white chalk drapery studies on blue-grey paper, showing a standing figure in a mantle and folds of cloth.

Drapery Studies (recto); Drapery Studies (verso)

Anselm Feuerbach, 1829-80

Colored design drawing of an altarpiece with a column, cherubs, and a figure of St. Sebastian, with a floor plan at right.

Design for an Altarpiece with a Figure of St. Sebastian

Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, 1741

Pen and ink study of an ornate altar with a fluted column, rococo scrollwork, cherubs, and a standing figure on a pedestal.

Study for an Altar with a Figure on a Raised Socle at Left; verso: Study for an Altar with a Figure of an Angel or Saint

Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, ca. 1720-40

Ink and wash drawing of a rococo church altar with angels, cherubs, scrolled ornament and draped canopy.

Design for the Transeptal Altars in the Klosterkirche Zwiefalten

Johann Michael Feichtmayr, ca. 1740-50

Pen and watercolor drawing of snowy ruined castle courtyard with a round tower, arched gateway and bare tree.

Winter View of the Courtyard of a Medieval Castle in Ruins

Karl Julius von Leypold, 1832

Brown wash drawing of two laurel-crowned figures riding a clawed monster beside a waterfall and cliffs.

Dante and Virgil on the back of Geryon

Bertel Thorvaldsen, early 19th century

Print of a shepherdess on horseback with sheep and cattle by a stream, framed in an oval, in red and gray tones.

The Four Times of Day: Le Matin

Gilles Demarteau, 1776

Engraving of Satan falling from God's presence, with angels, flames, and a seated family with a dog below.

Satan Going Forth fron the Presence of the Lord

William Blake, 1825-26

Engraving of a shepherdess resting with sheep and a dog under willow trees, in an oval frame with warm red tones.

The Four Times of Day: Le Midi

Gilles Demarteau, 1776

Engraved title page with Hebrew heading and ornate lettering for Blake's Book of Job, framed by reclining winged angels and c

Title Page: Illustrations of the Book of Job

William Blake, 1825-26

Sepia print of a shepherd resting with sheep, cattle and a dog beside a ruined tower, within an oval frame.

The Four Times of Day: L'Après Midi

Gilles Demarteau, 1776

Oval pastoral print of a shepherd in a turban with cattle, sheep, a goat and a donkey under trees at dusk.

The Four Times of Day: Le Soir

Gilles Demarteau, 1776

Engraving of a winged figure above a collapsing house with falling pillars, flames, and dead nude figures, by William Blake.

The Destruction of Job's Sons

William Blake, 1825-26

Satirical print of steam-powered walking, riding, and flying machines with a teapot carriage and a winged aviator.

Locomotion: Walking by Steam, Riding by Steam, Flying by Steam

Robert Seymour, ca. 1830

Engraving of armed men on a stone bridge while a shielded soldier swims through a river below.

Horatio Coclès Saving Himself by Swimming

Diana Scultori, 16th century

Engraving of a woman doing housework in a kitchen, with copper pans, a pitcher, and a fireplace hood.

A Woman Doing Housework, Plate 5 from "Five Feminine Occupations"

Geertruydt Roghman, ca. 1648-50

Engraved title page with two seated elders, an allegorical female figure, classical columns and a Latin inscription block.

Tomb and Medals of Pope Sixtus V

Matthaeus Greuter, 1630

Wood engraving of a shepherd and a woman in robes beside sheep, a wooden gate, and a barn under a pale sky.

Thenot and Colinet Lead Their Flocks Together, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821