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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,981 works

Pen and grey wash drawing of a Dutch fleet with tall sailing ships and small boats at anchor on calm water.

A Dutch Fleet Lying at Anchor

Willem van de Velde the Younger, ca. 1664

Pen and watercolor view of a Roman piazza with an obelisk, palace, church towers, and foreground figures near a fountain.

View of Lateran, Rome

Liévin Cruyl, 1672-73

Grey wash drawing of a royal yacht's ornate carved stern with figures on the gallery and small boats below.

An English Royal Yacht

Willem van de Velde the Elder, ca. 1677

Pen and brown wash drawing of a roadside shrine with a figure in its niche, a cross, windblown trees, and a distant hilltop r

A Roadside Shrine and Cross

Valentijn Klotz, 1699

Pen and wash drawing of the Pantheon in Rome, with its columned portico, dome, a central fountain, and market stalls in the p

View of the Pantheon, Rome

Liévin Cruyl, early 1670s

Grey pencil drawing of a large Dutch warship with a fleet at sea and two small sailing boats in the foreground.

A Large Dutch Ship with a Fleet at Sea and Two Small Vessels

Willem van de Velde the Elder, ca. 1672

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of old multi-story buildings with gables and chimneys reflected in water, by Valentijn Klo

Buildings Along the Hofvijver in The Hague

Valentijn Klotz, 1712

Grey wash drawing of a castle with a pointed tower, a stone bridge over a moat, figures walking, and a large tree.

View of a Castle

Monogrammist PVH, 1748

Pen and wash drawing of a hunt with hunters, horses, hounds, nets and a stag in a wooded landscape.

Wolf hunt

Etienne Delaune, second half 16th century

Pencil sketch of a group of figures in an interior with a plumed-hat man, a central woman, and ornate architecture.

The Procuress

Georges Lallemand, ca. 1620s

Pen and ink drawing of many hanged men on a bare tree, with soldiers and tents in a camp behind.

The Hangman's Tree

Jacques Callot, after 1633

Brown wash drawing of sheep grazing under trees in a pastoral landscape with a distant town and birds in the sky.

Landscape with Sheep

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1648

Charcoal drawing of a dark sailboat sail beside a glowing lighthouse at dusk, with low buildings along the horizon.

The Lighthouse at Honfleur

Georges Seurat, 1886

Brown ink and wash drawing on blue paper showing tree trunks and leafy branches in a woodland scene.

Trees

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, ca. 1650

Sepia wash drawing of a Roman countryside with cypress and umbrella pines, an arched aqueduct, and small buildings.

Roman Landscape

Claude Lorrain, mid to late 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a palace facade with a grand staircase, a balustraded terrace, and dense trees on the right.

View of the Garden Terrace of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli

Israël Silvestre, 1643-44

Pencil drawing of a stone farmhouse with a round tower, a tall tree, a wooden cart and a small thatched outbuilding.

Country Farmhouse

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1728

Brown wash drawing of Orpheus playing a lyre among nymphs, lions, sheep and a deer beside a stream.

Orpheus Charming the Nymphs, Dryads, and Animals

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1757

Grey and brown wash drawing of a park with trees, statues, and crowds of figures with parasols.

View of a Park

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, late 1770s

Drawing of an equestrian statue on a pedestal amid Roman ruins, with columns, fallen blocks and small figures in the foregrou

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Hubert Robert, 1757

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a stream, rocks, and a small figure crossing a bridge at right.

Wooded Landscape with a Man Crossing a Bridge

Thomas Gainsborough, early 1780s

Sepia drawing of umbrella pines with a leaning trunk, small groups of figures on a lawn, and a pale villa behind.

Imaginary View of a Roman Villa

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, mid-1770s

Sepia drawing of three seated girls, a standing boy by a tree, and two small dogs on open ground.

A Group of Four Children, with Dogs

Paul Sandby, 1798-99

Foal (Le Poulain) [also called "The Colt"]

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Brown ink drawing of a seated allegorical woman with a playful putto beside her, set among swirling clouds.

Study of an Allegorical Female Figure with an Attendant Putto

Unknown artist, second half 18th century

A Gazelle in Profile, Moving Toward the Right

Michelino da Besozzo, early 15th century

Brown ink drawing of Venus on a mound with women and cupids, a man building a fence, rabbits and a classical building.

Vulcan Building a Fence Around the Mount of Venus

Giovanni Bellini, late 15th century

Watercolor of a thatched cottage with two figures, tall trees, and a distant church spire across flat land.

Cottage with a Distant Village

Unknown artist, 18th century

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with a seated reader, a river, a boat, hillside buildings and distant mountains.

Landscape with Figure

The Veneto, early 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with a standing bearded man and a bending nude figure beside a stone block

Madonna and Child with Saints Roch and Sebastian

Michele da Verona, early 16th century