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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Ink and wash design drawing for a square ornamented tile with a central radiating motif, zigzag border and blue corner rosett

Design for Ornamented Tile

Stuttgart Carl Faber, 19th century

Watercolor of a spotted grey butterfly beside a brown-spotted sea shell casting a shadow on a pale background.

An Arrowhead Blue Butterfly and a Scotch Bonnet Sea Shell

Balthasar van der Ast, 17th century

Pencil and ink sketch of a child leaning on a table, hand at mouth, looking down at an open book.

Portrait of Eline Marie Heger as a Child, Leaning on a Table, Looking at a Book

Johan Christian Dahl, 1818

Portrait of Juliane Sophie Heger as a Child, leaning on a Table

Johan Christian Dahl, ca. 1820 (?)

Engraving of figures struggling beneath trees, with two cherubs holding a palm branch in the sky above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter

Martino Rota, ca. 1560

Ground floor plan of Charlton House, Wiltshire, showing rooms, a central court, hall, gallery and staircases in ink.

Ground Floor Plan, Charlton House, Wiltshire

the younger Matthew Brettingham, before 1772

Pencil and wash architectural elevation of a chimney-piece with cornice, pilasters and dimension notes on aged paper.

Drawings for a Chimney-piece for 25 Harley Street, Westminster, London

Sir William Chambers, 1740-96

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a classical chimney-piece with columns, a relief medallion, and a side view.

Designs for a Chimney-piece for Richard Barwell's Drawing Room at Esher, Surrey

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1760s

Etched cartouche design with a blank central oval framed by winged dragons, a grotesque face, and scrolling foliage.

Design for ornamental cartouche

Pierre Quentin Chedel, n.d.

Graphite sketch of a standing woman with raised arm above a reclining man resting on the ground.

Study of a standing woman with a sitting man; study of a resting artist

François-Claudius Compte-Calix, 1830-80

Pencil sketch of a tall decorative panel with a niche holding draped figures, cherubs, a shield and garland ornament.

Decorative study of a play

François-Claudius Compte-Calix, 1830-80

Black chalk sketch on grey paper of a standing man in period coat seen from behind, with a seated man sketched at lower left.

Study of a standing man knocking; sketch of a sitting man

François-Claudius Compte-Calix, 1830-80

Woodcut portrait of a bearded king in fur robe and feathered cap, flanked by satyrs and a heraldic shield, dated 1523.

Christian II, King of Denmark

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1523

Woodcut of the Crucifixion with Mary and John beside Christ on the cross, a skull below, within an arched frame.

The Crucifixion used in Missale Traiectense (Utrecht Missal), Leiden, 1514

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1512

Red chalk drawing of standing Saint John the Baptist with a lamb at his feet, marked with a faint grid.

Standing Saint John the Baptist with The Lamb

Girolamo Macchietti, ca. 1575-76

Etching of owls perched on a gnarled tree and rocky ledge, one with spread wings, in a sparse woodland setting.

Frontispiece, from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Etching of three magicians at a parapet burning a snake, with a torch, bagpipe and rustic hut in the background.

Three magicians burning a snake, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Etching of a magician pointing to a burning head on a pedestal, with two youths and onlookers beside a tree.

Magician pointing out a burning head to two youths, from the Scherzi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Etching of a bearded seated magician beside a standing boy, with sheep, a trumpet, and figures among gnarled trees.

Seated magician, boy and four figures from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Etching of villagers dancing beneath large trees in a clearing, with seated musicians at right and hills in the distance.

The Country Dance (Small Plate)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1637

Etching of a central standing woman surrounded by loose sketches of trees, shrubs, and hatched shading on a mottled ground.

Seated Woman and Other Sketches

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1630-33

Etching of three men on a path beneath a palm tree, with rocky cliffs and a mountain valley behind them.

Landscape with Brigands

Claude Lorrain, 1633

Etching of a pastoral scene with cattle at a ford, two standing figures, a seated figure, trees and an arched bridge.

The Ford

Claude Lorrain, 1634

Two small etched landscapes side by side, each with a large leafy tree, grassy ground, and a distant figure in the right scen

The Two Landscapes

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1630

Etching of a leafy tree on the right over grassy ground and a distant hill, drawn in loose, scribbled lines.

The Two Landscapes (Left Tree)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1630

Etching of a large tree on a hillside with two small figures standing beside it under a loosely drawn sky.

The Two Landscapes (Right Tree)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1630

Small etching of three men in the foreground with figures in conflict behind them, set in a loosely hatched landscape with ru

Study with Brigands (Lower Section)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1633

Etching with sketch studies of hares, rabbits and a standing figure carrying a bundle, with dense cross-hatched shading.

Study with Brigands (Upper Section)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1633

Etching of a herdsman and shepherdess with cattle beneath a large tree, with hills and a distant town in the background.

The Herdsman and the Shepherdess

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1630

Etching of four goats on a path beneath a large leafy tree, with a small figure resting on the left.

Four Goats (Left Section of The Goats)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1630-33