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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pen sketches on a page: seated man, robed figures, a shouting newspaper seller with caption 'Terrible Disaster! Loss of the A

Terrible Disaster! Loss of the Arctic! (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Graphite study on blue-grey paper of three figures in motion, one reaching forward with outstretched arms, beneath faint red

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Three Figures

John Singleton Copley, 1785-86

Watercolor of a couple and street figures before a classical church, with a street lamp and a spotted dog.

"Worldly Folk" Questioning Chimney Sweeps and Their Master before Christ Church, Philadelphia

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

Indian Figure in Profile

Henry Kirke Brown, 1851

Embroidered oval picture of a shepherd playing flute and a shepherdess with crook beside sheep in a pastoral landscape.

The Shepherdess of the Alps

Evelina Hull, ca. 1812

Brown wash drawing of four feathered figures on a riverbank, with a city and paddle steamer visible on the water behind them.

Visit to Their Old Hunting Grounds (from Hosack Album)

John Ludlow Morton, ca. 1843

Pastel portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat with pink lining against a brown background.

Hugh Hall

John Singleton Copley, 1758

Peter LaBagh

James Sharples, 1793-1811

Grayscale watercolor of a standing woman in a white gown with her hand on a globe beside a draped table.

Standing Portrait of a Lady with a Globe (from Sketchbook)

Thomas Sully, 1810-20

Portrait of a bald man with blue eyes in a green velvet cap and brown silk robe against a dark background.

Ebenezer Storer II

John Singleton Copley, ca. 1767

Theodore Robinson

Kenyon Cox, 1878

Two painted riders on galloping horses, one with a feathered headdress and lance, one drawing a bow, on aged ledger paper.

Swift Dog Strikes an Enemy

Swift Dog, ca. 1880

Three women in embroidered skirts and flower wreaths dance in a field, rendered in loose colorful pastel strokes.

Dancers in Ukrainian Dress

Edgar Degas, 1899

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded seated man in a hat holding a book and gesturing toward an inscribed scroll.

Seated Man with a Book and a Scroll

Stefano da Verona, first half 15th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bear hunt with mounted hunters, hounds and a bear in a landscape with a town.

Bear Hunt

Flanders, ca. 1470-90

Pen and ink drawing of the dead Christ mourned by women beneath a cross, with a standing figure and clouds behind.

The Lamentation of Christ

Circle of Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1513

Two Lansquenets

Erhard Altdorfer, 1513

Pen and ink drawing of a standing man in a draped robe and headdress, one hand raised, on a pinkish tan sheet.

Standing Scholar (Prophet?) Turned to the Right (Recto); Standing Scholar (Prophet?) Turned to the Left (Verso)

Middle Rhine Germany, ca. 1460-70

Brown ink and wash drawing of a figure in long robes hanging from a gibbet beside a wooden post.

Elsje Christiaens Hanging on a Gibbet

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1664

Portrait of Simon von Liebenstein (?)

Hans Schwarz, ca. 1516

Head of a Man

Sebald Beham, 1549

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man in a white turban, with curly beard and white highlights on a toned ground.

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Turban (recto); Latin script (verso)

Master of the Death of Absalom, ca. 1510

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of robed, bearded men gesturing in conversation, with a dog in the foreground.

The Parable of the Beam and the Mote

Unknown artist, ca. 1520-30

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman with a hammer and tent peg beside a draped tent and inscribed pillar, ca. 1560.

Jael

Maarten van Heemskerck, ca. 1560

Drawing of a standing woman in a ruffled collar and long gown holding a folded fan, rendered in brown wash and red chalk.

Portrait of a Florentine Lady

Justus Sustermans, after 1620

Red chalk drawing of a crowd in a columned hall, with a kneeling man at center and a seated preacher gesturing to the left.

Saint Philip Healing the Cripple in Samaria

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1655

Brown ink drawing of a seated young man with a lute, a peacock, fruit, game and bottles in an interior.

Still Life of Fruit, Musical Instruments, and Venison, with a Young Man at the Left

Chalk drawing of a bearded older man with a downcast, sorrowful expression, shown in black and red chalk on toned paper.

Head of a Man

Unknown artist, mid-17th century

Brown wash drawing of an old couple at a table with a child playing a pipe beside them.

Old Couple with a Child Playing a Pipe

Jacob Jordaens, late 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd listening to a preacher by a river, with a seated mother and infant under trees at right.

The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist

Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelink, ca. 1601