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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Engraving of St. Basil the Great as a bearded bishop holding a book, standing on a stone bracket with an inscription.

St. Basil the Great

Engraving of St. Genevieve with a halo, holding a staff and book, with cherubs and a city skyline below.

St. Genevieve

Gilles Rousselet, n.d.

Etching of two nude women bathing by a fountain while a crowned king watches from a classical balcony above.

David Watching Bathsheba Bathe

de la Court, n.d.

Lithograph of a woman in a nightgown seated in an armchair by a window, looking at a full moon over rooftops.

O Lune!... Inspire-moi ce soir quelque petite pensée..., from Les Bas-Bleus, published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, February 28, 1844

Lithograph of a standing man and seated woman in a room with rain falling past the window, by Honoré Daumier.

We are approaching mid-November when the weather starts getting nasty, from 'The countryside gentlemen,' published in…

Honoré Daumier, November 28, 1864

Engraving of St. Scholastica kneeling in prayer with a crucifix, a dove above, a crozier and bed in a timbered room.

St. Scholastica

Gilles Rousselet

Engraving of the Holy Family with young John the Baptist and a lamb beside a large tree and stone pedestal.

Holy Family with St. John

William Faithorne the Elder, 1655-72

Engraving of Mercury flying above a temple as Cupid aims below, while draped women gather flowers in a wooded landscape.

Mercury and Herse

François Jourd'heuil, n.d.

The Children's Nurse Josephine

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Study of Thirteen Heads

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Etched study sheet with several heads of older men, a milkmaid milking a cow, and a reclining goat.

Study of Six Heads and a Milkmaid

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, 1816

Etching of elegantly dressed diners seated at a draped table under a tree, with servants attending in an outdoor garden setti

Elegant Repast

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1770

Etching of the Holy Family with children, a lamb and rooster, a seated Virgin at left and a bearded man seen from behind at r

Holy Family with St. John the Baptist

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 18th century

Etching of seven women behind a low stone wall, one standing in the foreground resting her arms on a pillar.

Seven Women Seated Behind a Low Wall

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 18th century

Watercolor drawing of a large palace with towers behind trees, a weir across a river, and half-timbered houses.

View of the Dessau Castle from the East

Heinrich Olivier, 1820

Aquatint frieze of classical figures in procession, a pig, an altar and laurel branches on a dark ground with ornamental bord

Frieze with Antique Motifs

Louise Pithoud, ca. 1791

Pen and gray wash drawing of a market scene with figures handling large fish in the foreground and figures in the background.

Market Scene

Matthäus Gundelach, late 16th-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a river valley with a castle on a cliff, a winding road, and a distant town with church spires.

View of the Rhine and Remagen from the North (?)

Ernst Fries, 1815-33

Profile Portrait of Miss Wieling

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, late 18th-19th century

Pencil drawing of a seated female nude seen from behind, leaning on one arm, legs extended over a stone base.

Seated Female Nude Seen from the Back

Samuel Amsler, 1819

Pen and wash drawing of classical warriors and women in a tumultuous interior scene, with a doorway at right.

Scene from the Iliad

Michael Martin Drölling, 1815

Pen drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a walled city, surrounded by disciples waving palm fronds and angels above.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Gustav Ferdinand König, 1841

Red and black chalk study of a kneeling man in a draped cloak, head turned upward, on blue-grey paper.

Study of a Kneeling Man; verso: Cropped Study of a Standing Man in a Cloak

Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1788-1853

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling man, a bearded standing man, and a seated woman holding fruit before classical column

Allegory of Fecundity (?)

Gérard de Lairesse, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a classical scene with soldiers, grieving women and a fallen figure before a long city wall.

The Surviving Horatian

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, first half 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of a seated youth beside a large eagle, with two peacocks and a fruit basket below.

Jupiter, disguised as an eagle, with Ganymede, and a sketch of two peacocks

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a standing man in a white Roman toga beside a patterned curtain and small side table.

Standing Roman

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1875-90

Ritratti di alcuni Ostrogotti

Joseph François Foulquier, 1768

Red chalk drawing of a wooded path with a large tree at left, a small figure walking, and a cottage among trees.

Wooded Landscape

Friedrich August Brand, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a shadowed wooded ravine with a creek flowing toward a bright waterfall beneath overhanging trees.

Wooded Landscape with a Creek

Christoph Nathe, 1770-1806