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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pen and watercolor drawing of a windmill, harvest workers, sheaves of grain and a castle under a cloudy sky.

August

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor drawing of figures harvesting fruit beside a river, with a rowboat and sailing boat nearby.

September

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor landscape of a grape harvest with figures resting by a barrel, a river, sailboat, and distant town.

October

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor village scene with a church steeple, thatched cottages, butchered pigs and villagers in the foreground.

November

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Pen and watercolor drawing of a windmill, church tower, and villagers with a horse cart and firewood.

December

Hendrik Meijer, 1772

Brown ink drawing of a seated mother holding a child, a man behind her, and a grazing horse in a landscape.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620-69

Pen and brown ink drawing of a circular border with seated female figures, musical instruments and draped figures around an e

Design for a Circular Border with Nine Female Figures (the Muses?)

Luca Penni, 1525-35

Oval watercolor of a formal reception with couples in evening dress in a room with red drapery and a framed print.

British Reception in Baghdad

W. Henry Pierson, 1865

Watercolor of a young woman with a croquet mallet on a lawn, with a turquoise door and flowers in a garden behind her.

Girl Playing Croquet

William Stephen Coleman, 1904-35

Sketch in black chalk and wash of men in period dress gathered around a table in an interior, one seated and examining an obj

Group of Artists in Jean-Baptiste Isabey's Studio

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1798

Chalk drawing of a helmeted bust of Minerva in a dark niche above a pedestal with a winged relief.

Bust of Minerva

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1798

Ink and wash design for a ceiling with an oval central scene of figures on clouds, surrounded by scrolls and panels.

Designs for the decoration of a ceiling

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, late 18th-mid-19th century

Engraving of Saint Mark seated writing with a quill, a winged lion lying at the right, in a stone interior.

Saint Mark writing his gospel, winged lion at the right

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of the Holy Family with Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist, a seated woman embracing a child in a rocky landscape.

The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist who embraces Christ

Giulio Bonasone, 1543

Engraving of Saint Roch standing barefoot with a tall staff, a dog beside him, and a village in the background.

Saint Roch standing holding a staff in his left hand, a dog by his side

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of the risen Christ holding a banner above a tomb while soldiers below recoil and fall in radiant light.

The resurrection of Christ, holding a banner in his right hand, soldiers surrounding the tomb, some falling away

Giulio Bonasone, 1561

Engraving of Moses striking a rock for water while crowds gather jugs, and Moses directing people to collect manna on the rig

Moses at right telling the Israelites to gather the manna and at left Moses striking the rock

Giulio Bonasone, 1546

Engraving of men discovering a cup in a grain sack, with donkeys, trees and a walled city in a hilly landscape.

Joseph's cup being discovered in Benjamin's sack of grain

Monogrammist PVO, ca. 1580-90

Engraving of a long hospital infirmary with patient beds, robed attendants serving food at a central table, and visitors in p

The Infirmary of the Hospital of Charity

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1639

Engraving of a curly-haired courtier with plumed hat in a room with a window, while a servant sits adjusting a striped chair.

Courtier Following Edict Against Superfluity in Dress

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Woodcut of Saint John in a cauldron over fire, with an executioner, a seated ruler, and a crowd of onlookers.

The Martyrdom of Saint John, from "The Apocalypse", Latin Edition

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of a seated bearded man writing beside an eagle, while a crowned woman with a child appears in rays of light above.

The Virgin Appearing to Saint John, frontispiece to "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Print of three crowned royal figures in ornate robes before an arch, with heraldic shields and a patterned backdrop.

The Betrothal of Philip and Joanna

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Woodcut of crowned rulers in ornate robes gathered under a decorated vaulted ceiling, with heraldic shields below.

The Congress of Princes at Vienna

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Black circular design with white interlaced knotwork around a central rectangle, framed by four corner foliage motifs.

Embroidery Pattern with an Oblong Panel in its Center

Albrecht Dürer, 1521 before

Etching of two men walking with a musket and plucked hens, a tower and trees in the background.

Two Marauders, from "The French Guards" (Les Gardes Françaises)

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Engraving of a plumed soldier with a rapier walking before a walled town, with topiary and a pedestal at right.

A Soldier on Duty, from "The French Guards" (Les Gardes Françaises)

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Engraved frontispiece with two armed men in plumed hats beside an arched frame topped by a fleur-de-lis shield.

Frontispiece to "Les Gardes Françaises"

Abraham Bosse, 1632

Engraving of a smiling pikeman with a plumed hat carrying a long pike, with a town and towers behind him.

A Pikeman

Abraham Bosse, 1632

Engraving of a standing woman in a dark gown beside a draped table and chair, in a room with a leaded window and French verse

The Reformed Woman

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century