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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Loose sketch of ballet dancers in white tutus rehearsing on stage, with a violinist and seated observers beside a green backd

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

Edgar Degas, ca. 1874

Watercolor of a busy harbor street with tall ships, brick warehouses, barrels, and men in top hats.

View of South Street, from Maiden Lane, New York City

William James Bennett, ca. 1827

Watercolor of a sunlit Japanese street with wooden shops, a vendor at a stall, women in kimono and chickens on the dirt path.

Street Scene in Ikao, Japan

Robert Frederick Blum

Pastel drawing of ballerinas rehearsing under a dance master's direction while spectators watch from beside a fireplace.

The Rehearsal Onstage

Edgar Degas, ca. 1874

Pen-and-ink drawing of a Venetian canal with a gothic palazzo, a tower, and moored boats.

Palazzo Contarini degli Scrigni, Venice

Andrew Fisher Bunner, 1885

Watercolor of a tree-lined avenue leading to the domed Capitol with flags and pedestrians, 1824.

View of the Capitol

Charles W. Burton, 1824

Oil self-portrait of a young man with dark hair, white collar and red tie, gazing at the viewer against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

Edgar Degas, ca. 1855-56

Pen and ink drawing of a Venetian canal with an arched bridge, gondolas, and a tall domed bell tower behind buildings.

Rio della Fosca and Santa Fosca, Venice

Andrew Fisher Bunner

Pencil and chalk drawing of a forest stream with a kneeling figure drinking beside a fallen tree and boulder.

The Fountain, No. 1: The Wounded Indian Slaking His Death Thirst

Thomas Cole, 1843

Pastel drawing of a red-haired woman in a yellow bodice and striped skirt, head tilted up against a blue-green background.

The Singer in Green

Edgar Degas, ca. 1884

Pen and ink drawing of a Venetian church tower, trees, and a gondola moored beside a stone staircase on a canal.

San Moise e Giardinetto, Venice

Andrew Fisher Bunner

Brown wash drawing of robed apostles gazing upward as winged angels point to the sky over a hilly landscape.

Study for "The Ascension"

John Singleton Copley, 1774

Pastel drawing of three ballet dancers in tutus preparing in a studio, one bending forward, one seated, by Edgar Degas.

Three Dancers Preparing for Class

Edgar Degas, after 1878

Graphite drawing of a nude male figure reaching toward a draped female figure, with a squared grid and a classical urn behind

Science Instructing Industry: Nude Study

Kenyon Cox, 1898

Pencil study on blue paper of a figure draped over a cannon, pulling down a staff, with faint grid lines.

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figure Astride Cannon Pulling Down Spanish Colors

John Singleton Copley, 1785-86

Brown wash sketch of two ballet dancers in tutus on a pink ground, one turned toward the other.

Two Dancers

Edgar Degas, 1873

Watercolor of a seated man reading a newspaper, a woman holding an infant, a table with fruit and books, and a wall clock.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Otis and Child

Joseph H. Davis, 1834

Graphite sketches of male figures on blue paper, including an embracing pair in cloaks, by John Singleton Copley.

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Group of Dying French Officers

John Singleton Copley, 1782-83

Charcoal and white chalk sketch on blue-green paper of two young dancers in tutus, one seen from behind.

Two Dancers

Edgar Degas, ca. 1879

Watercolor portrait of a smiling woman with upswept brown hair, white blouse and dark floral shawl.

Anne Charlotte Lynch (Later Mrs. Vincenzo Botta)

Savinien Edme Dubourjal, ca. 1847

Watercolor of a young woman in a cream dress standing with bowed head beside potted red geraniums and a round table.

Young Girl Meditating

Thomas Eakins, 1877

Pastel drawing of two red-haired dancers in green costumes leaning together against a blue-green textured background.

Two Dancers, Half-length

Pencil sketch of a man seated backward on a chair beside a table with a bottle, with an overturned chair on the floor.

Study for Facing the Enemy (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Francis William Edmonds, ca. 1845

Watercolor of Union Park in New York with a tall fountain, iron fence, autumn trees, townhouses, and a couple in the foregrou

Union Park, New York

Sarah Fairchild, ca. 1845

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman from behind, arms raised combing long red hair, against a green textured background.

Woman Combing Her Hair

Edgar Degas, ca. 1888-90

Watercolor of a glowing sunset over a distant city skyline with church spires, framed by dark trees and hills in the foregrou

City and Sunset

Watercolor of Caesarea Philippi ruins with a camel and travelers on a stone path below rolling hills.

Caesarea Philippi (Banias)

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman seen from behind, drying her arm with a white towel beside a patterned chair.

Woman Drying Her Arm

Edgar Degas, late 1880s-early 1890s

Woman in blue dress with lace collar seated at a painted harpsichord, reading sheet music, in a room with a round mirror.

An Old Song

William John Hennessy, 1874

Watercolor of two men sawing logs beside a palmetto-thatched hut among tall palms and cypress trees by a misty river.

The Cypress-Shingle Yard, Ocklawaha River, Florida

Harry Fenn, 1870