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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

364 works

Engraving of a nude Nereid riding a sea centaur among sea creatures, with a man blowing a conch and cupids in the clouds.

A Nereid Riding a Sea Centaur Accompanied by Other Sea Creatures

Angiolo Falconetto, ca. 1540-60

Pen and ink frieze design with a reclining nude man, a female figure, scrolls and a small unicorn head.

Design for a Frieze: A Nude Man, Sea Creature, a Garland and Volutes, Small Head of Unicorn

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1600-30

Engraving of two women in a boat on water, one holding an infant, beside a tree and grassy bank.

Danae and the infant Perseus cast out to sea by Acrisius

Giorgio Ghisi, 1543

Grey wash drawing of a shipwreck on a stormy shore, with survivors salvaging goods from the surf and a cart on the sand.

A Ship Wrecked on a Shore on a Stormy Night, with Survivors Salvaging Their Goods

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1695-1708

Engraving of a steamship tilted over rough night seas, crew on deck, rigging lines, and a glowing signal light.

At Sea - Signalling a Passing Steamer (Every Saturday, Vol. II, New Series)

Winslow Homer, April 18, 1871

Pen and wash drawing of several sailing ships and small boats on calm water under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Ships in a Bay

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of beached sailboats, figures on a shore, and a distant sailboat under cloudy skies.

Beach Scene with Boats

Pieter Mulier the Elder, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of merchant ships and small sailboats in rough seas, with dolphins leaping among the waves.

Merchant Ships and Smaller Sailing Boats in a Strong Breeze, Dolphins in the Waves

Hendrick Rietschoof, ca. 1700

Ink and wash drawing of two Dutch sailing ships at anchor on a calm sea under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Ships at Anchor

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights of a house with a dovecote among trees, a path with two figures, and boats on the s

A House with a Dovecote and Trees by the Sea

Gherardo Cibo, 16th century

Two Female Heads and Standing Figure (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Pen and wash drawing of several sailing warships with full sails on calm water, with smaller boats and a distant fleet.

Warships at Sea

Willem van de Velde the Younger, mid-17th-early 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ gesturing to a kneeling centurion while soldiers with spears stand nearby.

Christ and the Centurion (recto); Figure Waving to Departing Ship (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1665-1714

Small etching of a bearded man with lowered eyes, head covered by a hood, rendered in loose cross-hatched lines on brown pape

Hooded Male Head (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Red chalk drawing of a sea battle with ornate galleys, spear-carrying soldiers and rowers, and sails in the distance.

The Sea Battle in the Gulf of Morbihan

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Etching of a sailing ship with a female figure at the mast, a laurel-wreathed man on shore, and classical buildings.

The Ship of Fortune

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1633

Old Woman and Child in Oval (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Pencil drawing of a rocky coast with a sailboat, rowboats, a stone wall, a tree-lined road and a distant hilltop town.

View of the Coast of Sorrento Near Vico

Carl Wilhelm Goetzloff, 1820-66

Circular engraving of a winged figure above clouds, a reclining nude woman, and a bearded man with a laurel crown.

The Third Day ( Dies III): The Separation of Land and Sea, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Narrow etched panorama of a rocky coastline with cliffs, hills, a small sailboat and a hilltop building over calm water.

View of a Coast Line (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Etching of two sailors in the foreground with workers building a wooden ship on a scaffold in a circular frame.

A seated white sailor and a standing black sailor, people building a ship in the background, a circular composition

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1660

Etching of a colonnaded Paris building and street crowd, with a fantastical procession of flying horses, a chariot and birds

Le Ministère de la Marine (the Admiralty, Paris)

Charles Meryon, 1865

Engraved Coast Survey plate with a map of Anacapa Island above and a view of its eastern sea cliffs and sea arch below.

U.S. Coast Survey...Sketch of Anapaca Island in Santa Barbara Channel

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-57

Etching of a crowded city square with an equestrian statue at center, flanked by two large buildings and many figures.

La Place Dauphine, on the coast of Pont Neuf, the equestrian statue of Louis XIII in center, seen from the back and n…

Stefano Della Bella, 1642

Sepia wash drawing of a Copenhagen harbor promenade with cannons, strollers, benches and ships on the water.

The Harbor of Copenhagen from the Esplanade between Langelinie Park and Toldboden or the Customs House

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1809

Etching of a seaport with a village on white cliffs, sailing ships with flags, and rowing boats in the foreground.

Seaport with Village on a Cliff

Reinier Nooms, 17th century

Etching of a young sailor and an old bearded man seated by the sea with a dog, sailboats at right.

A young sailor and an old man sitting by the sea

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Hazy brown-toned view of a New York harbour town and ships seen from a grassy hill with a large tree and grazing cows.

View of the City and Harbour of New York taken from Mount Pitt, the Seat of John R. Livingston, Esq.

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1796

U. S. Ship North Carolina, 102 Guns

Nathaniel Currier, 1843

Etching of a naval battle with smoke rising from a central ship, surrounded by masted vessels and a small rowboat on the sea.

Naval combat, a ship at center, seen from behind, firing at four enemy ships, another ship entering from the right, a…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641