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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,981 works

Studies of a Young Woman

Adolph Menzel, 1870 or 1879

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a rural village with farmhouses, dense trees and shrubs, and birds over a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Eugène-Louis Boudin, ca. 1850 (?)

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd in flowing robes gathering around an altar with a vessel at the lower left.

A Crowd of Persons in Antique Roman or Oriental Dress, Gathering at a Pagan Altar

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1743

Painted view of a sunlit bay with a white coastal town, boats on the water, and three figures on a hillside.

View of Sorrento

Unknown artist, 1810-40

Triptych kabuki print: a wild-haired man in a torn black cloak between two crouching figures before a red lattice fence.

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of the Monk Mongaku from the Play Hana-zumo Genji-biki

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1775

Pen and brown wash drawing of two women standing with their backs to the viewer, wearing bonnets and long dresses.

Caricature of Two Women Seen From Behind

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, late 18th century

Painted view of Naples bay with Mount Vesuvius smoking, a tall palm tree and small figures on a hilltop terrace.

View of Naples from San Martino

Unknown artist, 1810-40

Triptych woodblock print of three men in patterned kimono against a pink cloud-band background with blossoming branches.

An Unidentified Actor as a Farmer with a Basket on His Back

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1793

Brown wash drawing of fashionably dressed figures with fans gathered in a tiled interior beside a draped curtain.

"In Piazza"

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1791

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of standing figures in patterned kimono before a wooden lattice screen.

In the Room of a House of the Yoshiwara

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1788

Woodblock print of pleasure boats with women in kimono on the Sumida River beside a bridge, by Chōbunsai Eishi.

Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1792

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded schoolroom with a teacher, pupils at a table, a dog, and a hanging lantern.

The School

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1791

Triptych print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one holding a demon mask, before a flaming halo and maple branches

Three Actors in Beautiful Costumes Performing a Religious Dance

Katsukawa Shunsen, ca. 1785

Wide triptych woodblock print of women in kimono moving through a multi-room interior with screens and staircases.

New Year's Day at the Ōgiya Brothel, Yoshiwara

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of leopards in a brick cage, with figures gathered at an iron grate on the right.

The Leopards' Cage at the Menagerie

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, mid-18th-early 19th century

Woodblock print of travelers on a pine-lined path above a bay with sailboats and mountains, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Otomo Kihan

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1836

Woodblock print of men hauling a boat past a smoking mountain, thatched house and river, by Katsushika Hokusai.

Poem by Kakinomoto Hitomaro, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining woman on a sofa attended by figures in pointed hats in a paneled room.

Punchinello's Mother (?) Sick in Pregnancy

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, early 19th century

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse walking through falling snow past snow-laden pine trees and hills.

Ōi Station

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835

Woodblock print of an ornate red-roofed carriage with attendants in blue robes, falling maple leaves, and a poem cartouche.

Poem by Kanke (Sugawara Michizane), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga e…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1839

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bedroom scene with figures in pointed hats, a reclining adult, a child, and attendants.

The Infant Punchinello in Bed with His Parents

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, late 18th-early 19th century

Woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom along a river, with boatmen poling a flat boat and travelers on a hillside path.

Cherry Blossoms at Arashiyama, from the series Famous Places of Kyōto

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of figures tumbling on a shore beside a wooden fence, with a seated man, blossoming tree and sea.

Poem by Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Sepia drawing of masked Punchinello figures in a paneled room, one fitting a cloak while a woman with a tea tray looks on.

Punchinello as a Dressmaker

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of two travelers carrying loads on a path through fields toward the sea, with bare trees and a warm sky.

Yase no Sato

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of red Mount Fuji with snow streaks under a blue sky with horizontal white clouds and dark forest below.

South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Brown wash drawing of Punchinello figures in pointed hats sewing at a workbench in a tailor's shop, with onlookers and a dog.

Punchinello as Tailor's Assistant

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, late 18th-early 19th century

Woodblock print of covered river boats poled by boatmen under a full moon, with passengers and a cook in a small foreground b

Yodogawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of a huge blue wave about to crash over boats, with snow-capped Mount Fuji in the distance.

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views o…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Brown wash drawing of masked Punchinello figures in pointed hats felling or planting a tree, with a crowd and an overturned d

Punchinellos Felling (or Planting) a Tree

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, late 18th-early 19th century