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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bear hunt with mounted hunters, hounds and a bear in a landscape with a town.

Bear Hunt

Flanders, ca. 1470-90

Pen and ink drawing of the dead Christ mourned by women beneath a cross, with a standing figure and clouds behind.

The Lamentation of Christ

Circle of Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1513

Two Lansquenets

Erhard Altdorfer, 1513

Pen and ink drawing of a standing man in a draped robe and headdress, one hand raised, on a pinkish tan sheet.

Standing Scholar (Prophet?) Turned to the Right (Recto); Standing Scholar (Prophet?) Turned to the Left (Verso)

Middle Rhine Germany, ca. 1460-70

Brown ink and wash drawing of a figure in long robes hanging from a gibbet beside a wooden post.

Elsje Christiaens Hanging on a Gibbet

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1664

Portrait of Simon von Liebenstein (?)

Hans Schwarz, ca. 1516

Head of a Man

Sebald Beham, 1549

Pen and blue wash design for an armored breastplate covered in scrolling foliage, grotesques and classical figures.

Design for the Breastplate of a Suit of Armor

Etienne Delaune, ca. 1576

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man in a white turban, with curly beard and white highlights on a toned ground.

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Turban (recto); Latin script (verso)

Master of the Death of Absalom, ca. 1510

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of robed, bearded men gesturing in conversation, with a dog in the foreground.

The Parable of the Beam and the Mote

Unknown artist, ca. 1520-30

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman with a hammer and tent peg beside a draped tent and inscribed pillar, ca. 1560.

Jael

Maarten van Heemskerck, ca. 1560

Drawing of a standing woman in a ruffled collar and long gown holding a folded fan, rendered in brown wash and red chalk.

Portrait of a Florentine Lady

Justus Sustermans, after 1620

Red chalk drawing of a crowd in a columned hall, with a kneeling man at center and a seated preacher gesturing to the left.

Saint Philip Healing the Cripple in Samaria

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1655

Brown ink drawing of a seated young man with a lute, a peacock, fruit, game and bottles in an interior.

Still Life of Fruit, Musical Instruments, and Venison, with a Young Man at the Left

Chalk drawing of a bearded older man with a downcast, sorrowful expression, shown in black and red chalk on toned paper.

Head of a Man

Unknown artist, mid-17th century

Brown wash drawing of an old couple at a table with a child playing a pipe beside them.

Old Couple with a Child Playing a Pipe

Jacob Jordaens, late 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a crowd listening to a preacher by a river, with a seated mother and infant under trees at right.

The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist

Gerrit Pietersz. Sweelink, ca. 1601

Pen and wash drawing of a young man in a cape pursuing a woman through a wooded path among tall trees.

A Young Man Pursuing His Beloved into the Woods

David Vinckboons, ca. 1621

Drawing of a young woman seated in an arched niche beside a smiling jester, with a goblet and ewer on a ledge.

The Young Woman and the Jester

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1640-50

Pen and wash drawing of skaters and figures on a frozen waterway with a windmill and church steeple in the distance.

Winter Landscape with Skaters and Fishermen

Jan van Goyen, 1647

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded triumphal procession with a carriage, horsemen, a winged trumpeting angel, and a triumphal

The Triumphal Entry of Frederik Hendrik of the Orange into The Hague

David Vinckboons, ca. 1629

Drawing of a crowned king at a banquet table with musicians, a child, a dog and a parrot in an interior.

The King Drinks

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1645-50

Brown wash drawing of fishermen on a shore with a net, sailing boats on the sea, and gulls under a cloudy sky.

Fishing Boats and a Man with a Net

Allart van Everdingen, ca. 1641-75

Pen and watercolor drawing of a peasant family in a cluttered barn interior with a woman in bed, a cat and baskets.

Peasant Family in a Barn

Isaac van Ostade, 1640s

Red chalk drawing of Saint Peter kneeling before a seated woman in an interior with women and a staircase.

Dorcas Raised From the Dead by Saint Peter

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1670

Pen and wash drawing of a schoolmaster at a desk with children and pupils working at benches in a timber-framed interior.

The Schoolmaster

Cornelis Dusart, ca. 1680-1700

Old Man Leaning on a Stick

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632-35

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in a wide hat with a younger figure beside him on a rocky landscape.

Abraham and Isaac before the Sacrifice

School of Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1644-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of Solomon judging between two women as a soldier raises a sword over an infant.

The Judgment of Solomon

Constantijn à Renesse, 1649-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in a wide hat and fur-collared cloak, turned toward the viewer.

Self-Portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1635-40