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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Brown ink and wash sketch of a caricatured seated man in a tricorn hat, reading a book, with a cane beside him.

Caricature of a Seated Man with a Book and a Cane

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760 (?)

Watercolor of a two-horse carriage with liveried footmen passing a stone gateway, by Constantin Guys.

A Carriage in London

Constantin Guys, 1848-56

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

Ink and wash drawing of a man seen from behind holding a tricorne hat, framed within an octagonal border.

Caricature of a Man Holding a Tricorne, Seen from Behind

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760 (?)

Grey ink and wash drawing of a man in a top hat on horseback gesturing to mounted soldiers in plumed caps on a city street.

Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte on the Second of December

Constantin Guys, 1851-55

Brown ink and wash drawing of punchinello figures in conical hats beside a wooden fence, with a crowd of onlookers at left.

Punchinellos Outside a Circus

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

Ink and wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat and long cloak, seen from behind, within a ruled border.

Caricature of a Man Seen from Behind

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760 (?)

Brown wash sketch of a woman seen from behind in a full crinoline skirt with an elaborate updo.

A Parisienne Seen from the Back

Constantin Guys, 1850s(?)

Brown ink and wash drawing of masked figures in pointed hats flogging a bent man in a street before a tiled-roof building.

The Flogging of Punchinello

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1800

Pen and grey wash drawing of a stout figure seen from behind in a long cloak and tricorne hat, within a ruled border.

Caricature of a Fat Person Wearing a Long Cloak and a Tricorne, Seen from Behind

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760 (?)

Watercolor of a young woman with dark hair in a blue and black checkered dress with a blue ruffled collar.

Young Woman in a Blue and Black Dress

Constantin Guys, ca. 1863 (?)

Ink and wash drawing of a bullfight with a mounted rider and charging bull in an arena, spectators and city buildings behind.

Bullfight

Eugenio Lucas y Padilla, 19th century

Caricature of a Man Holding a Tricorne, Walking to the Left

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740-45

Loose watercolor of women dancing together in a lamp-lit room while seated women and musicians watch.

Women Dancing in a Brothel

Constantin Guys, ca. 1865

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seated painter beside an easel in a studio crowded with busts, sculptures and framed prints.

The Painter's Studio

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, ca. 1855

Caricature of a Man in a Long Cloak, Standing in Profile to the Left

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760 (?)

Brown wash drawing of two older men in bust view, one with hand raised near his face, against a shaded background.

Two Drinkers

Honoré Daumier, 1860-79

Watercolor of a dancer in a blue gown holding red flowers, with a severed head on a dish at left and a seated figure at right

Salomé Dancing Before the Head of St. John the Baptist

Gustave Moreau, mid to late 19th century

Studies of a Young Woman

Adolph Menzel, 1870 or 1879

Charcoal and pastel sketch of a seated ballet dancer in a tutu on pink paper, signed Degas in red.

Study of a Ballet Dancer (recto); Two Studies of Dancers (verso)

Edgar Degas, ca. 1873

Manet and his Easel

Jean-Frédéric Bazille, 1868-70 (?)

Study of a Woman

Adolph Menzel, 1888

Study of a Ballet Dancer seen from the Back

Edgar Degas, 1875 (?)

Three small colored pencil sketches of two walking geese, a peasant woman beside a cow, and a goose with its head tucked.

Three Sketches-Two Geese Walking; Peasant Woman with a Cow; Goose Hiding its Head

Alfred Sisley, 1895-97

Study of an Old Woman from Magdeburg

Adolph Menzel, 1891

Watercolor and ink drawing of three men drinking wine at a table in a room with framed pictures, with a dog beside them.

Raising the Wind

Thomas Rowlandson, 1812

Print of a bearded man writing at a table as a woman watches, with armor and a helmet hanging on the wall behind them.

Scene from Goethe's 'Götz' (Götz von Berlichingen Writing his Memoirs)

Eugène Delacroix, 1836-63

Two kabuki actors in colorful robes under autumn maple branches, one striking a dramatic pose, the other holding a staff.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon and Arashi Sangorō

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1773

Two kabuki actors in patterned robes, one raising a sword overhead and one holding a drawn sword, beside a riverbank.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo Second with Raised Sword

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1793

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of two standing figures before a plank wall and bamboo lattice, one in checkered olive rob

The Actor Otani Hiroemon as a Man Standing in a Room

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1789