Drawings and Prints

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 65,284 artworks

With over 1.5 million works, this is one of the most comprehensive collections of works on paper in the world. It includes drawings, prints, and illustrated books by European and American artists from the 15th century to the present, featuring works by Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, and Degas.

Featured Artworks

Study of Arms for "The Cadence of Autumn" by Evelyn De Morgan

Study of Arms for "The Cadence of Autumn"

Evelyn De Morgan

1905

Study of Arms for "The Cadence of Autumn" by Evelyn De Morgan

Study of Arms for "The Cadence of Autumn"

Evelyn De Morgan

1905

Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles) by Paul Gauguin

Tahitian Faces (Frontal View and Profiles)

Paul Gauguin

ca. 1899

Landscape by Edgar Degas

Landscape

Edgar Degas

1892

Moulin Rouge: La Goulue by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|Affiches Américaines, Charles Lévy

Moulin Rouge: La Goulue

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec|Affiches Américaines, Charles Lévy

1891

Armor by Odilon Redon

Armor

Odilon Redon

1891

Corridor in the Asylum by Vincent van Gogh

Corridor in the Asylum

Vincent van Gogh

September 1889

Pink and Rose by William Morris|Morris & Company|Jeffrey & Co.

Pink and Rose

William Morris|Morris & Company|Jeffrey & Co.

ca. 1890

Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean) by Georges Seurat|Edmond-François Aman-Jean

Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean)

Georges Seurat|Edmond-François Aman-Jean

1882–83

The Doorway by James McNeill Whistler

The Doorway

James McNeill Whistler

1879–80

Nocturne (Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea) by James McNeill Whistler

Nocturne (Nocturne: The Thames at Battersea)

James McNeill Whistler

1878

Civil War by Lemercier & Cie.|Edouard Manet|Lemercier & Cie.

Civil War

Lemercier & Cie.|Edouard Manet|Lemercier & Cie.

1871–73, published 1874

Lady Lilith by Dante Gabriel Rossetti|Henry Treffry Dunn

Lady Lilith

Dante Gabriel Rossetti|Henry Treffry Dunn

1867

Édouard Manet, Seated, Holding His Hat by Edgar Degas|Edouard Manet

Édouard Manet, Seated, Holding His Hat

Edgar Degas|Edouard Manet

ca. 1868

The Connoisseur by Honoré Daumier

The Connoisseur

Honoré Daumier

ca. 1860–65

The Lake of Zug by Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Lake of Zug

Joseph Mallord William Turner

1843

Frank Johnson, Leader of the Brass Band of the 128th Regiment in Saratoga, with his wife, Helen by Auguste Edouart

Frank Johnson, Leader of the Brass Band of the 128th Regiment in Saratoga, with his wife, Helen

Auguste Edouart

1842–44

Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters by Eugène Delacroix

Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters

Eugène Delacroix

1832

Summer Morning by David Lucas|John Constable

Summer Morning

David Lucas|John Constable

ca. 1830

The Kaunitz Sisters (Leopoldine, Caroline, and Ferdinandine) by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Prince Wenzel von Kaunitz-Rietberg

The Kaunitz Sisters (Leopoldine, Caroline, and Ferdinandine)

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Prince Wenzel von Kaunitz-Rietberg

1818

Seated Giant by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

Seated Giant

Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

by 1818 (possibly 1814–18)

Leonidas at Thermopylae by Jacques Louis David

Leonidas at Thermopylae

Jacques Louis David

ca. 1812–13

Two Roses by Anne Vallayer-Coster

Two Roses

Anne Vallayer-Coster

ca. 1810

Portrait of Emma Hamilton by Angelica Kauffmann|Lady Emma Hamilton

Portrait of Emma Hamilton

Angelica Kauffmann|Lady Emma Hamilton

1791

Study of a Seated Woman Seen from Behind (Marie-Gabrielle Capet) by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard|Marie Gabrielle Capet

Study of a Seated Woman Seen from Behind (Marie-Gabrielle Capet)

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard|Marie Gabrielle Capet

1789

Marie Antoinette in a Park by Marie Antoinette, Queen of France|Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Marie Antoinette in a Park

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France|Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

ca. 1780–81

The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

ca. 1749–50

Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal) by Joseph Smith|Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)

Joseph Smith|Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

1741

Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti by Giovanni Paolo Panini

Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti

Giovanni Paolo Panini

ca. 1756–58

Head of a Man by Antoine Watteau

Head of a Man

Antoine Watteau

ca. 1718

Reading the News at the Weavers' Cottage by Adriaen van Ostade

Reading the News at the Weavers' Cottage

Adriaen van Ostade

1673

Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

1658

Reclining Female Nude by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Reclining Female Nude

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

1658

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

1653

Dune Landscape with Oak Tree by Jacob van Ruisdael

Dune Landscape with Oak Tree

Jacob van Ruisdael

1650–55

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

1645–50

Cottage among Trees by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

Cottage among Trees

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

ca. 1650

The Genius of Castiglione by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)|Matthys van de Merwede, Lord of Clootwyck|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi

The Genius of Castiglione

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)|Matthys van de Merwede, Lord of Clootwyck|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi

ca. 1645–47 (published 1648)

Self-Portrait, from "The Iconography" by Anthony van Dyck|Anthony van Dyck

Self-Portrait, from "The Iconography"

Anthony van Dyck|Anthony van Dyck

ca. 1640

Mountain Valley with a Plateau by Hercules Segers

Mountain Valley with a Plateau

Hercules Segers

ca. 1625–30

Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume by Peter Paul Rubens

Portrait of Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume

Peter Paul Rubens

1617

Bacchanal by Nicolas Poussin

Bacchanal

Nicolas Poussin

ca. 1635–36

View of Heidelberg by Jan Brueghel the Elder

View of Heidelberg

Jan Brueghel the Elder

ca. 1588–89

Diana and Actaeon by Bartholomeus Spranger

Diana and Actaeon

Bartholomeus Spranger

ca. 1580–85

Astronomicum Caesareum by Michael Ostendorfer|Petrus Apianus|Georg and Petrus Apianus

Astronomicum Caesareum

Michael Ostendorfer|Petrus Apianus|Georg and Petrus Apianus

May 1540

Otto, Count of Nassau and his Wife Adelheid van Vianen by Bernard van Orley

Otto, Count of Nassau and his Wife Adelheid van Vianen

Bernard van Orley

1530–35

Jupiter and Juno: Study for the "Furti di Giove" Tapestries by Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)

Jupiter and Juno: Study for the "Furti di Giove" Tapestries

Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)

ca. 1532–35

The Entrance Hall of the Regensburg Synagogue by Albrecht Altdorfer

The Entrance Hall of the Regensburg Synagogue

Albrecht Altdorfer

1519

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