Sketchbook of Columbus Subjects: Caravels, Figures, Heraldry, and Accessories

Sketchbook of Columbus Subjects: Caravels, Figures, Heraldry, and Accessories

Albert Bierstadt

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This image represents one of twenty-seven drawings in this sketchbook.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketchbook of Columbus Subjects: Caravels, Figures, Heraldry, and AccessoriesSketchbook of Columbus Subjects: Caravels, Figures, Heraldry, and AccessoriesSketchbook of Columbus Subjects: Caravels, Figures, Heraldry, and AccessoriesSketchbook of Columbus Subjects: Caravels, Figures, Heraldry, and AccessoriesSketchbook of Columbus Subjects: Caravels, Figures, Heraldry, and Accessories

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.