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J. Paul Getty Museum

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Red chalk drawing of a muscular man with raised arm beside a lion and sketched heads, on a pale sheet.

Studies of Saints John the Baptist and Jerome, a Crucifix, and Various Heads (recto); Studies of the Christ Child, a…

Parmigianino, about 1525-1527

Brown wash drawing of a banquet hall with columns, a woman kneeling at a seated man's feet, guards with spears, and a dog.

Christ at Supper with Simon the Pharisee, with the Anointment of Christ's Feet by Mary Magdalen

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, about 1785

Drawing of God the Father with a long beard, blessing with one hand and holding a globe topped by a cross, among clouds.

God the Father (recto); Standing Christ (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, about 1495-1500

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with Saint Anne, flanked by angels and cherubs above.

Holy Family with Saint Anne (recto); Figure Sketches (verso)

Pietro Testa, about 1645-1650

Pen and brown ink drawing of reclining river gods and figures pursuing near a tree, by Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592.

River Gods Watching Apollo Pursuing Daphne (recto); Virgin and Child and Two Partial Studies of Hands and Drapery (ve…

Abraham Bloemaert, about 1592

Drawing of an angel in flowing robes with outstretched arm, beside a separate study of folded drapery, in brown wash.

Study of an Angel and of Drapery

Innocenzo da Imola, about 1520

Red chalk drawing of a swooning Virgin held by three women, with standing draped men and a nude study at right.

The Swooning Virgin Supported by Three Holy Women and Three Studies of Men (recto); Saint George and the Dragon (verso)

Cesare da Sesto, about 1510

Pen and ink drawing of four robed saints standing on steps, one wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a book.

Study of Four Saints (Peter, Paul, John the Evangelist, and Zeno)

Andrea Mantegna, 1456-1459

Brown wash drawing of Christ and the Canaanite woman with disciples before a large tree and distant landscape in an arched fr

Christ and the Canaanite Woman

Bagnacavallo, about 1530

Red chalk drawing of a bearded haloed saint standing on a pedestal, holding a book under draped robes.

Standing Saint

Francesco Morone, about 1510

Pen and wash drawing of the crowned Madonna and Child in glory above saints, including an arrow-pierced figure and a kneeling

The Crowned Madonna and Child in Glory, with Saints Sebastian, Roch, Jerome, and John Nepomuk

Gaspare Diziani, about 1718

Pencil drawing of a woman in period dress playing a Gothic organ beside tracery windows and an arched landscape view.

Saint Cecilia

Joseph Anton Draeger, 1822

Brown wash drawing of Apollo and Diana on clouds shooting arrows at fallen figures before a classical building.

The Sons of Niobe Being Slain by Apollo and Diana

Jan de Bisschop, about 1660-1670

Drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds, with angels bearing Passion symbols and kneeling figures before an altar.

Madonna and Child with Angels Bearing Symbols of the Passion

Friedrich Sustris, about 1583

Pen and wash drawing of three nude male figures at a forge, the central one raising a hammer beside an anvil.

Vulcan at His Forge

Francesco Primaticcio, about 1550

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel seen from behind, arm raised, carrying a cross, with draped cloth.

An Angel, Seen from Behind, Carrying the Cross

Charles de La Fosse, about 1700-1702

Pen and brown ink sketch of a curly-haired child holding a lamb, with a shepherd's staff behind him.

The Christ Child as the Good Shepherd

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, about 1675-1680

Arched chalk drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned among saints and angels in clouds above.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1510-1513

Pen and brown ink study of a crowd of seated and standing figures around architectural steps and blocks.

Christ Preaching in the Temple

Paolo Veronese, 1560s

Brown wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary and Joseph kneeling before the glowing infant Christ, an angel and cherubs above

The Nativity

Francesco Vanni, about 1600

Gouache study of a helmeted armored man seen from behind, one arm raised, against a blue wash on brown paper.

Study for Perseus

Edward Burne-Jones, about 1882

Pen and ink sheet with several sketched studies of the Virgin and Child, seated and standing, plus cherub heads.

Studies of the Virgin and Child (recto); Virgin and Child Enthroned (verso)

Desiderio da Settignano, 1460s

Pen and brown ink drawing of a young saint seated on rocks with a cross-topped staff beside a lamb.

The Youthful Saint John the Baptist Seated in a Landscape (recto); Unidentified Figure Composition (Dido and Aeneas?)…

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, about 1655

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ in clouds above four saints in an arched composition.

Christ the Saviour above Saints John the Baptist, Jerome, Catherine and Thomas

Giuseppe Porta, about 1550-1559

Pen and ink drawing of seated nude Hercules with a club, surrounded by severed serpent heads and a tree.

Hercules Resting after Killing the Hydra

Giulio Romano, about 1535

Pen and ink sketches of a child reclining with a lamb, with mirrored handwritten notes along the top edge.

Studies for the Christ Child with a Lamb (recto); Head of an Old Man, and Studies of Machinery (verso)

Leonardo da Vinci, about 1503-1506

Pen and ink drawing with white heightening of a winged angel in robes with a scroll, on a gray arched sheet.

Study of an Angel

Mair von Landshut, 1498

Drawing of a muscular male nude with billowing drapery standing on a sea creature beside a pillar, in brown ink.

Neptune

Giulio Campi, 1541

Watercolor drawing of Apollo and Daphne, two nude figures in a windy landscape, Daphne turning into laurel branches.

Apollo and Daphne

Jan Boeckhorst, about 1668

Pen and wash drawing of winged angels on clouds carrying a tall column, with small putti assisting below.

Angels Bearing the Column of the Passion

Friedrich Sustris, about 1580-1590