New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,431 works

Pen and wash drawing of two winged angels seated together on clouds, one resting his head on the other's shoulder.

Two Angels

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the wind god Zephyr embracing Flora amid billowing drapery and clouds.

Zephyr and Flora

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Watercolor fragment of a laced buskin on a foot, blue drapery, a green plant, and a Greek key border.

Fragment of a Tapestry Cartoon: Foot in a Buskin, Drapery, and a Plant

Raphael, 1500-50

Red chalk sketch of robed figures and hooded monks with raised arms, studies within a ruled border.

Studies of a Monk in Ecstasy

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman crowning a bearded man, with a winged figure and a small putto in the sky.

Virtue Crowning a Bearded Man

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown wash drawing of swirling fire tongues and a radiating halo, a fragment of a Descent of the Holy Spirit cartoon.

Head of an Apostle Surrounded by a Tongue of Fire and a Nimbus: Fragment of a Cartoon for a Descent of the Holy Spirit

Raphael, 1500-50

Pen and wash drawing of a seated winged angel beside a scrolled cartouche, with a seated putto holding a garland on a pedesta

Fragment of a Design for an Overdoor with Seated Angel Supporting Cartouche, and Seated Putto Holding Garland (recto)…

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a bearded elderly man with outstretched arm and scepter, seated against faint hills.

God the Father

Pomarancio, 1553-1626

Pen and brown ink figure studies of a seated pointing man, a helmeted man, and a standing man wearing a plumed cap.

Figure studies: seated and standing men

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross with a crowd of onlookers and a dog below.

Martydom of Saint Andrew (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of a robed woman with a stork in a circular landscape with a tree and a building.

An Allegory of Chastity

Hans Ulrich Franck, 1600-75

Studies of a Man's Head in Profile, and of a Standing Male Figure

Wash drawing of two robed saints in clouds, with a cherub holding a papal tiara below and a crozier at right.

Two Saints (Pope and Bishop?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink design of rococo scrollwork, flower garlands and putti with faint pencil guidelines on laid paper.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration with Putti and Garland Motifs

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, 1709-20

Pencil design for a ceiling quarter with a central medallion, scrolling cartouches, garlands and studies of ornament below.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling with a Medallion at the Center (recto); Design for a Quarter of a Ceiling with a…

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical figure with a laurel branch, a winged putto, and a reclining nude in a spandrel.

Allegorical Figure of Peace

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Circular pen and ink drawing of popes, bishops and kings arranged in tiers among clouds, a design for a ceiling.

Kings, Bishops and Popes: design for ceiling

Francesco de Mura, 1696-1782

Gray wash drawing in a circle: a kneeling man beside a bed, a crowned woman reclining, a bearded king and attendant at right.

Haman begs Esther for his Life

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Ink and wash drawing of veiled women with lamps, kneeling figures, and a trumpeting angel in a night sky.

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

William Blake, ca. 1799-1800

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded figure writing, with a winged angel above on clouds within a circular frame.

Saint Mathew and the Angel

Cesare Nebbia, 1556-1614

Pen and ink drawing of a Roman triumphal arch with columns, relief panels, and a Latin inscription across the top.

Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome

Bartolomeo Neroni, 1525-71

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling woman in draped robes with an outstretched arm, on squared grid paper.

Woman Kneeling Facing Left (recto); Seated Woman Facing Right (verso)

Giovanni Battista Trotti, 1555-1619

Head of a Man Wearing a Helmet, Looking to Upper Left (recto); Two Sketches, Arms and Hands (verso)

Francesco di Maria, 1623-90

Pen and brown ink sketches of seated women with infants, arranged as studies for a religious scene on a bordered sheet.

Studies for the Education of the Virgin

Agostino Masucci, 1692-1758

Brown and white ink drawing in a circle showing a standing robed man surrounded by seated and nude male figures.

Grand Duke Cosimo I of Tuscany Surrounded by his Artists

Giorgio Vasari, ca. 1556-62

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a bearded saint with an eagle and open book, seated on clouds, in an octagonal frame.

Saint John the Evangelist

Giovanni de' Vecchi, 1598-99

Red chalk sketch of two women embracing with draped robes and other standing figures in the background.

The Visitation of Our Lady (Luke 1:39-56)(recto); Zachariah (verso)

Giacomo Zoboli, 1681-1767

Pen and ink drawing in a circle of a seated figure by a pedestal, with winged figures in clouds above and a lion below.

Allegory of Forgetfulness

Giorgio Vasari, ca. 1570

Etching of a wolf fighting off a pack of hounds beside a large oak tree and a stream.

Wolf Hunt

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1725

Circular print of the drunken Silenus reclining with satyrs, framed by putti in a grapevine wreath.

Wilton album, folio 41: The Drunken Silenus (Tazza Farnese)

Annibale Carracci, ca. 1597-1600

Circular pen and wash drawing of a woman embracing a sleeping youth, with winged putti above holding tablets, framed by a yel

Allegory of Sleep

Giorgio Vasari, ca. 1570

Brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem as a crowd gathers, with a figure spreading a cloak on the road.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Ink and wash design of a triumphal arch with a quadriga, beside ships and walls, with a ground plan below.

Design for Colossal Triumphal Arch Surmounted by a Quadriga

Jean Charles Delafosse, 18th century

Engraving of the Annunciation: winged angel Gabriel with a lily approaching the kneeling Virgin beside a canopied bed, God ab

The Annunciation; the archangel Gabriel at left approaching the Virgin kneeling in prayer at right, God the Father in…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Etching of a bare-chested man seated by a tree in a wooded landscape, holding a cup, with mountains in the distance.

Saint John the Baptist in the desert

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Brown ink and wash drawing of Poseidon with trident and rearing horse facing Athena in armor, with gods above and a city belo

The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens

Cesare Nebbia, 1570s

Architectural section drawing of a theater interior with tiered balconies, columns, and a decorated dome, with a scale bar be

Longitudinal Section of the Small Theater in the Palace at Caserta

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Etching of Saint John the Baptist seated beside a tree in a wooded landscape, holding a bowl, with a reed cross and animal sk

Saint John the Baptist in the desert, copy in reverse after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39 or after

Mrs. Palmer

John Downman, 1785

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed priest performing a rite on an infant in a temple interior, surrounded by onlookers.

Circumcision in the Temple

Hans Speckaert, before 1577

Etching of leaning trees on the left, a herdsman with cattle by a pool on the right, and an open sky above.

Landscape with a herdsmen

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1640-45

Pen and ink sketch sheet on blue paper with figure studies including a helmeted warrior, winged figures and seated men.

Sheet of Sketches

John Flaxman, 1793

Pen and ink drawing of two bearded seated figures with haloed heads and winged putti holding a tablet and scroll.

Decorative Group

Federico Zuccaro, 16th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a white gown with red ribbons walking hand in hand with a child in blue ribbons.

Woman and Child

Kate Greenaway, 1883

Pencil sketch of a title page with a theatrical mask, lettering, and a draped figure with a staff beside a reclining figure.

Sketch for the Title-Page of an Edition of Aeschylus

John Flaxman, 1793

Circular watercolor design for a cupola showing Christ, the Virgin, God the Father, angels, prophets and putti among clouds.

Design for a Cupola with Old and New Testament Figures

Pietro de Angelis, 1720-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated, draped bearded male nude with one arm raised, on a pale sheet.

Study for Christ in The Entombment

Bartolomeo Neroni, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of a Roman triumph: a bearded man in a chariot drawn by horses, with soldiers and a winged figure above.

Roman Triumph

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Pen and ink sketch of a farmer and wife in a yard with pigs, a horse, and a picket fence, with dialect caption below.

She was "Sorry She Spoke"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Etching of a herdsman leading a bull through a river past a leaning tree and a thatched cottage.

Herdsman and Bull, after Ruisdael

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Engraving of a kneeling woman reaching up to a naked man holding a curved stick, with two nude men beside her against arched

A woman kneeling at centre reaching up with her right hand to place a ring on the finger of a naked man holding a cur…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of a helmeted rider on a horse beside a nude captive, bowl of coins, and crowd of bearded men before classical arch

Camillus

Agostino Veneziano, 1531

Circular blue-grey drawing with a central female figure in a medallion surrounded by allegorical women and scrolling ornament

The Seven Virtues in a Roundel, with Faith at the Center

Jan Collaert I, mid-16th century

Engraving of a nude man gripping a bent figure's hair and raising a whip, with a wheel and tree stump on grass.

A naked man holding Fortune by the hair and whipping her

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Circular engraving of Saint Peter's Basilica with a large central dome, flanking towers and a mountain base.

Saint Peter's Basilica

Agostino Veneziano, 1517

Grey wash drawing of a rocky mountain landscape with pine trees, a natural arch, and two travellers with laden horses on a ro

A Mountainous Landscape with Travellers on a Road

Jan van Aken, ca. 1650-55

Circular red chalk drawing of classical ruins, domed building and columns framed by trees, with small figures in the foregrou

Architectural Fantasy

Jean-Laurent Legeay, ca. 1785-90

Colored drawing of a pulpit design with a robed preacher, winged angel, cherub on clouds and crimson drapery.

Design for a Pulpit

Augustin Pajou, n.d.

Pen drawing of a triumphal procession with elephants, horses, torch bearers and classical architecture.

Triumph of Julius Caesar

Andrea Mantegna, Possibly late 15th or 16th century

Pencil design drawing of an ornate ceiling with scrolling motifs, a central medallion, a putto and a balustrade below.

Designs for Ceiling

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily faces the kneeling Virgin Mary beside a draped curtain.

Annunciation

Filippo Bellini, 1560-1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Entombment, with Christ's body held by mourners in an arched architectural setting.

Entombment

Maso da San Friano, 16th century

Ceiling design in watercolor showing a golden sunburst with a face at center, blue sky, clouds, and a flower-garland border.

Designs for Ceilings with Central Sunburst

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Ink and watercolor design of a rococo cupola with coffered ceiling, floral bouquets, urns and carved balustrades.

Design for a Cupola Decoration

Giovanni Antonio Torricelli, 1736-81