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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Pen drawing of seated goddess Cybele flanked by three attendants with garlands, wheat sheaves and an altar in a lunette.

Cybele and Three Attendants

Antoine Léonard Du Pasquier, 1801 or 1802

Red chalk drawing of figures around a table in a kitchen interior, with a woman leaning over and a seated man beside her.

Paté d'Anguille

Nicolas Lancret, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a woman and child on stairs beside a birdcage, a dog, and a hooded figure under a porch.

Woman and Child on Stairs

Pierre Lélu, n.d.

Chalk drawing of a barefoot man in draped clothing pulling back a curtain with one arm, on gray paper.

Man Pulling a Curtain Aside

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of an ornamental frieze with scrolling foliage, grotesque figures, and an empty oval cartouche.

Ornamental Frieze

Lelio Orsi, 1511-87

The Head of a Woman in Profile Facing Left

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1490-1500

Black and white chalk portrait of a man with curly hair and a wide collar, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Rossa

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1610-30

Chalk drawing of a man with a mustache and fur-trimmed collar, shown in three-quarter bust view on grey paper.

Portrait of Piermarino Bernabò

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1618

Seated Sibyl and Attendant Genius (recto); Study of the Head of a Horse in Profile (verso)

Pirro Ligorio, ca. 1540

Pen and brown wash drawing of two standing men in ornate costumes before columns, with inscribed names below.

Two Princes of the House of Este: Ernest VI and Francis II

Pirro Ligorio, 1513-83

Pen and brown wash drawing of women handling draped cloth beneath arches and columns, with a dog at lower left.

A Domestic Scene

Pirro Ligorio, 1513-83

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with men on ladders lowering Christ and mourners below.

The Descent from the Cross with Saint Francis and Another Friar

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1619

Brown ink drawing of a huge beech tree with the Madonna and Child in its branches and three friars below.

The Beech Tree of the Madonna at La Verna

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1605-7

Brown wash drawing of a Punchinello-style figure in a pointed hat and ruffled costume holding a round object and a ladle.

Punchinello with Dumpling or Fritter

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Drawing of a standing janissary in pink robe and white hat with a rifle, beside a seated lion.

A Janissary "of War" with a Lion

Jacopo Ligozzi, ca. 1577-80

Sketch of soldiers carrying a general in triumph past trumpeters, spearmen and a draped tent, in grey pencil on paper.

Illustration for a Book: General Carried in Triumph

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints and infant children, by Jacopo da Pontormo, 1514-22.

Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr

Pontormo, 1514-22

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded saint on a cloud with an ox, pointing upward beside a female figure holding a mirror.

Illustration for a Book: Saint Luke with a Female Allegorical Figure

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil and wash sketch of a seated robed figure with a lion and dog, attendants, and a cloaked man holding a scroll.

Illustration for a Book: Allegory of Venice

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and ink sketch of two kneeling monks before two seated rulers under a canopy, with attendants in an arched interior.

Illustration for a Book: Two Monks Kneeling before a Doge and an Emperor (Doge Ziani and Emperor Barbarossa?)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of two scenes with crowned figures seated on steps in an arcaded hall, attended by guards and courtiers.

Illustration for a Book: Two Scenes of Coronation

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of soldiers with banners beside oxen-drawn carts crossing an open landscape.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Driving Ox Carts with Banners

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a seated general in a columned hall, with two attendants carrying trays and an armored soldier at left.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Offering the Decapitated Head of a Man and Keys to a General

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of robed men embracing before a seated figure beside columns, with armed figures and a kneeling person nearby.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of Peacemaking

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a tense interior scene with figures struggling around a candlelit table, one gesturing at right.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of a Murder in an Interior

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a procession with riders, horses, banners and a figure holding a tray beside a stone wall.

Illustration for a Book: Keys of a City Offered to a Procession of Cardinals Headed by a Riderless Horse

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a cloaked rider and soldiers on a path, with a soldier pointing toward a fortified hilltop.

Illustration for a Book: Cardinal with Troops Facing a Fortification on a Hilltop

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of robed monks meeting near a stone gate, with a tree and distant landscape at right.

Illustration for a Book: Reception of Monks at a City Gate

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of figures with bundles leaving a walled city through a stone archway.

Illustration for a Book: Inhabitants Leaving a Conquered City

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of armored soldiers with spears and shields advancing toward a walled city with round towers.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Storming a City

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770