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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Watercolor of a gondolier poling a gondola across a lagoon at dusk, with Venice's bell tower and domes on the horizon.

Venice

Félix Ziem, n.d.

Watercolor elevation of a classical white exchange building with Ionic columns, a central dome, and a cloudy sky.

First Merchants' Exchange, New York (elevation of main façade)

Alexander Jackson Davis, probably 1826

Pen and wash drawing of a robed bearded man gesturing among kneeling and reclining figures on a hillside with mountains.

Figure Studies

Sebastiano Ricci, 1659-1734

Pen and wash drawing of an allegory: a winged figure with an hourglass, two seated women and a skeleton beside a pedestal.

Allegory with Figures of Hope, Time, and Death

Sebastiano Ricci, 1659-1734

Pastel portrait of a woman with curled hair and a pearl necklace, turned to the left against a grey ground.

Portrait of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné

Claude Lefèbvre, 17th century

Drawing of a bearded man in a pleated cap and ruff collar, looking toward the viewer, on tinted paper.

Portrait of a Man

François Clouet

Grey-ground drawing of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, kneeling and standing figures and angels above.

The Nativity

Louis Licherie de Beurie

Red and black chalk portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white biretta and collar, with faint sketch lines around him.

Portrait of cardinal d'Ossat

Daniel Dumonstier, 1601-46

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds holding a scapular, with two cherubs above holding a star wreath.

Virgin Standing on Clouds Holding a Scapular in Her Left Hand

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1675-1741

Pastoral landscape drawing with cattle and sheep, a shepherd, tall trees, a river, a ruined tower, and a distant town under b

Extensive Pastoral Landscape

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Watercolor capriccio of Roman ruins with a triumphal arch, stone lion, and figures among fallen architectural fragments.

Capriccio with Roman Ruins

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Brown ink drawing of a clearing framed by a fir tree on the left and a gnarled tree with budding branches on the right.

Clearing in a Wooded Landscape

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Pen and ink sketch of a seated older woman with a child on her lap and a standing woman behind them.

Studies for an Education of the Virgin: Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read

Sebastiano Ricci, 1659-1734

Ink and white chalk drawing on grey paper of three standing male figures in draped robes, studied from different angles.

Three Standing Figures

Francesco Primaticcio, 16th century

Grey wash design for a ceiling with allegorical figures, putti and draped forms framing an open central sky.

Design for a Ceiling: Allegories of the Four Continents

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1725

Pencil drawing of a seated pope receiving a kneeling man on a stepped dais, with two standing clergy under an arch.

Angelo Maria Querini Created Cardinal by Benedict XIII

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Pencil drawing of the Adoration of the Magi showing the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, and an arched architectural backgro

The Adoration of the Magi

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Circular sketch of a crowned seated woman, a bishop, a mother with infant, and putti on steps.

Nobility Presenting an Infant to Venice

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Pencil drawing of two seated allegorical women flanking a blank oval cartouche, one holding a cross and one wearing a mitre.

Allegorical Figures of Religion and Venice Flanking an Empty Cartouche

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with a large tree, a hilltop town, an arched bridge, and travelers on a path.

Landscape with a Town in the Distance

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1680-1767

Brown wash drawing of a river town with a bell tower, a stone bridge, riders on a road and a large tree in the foreground.

Landscape with a Town by a River

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, 1680-1767

Pen and ink drawing of Christ healing at the Pool of Bethesda, with crowds, a circular pool, classical buildings and a descen

Christ Healing at the Pool of Bethesda

Lambert Lombard, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of four studies of heads in varied poses, including a hooded figure and profiles, on pale paper.

Studies of Four Heads

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna of Mercy with a cloak sheltering kneeling figures and angels above.

Madonna of Mercy

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk and brown wash sketch of angels carrying a saint upward through clouds.

Angels Carrying a Saint

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of robed figures and a mitred bishop joining hands beneath a curved arch, a religious marriage scene.

The Marriage of the Virgin (Lunette)

the Younger Giorgio Picchi, 1580-1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing haloed female saint in flowing drapery holding a palm frond.

Saint Apollonia of Alexandria

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of two veiled female saints among clouds, with a lamb and small cherub heads below.

Saint Agnes and a Female Saint

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of bearded Vulcan raising a hammer at an anvil in a brick workshop with armour on the floor.

Vulcan

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of two women embracing in the Visitation, with draped robes and faint figures and architecture behind.

The Visitation

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century