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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Grey ink drawing of the Nativity with kneeling Virgin, shepherds, angels and a donkey among classical ruins.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Aertgen van Leyden, early 16th-mid 16th century

Pen drawing of a robed bearded figure on a cloud among birds, ostriches, and fish in a landscape with rocks and trees.

The Creation of the Fish and the Birds

Johannes Wierix, mid-16th-early 17th century

Lithograph of a horseman on a rearing horse above a fallen turbaned man, with mountains and sketch studies below.

Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha

Eugène Delacroix, 1827

Etching of a woman with a vessel on her head, holding a curled stalk and a basket of vegetables, standing on a ground line.

Hortulana, from "Hortulanae"

Jacques Bellange, 1611

Engraving of nude Susanna at a garden fountain with two elders watching from behind trees and foliage.

Susanna and the Elders

Pen and ink drawing of two seated allegorical women with a column and scales, flanked by putti and winged figures.

Fortitude and Justice

Hans Speckaert, before 1577

Black and white woodcut of the Virgin's death and assumption, with angels above and saints at a bedside, framed by a decorati

The Death, Assumption, and Crowning of the Virgin

Master of the Mountain-like Clouds, ca. 1470-85

Hand-colored woodcut of a bearded face with long hair, wearing a green thorn crown, on a gold ornamental background.

The Sudarium

Hans Schlaffer of Ulm, ca. 1470-75

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Florian in armor with red cape, holding a bucket beside a burning town with a tower.

Saint Florian

Casper, ca. 1460

Pen and wash drawing of the enthroned Madonna and Child with two saints and a kneeling donor in an arched setting.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Basil the Great and Saint John the Baptist and Donor

Niccolò dell' Abate, 1540-50

Pen and brown ink drawing of robed figures in a landscape with an obelisk and ruined arched architecture.

Standing and Seated Figures in a Landscape with an Obelisk

Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, 1520-83

Pen and ink drawing of a nude goddess gesturing to an armored warrior beside classical columns and a fallen figure.

Goddess Inciting a Warrior

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Red chalk drawing of a standing allegorical female figure with raised arm, draped robe and staff, on a pedestal.

Allegorical Figure of Religion (recto); Study of a Griffon and of a Seated Figure (verso)

Cherubino Alberti, 1553-1615

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, with a smaller figure study below and faint sketched outlines.

Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude Seen from the Back

Cherubino Alberti, 1596-1602

Pen and brown wash drawing of Diana bathing with nymphs in a forest, a hunter and dogs in the foreground.

Diana Bathing

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Brown ink drawing of Venus reclining on a couch with cupids, a mirror, and attendants adjusting a pearl necklace.

Engraver's Copy After The Toilet of Venus

Francesco Albani, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a chaotic battle with mounted warriors, elephants, and fallen soldiers across an open plain.

The Battle of Trasimeno

Crispijn van den Broeck, 16th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate covered vase with a dove on top, two putti holding stars, and a fluted base.

Design for a Covered Vase with the Arms of the Aldobrandini and Pamphilj Families

Alessandro Algardi, ca. 1647

Red-brown drawing of a chaotic battle with rearing horses, armored riders, fallen soldiers and raised spears.

Battle Scene

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of several nude and draped figures in varied poses, copied after Michelangelo's Last Judgment.

Group of Figures Copied from Michelangelo's Last Judgment

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash of four flying winged angel figures in dynamic poses across a pale sheet.

Four Flying Angels (recto); Two Flying Figures (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of draped standing figures, some holding instruments, arranged in two processional groups across a p

Procession of Musicians

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch with red chalk of an angel leading a procession of nude and draped figures across the page.

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise (recto); Studies for the Same Composition (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink drawing of a group of plumed horsemen and onlookers on horseback and on foot, with a standing soldier at left.

Group of Horsemen

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of standing draped women, a reclining nude figure in the foreground, and a distant landsc

The Death of Polyxena

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch of allegorical figures, including a winged woman with a staff and reclining figures below.

Group of Five Allegorical Figures

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch of a crowned queen greeting a robed king amid a crowd of standing courtiers and attendants.

King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown wash drawing of a kneeling woman with men reaching toward her, with a ladder at the right edge.

The Death of Lucretia?

Francesco Allegrini

Brown wash drawing of a library with shelves of books, a seated scholar, and robed figures beneath draped curtains.

The Library of Pergamus Given to Cleopatra

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink wash drawing of robed figures and soldiers before a throne, with nude figures in the foreground.

The Judgment of Solomon

Francesco Allegrini

Brown wash drawing of a ruined columned temple with a cart, oxen, and figures in a landscape setting.

Landscape with a Ruined Temple

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of men carrying jars beside a horse and rider, with columns behind them.

Men Carrying Jars

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink and wash drawing of men in period dress with crowns beside two saddled horses, double-ruled border.

Enthroned Warrior Distributing Crowns

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures around an altar and urn, with a kneeling figure and musicians, in a ritual scene.

Scene of Sacrifice

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of three nude male figures in varied poses on aged paper.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (recto); Bearded Old Man Blessing Seen in Half-length (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of several horses in varied poses, including rearing, trotting and standing.

Horses

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink study of two horses seen from behind, one with head turned back, on a toned sheet of paper.

Horses

Parmigianino, 1530-40

Pen and ink drawing of six horses in varied poses, including rearing and standing, framed by a double ruled border.

Six Horses

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink wash sketches of two crucified figures on a cross, drawn on pale paper within a double-line border.

Christ Crucified with the Good Thief

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of several robed figures in varied poses, seated, standing, and gesturing, across a horizontal sheet

Figures

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink drawing of a rider on a rearing horse with a fallen figure below and faint sketches above.

Horse and Rider

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch of horsemen in a cavalry charge, with rearing horses and lances, touched with red chalk.

Cavalry Charge

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink and wash drawing of four armored horsemen in battle, horses rearing and crowded together.

Four Horsemen in Battle

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink wash drawing of a rearing horseman with raised sword facing a foot soldier brandishing a blade in battle.

Horsemen and Three Foot Soldiers in Battle

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of galloping and rearing horses with mounted riders in a cavalry engagement.

Cavalry Engagement (recto); Concert of Angels (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of turbaned horsemen with a raised staff and archers drawing bows on horseback.

Horsemen and Archers

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink and wash study of four nude helmeted warriors in dynamic poses, with a double ruled border.

Four Nude Warriors

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of soldiers, some on horseback and some striding with weapons, on an aged paper sheet.

Soldiers

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch of struggling figures, including helmeted warriors and women, in a dynamic battle composition.

The Rape of the Sabines

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink drawing of several horse head studies with hatched manes on a pale sheet, mounted in a double black border.

Horses' Heads

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures and horsemen before a classical temple with columns and an arched colonnade.

Figures before a Palace or Temple

Francesco Allegrini

Drawing of the Judgment of Paris with three goddesses, a young shepherd, and a messenger in a wooded landscape with clouds.

The Judgment of Paris

Alessandro Allori, 1583

Engraving of an allegorical scene with many small figures, a windmill, a burning building, pigs and Dutch inscriptions.

De Blauwe Huyck (The Blue Hood)

Theodoor Galle, 1571-1633

Pen and wash drawing of a helmeted commander gesturing to armored soldiers with spears, with horsemen and tents behind.

Design for a Narrative Frieze: A Commander Addressing His Troops

Alessandro Allori, 1535-1607

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin gazing at a sleeping infant in a cradle while a winged angel plays a lute.

Virgin and Child Adored by a Lute-Playing Angel

Jean-Jacques Feuchère, 1820-52

Charcoal drawing of a prison cell with a child on a bed and a man slumped on the floor beneath a barred window.

Young Communards in Prison (Les Fédérés à la Conciergerie)

Gustave Courbet, 1871

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop villa on a cliff above trees, grazing cattle, and a distant town under clouds.

Landscape with Hilltop Villa

Guillerot, 17th century

Pencil drawing of Notre-Dame cathedral's apse and flying buttresses across the Seine, with a bridge and boats.

The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris

Charles Meryon, ca. 1852-54

Grey-washed drawing of Susannah and the Elders before Daniel, showing a crowd, soldiers and a woman in a classical square.

Susannah and the Elders before Daniel

Pomponio Amalteo, 1530-40

Pen and brown ink sketch of a reclining bearded male river god with a muscular torso and an extended arm.

A River God (recto); Sketches for the Vestibule of the Laurenziana, Florence (verso)

Bartolomeo Ammanati, 1511-92

Pen and brown ink sketch of a kneeling woman seen from behind, holding a small child turned toward the right.

Woman and Child Kneeling (recto); Head of Child (verso)

Andrea del Sarto, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of an interior with a woman in a curtained bed, attendants, and seated figures in a doorway.

The Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Andrea del Sarto, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of two studied hands, one gripping a vertical form and one clenched, with drapery sketched below.

Studies of Hands

Andrea del Sarto, ca. 1517

Drawing of a seated nude young man playing a harp inside an oval niche, in chalk on blue paper with a grid.

The Young David Playing the Harp

Michelangelo Anselmi, ca. 1548-50

Pen and brown ink drawing of Aurora riding a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, with putti below.

Aurora Riding in Her Chariot

Andrea Appiani, 1754-1817

Pencil study of two draped female figures on a squared grid, with the labels Thalia and Erato written above.

The Muses Thalia and Erato

Andrea Appiani, 1754-1817

Graphite sketch on squared paper of nude and draped female figures labeled as the Muses, by Andrea Appiani.

The Muses Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Clio, and Terpsichore (recto); Sketch of a Sleeping Child (verso)

Andrea Appiani, 1811

Pen and wash drawing of a standing nude man in an ornate architectural niche with pilasters, statues and an oval cartouche.

Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Nich…

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1564-65

Brown wash drawing of a reclining muscular male nude with draped cloth on a pale ledge, within an octagonal outline.

Nude Male Figure Seated on the Ground

Amico Aspertini, ca. 1535-40

Brown wash drawing of nude revelers in a bacchanalian scene, with a reclining woman embracing a man at the center.

Bacchanalian Scene

Amico Aspertini, 1520-35

Brown ink and wash drawing of three draped women beside a seated winged angel near a sepulchre.

The Holy Women at the Sepulchre

Sisto Badalocchio, 1585-1620 (?)

Studies of a Man's Head and of His Hands

Federico Barocci, 1592-99

Pen and ink study sheet with horses, a chariot, a falling nude figure, and reclining women with children.

Studies after the Antique: The Fall of Phaëthon, Horses, Reclining Women with Children (recto); Studies after the Ant…

Amico Aspertini, 1474-1552

Brown wash drawing of Rinaldo and Armida with a nude woman offering a garland, cupids, a unicorn chariot and a column.

Rinaldo and Armida

Giovanni Baglione, 1566-1643

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude male figures kneeling and standing together in supplication, with faint red grid lines.

Group of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in Supplication

Giovanni Baglione, ca. 1598

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Holy Family with angels, showing a woman, an older bearded man, and a child in flowing robe

Return of the Holy Family from Egypt (recto); Studies for the Return from Egypt (verso)

Giovanni Baglione, 1599-1600

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a reclining man attended by grieving women and mourners under an arch.

The Emperor Constantine Copronymous Burned by an Invisible Fire (recto); Studies of Sibyls and Angles (verso)

Giovanni Baglione, ca. 1599-1610

Red chalk study of a seated gentleman in a buttoned doublet with a collar, hands resting in his lap, on tinted paper.

Study for a Three-Quarter-Length Portrait of a Gentleman (recto), Study of a Clothed Figure and a Foot (verso)

Mario Balassi, 1605-67

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded banquet scene with guests around a candlelit table in an interior.

The Feast of Belshazzar (Daniel 5:1-4)

Giovanni Balducci, 1560-1631

Pen and wash drawing of two women greeting each other before classical colonnades, with onlookers and a seated figure in the

The Visitation of the Virgin to Saint Elizabeth

Giovanni Balducci, 1560-1631

Red chalk drawing of a standing young man in puffed sleeves lifting a curtain and looking left.

Study for a Standing Young Man, Raising a Curtain and Looking at Left

Baccio Bandinelli, 1518-19

Pen and brown ink drawing of a layered rocky outcrop with stacked stone slabs and small plants growing in the cracks.

A Rocky Outcrop

Baccio Bandinelli, 1513-60

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman holding a child, with draped figures and hatched shading.

The Holy Family (?)

Baccio Bandinelli, 1488-1560

Pen and brown ink drawing of three overlapping bearded male heads with curly hair and sketched drapery.

Three Male Heads

Baccio Bandinelli, 1493-1560

Red chalk drawing on a gridded sheet of a seated nude woman with two putti, one kneeling holding a bowl, by Poppi.

Study for a Virgin and Child with Two Angels (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso)

Poppi, 1544-97

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman in a turban and draped cloak, with hatched shading and a sketched figure at left.

Seated Figure with Cloak and Turban

Baccio Bandinelli, 1493-1560

Pen and brown wash drawing of robed figures embracing in a courtyard, with a weeping woman and ornate basin at right.

Raguel's Reception of Tobias at Ecbatana

Pieter Aertsen, 1520-75

Pen and ink drawing of a sailing boat with haloed apostles, an angel in clouds, and a figure walking on waves.

Free Copy of Giotto's "Navicella" (recto); Copy of Adam in Masaccio's "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden", and other…

Parri Spinelli, ca. 1420

Pen and ink drawing of a standing woman in a feathered headdress and ornate gown, framed by scrollwork on grey paper.

Standing Woman

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1505-10

Red and black chalk drawing of a young woman's head, eyes lowered to the right, on toned paper.

Head of a Young Woman Looking to Lower Right

Federico Barocci, 1565

Oil study of a bearded, balding man's head bowed downward and to the left, against a grey background.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Lower Left (Nicodemus)

Federico Barocci, 1579-82

Oil study of a woman's head in an ochre headscarf, eyes lowered and smiling faintly, painted in soft warm tones.

Head of an Old Woman Looking to Lower Right (Saint Elizabeth)

Federico Barocci, 1584-86

Pencil drawing of a crowned allegorical woman seated above a rearing horse, with cherubs and a classical building.

Design for Panel: Allegory of Europe, from "The Four Continents"

Giacomo Barri, 1650-79

Pen and wash drawing of a bound, shirtless man before a crowd and a bearded man in a turban, with a city behind.

Christ Presented to the People

Georg Vischer, early 17th century

Gray wash drawing of a nude Christ with thorns beside a column, a turbaned figure behind him, and a city tower in the backgro

Christ Presented to the People

Caspar Fraisinger, 1560-99

Black chalk drawing of the Virgin seated holding the Christ Child, both with haloes, in soft tonal shading.

The Virgin and Child

Fra' Bartolomeo, ca. 1515-17