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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Pen and wash design for a trade card showing a doge under a parasol, a child, a ship, and a rococo frame.

Design for a Trade Card

Pietro Antonio Novelli, mid-18th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of allegorical figures with a child and draped women on clouds.

Two Allegorical Figures for a Ceiling

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1734

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family resting under a palm tree, with angels, a donkey, and a truncated pyramid.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (with a Truncated Pyramid on the Right)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing with white highlights of a standing woman in flowing drapery holding a fan.

Allegorical Figure of a Woman

Pietro Antonio Novelli, ca. 1745-55

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child enthroned with Saint Sebastian and kneeling saints beneath classical colum

Virgin and Child with Saint John of the Cross (?), Saint Sebastian, and Saint Peter of Alcantara

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1731-35

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of the Baptism of Christ, with angels above and two ducks in the water at lower right.

The Baptism of Christ (with Two Ducks in the Water at Lower Right)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated muscular male nude with drapery across his lap, against a shaded background.

A Seated Slave

Pietro Antonio Novelli, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of monks kneeling before the Virgin and Child beside a column and cross.

The Virgin and Child Adored by Monks and Others

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1730-35

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with figures gathered by a river and a woman holding a child at right.

The Baptism of Christ (with a Woman Holding a Child Among the Spectators at the Right)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Brown ink wash drawing of a bearded monk showing a portable altar to a praying child, with a kneeling old woman at left.

A Bearded Monk Showing a Portable Altar to a Praying Child, with an Old Woman Kneeling

Pietro Antonio Novelli, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded bishop in a tall mitre, head turned in three-quarter view.

Head of a Bishop

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1742-57

Brown ink and wash sketch of the Baptism of Christ, with a dove above and figures and angels gathered around.

The Baptism of Christ (with Saint John, Without his Cross, in Profile to the Right)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Stippled ink drawing of a crowded marketplace with figures and tall buildings, signed by Camille Pissarro.

Marketplace in Pontoise

Camille Pissarro, 1886

Brown ink wash drawing of a bearded old man in a tall cap, head turned three-quarters, on aged paper.

Bearded Man Wearing a Cap

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740-45

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove, winged angels and a crowd on a riverbank.

The Baptism of Christ (with Three Angels Attending Him)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Pencil drawing of a shirtless man with shoulder-length hair raising one arm and pointing upward against a pale background.

Man with Upraised Arm, Possibly a Self-Portrait

Gustave Courbet, ca. 1840

Head of a Man in Profile to the Left

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740-45

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a haloed nude figure, a robed baptizer, hovering angels and onlookers bene

The Baptism of Christ (with Christ Half-Kneeling at Left, His Back Turned, and the Baptist Full-Faced at Center, Look…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Grey ink wash drawing of a woman with raised arms and billowing sleeves, grimacing, standing on a pale sheet.

Unholy Union

Francisco Goya, ca. 1801-3 or ca. 1813-19

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate pedestal with a draped female figure holding a torch, supported by sea creatures on a shell

Study for an Inkstand

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a descending dove, onlookers, and a nude youth in the foreground.

The Baptism of Christ (with Christ Standing at Left Center, His Back Turned, and a Youth Stripping in the Right Foreg…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Grey wash drawing of an angel with a lily descending on clouds toward a kneeling veiled woman, with a dove and cherubs above.

The Annunciation

Giuseppe Zaïs, mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rearing horse held by a winged figure, with other figures around it.

One of the Hours Holding the Bridle of a Horse of the Sun, and Other Figures

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1750-53

Pen and ink drawing of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers and onlookers in a crowded interior.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1748-72

Man with a Long Pigtail and a Stick, Standing in Profile to the Left

Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder, early-mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a figure seen from behind, head turned, body wrapped in loose draped cloth.

Standing Woman, Turned to the Left

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1742-57

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Christ Child in an interior with angels and a cross.

Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child, in an Interior

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1770

Brown ink drawing of a man in a cocked hat and coat, turned three-quarters toward the viewer, by Goya.

Self-Portrait in a Cocked Hat

Francisco Goya, ca. 1790

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing draped woman raising a hoop overhead, on pale paper.

Standing Woman Holding a Hoop

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1742-57

Brown ink and wash sketch of winged allegorical figures among clouds, with a flying figure at upper right.

Sketch for a Ceiling with an Allegory of Fortitude and Wisdom

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1780-85