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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded banquet of gods, with reclining figures on a couch and nude figures gathered around.

The Banquet of the Gods

Guglielmo della Porta, 1534-77

Pen and brown ink landscape with a classical ruin, a large tree, and small figures in the foreground.

Figures in a Landscape with Classical Ruins (recto); Six Figure Studies (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and blue wash drawing of a processional float design with angels, skeletons, and allegorical figures on a tiered base.

Design for a Processional Float

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen drawing of an ornamental letter B with acanthus scrolls, nude figures, a bull's head and a goat on blue paper.

Design for an Ornamental Initial: B

Teodoro della Porta, 1567-1638

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hilly landscape with figures on a ridge path, framed by trees and flying birds.

Landscape with Figures Crossing a Bridge (recto); Study of a Nude Male, Study of Legs, Study of Head in Profile to th…

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Grey and white drawing on blue paper of a rider and companions meeting a bow-bearing huntress in an oval woodland scene.

Venus Disguised as a Huntress Appears to Aeneas (Aeneid I: 305 ff.)

Stefano Pozzi, 1699-1768

Grey-toned drawing of Vulcan seated beside a shield, with Venus and a cupid on clouds above and smiths at a forge behind.

Venus in the Forge of Vulcan (Aeneid VIII: 370 ff)

Stefano Pozzi, 1699-1768

Grey wash drawing of robed figures gathered on a hillside beneath a tent, with a central figure gesturing toward kneeling men

The Contest of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (I Kings 18: 20-46)

Stefano Pozzi, 1720-68

Circular sketch of a bearded robed man gesturing toward a haloed child seated on rocks by the sea.

St. Augustine and the Child on the Seashore

Andrea Pozzo, 1642-1709

Pen and brown wash drawing of a kneeling saint gazing up at angels and putti among clouds under an arch.

Saint in Ecstasy

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Red chalk drawing of a group of haloed saints and angels, with a draped figure in the foreground.

A Group of Saints and Angels (recto); Studies of a Male Figure in a Pendentive (verso)

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Red chalk drawing of a seated bishop in a mitre with three attendant figures gazing upward on tinted paper.

Seated Bishop with Arms Extended and Three Attendant Figures (recto); Head of a Lion and Perspective Diagrams (verso)

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Red chalk drawing of mythological figures, a bearded seated man and draped woman, with helmeted warriors above, in a spandrel

Apple of Discord Thrown by Eris at the Marriage of Peleus and Thetis: Study for Fresco in the Hall of Henri II at Fou…

Francesco Primaticcio, 1504-70

Red chalk drawing of Vulcan at a forge with a fire and anvil, surrounded by winged putti in a pendentive-shaped composition.

Vulcan Forging the Darts of Cupid

Francesco Primaticcio, 1552-56

Red chalk drawing of a battle scene with armored warriors, a chariot, and fallen nude figures on the ground.

Ulysses and His Companions Fighting the Cicones Before the City of Ismaros, Study for a Destroyed Fresco in the Galer…

Francesco Primaticcio, 1555-60

Brown wash drawing of Saint Joseph's death, with a woman in a veil, a supporting figure, and angels in clouds above.

The Death of Saint Joseph

Niccolò Ricciolini, 1739

Oval wash drawing of a youth standing among seated bearded elders in a temple interior, with two veiled women behind.

The Virgin and Saint Joseph find Jesus Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Brown wash drawing of a soldier and crowd gathered around a kneeling female saint on a raised platform under a beam of light.

Martyrdom of a Female Saint (Agnes?)

Camillo Procaccini, 1605-9

Red chalk drawing of Saint Francis kneeling over a dead youth as robed onlookers gather beside a column.

Saint Francis of Assisi Resuscitating a Dead Youth

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of seated women, a standing draped figure, a horse head and an infant in an architectural

The Birth of Saint Francis of Assisi

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Red chalk drawing of an angel standing on a cloud, holding two flowing ribbons with white highlights.

Angel with a Banderole

Camillo Procaccini, 1575-1629

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery holding a small child close against her shoulder.

Virgin and Child

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1574-1625

Charcoal and white chalk study on blue paper of a seated draped woman with figures behind her, with grid lines visible.

Study for the Pietà

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1604

Pencil sketch of angels, cherubs and robed figures on clouds in an arched ceiling composition, religious theme.

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Antonio Puglieschi, 1700

Drawing of a seated king judging a dispute as a soldier raises a sword over a child, with women and courtiers around.

The Judgment of Solomon, after Raphael

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Brown wash drawing of seated men at a long table with standing and kneeling figures in an architectural interior.

Penitent Woman Anointing the Feet of Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-50)

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Grey wash drawing of the Transfiguration with Christ in glory above and a crowd of gesturing figures below.

The Transfiguration, after Raphael

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate fountain with a Madonna and Child, winged figures, a lion, and a monkey on the cornice

Design Fragment for the Left Side of the 'Fonte Gaia' in Siena

Jacopo della Quercia, 1415-16

Pen and ink drawing of mounted soldiers and a standing warrior before classical architecture, with an S.P.Q.R. banner.

Emperor greeted by a warrior

Marcantonio Raimondi, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated Madonna holding the Christ Child, with the infant Saint John at lower left and studies above.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist; upper left, Study for the Right Arm of the Infant Saint Joh…

Raphael, ca. 1506-7

Sepia print of a woman warming children by a fire, with a dog at her feet in a domestic interior.

A Domestic Scene: Woman Warming Clothes and Children in Front of a Fire

Vincenzio Vangelisti, 1738? or 1744-98

Red chalk studies of nude infant figures with heads, arms and legs sketched in multiple poses on tinted paper.

Studies of the Christ Child

Raphael, 1513-14

Pen drawing of the Judgment of Paris with a seated youth offering an apple to three nude goddesses, a cupid, dog, and peacock

Judgment of Paris, after Raphael

Raphael, 1520-1600

Brown wash drawing of a veiled grieving woman beside the reclining body of Christ on a stone ledge, with a rock at left.

Pietà (recto); Madonna and two cherubs (verso)

Raphael, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing groups of sketched figures, including kneeling nude men and women.

Figure studies (after Raphael's Disputa)

Raphael, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, with hatched musculature on a toned paper ground.

Male Figure Seen from Rear, after a drawing by Michelangelo

Raphael, 1508-1600

Two nude figures

Raphael, 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of St. Paul preaching to a crowd in a classical colonnaded setting with a rotunda and statue.

St. Paul preaching at Athens (Copy of Raphael's tapestry, reversed)

Raphael, 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular giants falling among rocks beneath a winged figure in the sky.

Fall of the Giants

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown and grey wash drawing with white highlights showing several winged cherubs in flight and in poses of motion.

Cherubs

Raphael, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of robed bearded men walking in procession, one holding a long staff, within a ruled border.

Moses and Other Figures

Cesare Nebbia, 1570-80

Pen and ink study of a bearded robed man beside a nude figure, with sketched heads and hands at the upper right.

Creation of Eve

Vincenzo Tamagni, 1517-1520

Brown ink drawing of a helmeted warrior raising his arm before a crowd with spears in front of city walls.

Gideon Gathering His Army, Scene from the Book of Judges

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a robed saint beneath a hovering angel among clouds, with studies of hands at left.

Saint Stephen Being Crowned by an Angel

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Wash drawing of a bearded Franciscan saint holding a crucifix, standing in an arched niche with a scalloped shell behind him.

Standing Franciscan Saint in a Niche

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1650-1700

Loose pen and wash sketch of figures lowering a body from a cross, with draped mourners around it.

Descent from the Cross

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Drawing of a horse's head in brown wash with a green and red bridle ornament against a gray architectural background.

Horse's head

Raphael, 1500-50

Head of a boy and section of a horse's mane

Raphael, 1500-1550

Faded fragment of a woman's head with dark braided hair over a pink and yellow headdress, with grey swirling clouds behind.

Tapestry Cartoon Fragment: The Top of Woman's Head with Hair Braided over a Cloth Headdress

Raphael, 1500-50

Fragment of a tapestry cartoon showing an outstretched hand, a winged figure's body, and a feathered wing in muted colors.

Fragment of a Tapestry Cartoon: Outstretched Hand, Body of a Seraph, and a Wing

Raphael, 1500-1550

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

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

Ink and wash drawing of a kneeling hunter beside a horse, facing a stag with a crucifix between its antlers in a forest.

The Vision of St. Hubert

Vittorio Amedeo Rapous, 1728-1800

Black chalk study of a reclining headless male nude over drapery, with a small blue sheet of a female figure pasted at lower

The Reclining Headless Body of Holofernes; Study of Female Semi-Nude Figure (on a small separate, unrelated sheet of…

Guido Reni, 1625-40

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns, gazing upward, on tan paper.

Ecce Homo

Guido Reni, 1575-1699

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin Mary rising with outstretched arms above three cherub heads, attributed to Guido Reni.

Assumption of the Virgin

Guido Reni, 1575-1642

Pen and ink study sheet of flying putti and winged figures, some framed in rectangular architectural compartments.

Studies of Flying Putti (recto); Composition Studies (verso)

Guido Reni, 1575-1642

Drawing of a woman's head tilted upward with a rapt gaze, in black and red chalk on grey paper.

The Head of a Woman Looking Up (Judith)

Guido Reni, 1625-26

Drawing of Saint Peter crucified upside down, with kneeling executioners and faint red chalk figure studies around him.

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter

Giovanni Battista Ricci, 1557-1627

Ink and wash drawing of five men in ceremonial robes, with two attendants holding up a long train.

A Doge of Venice with a Cardinal, a Councillor and Servants Bearing the Train

Bernardino Rodriguez, 1600-1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of allegorical figures with a muscular man, a seated woman, a lion, and winged cherubs.

Allegorical Figures: Force, Hercules Strangling the Hydra, Plenty, and Fame

Bernardino Rodriguez, 1600-1650

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in glory above rows of cherubs and kneeling angels in an arched frame.

Madonna and Child in Glory Adored by Angels

Bernardino Rodriguez, 1600-1650

Pen and brown ink drawing of five figures making music beside a harp, arranged in a horizontal frieze within a framed border.

Five Music-Making Figures

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1610-62

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of six figures making music in a horizontal frieze, including a seated child.

Six Music-Making Figures

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1610-62

Pen and wash drawing of Aeneas and the Sibyl walking toward a cave, with a cherub above and a domed temple at right.

Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl Entering the Infernal Regions

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1610-62

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude muscular man with one arm raised high, kneeling and reaching down, on aged paper.

Nude Male Figure with Upraised Right Arm

Girolamo Romanino, 1550-60

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

God the Father

Pomarancio, 1553-1626

Chalk drawing with white highlights of the Holy Family with two angels, an elderly man holding the infant Christ beside a sea

The Holy Family with Angels

Pomarancio, 1603-5

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure raising a skull, with a reclining figure and sketched legs beside him.

Two Nudes Seen from Below (recto); Male Figure with Upraised Arm (verso)

Pomarancio, 1580-82

Red chalk drawing of a flying winged angel with outstretched arms and billowing drapery over a squared grid.

Flying Angel

Pomarancio, 1553-1626

Pen and wash design for a lunette with a central coat of arms flanked by two seated female figures, over a grid.

Design for a Lunette Decoration: Coat of Arms Flanked by Seated Allegorical Figures (recto and verso)

Pomarancio, 1553-1626

Pen and brown ink sketch of a floating robed figure in clouds above kneeling figures, with architecture at left.

An Apparition

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink drawing of soldiers, a crowd, barrels and a seated woman beside a ruined wall, with a standard-bearer at ri

Death of Regulus

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of witches gathered around a fire beneath a winged demon and airborne figures.

Witches' Sabbath

Salvator Rosa, 1640-1649

Red chalk drawing of a bearded male figure reaching outward with one arm, seated on a ledge, on a light tan sheet.

Study for a Raising of Lazarus (recto); half-length study of bearded nude male figure, and a man and woman with donke…

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and ink study of a twisting male nude with raised arm, with pencil sketches of legs and wings on aged paper.

Study for a Prometheus Bound (recto); slight sketch of head and shoulders of man in lead pencil (verso)

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a central standing woman, turbaned head studies, and two kneeling figures on paper.

Studies of Kneeling Figures

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of robed figures, some kneeling and raising arms, with a shrouded figure at lower right.

The Raising of Lazarus

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of two standing men gesturing, one in armour, on a pale paper sheet.

Two Standing Men Gesticulating

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling bearded man with a staff beside a tree, a pig and a trough nearby, under a cloudy sky.

The Prodigal Son Kneeling Repentant among Swine

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of a muscular man straining against a split tree trunk amid foliage, by Salvator Rosa.

Milo of Crotona

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown ink wash drawing of three figures gathered around a large globe, one standing nude leaning on it.

Three Figures around a globe

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a turbaned warrior leaning on a spiked mace against a cloudy sky.

Turbaned Warrior Holding a Mace

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

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 brown ink sketch of two armored soldiers, a pointing robed man, and several other figures with spears.

Two Standing Soldiers and Six other Figures

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink landscape with rolling hills, a lake, tall trees on the right, and small figures in the foreground.

Landscape with hills and a lake, trees in right foreground

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of a harbor with sailboats, a rocky outcrop, standing figures on the shore and trees.

Marine landscape with figures

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound, nude male figure with raised arms, with a bent figure at lower right against a cloudy

Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink drawing of five figures in plumed hats and flowing robes, with a small dog leaping beside them.

Five Figures in Fantastic Costumes with Two Dogs

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shaggy hermit figure kneeling among rocks and trees under a cloudy sky.

St. Paul, Hermit

Salvator Rosa, 1635-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude figures and robed onlookers gathered around a smoking altar at night.

Witches' Sabbath (recto); Figures Gathered around a tree (verso)

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and ink drawing of a group of figures under a tree, with studies of a sword and a draped figure on the left.

Study for a Judgment of Paris and Other Figure Studies

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling man gazing up beside cattle, goats, a barrel and a tree under a stormy sky.

The Prodigal Son

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of an apotheosis scene with a saint rising among clouds, putti and a lion, in an arched frame.

The Apotheosis of Saint Mark (recto and verso)

Pietro Roselli, 1700-71

Watercolor of an open lawn lined with trees, with Oxford college spires and towers rising in the distance under a pale sky.

View of University Park looking towards New College, Oxford

William Turner, after 1825