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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Engraving of Saint Paul raising a fallen Patroclus as onlookers gather, with a dog at lower left and classical buildings behi

Saint Paul raising Patroclus who is on the ground, surrounded by a group of onlookers, a dog in the foreground at left

Agostino Carracci, 1583

Engraving of the crucifixion with Christ center, the swooning Virgin supported by two women at left, and a bearded saint at r

Christ on the cross, Saint John to the right looking toward him, to the left is the fainting Virgin Mary supported by…

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Engraving of the dead Christ supported by the Virgin and a winged angel, with a crown of thorns on the ground.

Pietà: Christ supported by the Virgin and an angel at the right

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Engraving of the mystic marriage of Saint Catherine with the Christ child, angels with instruments, and a landscape beyond.

The mystic marriage of Saint Catherine who sits at center with the Christ child, angels with instruments at the left

Agostino Carracci, 1585

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns, seated beside the grieving Virgin Mary, with soldiers and a bearded man behind.

Ecce Homo

Agostino Carracci, 1587

Brown ink and wash drawing of Cupid presenting Psyche to a gathering of gods in an oval frame, with a reclining nude and a ho

Cupid Presenting Psyche to the Gods

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a haloed figure among clouds with angels and trumpets, and a skeleton with a scythe on a hill below.

The Triumph of Eternity on Death, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Engraving of an allegory with a seated woman holding scales, a nude figure with a caduceus, putti, and a globe.

Allegory of the Psalm of David

Agostino Carracci, 1579

Head of an Old Woman

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

Engraving of a winged angel beside a young man, a bearded elderly man, and a veiled woman in a room with a curtain.

Tobias and the Archangel Raphael, from "The Story of Tobias"

Georg Pencz, 1543

Engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, grieving women at the base, a standing man on the right, and a distant

The Crucifixion

Agostino Carracci, 1582

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining nude child leaning on a sphere while an older child looks on.

The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

Engraving of Cupid tugging a satyr's hair while two nude women embrace under a tree, with a hilly landscape behind.

Omnia Vincit Amor

Agostino Carracci, 1599

Brown wash drawing of a haloed saint watching as a man smashes a statue on a pedestal while angels descend above.

Saint Benedict Orders the Destruction of Idols at Montecassino

Gaspare Serenario, 1694-1759

Engraving of three winged angels seated at a table with Abraham bending toward them while a woman watches from a doorway.

The Three Angels Visiting Abraham, from "The Story of Abraham"

Pen and ink drawing of a seated youth raising his hand before robed men on a platform beneath curtains.

Jesus Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple (Luke 2:46-47)

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem as a crowd gathers, with a figure spreading a cloak on the road.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of a row of standing figures in robes and armor, some holding scrolls, arranged in a frieze.

Vendor of Horoscopes

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a coastal landscape with framing trees, rocks, a tower, a sailboat and a distant island.

Coastal Landscape

Gherardo Cibo, 1512-1600

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Holy Family with the infant Baptist, with draped curtains and an angel above.

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist

Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, 1521-75

Drawing of a smiling bearded man with long wavy hair and a draped garment, in black chalk with red tints on toned paper.

Bust of a Bearded Figure

Andrea Solario, 1515-24

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo cartouche with scrolling acanthus leaves and shell curls around an empty oval.

Study for a Cartouche

Pierre-Edmé Babel, mid-18th century

Watercolor drawing of a couple in period dress seen from behind, with a small white dog and a flower vase beside them.

Young Couple Seen From Behind

Hippolyte-Omer Ballue, mid-19th century

Pen drawing of a dancer in an ornate costume with grotesque masks on the skirt, arms outstretched, and curled hair.

Male Actor in Ballet Costume

Jean Bérain, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a woman in an ornate ballet costume with a feathered headdress and embroidered gown, arms outstretched

Female Actor in Ballet Costume

Jean Bérain, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a shirtless bearded man holding a sword beside a severed head on the floor.

Man with Sword

Charles-Albert Arnoux Bertall, 19th century

Watercolor costume design of a young man in a grey patterned tunic and blue hose, pointing left, titled Orlando.

Costume Design for "Orlando"

Charles Bianchini, 1889

Watercolor costume design of an elderly man in a black robe, purple cloak, velvet cap, and holding a cane, dated 1889.

Costume for Sir Olivier McText [a]; Descriptive Sheet of Accessories [b]

Charles Bianchini, 1889

Watercolor costume design of a cavalier in blue and burgundy with a feathered cap and sword.

Costume Design for a Cavalier (?) in Blue and Burgundy with Feathered Cap and Sword

Charles Bianchini, n.d.

Watercolor costume design of a standing woman in a blue dress with green trim, flowers in her hair, and a net pouch at her wa

Costume Design for "Andrey" [a]; Descriptive sheet of Accessories [b]

Charles Bianchini, 1889

Watercolor costume design of a woman in a patterned lilac dress holding a trailing garland of pink flowers.

Costume Design for a Maiden Draped in White

Charles Bianchini, n.d.

Watercolor costume design of a standing man in brown tunic, green cape and hose, with a feathered hat and boots.

Costume Design for "Touchstone" [a]; Descriptive Sheet of Costume and Accessories [b]

Charles Bianchini, 1889

Watercolor costume design of a standing man in a medieval tunic, blue sleeves, pink hose and laced boots, holding a sword.

Design for Man's "Medieval" Costume

Charles Bianchini, n.d.

Watercolor costume design of an armored officer in a plumed helmet, green tunic with white cross, and sword, dated 1889.

Costume Design for "Officiers du duc Frédéric" [a]; Descriptive Sheet of Costume Accessories [b]

Charles Bianchini, 1889

Watercolor costume design of a figure with a flower wreath, yellow tunic, blue scrolled sash, and bouquet.

Costume for a Youth in Yellow and Blue

Charles Bianchini, n.d.

Watercolor costume design of a villager playing an oboe, in lavender jacket, striped breeches and straw hat with flowers.

Costume Design for "4 Villageois jouant au hautbois" [a]; Descriptive Sheet of Costume Accessories [b]

Charles Bianchini, n.d.

Watercolor costume design of a man named Adam in a long green coat, fur cap, red boots and belt, by Charles Bianchini, 1889.

Costume Design for "Adam"

Charles Bianchini, 1889

Pastel floral design on grey paper showing pale purple and blue blossoms, pink buds, and long blue-green leaves.

Floral Design

Jean François Bony, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of winged cherubs on clouds in a curved ceiling compartment, with a dragon head in the upper right.

Preparatory Drawing of a Ceiling for Etching, after Boucher Drawing

Jean-Charles François, mid-18th century

Chalk drawing on blue paper of two winged figures arranged as spandrels above a large arch.

Two spandrels with winged figures

François Boucher, 18th century

Sepia wash drawing of a classical interior with a figural tripod table, smoking brazier, decorated urn and laurel branch.

Circular Drawing of a Classical Interior with Fire in Brazier, Greek Vase and Circular Tripod Table

Jules Frédéric Bouchet, 19th century

Woman Dressed in Blue

John Lewis Brown, 19th century

Decorative design drawing of two intertwined swans among lily pads and yellow flowers, with dripping lines below.

Design for a Haircomb

Jacques Caillot, n.d.

Watercolor design for a round plate showing cyclamen flowers and mottled leaves within a fluted rim and geometric border.

Design for a Plate with Cyclamens

Amédée de Caranza, ca. 1877-85

Red chalk drawing of Susanna seated by a fountain as two elders lean over a balustrade behind her under a tree.

Susanna and the Elders

Laurent Cars, 18th century

Pen and wash design for a frieze with a central censer, two sphinxes, and symmetrical acanthus scrolls with blue ribbons.

Design for a Frieze with a Censer, Sphinxes and Acanthus Scrolls

Gilles Paul Cauvet, ca. 1760-80

Architectural elevation drawing of a symmetrical classical building with central pedimented entrance and iron railing, in gre

Design for the Collège de France, Paris: Elevation of Court Front Showing Entrance Screen

Jean François Chalgrin, ca. 1772

Grey wash drawing of a stone building with arched doorways and a tiled roof, partly hidden by trees and an iron gate.

View of the Palazza Madama, Rome (?)

Charles Michel Ange Challe, mid-18th century

Grey ink and wash drawing of an imagined piazza with an obelisk, classical columns, a great arch and a domed building.

An Architectural Capriccio; a View Through a Great Arch with an Obelisk in a Piazza in the Middle Distance

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 18th century

Grey ink and wash drawing of a Parisian-style building facade with a crowd, framed by allegorical figures and a banner readin

Drawing for title page "Le Petit Journal"

Hubert Clerget, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a horse buggy on a road, seated figures, arched buildings and distant mountains.

Landscape Prospect with a Buggy and a Herd of Goats

Giuseppe Zocchi, 1711-67

Watercolor interior of a salon with red curtains, gilt mirror, console table and red upholstered chairs.

Interior of a Small Salon

Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux, mid-19th century

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a pavilion elevation and octagonal ceiling plan with a clock dial and roof trusses.

Plan of the Roof and Section of a Pavilion in the Gardens of the Château de Saint-Cloud (recto); Study for the Exteri…

Pierre Contant d'Ivry, 1750

Brown wash drawing of a seated young woman beside a tree, with a distant village and path in the landscape.

Seated Girl in a Landscape

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1722-88

Painted ornamental frieze with floral garlands, a central oval portrait of a woman with a basket, and scrollwork.

Design for a Tapestry Seat of a Sofa

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1721

Architectural drawing of a classical facade with arched openings, flanked by sectioned wings showing interior rooms and roof

Design for the Collège de France, Paris: Elevation of Court Front with Traverse Sections Through Side Court Wings

Jean François Chalgrin, ca. 1772

Architectural elevation drawing of a classical building with arcaded ground floor and a cut-away section showing interior flo

Design for the Collège de France, Paris: Elevation of the Wings of the Court with a Transverse Section through Main F…

Jean François Chalgrin, ca. 1772

Architectural elevation drawing of a rusticated entrance with three arched doorways, columns, urns and stepped brick terraces

Architectural Design for a Rusticated Entrance

Degana, 1760

Etching of Saint Jerome kneeling in a wilderness with a halo, a lion, an open book and a cross beside him.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Annibale Carracci, ca. 1591

Watercolor elevation of a symmetrical two-story palace facade with central portico, balustrade and brick chimneys.

Elevation for a Palace Façade

Degana, 1770

Ink and wash ground floor plan of a palace with labeled rooms, an oval vestibule, a central salon, and a scale bar.

Ground Plan for a Palace

Degana, n.d.

Architectural floor plan of a palace upper level in grey ink, showing rooms, a central oval hall, and staircases with a scale

Ground Plan for Second Floor of a Palace

Degana, n.d.

Ink and wash design of a triumphal arch with a quadriga, beside ships and walls, with a ground plan below.

Design for Colossal Triumphal Arch Surmounted by a Quadriga

Jean Charles Delafosse, 18th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a rococo-style chimney-piece with a central shell cartouche and carved scroll legs.

Drawing for a Chimney-piece

Delorme, ca. 1850

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man in a long coat and cap playing flute beside a music stand, with handwritten dedication.

Flutist

Charles Édouard Delort, 1880

Engraving of Orpheus and Eurydice embracing amid flames and smoke, with a lyre on the ground.

Orpheus and Eurydice

Agostino Carracci, ca. 1590-95

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a standing man in a tricorn hat and fur-trimmed coat, shown in three-quarter view.

Man Standing in Three-Quarter View Facing Left

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1702-88

Brown ink and wash drawing of five women in classical dress grouped among rocks and trees in a landscape.

Five Young Women in a Landscape

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1702-88

Pen and wash drawing of kneeling figures praying before a burning altar, with a bearded figure in clouds above.

The Sacrifice of Noah

Lazzaro Baldi, 1642-1703

Engraving of a warrior carrying an old man on his back as a boy follows, with a woman and a burning city behind them.

Aeneas and his family fleeing Troy

Agostino Carracci, 1595

Etching of the Holy Family resting under trees, with an angel bending from a palm tree and the infant Christ on the Virgin's

The Holy Family resting on their flight into Egypt

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Woman in Half-Length, Profile View Facing Left and Reading a Piece of Paper Signed "Catarina"

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1702-88

Etching of the Holy Family resting, with Mary holding the Christ child, Joseph offering fruit, and two putti above.

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ while St. Joseph hands him a fruit

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Etching of Adam and Eve in a landscape, Eve offering fruit to Adam as a serpent coils in a tree above.

Adam and Eve

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Pen-and-ink style print of the Madonna seated on clouds holding the infant Christ, with a halo and a cherub below.

Madonna and child on clouds

Simone Cantarini, 17th century

Etching of a Holy Family: a seated woman holds a nude infant, an older bearded man rests at left, a child with a staff stands

Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, copy in reverse

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42 or after

Portrait of a Man

George Dance, 1796

Brown ink and wash drawing of three dancing nymphs and a satyr in energetic poses with flowing drapery.

Three Dancing Nymphs and a Satyr

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1702-88

Etching of the Holy Family resting in a landscape, Mary holding the infant Christ while Joseph kneels beneath a tree.

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ with St. Joseph at right

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640

Etching of the Virgin and infant Christ seated beneath a curtain held by an angel, with a town in the distance.

Holy Family with a curtain

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42

Etching of the Holy Family with the infant John the Baptist holding a banner staff, Saint Joseph seated at right.

Holy Family with St. John the Baptist

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ with a rosary while an older Joseph leans in behind a curtain.

Holy Family with a Rosary

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42

Etching of the Holy Family: a seated Virgin holds the Christ child with rosary beads while an older man looks on under a curt

Holy Family with a Rosary, copy after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42 or after

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded prophet in a turban and robes, standing in a narrow niche holding a book.

Standing Prophet in a Niche, Holding a Book

Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66

Pen and ink print of the Virgin holding the infant Christ with Saint Joseph beneath a tree in a landscape.

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ with St. Joseph at left

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640

Grey wash drawing of a stone wall beneath dark trees with a muddy path in the foreground.

Landscape with a rock wall, perhaps in Westmorland

Peter De Wint, 1800-1849

Etching of Mary holding the infant Christ with Saint Joseph resting under a tree in a landscape.

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ with St. Joseph at right, copy after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca.1640 or after

Engraving of Noah praying at a flaming altar while men sacrifice a ram and lead cows and a camel nearby.

Noah's Sacrifice; Noah at right with his hands clapsed in prayer before a fire upon an altar, two men sacrificing a r…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of God in clouds pointing to a seated woman under a tree, while a kneeling man with a staff points toward her.

God appearing to Isaac; God floating in clouds pointing toward Rebecca seated under a tree at left, Isaac kneeling in…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of the Annunciation: winged angel Gabriel with a lily approaching the kneeling Virgin beside a canopied bed, God ab

The Annunciation; the archangel Gabriel at left approaching the Virgin kneeling in prayer at right, God the Father in…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child enthroned between a bishop reading and Saint Joseph with a staff, under classical co

Saint Joseph at left and a bishop at right standing before the altar of the Virgin and Christ Child

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of the Virgin reclining with the infant Christ and John the Baptist, Joseph seated left, ruined buildings behind.

Virgin of the Long Thigh; the Virgin reclining on the ground her left leg outstretched supporting the infant Christ w…

Marco Dente, ca. 1518-27

Engraving of the Virgin seated, nursing the infant Christ, with a curtain and hatched drapery behind them.

Virgin nursing the infant Christ on her lap

Marco Dente, 1515-20

Engraving of Christ standing frontally, holding a cross with a banner and raising one hand before a radiating halo.

Christ standing facing forward, holding a cross with a banner and raising his left hand

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Watercolor of a woman in a pink gown and feathered hat standing beside a stone archway and garden wall.

The Rendezvous

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Engraving of a haloed bearded saint in long robes, holding a small pouch, standing against hatched background.

Saint Matthew holding a pouch

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27