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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and a young John the Baptist in a tight group.

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist

Francesco Salviati, ca. 1550

Pen and red chalk drawing of an allegorical scene with a muscular figure raising a sword above putti and clouds.

Allegory

Orazio Samacchini, 1532-77

Grey wash drawing of a symmetrical vault decoration with seated figures, putti, garlands and grotesque masks.

Study for the Decoration of a Vault

Orazio Samacchini, 1532-77

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Andrew with a transverse cross, book, and fish, standing in flowing robes with a halo.

Saint Andrew, Apostle, with Transverse Cross, Book, and Fish, (recto); Architectural sketch (verso)

Fabrizio Santafede, 1576-1623

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with two angels above and two saints below, on a brownish sheet.

Virgin and Child with two angels appearing to two saints

Fabrizio Santafede, 1575-1623

Brown ink and wash drawing of the crucified Christ above kneeling robed figures beside classical arches.

St. Thomas Aquinas Presenting His Work to the Crucified Christ

Santi di Tito, ca. 1593

Graphite drawing of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist beside a tree, on grey-blue paper with grid lines.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1609-85

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of two flying putti above studies of draped cloth, with faint grid lines.

Studies of Two Flying Putti and of Drapery (recto); Seated Virgin and Child, and Kneeling Child (verso)

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1609-85

Pencil sketch of Mount Vesuvius rising over shrubland, with an umbrella pine and handwritten notes on the slopes.

View of Vesuvius

John Robert Cozens, August 18 [1782]

Watercolor of a calm bay with wooded cliffs, a hilltop building at right, a rowing boat, and a distant mountain.

On the Gulf of Salerno near Vietri

John Robert Cozens, September 1782 or later

Grey wash drawing of a hilltop villa with arched loggia behind a wall and pine trees, under a blue-grey sky.

View of the Villa Lante on the Janiculum in Rome

John Robert Cozens, 1782-83

Watercolor of a seated woman in a green dress and yellow shawl reading on a blue sofa beside a mantelpiece with porcelain.

Woman Seated on a Sofa

Walter Crane, 1865-1915

Watercolor of an Italian farmhouse with fig trees, an outdoor staircase, chickens and a pig in the yard.

Italian Farmhouse

Walter Crane, 1871-73

Watercolor of a narrow Italian courtyard with an arch, stairs, hanging laundry, terracotta pots, and a climbing vine.

A House at Sorrento

Thomas Hartley Cromek, mid-19th century

Watercolor of villas on a cliff above rocky sea shore, with a rowboat and sailboat on blue water.

Houses at Sorrento

Thomas Hartley Cromek, mid-19th century

Pencil and watercolor drawing of the ruined Acropolis at Athens rising above rocky ground under a pale sky.

The Acropolis from the Areopagus, Athens

Thomas Hartley Cromek, April 24, 1846

Watercolor of Acropolis ruins in Athens with columns, a tall tower, scattered stone blocks and small figures under blue sky.

The Acropolis from the West, with the Propylaea and the Temple of Athena Nike, Athens

Thomas Hartley Cromek, 1834

Watercolor and pencil drawing of ruined Doric columns and scattered stone blocks at the Temple of Apollo at Bassae, with moun

The Temple of Apollo at Bassae

Thomas Hartley Cromek, 1843

Watercolor of a steep rocky ravine with a stone staircase climbing to a building on a hilltop under blue sky.

A Glen in Sorrento

Thomas Hartley Cromek, mid-19th century

Oval watercolor of a river below a ruined castle keep, with a town, stone bridge and rolling hills beyond.

View of Richmond, Yorkshire

George Cuit the Elder, 1788

Oval watercolor of a river valley with a round temple on a wooded hill, rock outcrops, and figures on a riverbank.

View of the Round Howe near Richmond, Yorkshire

George Cuit the Elder, 1788

Brown ink and wash drawing of three nude putti dancing across a shaded landscape with clouds.

Three Dancing Putti

Leonardo Scaglia, 1640-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornamental design with a coat of arms, nude figures, putti and scrollwork around a tablet.

Ornamental Motif Surmounted by a Coat of Arms

Leonardo Scaglia, 1640-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of four nude putti grouped together on clouds against a pale sky.

Four Putti on Clouds

Leonardo Scaglia, 1640-50

Oil painting of the Last Supper: Christ at a central table with apostles in colorful robes around a platter of fish.

The Last Supper

Bartolomeo Schedoni, 1578-1615

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

Head of an Old Woman

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

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

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

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