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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,394 works

Pen and wash design for a decorative panel with a reclining woman and standing nude man in an ornate scrolled frame.

Design for a Panel with a Depiction of Bacchus and Ariadne

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of armored soldiers, a rearing horse, and a prostrate man held down beside a tent.

Scene from Ancient History or Mythology: Theseus Punishing Procrustes (?)

Giuseppe Piattoli, 1785-1807

Pen and ink drawing of Venus with curly hair on a cloud, with two doves, one perched and one with spread wings.

Venus with Doves

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1828

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining crowned woman attended by women and a child with a bow on a stone ledge.

Toilet of Diana

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular Vulcan working at an anvil in a forge, with assistants and a winged cupid watching.

Venus and Cupid in Vulcan's Forge

Domenico Piola, 1627-1703

Pen and wash drawing of a standing nude figure of Apollo holding a lyre and a scroll on a blue ground.

Standing Figure of Apollo with a Lyre

Paolo Gerolamo Piola, 1666-1724

Red chalk drawing of a seated woman in drapery beside a sleeping winged child on a grassy slope.

Nymph and Cupid

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

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

Brown ink drawing of the Pietà: dead Christ lies in the foreground, mourning Virgin supports him, angels and cherubs gather a

Pietà

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

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

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of Orpheus centered among seated and kneeling figures in an oval, with flames at right.

Orpheus

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

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 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

Ink and wash drawing of nude Apollo with laurel wreath, quiver and lyre, by Ercole Procaccini the Younger.

Apollo

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Watercolor stage design of a classical courtyard with colonnade, central statue of Minerva, staircase and figures under a str

Design for a Stage Set: A Classical Courtyard and Colonnade with a Statue of Minerva

Leonardo Marini, 1780-90

Pen and ink sketch of mythological figures, a nude central figure and draped women among scribbled clouds.

The Pregnancy of Callisto Discovered by Diana

Antonio Molinari, 1612-66

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular man wrestling a bull in an arched interior with spectators on a balcony.

Hercules Capturing the Cretan Bull, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling female martyr under a raised sword, with soldiers, descending angels and architecture.

Martyrdom of Two Female Saints

Cosimo Ulivelli, 1625-1704

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with two angels above a bearded man and a kneeling woman.

A Male and a Female Saint (Joseph of Aramathea? and Saint Catherine of Siena? Adoring the Virgin and Child in Glory (…

Francesco di Maria, 1623-90

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules seated on rocks, holding a golden apple beside a tree and a coiled dragon.

The Apples of the Hesperides, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin appearing above a priest at an altar, with kneeling figures and angels among clouds.

The Virgin Appearing at Mass

Agostino Masucci, 1692-1758

Pen and wash drawing of a fountain design with reclining river gods, nymphs and a tiered stone pedestal.

Design for a Fountain with Rivergods and Nymphs

Giorgio Vasari, 1511-74

Pen and ink sketch of a centaur carrying a woman on its back, with an archer and loose landscape hatching behind.

Hercules, Nessus the Centaur, and Deianeira, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Drawing of a nude woman bathing in a round pool while two draped figures hold a cloth screen among trees.

Bath of Venus

Edward Burne-Jones, 1890s

Brown ink drawing of a fountain with reclining river god, nymphs and rocks on a columned pedestal within an arched niche.

Design for a Fountain with River Gods and Nymphs

Giorgio Vasari, 1511-74

Red chalk drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne with a reclining woman, a standing man, putti and trees on grey paper.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Circular print of the drunken Silenus reclining with satyrs, framed by putti in a grapevine wreath.

Wilton album, folio 41: The Drunken Silenus (Tazza Farnese)

Annibale Carracci, ca. 1597-1600

Pencil drawing of a woman in classical dress beside a peacock, with a winged cherub holding a pendant above her.

Lavinia, Countess Spencer as Juno

Richard Cosway, ca. 1806