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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Pen and wash drawing of a helmeted commander gesturing to armored soldiers with spears, with horsemen and tents behind.

Design for a Narrative Frieze: A Commander Addressing His Troops

Alessandro Allori, 1535-1607

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop villa on a cliff above trees, grazing cattle, and a distant town under clouds.

Landscape with Hilltop Villa

Guillerot, 17th century

Pencil drawing of Notre-Dame cathedral's apse and flying buttresses across the Seine, with a bridge and boats.

The Apse of Notre-Dame, Paris

Charles Meryon, ca. 1852-54

Grey-washed drawing of Susannah and the Elders before Daniel, showing a crowd, soldiers and a woman in a classical square.

Susannah and the Elders before Daniel

Pomponio Amalteo, 1530-40

Pen and brown ink sketch of a reclining bearded male river god with a muscular torso and an extended arm.

A River God (recto); Sketches for the Vestibule of the Laurenziana, Florence (verso)

Bartolomeo Ammanati, 1511-92

Brown wash drawing of an interior with a woman in a curtained bed, attendants, and seated figures in a doorway.

The Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Andrea del Sarto, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of two studied hands, one gripping a vertical form and one clenched, with drapery sketched below.

Studies of Hands

Andrea del Sarto, ca. 1517

Pen and brown ink drawing of Aurora riding a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, with putti below.

Aurora Riding in Her Chariot

Andrea Appiani, 1754-1817

Brown wash drawing of a reclining muscular male nude with draped cloth on a pale ledge, within an octagonal outline.

Nude Male Figure Seated on the Ground

Amico Aspertini, ca. 1535-40

Brown wash drawing of nude revelers in a bacchanalian scene, with a reclining woman embracing a man at the center.

Bacchanalian Scene

Amico Aspertini, 1520-35

Brown ink and wash drawing of three draped women beside a seated winged angel near a sepulchre.

The Holy Women at the Sepulchre

Sisto Badalocchio, 1585-1620 (?)

Studies of a Man's Head and of His Hands

Federico Barocci, 1592-99

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude male figures kneeling and standing together in supplication, with faint red grid lines.

Group of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in Supplication

Giovanni Baglione, ca. 1598

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Holy Family with angels, showing a woman, an older bearded man, and a child in flowing robe

Return of the Holy Family from Egypt (recto); Studies for the Return from Egypt (verso)

Giovanni Baglione, 1599-1600

Pen and brown ink drawing of a layered rocky outcrop with stacked stone slabs and small plants growing in the cracks.

A Rocky Outcrop

Baccio Bandinelli, 1513-60

Pen and brown wash drawing of robed figures embracing in a courtyard, with a weeping woman and ornate basin at right.

Raguel's Reception of Tobias at Ecbatana

Pieter Aertsen, 1520-75

Pen and ink drawing of a sailing boat with haloed apostles, an angel in clouds, and a figure walking on waves.

Free Copy of Giotto's "Navicella" (recto); Copy of Adam in Masaccio's "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden", and other…

Parri Spinelli, ca. 1420

The Annunciation (recto); Faint View of Buildings (verso)

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1472-1517

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of trees, buildings, a stone bridge, and small figures on winding paths.

Landscape (Wooded Approach to a Town)

Fra' Bartolomeo, ca. 1508

Charcoal drawing of draped cloth over the knees and feet of a seated figure, with white highlights on the folds.

Study of Drapery over the Knees of a Seated Figure

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1472-1517

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing nude female nymphs bathing among trees in a landscape.

Nymphs Bathing

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1586-1630

Red chalk drawing of three nude male figures and a study of a right hand on pale paper.

Three Nude Male Figures; Study of the Right Hand of the Figure on the Left

Pompeo Batoni, 1708-87

Pen and ink drawing of four cloaked horsemen in wide-brimmed hats with pedestrians walking beside them.

A Procession

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and ink drawing of mounted horsemen and foot soldiers in period costume walking across a sheet.

Horsemen and Soldiers

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and ink sketch of several groups of men in robes and hats talking outdoors, some standing and some seated on the ground.

Groups of Men Talking

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Studies of Cavaliers

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and ink sheet of scattered figure studies, including a haloed rider on a donkey amid a crowd and a banquet table scene.

Scenes from the Life of Christ and Other Figure Studies

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Ink drawing of two riders on a rearing horse, a sword-carrying soldier walking left, and sketched trees in the background.

Two Figures on Horseback, a Soldier Walking Behind

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Figures in Battle and Head of a Horse (recto); Studies of a Man's Head and Arms (verso)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and ink sheet with a grinning satyr head, loose figure studies, and a handwritten Italian note in the margin.

Head of a Satyr and Other Figure Studies

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64