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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of reclining nude male figures with a crowd of onlookers behind them.

Copy in Reverse Design Orientation: Based on the Group of Reclining Figures at Left in Domenico Beccafumi's Scene of…

Domenico Beccafumi

Pen and ink drawing of a city skyline with a church tower, rooftops, trees and small figures in the foreground.

Padua from the East, with San Francesco and the Salone

Bernardo Bellotto, 1721-80

Pen and ink drawing of a domed church facade on the Grand Canal with gondolas and palazzi along the water.

San Simeone Piccolo, Venice, Seen from the Grand Canal

Bernardo Bellotto, 1721-80

Red chalk drawing of a youth with wavy hair kissing an outstretched hand, with another arm and hand extended at left.

Youth Kissing an Outstretched Hand

Marco Benefial, 1684-1764

Pencil sketch sheet with several figure studies: a kneeling draped figure, a seated bearded man, a clenched hand, and head st

Figure Studies

Alphonse-Henri Périn, 1810-74

Blue wash drawing of tritons carrying off struggling nereids through sea waves, with horses and cherubs.

Tritons Carrying Off Nereids

François Perrier, n.d.

Oval drawing of Venus above Neptune with sea horses, Cybele, cherubs and a sun chariot in brown wash and white heightening.

The Birth of Venus, with Neptune, Cybele and the Chariot of the Sun (Homage to Venus)

Niccolò Berrettoni, ca. 1670-80

Pen and brown wash drawing of embracing female figures, some holding musical scores, with sketched heads behind them.

Embracing Female Figures, Some Holding Musical Scores

Girolamo Mirola, 1570-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures, armored soldiers, an altar and animals in an antique sacrificial scene.

Scene of Antique Sacrifice

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1762-1844

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman on horseback, a man gesturing beside her, and a dog with barrels in a landscape.

Man Assisting a Woman to Mount a Horse, with Two Other Figures and a Dog

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1762-1844

Brown ink drawing of two crouching dwarfs playing dice with a dog at left, one holding a dice box.

Two Dwarfs Playing Dice, a Dog at Left (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)

Faustino Bocchi, 1659-1742

Etching of a harlequin seated in a columned studio, gesturing at a painter working at an easel while elegantly dressed onlook

Arlequin Mecontent de Son Peintre

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a frieze of classical figures, soldiers and robed onlookers in a narrative row.

Scenes from Ancient History, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Andrea Boscoli, 1560-1608

Brown ink drawing of a classical frieze with robed women, armored men, a kneeling figure and an ancient urn.

Scenes from Ancient History, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Andrea Boscoli, 1580-1608

Pen and brown ink drawing of a river valley with trees, rocky mountains, and small figures in the foreground.

River Landscape near Narni

Giovanni Battista Busiri, 1698-1757

Brown ink and wash drawing of two draped women flanking an urn, with winged figure and caryatid ornaments in a frieze.

Design for a Frieze with Two Women Flanking an Urn

Giuseppe Cades, ca. 1775-85

Pen and brown ink drawing of three seated women on a stone bench, spinning and holding thread, as the Three Fates.

The Three Fates

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Pencil drawing of farm buildings and a water mill beside a stream, with wooded hills rising behind them.

Farm Buildings with Water Mill

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman holding a child while another woman reaches toward them beside a tree.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Pen and ink drawing of armed soldiers and horses fighting on a bridge, with a shielded warrior facing a crowd of spearmen.

Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Ink sketch of a reclining female figure with a crescent behind her and radiating lines around, titled Diana.

Diana

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Pen and ink drawing of a coastal landscape with ships in a harbor, ruined city buildings, rocky cliffs, and clouds.

Imaginary Coastal Landscape with Ruins

Domenico Campagnola, 1500-1564

Pen drawing of a seated woman with goats beside a leaning tree, a hilltop town with a tower, and two riders on a path.

Landscape with an Old Woman Holding a Spindle

Domenico Campagnola, 1500-1564

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mounted warrior beside a fallen bearded king, with armored soldiers and an elephant.

Alexander and Porus

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pen and wash drawing of an embrace between warriors in the foreground, with a battle and chariot behind and a domed city in t

Soldiers Going into Battle

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pen and brown ink drawing of togaed men with daggers attacking a figure in a columned hall with statues.

Assassination of Julius Caesar

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1793-96

Pen drawing of a classical interior where a nude man raises a dagger toward another figure beside a colonnade and draped curt

Tarquin and Lucrezia

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pencil drawing of two Roman busts side by side, one draped in a mantle and one wearing armor with a Medusa head.

Two Roman Busts

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pencil drawing of classical figures, including a reclining woman and winged cupids, beneath swagged drapery in a relief-style

Mythological Scene

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pencil drawing of a veiled classical female figure standing on a pedestal, labeled Ceres Velata, by Vincenzo Camuccini.

Veiled Ceres

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844