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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Pencil drawing of a nude male gladiator kneeling on a pedestal, one arm extended outward, after a classical sculpture.

Kneeling Gladiator

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pencil drawing of an eagle attacking a bound, reclining nude male figure on a rocky ledge.

Prometheus (or Tityus)

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pen and brown ink drawing of an arched building, balcony with figures, tower with equestrian statue, and cypress trees.

Fanciful Landscape (Landscape with Villa Building and Equestrian Monument)

Canaletto, 1697-1768

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged sleeping putto lying on draped cloth over a stone plinth, ca. 1630.

Copy after a Sculpture of the Sleeping Eros Based on an Antique Model (from Cassiano dal Pozzo's 'Paper Museum')

Giovanni Angelo Canini, ca. 1630

Pen and ink drawing of a farmhouse, well, and large tree in a rural landscape with a bell tower at left.

Landscape with a Farm House and a Bell Tower

Remigio Cantagallina, 1582-1656

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Christ child with angels around them, by Simone Cantarini.

The Holy Family with Angels Bearing Symbols of the Passion

Simone Cantarini, 1612-48

Pen and ink sketch of the Holy Trinity in glory: three seated figures on clouds, a dove above, and two angels.

The Holy Trinity in Glory

Simone Cantarini, 1612-48

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures and a seated woman with child beneath draped fabric, with faint grid lines.

Old Testament Scene

Giovanni Andrea Carlone, 1639-97

Grey wash drawing of Adam digging with a spade while Eve sits with two infants beside a tree.

Adam and Eve after Their Expulsion with the Infants Cain and Abel

Giovanni Andrea Carlone, 1639-97

Pen and brown ink sheet of overlapping figure studies: nudes, cherubs, sea creatures and classical heads.

Figure Studies for Various Female and Male Figures (recto); Threes Amors in the Garden of Venus (verso)

Agostino Carracci, 1600-02

Pen and brown ink drawing of Perseus with Minerva and a winged figure in a rocky landscape within a lunette.

Perseus Beheading Medusa (recto); Studies of a Child and Ornament Sketches (verso)

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Black chalk study of a muscular male nude crawling on hands and knees, with an arm reaching forward, on grey paper.

Crawling Male Figure (Study for Cacus)

Annibale Carracci, 1593

Red chalk sketch of two children's heads and arms, with a boy leaning on his arm and hand studies at left.

Studies of a Boy and a Girl (recto); Studies of Legs (verso)

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman in drapery beside a city gate with figures on a path in the distance.

The Virgin and Child Resting Outside a City Gate

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Red and black chalk drawing of Hercules and Omphale, a seated bearded man gesturing beside a nude woman before classical colu

Hercules and Omphale

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Brown ink and wash drawing of animals and figures gathered before a large structure under a cloudy sky.

Animals and Figures before the Ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1660-64

Brown wash drawing of nomads herding sheep and an ox with a woman and children riding on its back beneath trees.

Pastoral Scene: Nomads with Sheep and Cattle

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-64

Brown wash drawing of shepherds driving a flock of sheep past a laden mule and a palm tree under a cloudy sky.

Pastoral Scene: Shepherds and Their Flock

Michel Corneille the Younger, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a seated man with a goat, dog, lute and sheet music, with sketched figures on a rock.

Study of Animals and Figures

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-64

Pen and wash drawing of seated Diana gesturing toward a satyr, with winged cherubs under a tree.

Diana and Satyr

Filippo Cavori, 1800-(?)

Engraving of three winged putti with an ostrich, framed by a large garland of fruit, flowers and ribbons.

Three putti before a large garland, the one in the middle rides an ostrich, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X

Master of the Die, ca. 1530-40

Pen and wash drawing of two rigged sailing boats beached on a shoreline with two small rowboats beside them.

Four Boats

Michelangelo Cerquozzi, 1602-60

Engraved ornamental design of two spoons with carved handles, a medallion portrait, rosettes, and a dog whistle, dated 1539.

Design for Two Spoons and a Dog Whistle

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Two Male Heads in Profile to Right

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1765-1810

Engraved sheet of twenty-six decorative capital letters filled with scrollwork, grotesques, putti, and flowers.

Ornamented Roman Majuscule Alphabet

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1520

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the infant Christ, kneeling kings, angels, and a stable setting.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1654-1727

Engraved deathbed scene of an elderly man in a canopied bed, embraced by a richly dressed king amid courtiers and clergy.

The Death of Leonardo da Vinci

Joseph Théodore Richomme, ca. 1825

Brown wash drawing of soldiers tying a bearded man to an anchor by the sea, with a crowd and a classical dome on the right.

The Martyrdom of Saint Clement I, Pope

Agostino Ciampelli, 1596-97

Drawing of a reclining man in draped robes with bare feet, rendered in white highlights on blue paper.

Study for a Male Figure Lowered into a Grave (recto); Kneeling Female Figure in Profile to Left (verso)

Cigoli, 1607-13

Pen and ink drawing of many winged angels seated on clouds, several playing musical instruments, with hatched shading.

Music-Making Angels Seated on Clouds

Andrea Commodi, ca. 1616