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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded figure in robes presenting a woman to a sleeping man beneath a tree.

The Creation of Eve

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of robed figures in a temple, with a mitred priest greeting a young girl at the steps.

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646

Pen and blue wash drawing of a mounted warrior with a baton directing soldiers, with horsemen and pikemen beside him.

Mounted Warrior with a Baton Giving Orders to His Troops

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646

Pen and blue wash drawing of a battle with mounted soldiers, swords raised, and fallen warriors on the ground.

Battle Scene

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646

Pen and blue wash drawing of saints, angels and musicians in clouds below God the Father in a radiant oval.

Study for the Decoration of an Apse: Saints and Angels in Glory with God the Father Above

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646

Blue wash drawing of robed figures and armored guards in an arched interior, with a kneeling figure at lower left.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling woman, a bearded man, architectural arches, and a head study.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Martina, Another Study of Saint Martina, Studies of a Head, and of an Arcade (recto);…

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

Etching of a massacre in a classical square with soldiers, fallen bodies, and three seated rulers watching from a raised plat

A Massacre by the Triumvirate

Claude Vignon, ca. 1624

Pencil drawing of a reclining male nude with upturned head and outstretched arm, with flowing drapery behind him.

A Wind God

Pietro da Cortona, 1669

Brown ink drawing of a colonnaded hall with allegorical figures, a river god, cherubs holding a portrait medallion, and schol

Design for a Thesis Print with an Allegory of Knowledge and Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Barberini the Younger (1607-…

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1635

Red chalk study of a figure seen from behind with an outstretched arm and loose drapery, by Pietro da Cortona.

Study for the Allegory of Religion

Pietro da Cortona, 1629-39

Brown ink and wash sketch of a tangled group of figures with draped garments and a seated man at left.

Sea Battle

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

Wash drawing of angels above a crowd and boat, one angel raising an illuminated cross, on three joined tan sheets.

Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica

Pietro da Cortona, 1652

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman in drapery leaning toward a nude infant, with trees behind them.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Martina

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

Pen and ink study sheet with ceiling ornament, cartouches, arches, and a central reclining female figure among putti.

Studies for a Ceiling (recto and verso)

Michel Corneille the Younger, ca. 1660-80

Pen and brown ink drawing of three putti beside a small keyboard instrument on a ledge, in a horizontal frieze strip.

Putti with a Small Keyboard Instrument and Music Books

Daniele Crespi, 1597-1630

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a group of seated religious figures in a lunette-shaped composition.

Saint John the Baptist, Saint Benedict, King David, and Other Seated Figures

Daniele Crespi, 1597-1630

Red chalk drawing of a violent crowd of women and children under a bridge, with soldiers on horseback and flying cherubs abov

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1665-1747

Pen and ink sketch of draped mythological figures, with a seated woman holding an infant among standing women.

Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx

Donato Creti, 1671-1749

Pen and ink sketch of a kneeling woman before a standing man and a supplicant before an enthroned figure in an arched interio

Woman Kneeling before a Standing Man, and Supplicant Kneeling before an Enthroned Male Figure

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Pen and ink sheet with studies of standing and kneeling figures and small flying putti in varied poses.

Standing and Kneeling Figures, and Studies of Flying Putti

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Red chalk drawing of a biblical scene with men in robes and turbans gathered around a youth, with distant figures and buildin

Joseph Sold by His Brethren

Giovanni Battista Discepoli, 1590-1660

Ink and wash drawing of armored soldiers facing a family group seated before a draped tent, with banners behind.

The Family of Darius before Alexander (recto); Sketch of a Horse-Drawn Cart, and Studies of Male Heads and an Infant…

Gaspare Diziani, 1717

Long-Tailed Bird Seen in Profile

Count Giorgio Durante, early 18th-mid 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a dead duck lying horizontally, head extended left, wings and feathers shaded in soft tones.

Dead Duck

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

Watercolor and ink drawing of two overlapping dead ducks, one with a green head and brown chest, on a cream ground.

Two Dead Ducks

Count Giorgio Durante, 1705-55

Ink and watercolor drawing of two dead birds with barred plumage and long bills lying overlapping on a pale ground.

Dead Birds

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

A Rat Seen in Profile

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

Pen and brown ink drawing of weathered Roman ruins with arched openings and a dirt path in the foreground.

Ruins of the Roman Arena at Pozzuoli

Aniello Falcone, 1607-56

Ink sketch on blue paper of mourners lowering the dead Christ onto a stone slab, with studies of heads and drapery.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ at the Foot of the Cross (recto); Studies for the Burial of Christ (verso)

Ferraù Fenzoni, 1620-30