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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Engraving of a woman in a bonnet and shawl holding a steaming teacup beside a teapot on a table by a window.

Woman Having Tea

Pierre Filloeul, 1759

Pen and wash sketch of a bearded saint with a cross, a Madonna and child, angels, and several head studies.

Study for a Nativity, Bearded Male Saint, and Head Studies (recto); Two Head Studies (verso)

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, 1750-1815

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd of bearded men and onlookers in an arched composition, one figure pointing downward.

Raising of Lazarus

Lorenzo Lotto, 1480-1556

Watercolor pastoral landscape with cattle at a pool, a herdsman at right, classical buildings and a warm sunset sky.

Arcadian landscape

the younger George Barret, 1820-42

Grey wash drawing of the dead Christ reclining on a stone ledge while a mourning figure leans beside him near a cross.

The Dead Christ Mourned by the Magdalen Who Venerates His Side Wound

Fortunato Duranti, 1787-1863

Watercolor drawing of an Arcadian landscape with a statue of Apollo, classical colonnade, pond, and bathing figures.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Apollo

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of sea deities with a trident-bearing Neptune, sea horses, nymphs and a putto among clouds.

Sea Deities

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen drawing of half a symmetrical ceiling design with strapwork, scrolls, and floral sprigs around a central panel.

One Half Design for a Ceiling with Floral and Strapwork Motifs (recto); Slight Scribbles (verso)

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, 1709-30

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude warrior raising a weapon amid a battle with a rearing horse and fleeing figures.

Battle Scene (Samson Slaying the Philistines?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Watercolor sheet of women in corsets and underclothing with gilt frames and handwritten French captions, 1882-90.

Etudes sur les femmes

Henri de Montaut, 1882-90

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with angels and two kneeling saints in clouds.

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a helmeted soldier grasping a woman who raises her arm, with loose background sketches.

Soldier Stabbing a Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pencil drawing of robed prophets and saints seated on clouds with cherubs, a harp, and tablets, framed by pilasters.

Prophets and Saints in Glory, after Bernardino Poccetti

Santi Pacini, 1735-90

Grey wash drawing of a wolf beside figures on rocky ground, sketched with loose pen lines.

The Discovery of Romulus and Remus (recto); Three Ancient Soldiers (verso)

Paolo Pagani, 1690-1700

Grey chalk drawing of a crowned king seated at right with attendants, a woman gesturing, and youths and a child at left.

King Charles VIII of France with the Dying Gian Galeazzo Sforza at Pavia

Pelagio Palagi, 1775-1860

Pencil drawing of an ornate architectural frame with a draped female figure holding a staff, with scroll and shell decoration

One Half of a Design for a Frame of a Stage Proscenium, with a Figure of Justice at the Right, and the Barberini Arms…

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 18th century

Pen and ink sketch of Christ at a table with a kneeling woman at his feet and onlookers in an interior setting.

Penitent Woman Anointing the Feet of Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Brown ink and wash sketch of figures hauling ropes beside a boat, with a crowd and wooden structure at right.

Various Figure Groups

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Trompe-l'oeil drawing of scattered prints on a table showing horses, cattle, a portrait, a bridge and walking figures.

Trompe-l'Oeil Exercise: Prints on a Table Top

Pietro Jacopo Palmieri, 1766

Grey wash drawing of a hilly lake landscape with two horsemen, a fisherman, a dog, and a large tree on the left.

Hilly Landscape with Two Cavaliers and Other Figures in the Foreground

Romolo Panfi, 1632-90

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded piazza before a pink palazzo with clock tower, carriages, and a tall Roman column.

The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1743-1744

Brown wash drawing of classical ruins with an arch, Corinthian columns, and small figures among fallen stone fragments.

Figures in Classical Ruins

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1691-1765

Head of a Bearded Man in Profile to Left, possibly the Portrait of the Poet Giorgio Anselmi (ca. 1459-1528), with Fai…

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Judgment of Solomon with a seated king, a raised sword, and a kneeling woman.

The Judgment of Solomon

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Pen and brown ink sketch of a decorative wall panel with two female figures, a central garland, and a bull's skull.

Sketch for a wall panel in the Sala Paolina at Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1546

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin climbing temple steps, with Abraham and Isaac in the upper trian

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (below), Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac (above)

Perino del Vaga, 1520

Brown ink drawing of an ornate festival barge with classical relief panels, figures, and sea creatures below.

Design for a Festival Float or Barge

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1530-40

Pen and ink sketch of kneeling, seated and standing draped figures in a group composition on aged paper.

Kneeling, Seated and Standing Figures (recto); Seated, Kneeling and Reclining Figures (verso)

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Brown ink drawing of Jupiter descending in flames and clouds toward a startled woman, with an eagle below.

Jupiter Appearing to Semele

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Grey-toned drawing of a hilly landscape with a winding path and trees rendered in brown wash and white highlights.

Landscape (recto); Landscape (verso)

Pietro Perugino, 1489-90