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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Pen and blue wash drawing of a processional float design with angels, skeletons, and allegorical figures on a tiered base.

Design for a Processional Float

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hilly landscape with figures on a ridge path, framed by trees and flying birds.

Landscape with Figures Crossing a Bridge (recto); Study of a Nude Male, Study of Legs, Study of Head in Profile to th…

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Grey and white drawing on blue paper of a rider and companions meeting a bow-bearing huntress in an oval woodland scene.

Venus Disguised as a Huntress Appears to Aeneas (Aeneid I: 305 ff.)

Stefano Pozzi, 1699-1768

Grey-toned drawing of Vulcan seated beside a shield, with Venus and a cupid on clouds above and smiths at a forge behind.

Venus in the Forge of Vulcan (Aeneid VIII: 370 ff)

Stefano Pozzi, 1699-1768

Grey wash drawing of robed figures gathered on a hillside beneath a tent, with a central figure gesturing toward kneeling men

The Contest of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (I Kings 18: 20-46)

Stefano Pozzi, 1720-68

Red chalk drawing of a group of haloed saints and angels, with a draped figure in the foreground.

A Group of Saints and Angels (recto); Studies of a Male Figure in a Pendentive (verso)

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Red chalk drawing of mythological figures, a bearded seated man and draped woman, with helmeted warriors above, in a spandrel

Apple of Discord Thrown by Eris at the Marriage of Peleus and Thetis: Study for Fresco in the Hall of Henri II at Fou…

Francesco Primaticcio, 1504-70

Red chalk drawing of Vulcan at a forge with a fire and anvil, surrounded by winged putti in a pendentive-shaped composition.

Vulcan Forging the Darts of Cupid

Francesco Primaticcio, 1552-56

Red chalk drawing of a battle scene with armored warriors, a chariot, and fallen nude figures on the ground.

Ulysses and His Companions Fighting the Cicones Before the City of Ismaros, Study for a Destroyed Fresco in the Galer…

Francesco Primaticcio, 1555-60

Oval wash drawing of a youth standing among seated bearded elders in a temple interior, with two veiled women behind.

The Virgin and Saint Joseph find Jesus Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Pencil sketch of angels, cherubs and robed figures on clouds in an arched ceiling composition, religious theme.

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Antonio Puglieschi, 1700

Drawing of a seated king judging a dispute as a soldier raises a sword over a child, with women and courtiers around.

The Judgment of Solomon, after Raphael

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Brown wash drawing of seated men at a long table with standing and kneeling figures in an architectural interior.

Penitent Woman Anointing the Feet of Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-50)

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Pen drawing of the Judgment of Paris with a seated youth offering an apple to three nude goddesses, a cupid, dog, and peacock

Judgment of Paris, after Raphael

Raphael, 1520-1600

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing groups of sketched figures, including kneeling nude men and women.

Figure studies (after Raphael's Disputa)

Raphael, 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of St. Paul preaching to a crowd in a classical colonnaded setting with a rotunda and statue.

St. Paul preaching at Athens (Copy of Raphael's tapestry, reversed)

Raphael, 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular giants falling among rocks beneath a winged figure in the sky.

Fall of the Giants

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown and grey wash drawing with white highlights showing several winged cherubs in flight and in poses of motion.

Cherubs

Raphael, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of a helmeted warrior raising his arm before a crowd with spears in front of city walls.

Gideon Gathering His Army, Scene from the Book of Judges

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

Head of a boy and section of a horse's mane

Raphael, 1500-1550

Faded fragment of a woman's head with dark braided hair over a pink and yellow headdress, with grey swirling clouds behind.

Tapestry Cartoon Fragment: The Top of Woman's Head with Hair Braided over a Cloth Headdress

Raphael, 1500-50

Fragment of a tapestry cartoon showing an outstretched hand, a winged figure's body, and a feathered wing in muted colors.

Fragment of a Tapestry Cartoon: Outstretched Hand, Body of a Seraph, and a Wing

Raphael, 1500-1550

Pen and ink study sheet of flying putti and winged figures, some framed in rectangular architectural compartments.

Studies of Flying Putti (recto); Composition Studies (verso)

Guido Reni, 1575-1642

Drawing of Saint Peter crucified upside down, with kneeling executioners and faint red chalk figure studies around him.

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter

Giovanni Battista Ricci, 1557-1627

Ink and wash drawing of five men in ceremonial robes, with two attendants holding up a long train.

A Doge of Venice with a Cardinal, a Councillor and Servants Bearing the Train

Bernardino Rodriguez, 1600-1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of allegorical figures with a muscular man, a seated woman, a lion, and winged cherubs.

Allegorical Figures: Force, Hercules Strangling the Hydra, Plenty, and Fame

Bernardino Rodriguez, 1600-1650

Pen and brown ink drawing of five figures making music beside a harp, arranged in a horizontal frieze within a framed border.

Five Music-Making Figures

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1610-62

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of six figures making music in a horizontal frieze, including a seated child.

Six Music-Making Figures

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1610-62

Pen and wash drawing of Aeneas and the Sibyl walking toward a cave, with a cherub above and a domed temple at right.

Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl Entering the Infernal Regions

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1610-62

Red chalk drawing of a flying winged angel with outstretched arms and billowing drapery over a squared grid.

Flying Angel

Pomarancio, 1553-1626