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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Pen and wash design for a lunette with a central coat of arms flanked by two seated female figures, over a grid.

Design for a Lunette Decoration: Coat of Arms Flanked by Seated Allegorical Figures (recto and verso)

Pomarancio, 1553-1626

Pen and brown ink drawing of soldiers, a crowd, barrels and a seated woman beside a ruined wall, with a standard-bearer at ri

Death of Regulus

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of robed figures, some kneeling and raising arms, with a shrouded figure at lower right.

The Raising of Lazarus

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of two armored soldiers, a pointing robed man, and several other figures with spears.

Two Standing Soldiers and Six other Figures

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink landscape with rolling hills, a lake, tall trees on the right, and small figures in the foreground.

Landscape with hills and a lake, trees in right foreground

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of a harbor with sailboats, a rocky outcrop, standing figures on the shore and trees.

Marine landscape with figures

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink drawing of five figures in plumed hats and flowing robes, with a small dog leaping beside them.

Five Figures in Fantastic Costumes with Two Dogs

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude figures and robed onlookers gathered around a smoking altar at night.

Witches' Sabbath (recto); Figures Gathered around a tree (verso)

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Watercolor of an open lawn lined with trees, with Oxford college spires and towers rising in the distance under a pale sky.

View of University Park looking towards New College, Oxford

William Turner, after 1825

Pen and blue wash drawing of two kneeling and two standing draped figures, one holding a long staff, by Nicola Maria Rossi.

Two Kneeling and Two Standing Figures

Nicola Maria Rossi, 1690-1758

Drawing of the Resurrection of Christ in a lunette, with soldiers below and kneeling saints at either side.

Design for a Frescoed Altarpiece of The Resurrection

Maso da San Friano, ca. 1560-71

Watercolor drawing of a barefoot peasant in white clothing riding a grey donkey against a pale background.

Peasant on a Donkey

Giovanni Battista Lusieri, ca. 1783-87

Pen drawing of a classical landscape with hunters, a large tree, a round temple on a hill, and a flock of sheep.

Classical Landscape with Hunters in the Foreground

Giovanni Battista Lusieri, 1755-1821

Pencil drawing of herdsmen driving cattle and goats past a river, arched bridge, and large trees.

Classical Landscape with Herdsmen in the Foreground

Giovanni Battista Lusieri, 1755-1821

Watercolor landscape of a sandy path with wooden posts, trees, and cottages under a cloudy sky.

View of Kensington Gardens, London

John Linnell, 1812

Drawing of clergy in red robes and a kneeling figure in a city square with crowds, guards, and classical architecture.

Pius V and the Ambassador of the King of Poland

Benedetto Luti, ca. 1712

Pen and ink study of nude figures in a rescue scene, with surrounding figure sketches and onlookers along the bottom edge.

The Rescue of a Drowned Man (recto); Study of a Horse (verso)

Théodore Géricault, ca. 1817-18

Brown ink and wash drawing of a warrior thrusting his hand into a brazier before a seated king, with soldiers watching.

Gaius Mucius Scaevola Thrusting His Right Hand into Fire

Marco Marcola, 1740-93

Drawing of robed men in a ceremonial scene, a kneeling figure before a seated man in a tall headdress, with red chalk accents

The Emperor Frederick Barbarossa Submitting to Pope Alexander III in the Presence of a Doge

Pietro Malombra, 1556-1618

Pen and ink drawing of a horizontal rinceau frieze with scrolling leaves and blossoms, mounted with ruled borders.

Design of Rinceaux

Andrea Mantegna, 1470-1510

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a woman with raised arm and draped garment, gripping an object in her other hand.

Jael Slaying Sisera

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pen and ink figure studies on brown paper: a bearded man, a seated draped woman, and flying putti.

Studies of Figures

Parmigianino, 16th century

Pencil sketch of a symmetrical rococo ceiling or wall design with scrolling cartouches and medallions.

Design for One Half of a Ceiling with Medaillons with Figure Sketches Inside (recto); Design for an Interior Wall Ele…

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil design drawing of ornamental ceiling decoration with scrolling foliage, a shield medallion, and an urn with flowers.

Design for One Eighth of a Ceiling of a Reception Room at the Royal Palace at Moncalieri

Leonardo Marini, 1774-78

Pen and watercolor elevation design of a palace gallery with pilasters, painted panels, eagles in wreaths, and a coffered cei

Design for the Interior of a Gallery of a Palace

Leonardo Marini, 1760-97

Pen and ink study of two nude male figures supporting a frame, beside an architectural plan of a ceiling panel.

Study for Nude Male Figures Supporting a Frame and Plan of the Ceiling Decoration of Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Red chalk sketch of a flying figure reaching toward a seated figure amid clouds, with loose studies of drapery.

Flying Figure Appearing before an Enthroned Figure

Paolo de Matteis, 1662-1728

Red chalk drawing of a robed figure reaching from clouds toward figures in a boat tossed by waves and rigging.

Christ Stilling the Tempest ?

Paolo de Matteis, 1662-1728

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate festival gondola with a dolphin prow, cherubs, weapons and a plumed figure over water

Design for a Festival Gondola

Alessandro Mauro, ? - 1737

Brown ink drawing of a crowded Last Judgment scene with nude figures swirling around a central standing figure.

The Last Judgment

Michelangelo, 1570-90