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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of four armored horsemen in battle, horses rearing and crowded together.

Four Horsemen in Battle

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink wash drawing of a rearing horseman with raised sword facing a foot soldier brandishing a blade in battle.

Horsemen and Three Foot Soldiers in Battle

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of galloping and rearing horses with mounted riders in a cavalry engagement.

Cavalry Engagement (recto); Concert of Angels (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of turbaned horsemen with a raised staff and archers drawing bows on horseback.

Horsemen and Archers

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of soldiers, some on horseback and some striding with weapons, on an aged paper sheet.

Soldiers

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch of struggling figures, including helmeted warriors and women, in a dynamic battle composition.

The Rape of the Sabines

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures and horsemen before a classical temple with columns and an arched colonnade.

Figures before a Palace or Temple

Francesco Allegrini

Drawing of the Judgment of Paris with three goddesses, a young shepherd, and a messenger in a wooded landscape with clouds.

The Judgment of Paris

Alessandro Allori, 1583

Engraving of an allegorical scene with many small figures, a windmill, a burning building, pigs and Dutch inscriptions.

De Blauwe Huyck (The Blue Hood)

Theodoor Galle, 1571-1633

Charcoal drawing of a prison cell with a child on a bed and a man slumped on the floor beneath a barred window.

Young Communards in Prison (Les Fédérés à la Conciergerie)

Gustave Courbet, 1871

Grey-washed drawing of Susannah and the Elders before Daniel, showing a crowd, soldiers and a woman in a classical square.

Susannah and the Elders before Daniel

Pomponio Amalteo, 1530-40

Pen and brown ink sketch of a kneeling woman seen from behind, holding a small child turned toward the right.

Woman and Child Kneeling (recto); Head of Child (verso)

Andrea del Sarto, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of an interior with a woman in a curtained bed, attendants, and seated figures in a doorway.

The Birth of Saint John the Baptist

Andrea del Sarto, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of Aurora riding a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, with putti below.

Aurora Riding in Her Chariot

Andrea Appiani, 1754-1817

Brown ink and wash drawing of three draped women beside a seated winged angel near a sepulchre.

The Holy Women at the Sepulchre

Sisto Badalocchio, 1585-1620 (?)

Studies of a Man's Head and of His Hands

Federico Barocci, 1592-99

Pen and ink study sheet with horses, a chariot, a falling nude figure, and reclining women with children.

Studies after the Antique: The Fall of Phaëthon, Horses, Reclining Women with Children (recto); Studies after the Ant…

Amico Aspertini, 1474-1552

Brown wash drawing of Rinaldo and Armida with a nude woman offering a garland, cupids, a unicorn chariot and a column.

Rinaldo and Armida

Giovanni Baglione, 1566-1643

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Holy Family with angels, showing a woman, an older bearded man, and a child in flowing robe

Return of the Holy Family from Egypt (recto); Studies for the Return from Egypt (verso)

Giovanni Baglione, 1599-1600

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a reclining man attended by grieving women and mourners under an arch.

The Emperor Constantine Copronymous Burned by an Invisible Fire (recto); Studies of Sibyls and Angles (verso)

Giovanni Baglione, ca. 1599-1610

Red chalk study of a seated gentleman in a buttoned doublet with a collar, hands resting in his lap, on tinted paper.

Study for a Three-Quarter-Length Portrait of a Gentleman (recto), Study of a Clothed Figure and a Foot (verso)

Mario Balassi, 1605-67

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded banquet scene with guests around a candlelit table in an interior.

The Feast of Belshazzar (Daniel 5:1-4)

Giovanni Balducci, 1560-1631

Pen and wash drawing of two women greeting each other before classical colonnades, with onlookers and a seated figure in the

The Visitation of the Virgin to Saint Elizabeth

Giovanni Balducci, 1560-1631

Red chalk drawing of a standing young man in puffed sleeves lifting a curtain and looking left.

Study for a Standing Young Man, Raising a Curtain and Looking at Left

Baccio Bandinelli, 1518-19

Pen and brown ink drawing of three overlapping bearded male heads with curly hair and sketched drapery.

Three Male Heads

Baccio Bandinelli, 1493-1560

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman in a turban and draped cloak, with hatched shading and a sketched figure at left.

Seated Figure with Cloak and Turban

Baccio Bandinelli, 1493-1560

Pen and brown wash drawing of robed figures embracing in a courtyard, with a weeping woman and ornate basin at right.

Raguel's Reception of Tobias at Ecbatana

Pieter Aertsen, 1520-75

Pen and ink drawing of a sailing boat with haloed apostles, an angel in clouds, and a figure walking on waves.

Free Copy of Giotto's "Navicella" (recto); Copy of Adam in Masaccio's "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden", and other…

Parri Spinelli, ca. 1420

Pen and ink drawing of a standing woman in a feathered headdress and ornate gown, framed by scrollwork on grey paper.

Standing Woman

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1505-10

Red and black chalk drawing of a young woman's head, eyes lowered to the right, on toned paper.

Head of a Young Woman Looking to Lower Right

Federico Barocci, 1565