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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Red chalk drawing on grey paper of a standing draped woman with clasped hands and bowed head, in a decorative mount.

Standing Pregnant Woman (Study for the Pregnant Virgin Mary)

Bartolomeo Cesi, 1576-1629

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the infant Christ, kneeling kings, angels, and a stable setting.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1654-1727

Engraved deathbed scene of an elderly man in a canopied bed, embraced by a richly dressed king amid courtiers and clergy.

The Death of Leonardo da Vinci

Joseph Théodore Richomme, ca. 1825

Drawing of a reclining man in draped robes with bare feet, rendered in white highlights on blue paper.

Study for a Male Figure Lowered into a Grave (recto); Kneeling Female Figure in Profile to Left (verso)

Cigoli, 1607-13

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of three standing male figures in draped robes, with sketched heads.

Three Standing Male Figures (recto); Two Standing Male Figures (verso)

Romulo Cincinnato, 1502-93

Brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure raising a sword above a kneeling nude man on pale paper.

Beheading of a Kneeling Nude Man

Romulo Cincinnato, 1502-93

Brown ink study of a standing male nude with right arm extended, drawn with loose hatched strokes on pale paper.

Standing Male Figure with Right Arm Extended (recto); Seated Male Figure (verso)

Romulo Cincinnato, 1540-97

Black and red chalk drawing of a half-length cleric in a cap and layered robe, hands clasped at the chest.

Figure of a Cleric in Half-Length

Jacopo Confortini, 1600-1699

Red chalk drawing of a youth's head with tousled hair on a grey ground, torn fragment mounted on cream paper.

Alternate Study for the Head of a Youth (Formerly a Pentimento Pasted to 1975.131.21)

Jacopo Confortini, 1600-1699

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

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

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

Pen and brown ink study of armored warriors with spears and seated figures, attributed to Pietro da Cortona, 1637.

Study for the Age of Bronze

Pietro da Cortona, 1637

Black chalk sketch of two intertwined figures with draped fabric and small head studies below.

Study of Two Figures for the Age of Gold

Pietro da Cortona, 1637

Pen and wash drawing of classical figures, putti and a tree in a columned garden, with a seated woman tending an urn.

The Triumph of Nature Over Art (design for an engraving of 'De Florum Cultura')

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1633

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

Graphite study of a seated youth seen from behind, turning his head, with curly hair, bare torso and draped legs.

Study of a Seated Youth for the Age of Gold

Pietro da Cortona, 1637

Black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a cap, head turned upward, on grey paper.

Head of Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini) (recto); An Outstretched Arm (verso)

Pietro Locatelli, 1669-70

Gray wash drawing in an octagonal mount showing a seated woman and standing men in an interior with architecture.

Unidentified Subject

Placido Costanzi, 1702-59

Black and white chalk drawing of a bald cleric in a flowing cope, head raised, one arm extended, on grey paper.

Young Cleric in a Cope Holding a Book

Placido Costanzi, 1702-59

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

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a haloed standing saint in a buttoned cassock, one hand raised outward.

Saint Charles Borromeo

Giovanni Battista Crespi, 1575-1662

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

Red chalk drawing of a seated child with geese, a ladder, and a woman peering from behind a brick wall.

Marcolfa Discovers BertoldinoTrying to Hatch Eggs (recto); Sketch of Bertoldino (verso)

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1709-10