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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

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

Oil study of a bearded, balding man's head bowed downward and to the left, against a grey background.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Lower Left (Nicodemus)

Federico Barocci, 1579-82

Oil study of a woman's head in an ochre headscarf, eyes lowered and smiling faintly, painted in soft warm tones.

Head of an Old Woman Looking to Lower Right (Saint Elizabeth)

Federico Barocci, 1584-86

Pencil drawing of a crowned allegorical woman seated above a rearing horse, with cherubs and a classical building.

Design for Panel: Allegory of Europe, from "The Four Continents"

Giacomo Barri, 1650-79

Pen and wash drawing of a bound, shirtless man before a crowd and a bearded man in a turban, with a city behind.

Christ Presented to the People

Georg Vischer, early 17th century

Gray wash drawing of a nude Christ with thorns beside a column, a turbaned figure behind him, and a city tower in the backgro

Christ Presented to the People

Caspar Fraisinger, 1560-99

John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1779-1802

George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester, William, 2nd Viscount Courtenay, de jure 8th Earl of Devon, and George Willia…

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1779-1802

John Hinchcliffe, Bishop of Peterborough

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1779-1802