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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Ink drawing of grotesque falling figures and small elves tumbling together, with the caption Llueven duendes below.

It's Raining Elves (Llueven duendes)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink drawing of a woman combing a seated balding man's hair, with the caption Trabajo perdido below.

Lost Labor (Trabajo perdido)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hunched old man in a cloak clutching a money bag, with winged figures behind him.

Shackled to His Treasure (Preso á su tesoro)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink drawing of a nude woman riding a owl-like creature with grotesque figures in a dark night sky.

Flying and Other Excesses (Volando y otros excesos)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pen and ink satirical drawing of caricatured figures clustered around a torn sack spilling coins onto the floor.

Greed Breaks the Bag (La codicia rompe el saco)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

There Was No Business (No encontraron avio)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink drawing of a man leaning over a ledge gazing into a mirror showing grotesque faces, with onlookers behind him.

He Looks and Doesn't Recognize Himself (Se mira y no se ve)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Grey wash drawing of Venus on clouds with a winged cupid holding an arrow, crowns and a scepter nearby.

Venus Triumphant

Hans Werl, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of Juno descending on clouds above nude sea gods on a shore with rain falling.

Juno Appearing to Sea Gods

Cornelis van Haarlem, late 16th-early 17th century

Red chalk studies of a reclining nude figure, a leg and a foot on tan paper with faint grid lines.

Studies for an Angel in Glory

Tanzio da Varallo, 1595-1633

Brown chalk and white highlight drapery study of a standing male figure with clasped hands on tinted paper.

Standing Male Figure

Filippino Lippi, ca. 1480

Pen and wash drawing of a bust portrait in a laurel wreath flanked by allegorical women, putti, and a coat of arms.

Design for a Title Page

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man dictating to a scribe at a draped table in a room with a classical temple beyond.

St. Paul Dictating at Ephesus

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of many muscular male nude figure studies in twisting and crouching poses.

Figure Studies

Eduard Dubois, 17th century

Watercolor of a seated woman in a red dress and striped headscarf, head resting on her hand, eyes closed.

Seated Italian Peasant Woman

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Black and red chalk study of a seated man in a knitted cap seen from behind, one arm outstretched.

Study of a Seated Peasant

Cornelis Dusart, n.d.

Etching of a praying robed figure in ecstasy with a kneeling monk, a cross, a crown, and angels in clouds above.

Ecstasy of the Blessed Piero Gambacorti of Pisa

Federico Bencovich, ca. 1725-28

Pen and grey wash drawing of a covered urn with bird-head handles on an ornate acanthus-leaf pedestal with claw feet.

Covered Vase on a Three-Footed Pedestal

Jacques Androuet, 1510-84

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical wall panel with putto, seated women, garlands, and scrolling foliage.

Design for a Wall Panel

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, n.d.

Pen and ink design for a door knocker with a ram's head, scrolled arms, two lion heads and a small dog on an octagonal sheet.

Design for Door Knocker

Etienne Delaune, 16th century

Watercolor of a seated man with a sword as a kneeling woman in white pleads before him in a richly furnished room.

The Pardon Refused (from Sir Walter Scott's "Kenilworth")

Camille Roqueplan, ca. 1826-29

Pencil sketch of two draped allegorical women with flying cherubs, a garland, and a lion below.

Design for a Book Illustration

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental trophy with a ribbon bow, cherub heads, foliage, and a central cartouche.

Design for a Trophy

René Charpentier, n.d.

Ink drawing of a seated writer with quill and inkwell, beside a flying bird-like figure carrying prey above a ground scene.

The Notaries Flew of With The Prey (Escribanitos volaron con la presa)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Ink wash caricature of grotesque riders on donkeys on a sunlit road, with a Spanish caption below.

They Don't Fall Off Their Donkey (They Don't Admit Their Error), (No caen de su burro)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Etching of a masked man in a cloak holding a coffee cup beside a table with coffee pots and a chair.

A man wearing a mask drinking a cup of coffee (Le Masque au Caffé), title page to "Divers Portraits"

Giovanni David, 1775

Etching of a veiled woman in black walking past a church with a small white dog beside her.

The Zendale, or the woman returning from church, from "Divers Portraits"

Giovanni David, 1775

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated man in a tricorn hat holding a pipe, on blue-grey paper.

Seated Gentleman Holding a Pipe (recto); Half-Length Study of the Same Man (verso)

Francisco Bayeu y Subias, 1734-95

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat, with the name Antonius Maria Zanetti on a pedestal.

Portrait of Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder

Giovanni Antonio Faldoni, ca. 1725

Etching of angels lifting souls toward the Virgin and Child in clouds, with a kneeling saint and open book below.

Pope Saint Gregory I Frees the Souls from Purgatory with His Prayers

Francesco Fontebasso, 1731