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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Engraving of villagers gardening in spring, planting beds and potted trees, with a farm, grazing sheep and a town behind.

Spring (Ver), from "The Seasons"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1570

Pen and wash drawing of helmeted warriors embracing and celebrating in a crowded frieze, attributed to Parmigianino.

Roman or Greek Warriors Celebrating after a Victory

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a balding, bearded older man with curly hair, turned slightly to the right.

Head of a Bearded Man

Domenico Fetti, 1588/89-1623

Bust of a Youth Looking to Upper Left (recto); Study of Drapery (verso)

Orazio Fidani, 1610-56

Grey wash drawing of Manius Curius Dentatus refusing gifts from Samnite ambassadors, with figures, a cooking pot and vegetabl

Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Presents of the Samnite Ambassadors

Fedele Fischetti, 1732-92

Pen and wash design for a ceiling with an oval mythological scene, garlands, and ornamental framing panels.

Design for a Ceiling: Jason and the Golden Fleece

Fedele Fischetti, 1732-92

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored warriors fighting on horseback while women plead among them, with classical buildings a

The Sabine Women Pleading for Peace

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a curly-haired man in a cloak riding a rearing horse, with red chalk curls at upper right.

Man on Horseback, Study of a Man's Head (recto); Head of a Young Woman (verso)

Marcello Fogolino, 1483-1548

Pen and gray wash drawing of two standing men in fur and armor beside a seated woman holding a child.

Two Standing Male Figures and Seated Woman with a Child

Francesco Fontebasso, 1760s

Red chalk drawing of a draped woman with a unicorn, white highlights on grey paper, by Volterrano.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn (recto); Study for Drapery (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1650

Pen drawing of a cloaked woman facing a stooped bearded man with a staff on a coastal path, with a dog and sea behind.

Hester and the Physician, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Pen drawing of a cloaked woman walking with children past a large tree, with a village of half-timbered houses behind.

Pearl, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Pen and ink drawing of a village procession with a woman in a plain cloak, townspeople, children, and a church with clock tow

The Procession, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Ink and wash drawing of a rowdy party with dancing men, fallen figures, women watching, and trumpeters in a Gothic-windowed r

A Rowdy Party

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1845

Red chalk drawing of an allegorical woman with a unicorn and a putto beside her on toned paper.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn and Putto (recto); Study of a Nude Boy (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1642

Red chalk drawing of a crowned woman with a unicorn and two putti in an arched niche.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn and Two Putti (recto); Study of the Same Figures (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1642

Red chalk sketch of a kneeling youth in armour, leaning forward with curly hair and one hand on his chest.

Kneeling Youth in Armour

Baldassare Franceschini, 1611-89

Two Studies of a Woman in Peasant Costume

Alexandr Andreevic Ivanov, 19th century

Circular pen and ink drawing of a stoning scene with a man throwing stones at seated elders before a walled city.

The Stoning of the Elders

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th century

Portrait of John Poyntz

Hans Holbein the Younger, early 16th century

Grey wash drawing of men handling sacks and barrels among horses and tents on a quayside.

Figures at a Quayside

Johannes Lingelbach, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a herdsman leading a donkey past sheep resting beneath a large tree.

A Herdsman with a Donkey

Jacob Van Der Does, 1658

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, one a bishop with a crosier.

The Virgin and Child with Saints

Girolamo da Treviso, 1498-1544

Brown ink drawing of a musketeer seen from behind, walking with a musket over his shoulder and a tall hat.

A Walking Musketeer, seen from behind

Anthonie Palamedesz, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a mythological birth scene with a seated woman, an infant, cherubs, satyrs and nymphs in a wooded lands

The Birth of Adonis

Marcantonio Franceschini, ca. 1684

Drawing of a seated woman with a unicorn in a shell niche, with a putto and attendant on clouds below.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1688-89

Brown and white drawing of a young woman with lowered eyes wearing a folded headscarf, by Carlo Cignani.

Head of a Young Woman in Three-Quarter View Facing Left

Carlo Cignani, 1670-1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of an allegorical seated woman with mirror, putti on clouds, and a kneeling attendant in a shell n

Allegorical Figure of Faith

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1648-1729

Brown wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman holding a flaming heart, with an infant, cherubs and clouds under a radiatin

Allegorical Figure of Charity

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1688-89

Pen and ink sketches of Cain killing Abel beside an altar, with standing women, a hand, and a seated child.

Figure Studies: Three Sketches of Cain Killing Abel, with an Altar of Sacrifice at Center, Two Standing Women, a Hand…

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61