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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,431 works

Red chalk sketch of a bull head, sheep heads, and two human figures on a pale sheet.

Studies of Animal Heads and Figures

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of winged angelic figures and a reclining nude youth among clouds, by Tiepolo.

Sheet of Studies: Five Angels (recto); Youth in Clerical Robes and Other Studies (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Circular sketch of a crowned seated woman, a bishop, a mother with infant, and putti on steps.

Nobility Presenting an Infant to Venice

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Brown ink and wash sketch of winged figures and putti among clouds, with a figure riding a large bird.

Studies of Figures on Clouds

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of Apollo seated on clouds with a lyre and two putti at left, with a radiant halo above.

Apollo Seated on Clouds, Two Figures at Left

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a theater facade with a central portal topped by a royal crown and a gabled roof.

View of a Theater (Bayreuth): Exterior Elevation of the Façade; Central Portal Surmounted by Royal Crown

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Black chalk drawing with red accents of a reclining child asleep on a ledge, one arm raised overhead, draped cloth at the hip

Reclining Figure

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash sketch of a flying male figure with outstretched arm, surrounded by clouds and a curved chariot form.

Apollo Standing in His Chariot

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Circular drawing of classical gods, muses and a helmeted warrior with shield, winged figure above, in brown ink and white hig

Classical Gods, Muses, and Allegorical Figures

Giuseppe Salviati, 1566-67

Circular brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining draped figure with a flying putto above, on grey paper.

Design for a Ceiling

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of winged female figures and cherubs among clouds, with loose sketched limbs and drapery.

Three Winged Female Figures

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Engraving of a schoolmistress guiding a small child writing letters at a wooden desk, in a dark interior setting.

The School Mistress

François Bernard Lépicié, 1747

Red chalk drawing of nine overlapping heads, bearded men and figures in turbans, with handwritten note at lower right.

Nine heads after Paolo Veronese

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing draped woman with a mirror and a reclining figure with a sword on a cloud.

Standing Figure of Prudence and a Seated River God

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Engraved portrait of a young boy with curled hair at a desk, spinning a top beside an inkwell, quill and books.

Child with a Top

François Bernard Lépicié, 1742

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling figure offering at an altar beside a standing nude, with a bearded figure among clouds above

The Sacrifice of Abel

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a river god with an oar, a draped woman, and a standing nude boy on pale paper.

River God with an Oar, Woman Holding a Serpent, and a Standing Nude Boy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a kneeling woman in a headscarf and apron, seen from behind, on brown paper.

Kneeling Milkmaid

Francesco Londonio, 1723-83

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures lowering a body into a tomb, with a lantern and haloed mourners.

Entombment of Christ

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman with a sceptre and a winged putto climbing on her shoulder, figures on clouds.

Seated Woman with a Winged Putto

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and brown ink sketches of horsemen on horseback and a foreshortened nude figure on aged paper.

Studies of Horsemen and Study of a Figure for a Deposition (recto); Sketch for an Entablature (verso)

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a kneeling saint and a small angel at the right edge.

Saint Adoring the Madonna and Child

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of an winged old man holding a nude woman, with a putto standing at right.

Time Holding a Nude Woman, a Putto at Right

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and brown ink drawing with white highlights of two standing male figures, one in a turban and robes, one seen from behind

Two Standing Male Figures

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Pen and ink drawing of a veiled woman holding an infant, with a seated putto and angel holding a flowering branch.

St. Catherine of Siena with The Infant Jesus (recto); Warrior with Dead Lion? (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated river god with a standing female attendant holding a staff, with a reclining figure be

Seated River God and Standing Female Attendant

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and ink drawing of Venus with curly hair on a cloud, with two doves, one perched and one with spread wings.

Venus with Doves

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1828

Grey wash drawing of a seated mother in draped clothing nursing an infant at her breast.

Mother and Children (Charity?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a winged woman, a bearded river god with a staff, and a nude boy among clouds.

Winged Female Figure, River God, and a Nude Boy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen drawing of an ornamental letter B with acanthus scrolls, nude figures, a bull's head and a goat on blue paper.

Design for an Ornamental Initial: B

Teodoro della Porta, 1567-1638