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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Luigi Vanvitelli

Pier Leone Ghezzi, 1674-1755

Pen and ink drawing of a man in period dress reading a book beside ancient ruins and a pyramid monument.

Joseph Henry of Straffan, Co. Kildare

Pier Leone Ghezzi, 1744-51

Grey ink wash caricature of a standing man in a pointed hat and cloak, inscribed L'Abbate Folinghi celebre Poeta.

A Caricature of L'Abbate Folinghi

Pier Leone Ghezzi, 1674-1755

Brown ink drawing of a seated woman painting a nude model at an easel beside a classical bust.

An Artist and His Model

Felice Giani, 1778-1823

Brown wash drawing of Saint Joseph presented to the Holy Trinity, with the Virgin, angels and putti among clouds.

Saint Joseph Presented by the Virgin to the Holy Trinity

Corrado Giaquinto, ca. 1735

Pen and wash drawing of mounted cavaliers with a torch-bearer entering a town, and seated women with a child in the foregroun

Military Cavaliers Entering Town Accompanied by a Turbaned Torch-bearer. In the foreground: Two Seated Women and a Ch…

Corrado Giaquinto, 1703-66

Pen and wash drawing of a chaotic crowd scene with soldiers grappling with women, kneeling figures, and onlookers before a co

The Rape of the Sabines

Giacinto Gimignani, 1606-81

Grey wash drawing with white highlights of Christ's arrest: a robed figure surrounded by soldiers, a torch, and a city bridge

The Arrest of Christ

Niccolò Giolfino, ca. 1545-46

Brown wash drawing of a banquet with seated diners, servants with vessels, and a wall inscription in an architectural hall.

The Feast of Belshazzar

Antonio Gionima, 1697-1732

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints and angels holding a garland above.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Attendant Saints

Antonio Gionima, 1697-1732

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with angels in the clouds above soldiers on a hillside with a distant walled cit

The Virgin Intervening during a Siege of Madrid

Luca Giordano, ca. 1699

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man with a staff among kneeling and gathering figures, including women and children.

Moses Striking the Rock

Luca Giordano, 1634-1705

Pen and ink drawing of men carrying a woman by a rocky shore, with sea creatures, cherubs and winged figures in the sky.

The Abduction of Helen

Luca Giordano, 1634-1705

Pen and ink sketch of a reclining semi-nude man surrounded by soldiers and onlookers in a landscape.

Fragment of a Composition with a Reclining Semi-Nude Man Surrounded by Soldiers and Other Onlookers in a Landscape

Luca Giordano, 1634-1705

Brown wash drawing of a seated ruler receiving a kneeling man before courtiers, with a nude figure and sword at right.

The Painter Rewarded

Luca Giordano, 1634-1705

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental designs with winged griffins, putti, scrolls and drapery on aged paper.

Sheet of Figure Studies, Probably after the Antique (recto); Ornamental Designs (verso)

Girolamo da Carpi, 1501-56

Pen and brown ink drawing of three muscular men carrying large urns, sketched with hatched shading.

Soldiers Carrying Urns

Girolamo da Carpi, 1501-56

Red chalk drawing of several nude male figures in twisting poses, one leaning over another, by Nicola Grassi.

Studies of Nude Men

Nicola Grassi, 1682-1750

Pencil sketch of four standing men in cloaks and tricorn hats below an architectural cornice.

Figure Studies (recto); Figures Along a Canal and on a Bridge; to the right, a Curtain and a Stool (?) (verso)

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Pen and brown wash drawing of men playing dice beside a sunlit gothic church and bell tower in a Venetian square.

Dice Players in a Venetian Square

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Grey wash drawing of a brick tower and low buildings on a lagoon shore, with gondolas and rowing boats on the water.

The Tower at Marghera

Giacomo Guardi, 1764-1835

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rocky landscape with sketched figures, one lying across stones in the foreground.

The Good Samaritan

Giovanni Antonio Guardi, 1699-1766

Brown ink and wash sketch of a young woman leaning over a youth who points outward, with loose drapery lines.

Youth in a Chariot with Attendant Young Woman

Guercino, ca. 1621-23

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling youth before a bearded prelate in a mitre, with sketched steps below.

Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (recto); Another Study of a Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (verso)

Guercino, ca. 1620

Engraving of Apollo standing nude with a laurel wreath, beside the flayed Marsyas, with onlookers including horned Midas.

Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas

Melchior Meier, 1581

Woodcut procession of crowned captives and armored soldiers walking past a Latin caption, titled Triumphus Caesaris.

The Triumph of Caesar

Jacob of Strasbourg, after 1503

Etched landscape of a sandy rural road, a large tree, a thatched cottage, a seated figure with a dog, and distant farm buildi

Wheat Field

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Pen and ink sketch of two studies of a kneeling male figure in flowing drapery, one facing left and one seen from behind.

Two Studies of a Kneeling Male Figure (recto); Handwritten letter (verso)

Guercino, ca. 1652

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed figure pointing upward beside a seated bearded man, with onlookers and radiating light.

The Raising of Lazarus

Guercino, ca. 1619

Red chalk drawing of a young man seen from behind, bending over a bowl with a draped cloth at his waist.

Standing Youth Seen from Behind Holding a Bowl (Ganymede?)

Guercino, ca. 1635-45