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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Engraving of women and a lute player gathered in a garden with flying cupids overhead and a classical column at right.

The Garden of Love (left block)

Christoffel Jegher, 1630s

Black and white chalk portrait of a man with curly hair and a wide collar, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Rossa

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1610-30

Chalk drawing of a man with a mustache and fur-trimmed collar, shown in three-quarter bust view on grey paper.

Portrait of Piermarino Bernabò

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1618

Pen and brown wash drawing of women handling draped cloth beneath arches and columns, with a dog at lower left.

A Domestic Scene

Pirro Ligorio, 1513-83

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with men on ladders lowering Christ and mourners below.

The Descent from the Cross with Saint Francis and Another Friar

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1619

Brown ink drawing of a huge beech tree with the Madonna and Child in its branches and three friars below.

The Beech Tree of the Madonna at La Verna

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1605-7

Brown wash drawing of a Punchinello-style figure in a pointed hat and ruffled costume holding a round object and a ladle.

Punchinello with Dumpling or Fritter

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Poster of a girl with yellow hair and a large black bow against blue, advertising In Childhood's Country by Louise Chandler M

In Childhood's Country by Louise Chandler Moulton, Pictured by Ethel Reed

Ethel Reed, 1896

Drawing of a standing janissary in pink robe and white hat with a rifle, beside a seated lion.

A Janissary "of War" with a Lion

Jacopo Ligozzi, ca. 1577-80

Sketch of soldiers carrying a general in triumph past trumpeters, spearmen and a draped tent, in grey pencil on paper.

Illustration for a Book: General Carried in Triumph

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints and infant children, by Jacopo da Pontormo, 1514-22.

Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr

Pontormo, 1514-22

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded saint on a cloud with an ox, pointing upward beside a female figure holding a mirror.

Illustration for a Book: Saint Luke with a Female Allegorical Figure

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil and wash sketch of a seated robed figure with a lion and dog, attendants, and a cloaked man holding a scroll.

Illustration for a Book: Allegory of Venice

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of two scenes with crowned figures seated on steps in an arcaded hall, attended by guards and courtiers.

Illustration for a Book: Two Scenes of Coronation

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of robed men embracing before a seated figure beside columns, with armed figures and a kneeling person nearby.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of Peacemaking

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a tense interior scene with figures struggling around a candlelit table, one gesturing at right.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of a Murder in an Interior

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of figures with bundles leaving a walled city through a stone archway.

Illustration for a Book: Inhabitants Leaving a Conquered City

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of armored soldiers with spears and shields advancing toward a walled city with round towers.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Storming a City

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of soldiers and a crowd meeting before a walled town with an arched gate beside a river.

Illustration for a Book: Meeting Between Two Generals (?) before a Fortified Town

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of kneeling supplicants before a seated emperor on a platform, with onlookers and torch bearer among rocky cliffs.

Illustration for a Book: Supplicants Imploring an Emperor for Peace

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a crowned rider and soldiers with a kneeling man before them, and a walled city on the right.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Surrendering to an Emperor, with a City in the Background

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of a helmeted soldier holding a severed head on a staff beside a seated commander, with fallen warriors below.

Illustration for a Book: Soldier in front of "General" Holding up a Decapitated Head on a Staff

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a ceremonial scene with trumpeters, robed figures, and soldiers in an arched interior.

Illustration for a Book: Allegorical Scene of Coronation

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of three seated dignitaries on a platform receiving booty from kneeling figures, with onlookers in a classical setting

Illustration for a Book: Booty Presented to Three Dignitaries

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen drawing of a pope handing a banner to a kneeling crusader, with clergy and ships with sails in the background.

Illustration for a Book: Pope Handing a Banner to a Crusader, with Ships in the Background

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and wash drawing of a seated queen receiving envoys in a columned hall, with attendants and a banner at left.

Illustration for a Book: Queen of Port City Receiving Envoys

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen drawing of a figure offering keys on a bridge to mounted soldiers before a fortified city wall and tower.

Illustration for a Book: Surrender of the Keys of a City to an Emperor

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and wash drawing of figures talking in a garden promenade with an arched gateway and urns, a dog in the foreground.

Illustration for a Book: Figures in Conversation in a Garden

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a pope in ermine robes meeting clerics and attendants in a street, with onlookers and buildings behind.

Illustration for a Book: Meeting Between a Pope and Doge

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a seated allegorical woman gesturing to an oval inscription, with a winged putto at left.

Illustration for a Book: Frontispiece with a Female Allegorical Figure (Religion?) and a Putto

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770