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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a cap, head turned upward, on grey paper.

Head of Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini) (recto); An Outstretched Arm (verso)

Pietro Locatelli, 1669-70

Gray wash drawing in an octagonal mount showing a seated woman and standing men in an interior with architecture.

Unidentified Subject

Placido Costanzi, 1702-59

Black and white chalk drawing of a bald cleric in a flowing cope, head raised, one arm extended, on grey paper.

Young Cleric in a Cope Holding a Book

Placido Costanzi, 1702-59

Pen and brown ink drawing of three putti beside a small keyboard instrument on a ledge, in a horizontal frieze strip.

Putti with a Small Keyboard Instrument and Music Books

Daniele Crespi, 1597-1630

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a group of seated religious figures in a lunette-shaped composition.

Saint John the Baptist, Saint Benedict, King David, and Other Seated Figures

Daniele Crespi, 1597-1630

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a haloed standing saint in a buttoned cassock, one hand raised outward.

Saint Charles Borromeo

Giovanni Battista Crespi, 1575-1662

Red chalk drawing of a violent crowd of women and children under a bridge, with soldiers on horseback and flying cherubs abov

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1665-1747

Red chalk drawing of a seated child with geese, a ladder, and a woman peering from behind a brick wall.

Marcolfa Discovers BertoldinoTrying to Hatch Eggs (recto); Sketch of Bertoldino (verso)

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1709-10

Pen and brown ink sketch of a chariot in clouds, a reclining man on rocks, a dog, and landscape studies.

Endymion

Donato Creti, 1671-1749

Pen and ink sketch of draped mythological figures, with a seated woman holding an infant among standing women.

Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx

Donato Creti, 1671-1749

Brown ink drawing of a bearded man gesturing before kneeling figures and a crowd near classical columns and steps.

Thanksgiving, for the Acquittal of Susanna (Daniel 13:63)

Baldassare Croce, 1553-1628

Pen and ink sketch of a kneeling woman before a standing man and a supplicant before an enthroned figure in an arched interio

Woman Kneeling before a Standing Man, and Supplicant Kneeling before an Enthroned Male Figure

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Red chalk drawing of a biblical scene with men in robes and turbans gathered around a youth, with distant figures and buildin

Joseph Sold by His Brethren

Giovanni Battista Discepoli, 1590-1660

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures, clouds, scales and a flag, a design for a ceiling in blue-gray tones.

Design for a Ceiling: Venice Receiving Homage

Gaspare Diziani, 1755-60

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Andrew's martyrdom on a cross, with soldiers, a mounted rider and cherubs with a palm above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (recto); Back of a Woman Wearing a Long Dress with a Ruff (verso)

Gaspare Diziani, 1689-1767

Ink and wash drawing of armored soldiers facing a family group seated before a draped tent, with banners behind.

The Family of Darius before Alexander (recto); Sketch of a Horse-Drawn Cart, and Studies of Male Heads and an Infant…

Gaspare Diziani, 1717

Grey wash drawing of a robed saint kneeling at an altar with smoke rising, two cherubs in clouds above.

Saint John Nepomucen Venerating a Crucifix

Gaspare Diziani, 1689-1767

Graphite drawing of robed figures, including kneeling women with a pitcher and a standing man in a mantle, study for a martyr

Portion of the Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia

Domenichino, 1581-1641

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man looking upward on blue-gray paper, with white highlights on hair and beard.

Head of a Bearded Man

Domenichino, 1620-30

Grey wash drawing with white highlights of a nude youth leaning on a long staff against a blue-grey background.

Standing Youth Leaning on a Long Staff (recto); Seated Man (verso)

Domenico Veneziano, 1440-60

Grey wash drawing with white highlights of a nude standing youth holding a club, on blue-tinted paper.

Standing Youth Holding a Club (recto); Temptation of Adam and Eve (verso)

Domenico Veneziano, 1440-60

Grey wash drawing of a dead duck lying horizontally, head extended left, wings and feathers shaded in soft tones.

Dead Duck

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

Watercolor drawing of two hanging dead birds, a grey quail and a long-beaked barred bird, against a pale background.

Two Dead Birds (A Quail and a Long-Beaked Bird)

Count Giorgio Durante, 1705-55

Watercolor and ink drawing of two overlapping dead ducks, one with a green head and brown chest, on a cream ground.

Two Dead Ducks

Count Giorgio Durante, 1705-55

Ink and watercolor drawing of two dead birds with barred plumage and long bills lying overlapping on a pale ground.

Dead Birds

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

A Rat Seen in Profile

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

Red chalk drawing of harvest figures in an oval frame, with a draped woman and a shirtless man among wheat stalks.

Ruth and Boaz

Aniello Falcone, 1607-56

Brown wash drawing on blue paper of a draped female figure holding a tablet and crown, with handwritten notes below.

Project for the Decoration of a Spandrel: Winged Female Figure Holding a Tablet and a Crown

Paolo Farinati, 1524-1606

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded old man in a turban and robe, seated on a ledge holding a scroll.

Seated, Bearded Man Holding a Banderole

Paolo Farinati, 1524-1606

Ink sketch on blue paper of mourners lowering the dead Christ onto a stone slab, with studies of heads and drapery.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ at the Foot of the Cross (recto); Studies for the Burial of Christ (verso)

Ferraù Fenzoni, 1620-30