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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pencil drawing of a mounted general meeting a cardinal at a stone city gate, with soldiers and onlookers nearby.

Illustration for a Book: Cardinal Receiving a General at a City Gate

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Presumed Portrait of Phocion

Bernard Picart, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of draped women in procession before a classical altar, with a bearded man raising his arm at right.

Figures before an Altar

Bernard Picart, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a draped female figure playing a lyre beside a pedestal, enclosed in an oval frame.

A Muse

Bernard Picart, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of hunters with bows and spears chasing deer, bears and boars toward a shrine in a wooded clearing.

Mexican Sacrifice to the God of Hunting

Bernard Picart, 1722

Brown ink and wash drawing of a goddess among clouds, warriors with torches, a lion, a reclining nude and a ship prow.

Cybele Prevents Turnus from Setting Fire to the Trojan Fleet by Transforming the Ships into Sea Goddesses

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of women gathered around a flower-crowned white bull, with cupids and an eagle above and a ruined column in

The Rape of Europa

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 18th century

Drawing of clergy with a banner tending a sick man among plague victims on stone steps, with a classical building behind.

St. Charles Borromeo Distributing Communion to the Victims of the Plague in Milan

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1760

Drawing of an archbishop in a mitre being attacked by a dagger-wielding man in a colonnaded church interior.

The Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1748

Red chalk drawing of a lunette with grid lines showing figures in an arched hall, a preacher on a pulpit and students.

Saint Benedict at the School in Rome

Andrea Lilli, ca. 1630-35

Red chalk drawing of a nude standing youth beside a draped youth reading a book at a ledge.

Standing Youth with Hands Behind His Back, and a Seated Youth Reading (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso)

Filippino Lippi, 1457/58-1504

Brown wash drawing of winged putti and flying figures in a ceiling design study by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Design for a Ceiling (recto); Bearded Man Standing (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged Father Time with a scythe holding a reclining putto on clouds.

Time Seated, Clutching a Putto

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown ink and wash caricature of an elderly couple, the woman in a bonnet and cloak, the man in a powdered wig and coat.

Caricature: An Elderly Couple

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown ink and wash sketch of a bearded winged old man with a staff, a nude youth, and a reclining figure.

Time Seated, with Two Attendant Figures

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a turbaned man and a barefoot boy with a sword beside a stone pedestal.

Scherzo di Fantasia: Two Standing Orientals and a Standing Youth with a Sword

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining woman lifted by three nude putti in swirling poses.

Woman Transported by Three Putti

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown wash drawing of an executioner with a raised sword beside a kneeling figure, surrounded by onlookers in a stone prison.

Beheading of Two Male Saints

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Grey wash drawing of a large tree beside a brook where a washerwoman and another figure work, with hills behind.

Washerwoman by a Brook

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a seated sea god with a trident embracing a woman, with a winged cherub on a cloud below.

Marine Deity with Attendant Female Figure

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ice boat with a sail and skaters among stylized pine branches in a fantastical winter landsc

Fantastical Landscape with Exotic PLants, Two Skaters and a Man in an Iceboat

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1771

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

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 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

Brown ink wash sketch of two reclining women, a winged boy and a small child resting on clouds.

Two Women and a Winged Boy on Clouds

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown ink and wash sketch of two seated women and a boy resting on clouds, with pencil underdrawing visible.

Two Seated Women and a Boy on Clouds

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

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

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

Brown wash drawing of two women gesturing upward beside a lion, with a putto among clouds below.

Two Women, a Lion, and a Putto on Clouds

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown wash sketch of two women, one holding an anchor, and a putto on clouds, drawn in ink over pencil.

Two Women, One Holding an Anchor, and a Putto on Clouds

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770