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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights of draped figures gathered around a table, one wearing a plumed helmet and holding

Achilles and the Daughters of Lycomedes

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

Sepia print of Saint Mary Magdalen with long wavy hair, draped in cloth, hands clasped and gazing upward in an oval frame.

Saint Mary Magdalen

Angelo Albanesi, January 15, 1779

Chalk head study of a bearded man turned to the upper left, with white highlights on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Black chalk sketch of a bearded man's head turned to the upper right, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Right

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Black chalk drawing of a woman's head turned left, with a headscarf and loose curls, on pale blue paper.

Head of a Woman (recto); Head of a Child, Study of Children's Forearms (verso)

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Brown wash drawing of the Circumcision with an infant, priest, attendants and angels within an ornate architectural frame.

The Circumcision

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Engraving of harvesters reaping wheat under a bright sun, with a village and church tower on a hill behind them.

Summer (Aestas), from "The Seasons"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1570

Engraving of a seated woman counting coins in a fiery landscape with demons and greedy figures, from The Seven Deadly Sins, 1

Avarice (Avaritia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of Pride with a woman holding a mirror beside a peacock, amid grotesque creatures and fantastical domed buildings.

Pride (Superbia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of a reclining figure labeled Desidia surrounded by snails, a donkey, and grotesque creatures in a crowded landscap

Sloth (Desidia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Engraving of a rustic wedding procession in a forest, with a bride carrying a pot, a sword-wielding man, and a house behind t

The Dirty Bride or the Marriage of Mopsus and Nisa

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1570

Engraving of sleeping men in a fantastical landscape with roast pig, pastries, a pie-roofed house and a distant city.

The Land of Cockaigne

Pieter van der Heyden, after 1570?

Engraving of an allegorical scene labeled Invidia, with a seated woman, monsters, a bird, pigs, a canal, and a city.

Envy (Invidia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

Engraving of villagers gardening in spring, planting beds and potted trees, with a farm, grazing sheep and a town behind.

Spring (Ver), from "The Seasons"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1570

Engraving of a chaotic room filled with grotesque demons and tumbling creatures, with robed onlookers at a doorway on the rig

The Fall of the Magician

Pieter van der Heyden, 1565

Pen and wash drawing of helmeted warriors embracing and celebrating in a crowded frieze, attributed to Parmigianino.

Roman or Greek Warriors Celebrating after a Victory

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Black-and-white engraved print of symmetrical grotesque ornament panels with scrolls, tassels, birds and figures.

Grotesque Ornament Panel, from "Livre de Grotesques..."

Jacques Androuet, 1566

Chalk drawing on grey paper of a balding, bearded older man with curly hair, turned slightly to the right.

Head of a Bearded Man

Domenico Fetti, 1588/89-1623

Bust of a Youth Looking to Upper Left (recto); Study of Drapery (verso)

Orazio Fidani, 1610-56

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude demon with a serpent coiled around him, surrounded by anatomical and figure studies.

Nude Demon Encircled by a Serpent, after Michelangelo's Last Judgment; and Other Figure Studies (recto); Figure Studi…

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, 1548-1608

Grey wash drawing of Manius Curius Dentatus refusing gifts from Samnite ambassadors, with figures, a cooking pot and vegetabl

Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Presents of the Samnite Ambassadors

Fedele Fischetti, 1732-92

Pen and wash design for a ceiling with an oval mythological scene, garlands, and ornamental framing panels.

Design for a Ceiling: Jason and the Golden Fleece

Fedele Fischetti, 1732-92

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored warriors fighting on horseback while women plead among them, with classical buildings a

The Sabine Women Pleading for Peace

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink study sheet with architectural facades, rococo ornaments, putti, and two embracing draped figures.

A Sheet of Studies with Architectural Motifs and Two Sketches for a Visitation (recto); Sketch for a Funerary Monumen…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a curly-haired man in a cloak riding a rearing horse, with red chalk curls at upper right.

Man on Horseback, Study of a Man's Head (recto); Head of a Young Woman (verso)

Marcello Fogolino, 1483-1548

Pen and gray wash drawing of two standing men in fur and armor beside a seated woman holding a child.

Two Standing Male Figures and Seated Woman with a Child

Francesco Fontebasso, 1760s

Red chalk drawing of a draped woman with a unicorn, white highlights on grey paper, by Volterrano.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn (recto); Study for Drapery (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1650

Pen drawing of a cloaked woman facing a stooped bearded man with a staff on a coastal path, with a dog and sea behind.

Hester and the Physician, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Pen drawing of a cloaked woman walking with children past a large tree, with a village of half-timbered houses behind.

Pearl, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879

Pen and ink drawing of a village procession with a woman in a plain cloak, townspeople, children, and a church with clock tow

The Procession, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, ca. 1879