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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,431 works

Head of Bearded Old Man Shown in Profile, Looking Up

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of two women seated on a cloud with two putti in the lower right corner.

Two Women Seated on a Cloud, and Two Putti

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Circular sketch of a bearded robed man gesturing toward a haloed child seated on rocks by the sea.

St. Augustine and the Child on the Seashore

Andrea Pozzo, 1642-1709

Pen and brown wash drawing of a reclining figure surrounded by a crowd of gathered mourners in flowing robes.

A Deathbed Scene

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures on clouds, with a winged woman holding a laurel wreath and spear.

Virtue and Nobility

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate fountain with a Madonna and Child, winged figures, a lion, and a monkey on the cornice

Design Fragment for the Left Side of the 'Fonte Gaia' in Siena

Jacopo della Quercia, 1415-16

Pen and wash drawing of two winged angels seated together on clouds, one resting his head on the other's shoulder.

Two Angels

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the wind god Zephyr embracing Flora amid billowing drapery and clouds.

Zephyr and Flora

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Watercolor fragment of a laced buskin on a foot, blue drapery, a green plant, and a Greek key border.

Fragment of a Tapestry Cartoon: Foot in a Buskin, Drapery, and a Plant

Raphael, 1500-50

Red chalk sketch of robed figures and hooded monks with raised arms, studies within a ruled border.

Studies of a Monk in Ecstasy

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman crowning a bearded man, with a winged figure and a small putto in the sky.

Virtue Crowning a Bearded Man

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown wash drawing of swirling fire tongues and a radiating halo, a fragment of a Descent of the Holy Spirit cartoon.

Head of an Apostle Surrounded by a Tongue of Fire and a Nimbus: Fragment of a Cartoon for a Descent of the Holy Spirit

Raphael, 1500-50

Pen and wash drawing of a seated winged angel beside a scrolled cartouche, with a seated putto holding a garland on a pedesta

Fragment of a Design for an Overdoor with Seated Angel Supporting Cartouche, and Seated Putto Holding Garland (recto)…

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a bearded elderly man with outstretched arm and scepter, seated against faint hills.

God the Father

Pomarancio, 1553-1626

Pen and brown ink figure studies of a seated pointing man, a helmeted man, and a standing man wearing a plumed cap.

Figure studies: seated and standing men

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross with a crowd of onlookers and a dog below.

Martydom of Saint Andrew (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of a robed woman with a stork in a circular landscape with a tree and a building.

An Allegory of Chastity

Hans Ulrich Franck, 1600-75

Studies of a Man's Head in Profile, and of a Standing Male Figure

Wash drawing of two robed saints in clouds, with a cherub holding a papal tiara below and a crozier at right.

Two Saints (Pope and Bishop?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink design of rococo scrollwork, flower garlands and putti with faint pencil guidelines on laid paper.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration with Putti and Garland Motifs

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, 1709-20

Pencil design for a ceiling quarter with a central medallion, scrolling cartouches, garlands and studies of ornament below.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling with a Medallion at the Center (recto); Design for a Quarter of a Ceiling with a…

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical figure with a laurel branch, a winged putto, and a reclining nude in a spandrel.

Allegorical Figure of Peace

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Circular pen and ink drawing of popes, bishops and kings arranged in tiers among clouds, a design for a ceiling.

Kings, Bishops and Popes: design for ceiling

Francesco de Mura, 1696-1782

Gray wash drawing in a circle: a kneeling man beside a bed, a crowned woman reclining, a bearded king and attendant at right.

Haman begs Esther for his Life

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th-mid 16th century ?

Ink and wash drawing of veiled women with lamps, kneeling figures, and a trumpeting angel in a night sky.

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

William Blake, ca. 1799-1800

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded figure writing, with a winged angel above on clouds within a circular frame.

Saint Mathew and the Angel

Cesare Nebbia, 1556-1614

Pen and ink drawing of a Roman triumphal arch with columns, relief panels, and a Latin inscription across the top.

Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome

Bartolomeo Neroni, 1525-71

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling woman in draped robes with an outstretched arm, on squared grid paper.

Woman Kneeling Facing Left (recto); Seated Woman Facing Right (verso)

Giovanni Battista Trotti, 1555-1619

Head of a Man Wearing a Helmet, Looking to Upper Left (recto); Two Sketches, Arms and Hands (verso)

Francesco di Maria, 1623-90

Pen and brown ink sketches of seated women with infants, arranged as studies for a religious scene on a bordered sheet.

Studies for the Education of the Virgin

Agostino Masucci, 1692-1758