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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man in draped robes holding an open book, with hair studies at upper right.

A Seated Man Declaiming from a Book

Baccio Bandinelli, mid to late 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing bearded apostle with a halo and draped robe, hatched shading.

Standing Apostle

Giovanni Bandini, mid-16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a chaotic battle with horsemen, rearing horses, fallen soldiers, and a distant city.

Battle of Horsemen and Foot Soldiers

Guglielmo della Porta, mid-16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a frieze with draped male figures and two horses on the right.

Frieze with Male Figures and Two Horses

Polidoro da Caravaggio, mid-16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a symmetrical grotesque decoration with an armored figure, scrollwork, garlands, and sea monster

Design for a Grotesque Decoration

Luzio Romano, ca. 1543-45

Brown wash drawing of men in a boat carrying off a struggling woman, with a domed rotunda on the shore at right.

The Abduction of Helen

Giuseppe Salviati, mid-16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of three horses and horsemen in a frieze-like composition beside an obelisk.

Frieze with Three Horsemen

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1530s

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing man holding a staff and plumed cap, with a sword at his side and faint grid lines.

A Swiss Guard

Federico Zuccaro, late 16th-early 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a reclining female nude with curved body and soft hatched shading, inside a red and green ruled border.

Recumbent Nude

Emilia, early 17th century

A Young Woman Seated in a Chair

Central Italy, 17th century

A Seated Young Woman Looking Over Her Shoulder

Guercino, early-mid-17th century

A Falconer in Profile to the Right

Follower of Guercino, ca. 1640

Black chalk and white heightened drawing on tan paper of figures in a crowded scene, a woman embracing a child in the foregro

The Massacre of the Innocents

The Veneto, 17th century

Brown ink sketch of a muscular male nude seen from behind, arm outstretched, with faint grey underdrawing on aged paper.

Male Figure Seen from Behind

Alessandro Maganza, ca. 1603-10

Pen and wash drawing of a caricatured painter in a tall hat holding a brush at an easel beside a table.

Caricature of a Dwarf Painter at His Easel

Tuscany, early 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a Pietà study with a reclining body supported by a grieving figure with flowing hair.

Study for a Pietà

Fabrizio Boschi, 1620s

Brown ink drawing of a woman driving a chariot over a body while rearing horses pass classical columns and soldiers.

Tullia Driving Her Chariot over the Body of Her Father

Ciro Ferri, ca. 1655-70

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded seated figure in robes surrounded by cherubs, with putti study sketches below.

The Almighty with Angels

Luca Giordano, ca. 1650-69

Pen and ink sketch of the Madonna and Christ Child with a young John the Baptist holding a staff, on aged paper.

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

In the manner of Raphael Italy, late 18th-early 19th century (?)

Watercolor of a farmyard with weathered barns, a haystack, chickens on the grass, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Farm Scene

American Artist, second half 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of putti and angels arranged in a circle among clouds around an open central light area.

A Glory of Angels

Luca Giordano, ca. 1650-69

Drawing of two women carrying heavy bundles of faggots on their backs against a dark wooded background.

Women Carrying Faggots

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1858

Charcoal drawing of a moonlit landscape with a tree on the right, a walking figure, and a pale moon among clouds.

Moonlit Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1900-1910

Graphite drawing of a reclining classical figure with bare feet and drapery resting on a cushioned base.

Hermaphrodite

Jacques-Louis David, ca. 1780 or ca. 1810

Chalk portrait of a young woman with pearls in her hair, wearing a pale loose gown against a warm tan background.

Portrait of a Lady

Jacopo Amigoni, 1729-39

Brown wash drawing of Saint Stephen kneeling as muscular men raise stones to throw at him beneath a tree.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Niccolò Bambini, ca. 1700

Pen and wash drawing of the Grand Canal in Venice, flanked by palace facades with a church spire in the distance.

The Grand Canal from Ca'Moro-Lin and Ca'Foscari to the Carità

Bernardo Bellotto, ca. 1736-37

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity in a stable with an angel, kneeling shepherds, kings, and animals.

The Nativity of Christ, with Shepherds and Kings in Adoration

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, ca. 1782-1844

Pen and brown ink drawing of a cannon firing at a stone fortress tower, with soldiers, smoke and flying cannonballs.

The Siege of a Fortress

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, ca. 1680-1715

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Grand Canal in Venice with palazzi, a Gothic church facade and a bell tower.

The Grand Canal from the Carità to the Dogana da Mar

Bernardo Bellotto, ca. 1736-37