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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Torn brown and grey wash drawing of a crowd of robed figures in procession, attributed to Polidoro da Caravaggio.

Roman Procession

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1499-1543

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling woman with bowed head, draped garments and one arm extended.

Kneeling Woman

Mattia Preti, 17th century

Sepia drawing of a woman washing a seated man's feet at a banquet, with servants pouring water and guests at a table behind.

Mary Magdalen Washing Christ's Feet

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated robed figure bowed over a book on a grey-toned sheet.

Seated Doctor of the Church Reading (Saint Ambrose or Saint Gregory)

Palma il Giovane, 1600

Pen and wash drawing of a bishop baptizing a kneeling woman at a font while onlookers watch.

Scene of a Baptism of a Woman by a Bishop with Onlookers

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a ceiling corner with reclining putti, a shield, a laurel wreath, banners and a cornice.

Design for a Corner of a Ceiling

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a martyred female saint with an angel bearing a palm above, surrounded by executioners and fallen figur

Martyrdom of Saint Ursula? Saint Paula?

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated architect with a compass conversing with three men in a columned room.

Architect in His Study Holding a Compass and Conversing with Three Men

Agostino Tassi, 17th century

Pen and blue wash drawing of a processional float design with angels, skeletons, and allegorical figures on a tiered base.

Design for a Processional Float

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of robed figures gathered on a hillside beneath a tent, with a central figure gesturing toward kneeling men

The Contest of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (I Kings 18: 20-46)

Stefano Pozzi, 1720-68

Red chalk drawing of a seated bishop in a mitre with three attendant figures gazing upward on tinted paper.

Seated Bishop with Arms Extended and Three Attendant Figures (recto); Head of a Lion and Perspective Diagrams (verso)

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Red chalk drawing of mythological figures, a bearded seated man and draped woman, with helmeted warriors above, in a spandrel

Apple of Discord Thrown by Eris at the Marriage of Peleus and Thetis: Study for Fresco in the Hall of Henri II at Fou…

Francesco Primaticcio, 1504-70

Red chalk drawing of a battle scene with armored warriors, a chariot, and fallen nude figures on the ground.

Ulysses and His Companions Fighting the Cicones Before the City of Ismaros, Study for a Destroyed Fresco in the Galer…

Francesco Primaticcio, 1555-60

Brown wash drawing of Saint Joseph's death, with a woman in a veil, a supporting figure, and angels in clouds above.

The Death of Saint Joseph

Niccolò Ricciolini, 1739

Oval wash drawing of a youth standing among seated bearded elders in a temple interior, with two veiled women behind.

The Virgin and Saint Joseph find Jesus Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Brown wash drawing of a soldier and crowd gathered around a kneeling female saint on a raised platform under a beam of light.

Martyrdom of a Female Saint (Agnes?)

Camillo Procaccini, 1605-9

Red chalk drawing of Saint Francis kneeling over a dead youth as robed onlookers gather beside a column.

Saint Francis of Assisi Resuscitating a Dead Youth

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of seated women, a standing draped figure, a horse head and an infant in an architectural

The Birth of Saint Francis of Assisi

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Charcoal and white chalk study on blue paper of a seated draped woman with figures behind her, with grid lines visible.

Study for the Pietà

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1604

Drawing of a seated king judging a dispute as a soldier raises a sword over a child, with women and courtiers around.

The Judgment of Solomon, after Raphael

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Brown wash drawing of seated men at a long table with standing and kneeling figures in an architectural interior.

Penitent Woman Anointing the Feet of Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-50)

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Grey wash drawing of the Transfiguration with Christ in glory above and a crowd of gesturing figures below.

The Transfiguration, after Raphael

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

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

Sepia print of a woman warming children by a fire, with a dog at her feet in a domestic interior.

A Domestic Scene: Woman Warming Clothes and Children in Front of a Fire

Vincenzio Vangelisti, 1738? or 1744-98

Ink and wash drawing of St. Paul preaching to a crowd in a classical colonnaded setting with a rotunda and statue.

St. Paul preaching at Athens (Copy of Raphael's tapestry, reversed)

Raphael, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of robed bearded men walking in procession, one holding a long staff, within a ruled border.

Moses and Other Figures

Cesare Nebbia, 1570-80

Brown ink drawing of a helmeted warrior raising his arm before a crowd with spears in front of city walls.

Gideon Gathering His Army, Scene from the Book of Judges

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

Wash drawing of a bearded Franciscan saint holding a crucifix, standing in an arched niche with a scalloped shell behind him.

Standing Franciscan Saint in a Niche

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1650-1700

Loose pen and wash sketch of figures lowering a body from a cross, with draped mourners around it.

Descent from the Cross

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Faded fragment of a woman's head with dark braided hair over a pink and yellow headdress, with grey swirling clouds behind.

Tapestry Cartoon Fragment: The Top of Woman's Head with Hair Braided over a Cloth Headdress

Raphael, 1500-50