New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Drawing of a woman's head tilted upward with a rapt gaze, in black and red chalk on grey paper.

The Head of a Woman Looking Up (Judith)

Guido Reni, 1625-26

Drawing of Saint Peter crucified upside down, with kneeling executioners and faint red chalk figure studies around him.

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter

Giovanni Battista Ricci, 1557-1627

Ink and wash drawing of five men in ceremonial robes, with two attendants holding up a long train.

A Doge of Venice with a Cardinal, a Councillor and Servants Bearing the Train

Bernardino Rodriguez, 1600-1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of allegorical figures with a muscular man, a seated woman, a lion, and winged cherubs.

Allegorical Figures: Force, Hercules Strangling the Hydra, Plenty, and Fame

Bernardino Rodriguez, 1600-1650

Pen and brown ink drawing of five figures making music beside a harp, arranged in a horizontal frieze within a framed border.

Five Music-Making Figures

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1610-62

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of six figures making music in a horizontal frieze, including a seated child.

Six Music-Making Figures

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1610-62

Pen and wash drawing of Aeneas and the Sibyl walking toward a cave, with a cherub above and a domed temple at right.

Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl Entering the Infernal Regions

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1610-62

Pen and wash design for a lunette with a central coat of arms flanked by two seated female figures, over a grid.

Design for a Lunette Decoration: Coat of Arms Flanked by Seated Allegorical Figures (recto and verso)

Pomarancio, 1553-1626

Pen and brown ink drawing of soldiers, a crowd, barrels and a seated woman beside a ruined wall, with a standard-bearer at ri

Death of Regulus

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and ink study of a twisting male nude with raised arm, with pencil sketches of legs and wings on aged paper.

Study for a Prometheus Bound (recto); slight sketch of head and shoulders of man in lead pencil (verso)

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of two standing men gesturing, one in armour, on a pale paper sheet.

Two Standing Men Gesticulating

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling bearded man with a staff beside a tree, a pig and a trough nearby, under a cloudy sky.

The Prodigal Son Kneeling Repentant among Swine

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of a muscular man straining against a split tree trunk amid foliage, by Salvator Rosa.

Milo of Crotona

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a turbaned warrior leaning on a spiked mace against a cloudy sky.

Turbaned Warrior Holding a Mace

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

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 brown wash drawing of a bound, nude male figure with raised arms, with a bent figure at lower right against a cloudy

Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink drawing of five figures in plumed hats and flowing robes, with a small dog leaping beside them.

Five Figures in Fantastic Costumes with Two Dogs

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

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

Pen and ink drawing of a group of figures under a tree, with studies of a sword and a draped figure on the left.

Study for a Judgment of Paris and Other Figure Studies

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling man gazing up beside cattle, goats, a barrel and a tree under a stormy sky.

The Prodigal Son

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and blue wash drawing of two kneeling and two standing draped figures, one holding a long staff, by Nicola Maria Rossi.

Two Kneeling and Two Standing Figures

Nicola Maria Rossi, 1690-1758

Bust of a Woman with an Elaborate Coiffure

Rosso Fiorentino, 1530-37

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of an allegorical title page with an enthroned figure, putti, an eagle and an empty cartou

Design for a Title Page

Giovanni Maria Luffoli, 1665-1707

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Lawrence on a grill, surrounded by executioners, a mounted soldier and a crowd.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Aurelio Luini, 1580s-early 1590s

Watercolor drawing of a standing young woman in traditional Neapolitan dress with red bodice, green apron and dark headscarf.

Young Woman Standing in Traditional Neapolitan Dress

Giovanni Battista Lusieri, 1755-1821

Engraving of a seated woman grasping a young man's cloak beside a canopied bed with heavy draped curtains.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, from "The Story of Joseph"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1532

Drawing of the Resurrection of Christ in a lunette, with soldiers below and kneeling saints at either side.

Design for a Frescoed Altarpiece of The Resurrection

Maso da San Friano, ca. 1560-71

Watercolor drawing of a barefoot peasant in white clothing riding a grey donkey against a pale background.

Peasant on a Donkey

Giovanni Battista Lusieri, ca. 1783-87

Pen drawing of a classical landscape with hunters, a large tree, a round temple on a hill, and a flock of sheep.

Classical Landscape with Hunters in the Foreground

Giovanni Battista Lusieri, 1755-1821

Pencil drawing of herdsmen driving cattle and goats past a river, arched bridge, and large trees.

Classical Landscape with Herdsmen in the Foreground

Giovanni Battista Lusieri, 1755-1821