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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint before an executioner with a sword, angels and clouds above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Martin Johann Schmidt, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a reclining man on thorns gazing up at winged cherub heads among clouds.

Saint Benedict on a Bed of Thorns

Benedetto Luti, 1666-1724

Drawing of clergy in red robes and a kneeling figure in a city square with crowds, guards, and classical architecture.

Pius V and the Ambassador of the King of Poland

Benedetto Luti, ca. 1712

Red chalk drawing of a man with a curled wig and open white collar, facing forward with a calm expression.

Portrait of a Man

Benedetto Luti, 1666-1724

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

Brown ink drawing of Saint Lucy beside oxen, with three holy figures in clouds above in an arched composition.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy (Her Last Communion before Being Dragged by Oxen)

Giovanni Battista Maganza il Giovane, 1556-1630

Brown ink and wash drawing of a warrior thrusting his hand into a brazier before a seated king, with soldiers watching.

Gaius Mucius Scaevola Thrusting His Right Hand into Fire

Marco Marcola, 1740-93

Drawing of robed men in a ceremonial scene, a kneeling figure before a seated man in a tall headdress, with red chalk accents

The Emperor Frederick Barbarossa Submitting to Pope Alexander III in the Presence of a Doge

Pietro Malombra, 1556-1618

Brown ink drawing of a seated curly-haired man in draped cloth holding a long staff, with a standing figure and column beside

Seated Man Holding a Club or Other Implement (recto); Two Heads of Grotesque Men in Profile (verso)

Andrea Mantegna, 1484-1500

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a woman with raised arm and draped garment, gripping an object in her other hand.

Jael Slaying Sisera

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Brown ink and wash drawing on blue paper of two women and a winged figure in an allegorical composition.

Virtue Crowned by Honor

Carlo Maratti, 1670-76

Red chalk drawing of a crowned seated female figure in an architectural niche with putti and radiating light lines.

Seated Allegorical Figure of Divine Wisdom

Carlo Maratti, 1674-77

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man looking upward to the left on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left (Saint Ambrose)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pen and red chalk drawing of the Virgin Immaculate above angels, with four Doctors of the Church below in an arched frame.

The Virgin Immaculate with the Four Doctors of the Church, Study for the Dispute over the Immaculate Conception

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin in clouds above a female attendant and four male saints, one holding a crozier.

The Virgin with Female Attendant Appearing to Four Male Saints

Carlo Maratti, 1680-95

Pen and ink sketch of four male figures in period dress with gesturing arms and exaggerated expressions.

Studies of Four Englishmen, after James Gillray

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1817-25

Pen and ink figure studies on brown paper: a bearded man, a seated draped woman, and flying putti.

Studies of Figures

Parmigianino, 16th 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

Red chalk drawing of robed figures, an angel with a tablet, and a chalice in an allegorical scene.

Allegory of the Old and New Dispensations

Carlo Maratti, 1700-8

Black chalk and white highlight study of a seated robed prelate looking upward on grey paper.

Study for a Seated Prelate (Saint Gregory the Great)

Carlo Maratti, 1685-86

Study for a Head of a Man

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Studies of Two Helmets and of Two Soldiers Wearing Helmets

Marco Marchetti, 1553-88

Hand-colored drawing of labeled classical figures including Agamemnon, Helen, Paris, Hector and Jason, arranged in rows on ag

Famous Men and Women from Classical and Biblical Antiquity

Barthélémy d' Eyck, 1450s

Red chalk drawing of a robed figure reaching from clouds toward figures in a boat tossed by waves and rigging.

Christ Stilling the Tempest ?

Paolo de Matteis, 1662-1728

Pen and wash drawing of Christ gesturing at a column as men carry a struggling figure through a crowded classical street.

Christ Healing a Possessed Man

Aureliano Milani, 1675-1749

Drawing of an old man on his deathbed tempted by demons, with an angel reaching toward him from above.

An Old Man on His Deathbed Tempted by Demons (recto); Back View of a Male Nude (verso)

Aureliano Milani, 1675-1749

Watercolor of a windblown woman in yellow beside a red-cloaked man leaning on a tree with a lyre, distant castle and mountain

Tasso Contemplating Beauty

Tommaso Minardi, 1823

Red chalk drawing of two allegorical figures flanking an inscribed stone pedestal, one helmeted and one bearded with a staff.

Allegorical Figures of Experience and Time

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1677

Brown ink wash drawing of an exaggerated elderly man in a cap leaning forward to read a small book.

Caricature of a Seated Man Reading

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Brown wash drawing of a youth in a turban seated beside a book, pointing with one hand, by Pier Francesco Mola.

Youth Reading

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66