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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,431 works

Brown and white ink drawing in a circle showing a standing robed man surrounded by seated and nude male figures.

Grand Duke Cosimo I of Tuscany Surrounded by his Artists

Giorgio Vasari, ca. 1556-62

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a bearded saint with an eagle and open book, seated on clouds, in an octagonal frame.

Saint John the Evangelist

Giovanni de' Vecchi, 1598-99

Red chalk sketch of two women embracing with draped robes and other standing figures in the background.

The Visitation of Our Lady (Luke 1:39-56)(recto); Zachariah (verso)

Giacomo Zoboli, 1681-1767

Pen and ink drawing in a circle of a seated figure by a pedestal, with winged figures in clouds above and a lion below.

Allegory of Forgetfulness

Giorgio Vasari, ca. 1570

Etching of a wolf fighting off a pack of hounds beside a large oak tree and a stream.

Wolf Hunt

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1725

Circular print of the drunken Silenus reclining with satyrs, framed by putti in a grapevine wreath.

Wilton album, folio 41: The Drunken Silenus (Tazza Farnese)

Annibale Carracci, ca. 1597-1600

Circular pen and wash drawing of a woman embracing a sleeping youth, with winged putti above holding tablets, framed by a yel

Allegory of Sleep

Giorgio Vasari, ca. 1570

Brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem as a crowd gathers, with a figure spreading a cloak on the road.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Ink and wash design of a triumphal arch with a quadriga, beside ships and walls, with a ground plan below.

Design for Colossal Triumphal Arch Surmounted by a Quadriga

Jean Charles Delafosse, 18th century

Engraving of the Annunciation: winged angel Gabriel with a lily approaching the kneeling Virgin beside a canopied bed, God ab

The Annunciation; the archangel Gabriel at left approaching the Virgin kneeling in prayer at right, God the Father in…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Etching of a bare-chested man seated by a tree in a wooded landscape, holding a cup, with mountains in the distance.

Saint John the Baptist in the desert

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Brown ink and wash drawing of Poseidon with trident and rearing horse facing Athena in armor, with gods above and a city belo

The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens

Cesare Nebbia, 1570s

Architectural section drawing of a theater interior with tiered balconies, columns, and a decorated dome, with a scale bar be

Longitudinal Section of the Small Theater in the Palace at Caserta

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Etching of Saint John the Baptist seated beside a tree in a wooded landscape, holding a bowl, with a reed cross and animal sk

Saint John the Baptist in the desert, copy in reverse after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39 or after

Mrs. Palmer

John Downman, 1785

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed priest performing a rite on an infant in a temple interior, surrounded by onlookers.

Circumcision in the Temple

Hans Speckaert, before 1577

Etching of leaning trees on the left, a herdsman with cattle by a pool on the right, and an open sky above.

Landscape with a herdsmen

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1640-45

Pen and ink sketch sheet on blue paper with figure studies including a helmeted warrior, winged figures and seated men.

Sheet of Sketches

John Flaxman, 1793

Pen and ink drawing of two bearded seated figures with haloed heads and winged putti holding a tablet and scroll.

Decorative Group

Federico Zuccaro, 16th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a white gown with red ribbons walking hand in hand with a child in blue ribbons.

Woman and Child

Kate Greenaway, 1883

Pencil sketch of a title page with a theatrical mask, lettering, and a draped figure with a staff beside a reclining figure.

Sketch for the Title-Page of an Edition of Aeschylus

John Flaxman, 1793

Circular watercolor design for a cupola showing Christ, the Virgin, God the Father, angels, prophets and putti among clouds.

Design for a Cupola with Old and New Testament Figures

Pietro de Angelis, 1720-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated, draped bearded male nude with one arm raised, on a pale sheet.

Study for Christ in The Entombment

Bartolomeo Neroni, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of a Roman triumph: a bearded man in a chariot drawn by horses, with soldiers and a winged figure above.

Roman Triumph

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Pen and ink sketch of a farmer and wife in a yard with pigs, a horse, and a picket fence, with dialect caption below.

She was "Sorry She Spoke"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Etching of a herdsman leading a bull through a river past a leaning tree and a thatched cottage.

Herdsman and Bull, after Ruisdael

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Engraving of a kneeling woman reaching up to a naked man holding a curved stick, with two nude men beside her against arched

A woman kneeling at centre reaching up with her right hand to place a ring on the finger of a naked man holding a cur…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of a helmeted rider on a horse beside a nude captive, bowl of coins, and crowd of bearded men before classical arch

Camillus

Agostino Veneziano, 1531

Circular blue-grey drawing with a central female figure in a medallion surrounded by allegorical women and scrolling ornament

The Seven Virtues in a Roundel, with Faith at the Center

Jan Collaert I, mid-16th century

Engraving of a nude man gripping a bent figure's hair and raising a whip, with a wheel and tree stump on grass.

A naked man holding Fortune by the hair and whipping her

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27