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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of robed figures in a landscape with an obelisk and ruined arched architecture.

Standing and Seated Figures in a Landscape with an Obelisk

Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, 1520-83

Pen and ink drawing of a nude goddess gesturing to an armored warrior beside classical columns and a fallen figure.

Goddess Inciting a Warrior

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Red chalk drawing of a standing allegorical female figure with raised arm, draped robe and staff, on a pedestal.

Allegorical Figure of Religion (recto); Study of a Griffon and of a Seated Figure (verso)

Cherubino Alberti, 1553-1615

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, with a smaller figure study below and faint sketched outlines.

Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude Seen from the Back

Cherubino Alberti, 1596-1602

Pen and brown wash drawing of Diana bathing with nymphs in a forest, a hunter and dogs in the foreground.

Diana Bathing

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate covered vase with a dove on top, two putti holding stars, and a fluted base.

Design for a Covered Vase with the Arms of the Aldobrandini and Pamphilj Families

Alessandro Algardi, ca. 1647

Pen and ink sketch of allegorical figures, including a winged woman with a staff and reclining figures below.

Group of Five Allegorical Figures

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink wash sketches of two crucified figures on a cross, drawn on pale paper within a double-line border.

Christ Crucified with the Good Thief

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink and wash study of four nude helmeted warriors in dynamic poses, with a double ruled border.

Four Nude Warriors

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin gazing at a sleeping infant in a cradle while a winged angel plays a lute.

Virgin and Child Adored by a Lute-Playing Angel

Jean-Jacques Feuchère, 1820-52

Charcoal drawing of a prison cell with a child on a bed and a man slumped on the floor beneath a barred window.

Young Communards in Prison (Les Fédérés à la Conciergerie)

Gustave Courbet, 1871

Pen and brown ink sketch of a kneeling woman seen from behind, holding a small child turned toward the right.

Woman and Child Kneeling (recto); Head of Child (verso)

Andrea del Sarto, 16th century

Drawing of a seated nude young man playing a harp inside an oval niche, in chalk on blue paper with a grid.

The Young David Playing the Harp

Michelangelo Anselmi, ca. 1548-50

Pencil study of two draped female figures on a squared grid, with the labels Thalia and Erato written above.

The Muses Thalia and Erato

Andrea Appiani, 1754-1817

Graphite sketch on squared paper of nude and draped female figures labeled as the Muses, by Andrea Appiani.

The Muses Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Clio, and Terpsichore (recto); Sketch of a Sleeping Child (verso)

Andrea Appiani, 1811

Pen and wash drawing of a standing nude man in an ornate architectural niche with pilasters, statues and an oval cartouche.

Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Nich…

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1564-65

Pen and ink study sheet with horses, a chariot, a falling nude figure, and reclining women with children.

Studies after the Antique: The Fall of Phaëthon, Horses, Reclining Women with Children (recto); Studies after the Ant…

Amico Aspertini, 1474-1552

Brown wash drawing of Rinaldo and Armida with a nude woman offering a garland, cupids, a unicorn chariot and a column.

Rinaldo and Armida

Giovanni Baglione, 1566-1643

Red chalk study of a seated gentleman in a buttoned doublet with a collar, hands resting in his lap, on tinted paper.

Study for a Three-Quarter-Length Portrait of a Gentleman (recto), Study of a Clothed Figure and a Foot (verso)

Mario Balassi, 1605-67

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded banquet scene with guests around a candlelit table in an interior.

The Feast of Belshazzar (Daniel 5:1-4)

Giovanni Balducci, 1560-1631

Pen and wash drawing of two women greeting each other before classical colonnades, with onlookers and a seated figure in the

The Visitation of the Virgin to Saint Elizabeth

Giovanni Balducci, 1560-1631

Red chalk drawing of a standing young man in puffed sleeves lifting a curtain and looking left.

Study for a Standing Young Man, Raising a Curtain and Looking at Left

Baccio Bandinelli, 1518-19

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman holding a child, with draped figures and hatched shading.

The Holy Family (?)

Baccio Bandinelli, 1488-1560

Pen and brown ink drawing of three overlapping bearded male heads with curly hair and sketched drapery.

Three Male Heads

Baccio Bandinelli, 1493-1560

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman in a turban and draped cloak, with hatched shading and a sketched figure at left.

Seated Figure with Cloak and Turban

Baccio Bandinelli, 1493-1560

Pen and ink drawing of a standing woman in a feathered headdress and ornate gown, framed by scrollwork on grey paper.

Standing Woman

Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca. 1505-10

Red and black chalk drawing of a young woman's head, eyes lowered to the right, on toned paper.

Head of a Young Woman Looking to Lower Right

Federico Barocci, 1565

Oil study of a bearded, balding man's head bowed downward and to the left, against a grey background.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Lower Left (Nicodemus)

Federico Barocci, 1579-82

Oil study of a woman's head in an ochre headscarf, eyes lowered and smiling faintly, painted in soft warm tones.

Head of an Old Woman Looking to Lower Right (Saint Elizabeth)

Federico Barocci, 1584-86

Pencil drawing of a crowned allegorical woman seated above a rearing horse, with cherubs and a classical building.

Design for Panel: Allegory of Europe, from "The Four Continents"

Giacomo Barri, 1650-79