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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Etching of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist seated under trees in a landscape.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist, copy in reverse after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca.1639 or after

Chalk drawing of a standing man in ruff collar leaning on a helmet, with a boy's head below and red chalk accents.

Half-Length Study of a Man Standing in Frontal View, Leaning on Armor and Accompanied by a Boy

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Etching of an allegory with a coat of arms held by winged putti above a kneeling bearded figure and a distant bridge.

Allegory of the Foglia River with the city of Pesaro's coat of arms, frontispiece for "Il Pesarese"

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Etching of a youth playing pipes beside a sleeping man under oak trees, with a cow and dog in a pastoral landscape.

Mercury and Argus, copy in reverse after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1630-48 or after

Engraving of a youth playing a pipe under an oak, with a reclining man, a cow, and a distant landscape.

Mercury and Argus, counterproof of copy in reverse after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1630-1648 or after

Print of a seated youth playing pipes under trees beside a reclining figure, with a cow and sheep in a rural landscape.

Mercury and Argus

Simone Cantarini, ca.1630-48

Pen and wash drawing of a fountain and monumental staircase with reclining figures, urns, and architectural framing.

Manuscript page with a Project for a Fountain (recto); Project and Plan for a Monumental Staircase (verso)

Luigi Vanvitelli, ca. 1740-60

Etching of Saint Benedict exorcising a demon from a struggling man, with robed onlookers and a kneeling figure in a landscape

Saint Benedict exorcising a demon

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39

Etching of Christ bearing a cross on his back, kneeling in a landscape while a figure supports the beam above him.

Christ bearing the cross on his back, copy after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39 or after

Mrs. Robinson as Perdita

Richard Cosway, ca. 1779

Etching of a shepherd with a flute pointing outward, two children beside him, under gnarled trees in a landscape.

Shepherd holding a flute and two other figures in a landscape

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1660-61

Etching of a bearded penitent man praying on a rock in a wooded wilderness, with hatched shading.

Praying male penitent in the wilderness

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1640

Pen drawing of an oval ballroom ceiling with coffered panels, a central allegorical medallion, and figures in clouds.

Ceiling of Ballroom decorated for the Marriage of the King of Naples to the Archduchess of Austria

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Brown ink drawing of a crowd of onlookers beside faint sketches of a crucified figure, attributed to Giovanni Battista Spinel

The Martydrom of St. Andrew

Giovanni Battista Spinelli, 1630-60

Charcoal drawing of Christ falling under the cross, with soldiers, a horse, and kneeling women around him.

Christ Falls under the Cross

Girolamo Starace, 1730-94

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

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a curly-haired monk in a hooded robe, looking up, with a book and raised hand.

Half-Length Study of a Monk Holding a Book and a Long Implement

Bernardo Strozzi, ca. 1637-40

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in an oval frame with foliage, Latin inscription cartouche, and open book below.

Portrait of Francesco Albani

Sempronio Subissati, 1680-1758

Red chalk drawing of a bearded priest in a two-horned tiara with upraised arms and a flowing robe.

Priest with Upraised Arms Wearing a Two-Horned Tiara

Tanzio da Varallo, 1575-1633

Head of a Man

Tanzio da Varallo, 1575-1633

Pen and wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman holding a branch and a dish of fruit, on blue-grey paper.

Allegorical Female Figure Holding a Branch and a Dish

Lazzaro Tavarone, 1556-1641

Pen and wash drawing of a winged figure with a cornucopia and crown beside a seated nude and a reclining man under windy clou

Allegory of Fortune

Pietro Testa, 1632-50

Pen and ink drawing of a standing male figure in draped cloth, one hand resting on a large oval shield.

Standing Male Figure Supporting a Shield

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman surrounded by nude infants in a wooded landscape.

A Seated Female Figure Surrounded by Nude Infants

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Etching of a dark interior with witches, demons, a bat, and a nude figure near a hearth.

Departure for the Sabbath

Dominique Vivant Denon

Pen and brown ink sketch of allegorical figures on a rocky hillside with trees, including standing women and reclining old me

Allegorical Figures on Mount Parnassus: Study for the etching Triumph of Painting

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Watercolor drawing of a costumed male performer in a plumed headdress swinging two bells with feathered streamers.

Franconi, Twirling Flaming Cones

Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1768-1810

Black and red chalk drawing of a man gesturing toward cloaked figures in front of a sketched wall with windows and a shrine.

Family Group Kneeling Before a Street Shrine

Ventura Salimbeni, ca. 1600

Pen and wash study of a tapering Last Judgment scene with saints above, angels in clouds, and damned nude figures and demons

Scene from the Last Judgment, Study for the Fresco Decoration of One of the Segments of the Cupola of the Cathedral o…

Federico Zuccaro, 1576-79

Miss Mary Cruikshank, only sister of James Cruikshank

John Downman, 1781