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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Portrait of a young boy in a blue double-breasted jacket with a calm sea and distant ship behind him.

Memento Portrait of a Young Midshipman

John Downman, 1769-1824

Elizabeth Ford, later Lady Colville of Culross

John Downman, 1785

Oval drawing of a woman in a pale gown holding a dove beside a tree trunk, in soft tan and blue tones.

Isabella Hunter, Cousin of the Artist

John Downman, 1781

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed and nude figures before an arched colonnade and a seated figure on a pedestal.

The Plague of Flies (Exodus 8:21)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Mrs. Palmer

John Downman, 1785

Thomas Jackson

John Downman, 1780

Red chalk sketch of a standing nude child with raised arm, surrounded by draped women and figures on clouds.

Standing Nude Child Surrounded by Women and Children

Antonio da Correggio, 1489-1534

Graphite portrait of a man in a buttoned coat and cravat, turned to the left, with hair tied back.

Captain Downman, the artist's brother

John Downman, ca. 1776

Mrs. Downman, sister-in-law of the artist

John Downman, 1776

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 a warrior asleep on his shield while a bearded river god points upward beside an urn in a wooded landscape.

Dream of Aeneas: Aeneas rests his head on his hands atop his shield, while the river god Tiber leans on a vessel and…

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1663-64

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a jacket and boots playing a violin, with his bow resting on his knee.

Violinist: study from life

George Du Maurier, second half 19th century

Etching of an armored man bound with rope to a tree trunk, with dense foliage and roots around him.

Saint William of Maleval, hands tied with rope fastened to a tree

Salvator Rosa, 1661

Etching of a standing draped woman reaching toward a seated male figure with a lyre beside a leafy tree under clouds.

Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1661

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a striped suit and waistcoat, looking upward, drawn on cream paper.

Conductor: study from life

George Du Maurier, second half 19th century

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

Etching of Jason in flowing drapery wrestling a winged dragon beneath trees, with shield and sword.

Jason and the Dragon

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1663-64

Pen and ink drawing of the Holy Family with winged angels gathered around a seated woman and children.

The Holy Family with Attendant Angels

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Brown ink and wash drawing of an arched allegory with heavenly figures above, monks and standing men in the foreground.

Allegory of the Trinitarian Order

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Pen and wash drawing of a seated bearded satyr with flowing hair, with a grotesque mask study in the upper right.

Seated satyr, with enlarged head of same (recto); Head of a woman (verso)

Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1527-96

Brown wash drawing of men raising a crucified figure on a cross, with a ladder at left and kneeling workers below.

Elevation of the Cross

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Pen and brown wash drawing of travelers on a road beside a tree, one man in a hat leaning on a staff.

Travelers on a Road

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a young woman in a turban looking upward, with white highlights on her face.

Head of a Young Woman Wearing a Turban

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Watercolor drawing of a kneeling man gazing at a stag with a glowing cross, with a greyhound and horse nearby.

The Vision of Saint Eustace

Federico Zuccaro, 1542-1609

Gecko: study from life

George Du Maurier, second half 19th century

Red and black chalk drawing of a winged warrior with scales beside a bearded monk in a dark habit.

Saint Michael and Saint Giovanni Gualberto (after Andrea del Sarto's Vallombrosa Altarpiece)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Pen and ink sketch of a rearing horse and rider drawn over a handwritten letter.

Rearing horse and trainer, drawn on a letter (recto); Studies of women and children (verso)

William Etty, after 1810

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

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

Pencil drawing of Dante and Virgil in a wood of bare trees, with winged harpies and a figure in a trunk, from Inferno canto 1

Dante and Virgil in the Suicidal Wood (Inferno, Canto 13, verses 22-23)

John Flaxman, 1792-93