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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Blue-washed drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds above several bearded saints in robes.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, Pope Saint Dionysius, Filippo Neri and a Male Saint

Baccio Ciarpi, ca. 1620

Head of Christ

Cigoli, 1559-1613

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling robed woman beside a monstrance, with putti holding an INRI tablet and an IHS monogram.

Religion Kneeling before a Monstrance, Attended by Putti

Cigoli, 1559-1613

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of three standing male figures in draped robes, with sketched heads.

Three Standing Male Figures (recto); Two Standing Male Figures (verso)

Romulo Cincinnato, 1502-93

Brown ink study of a standing male nude with right arm extended, drawn with loose hatched strokes on pale paper.

Standing Male Figure with Right Arm Extended (recto); Seated Male Figure (verso)

Romulo Cincinnato, 1540-97

Black and red chalk drawing of a half-length cleric in a cap and layered robe, hands clasped at the chest.

Figure of a Cleric in Half-Length

Jacopo Confortini, 1600-1699

Red chalk drawing of a youth's head with tousled hair on a grey ground, torn fragment mounted on cream paper.

Alternate Study for the Head of a Youth (Formerly a Pentimento Pasted to 1975.131.21)

Jacopo Confortini, 1600-1699

Wash drawing of two bearded saints seated in a pendentive shape, with putti above and an ornamental base below.

Study for a Pendentive: Figures of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646

Pen and brown ink study of armored warriors with spears and seated figures, attributed to Pietro da Cortona, 1637.

Study for the Age of Bronze

Pietro da Cortona, 1637

Black chalk sketch of two intertwined figures with draped fabric and small head studies below.

Study of Two Figures for the Age of Gold

Pietro da Cortona, 1637

Pen and wash drawing of classical figures, putti and a tree in a columned garden, with a seated woman tending an urn.

The Triumph of Nature Over Art (design for an engraving of 'De Florum Cultura')

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1633

Black chalk drawing of a bearded God the Father with winged angels carrying Passion symbols among clouds.

God the Father with Angels Holding Symbols of the Passion

Pietro da Cortona, 1647-51

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin Immaculate standing on a crescent moon, hands clasped, in flowing drapery on an arched sheet.

The Virgin Immaculate

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

Black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a cap, head turned upward, on grey paper.

Head of Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini) (recto); An Outstretched Arm (verso)

Pietro Locatelli, 1669-70

Black and white chalk drawing of a bald cleric in a flowing cope, head raised, one arm extended, on grey paper.

Young Cleric in a Cope Holding a Book

Placido Costanzi, 1702-59

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a haloed standing saint in a buttoned cassock, one hand raised outward.

Saint Charles Borromeo

Giovanni Battista Crespi, 1575-1662

Red chalk drawing of a seated child with geese, a ladder, and a woman peering from behind a brick wall.

Marcolfa Discovers BertoldinoTrying to Hatch Eggs (recto); Sketch of Bertoldino (verso)

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1709-10

Pen and brown ink sketch of a chariot in clouds, a reclining man on rocks, a dog, and landscape studies.

Endymion

Donato Creti, 1671-1749

Brown ink drawing of a bearded man gesturing before kneeling figures and a crowd near classical columns and steps.

Thanksgiving, for the Acquittal of Susanna (Daniel 13:63)

Baldassare Croce, 1553-1628

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Last Supper with Christ and the apostles gathered around a long table.

The Last Supper

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Brown wash drawing of three haloed saints beneath cherubs on clouds, with a skull at their feet, in an arched frame.

Saint Louis of France, Saint Francis, and a Female Monastic Saint

Pietro Damini, 1592-1631

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures, clouds, scales and a flag, a design for a ceiling in blue-gray tones.

Design for a Ceiling: Venice Receiving Homage

Gaspare Diziani, 1755-60

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Andrew's martyrdom on a cross, with soldiers, a mounted rider and cherubs with a palm above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (recto); Back of a Woman Wearing a Long Dress with a Ruff (verso)

Gaspare Diziani, 1689-1767

Grey wash drawing of a robed saint kneeling at an altar with smoke rising, two cherubs in clouds above.

Saint John Nepomucen Venerating a Crucifix

Gaspare Diziani, 1689-1767

Brown wash and red chalk sketch of the Virgin handing the Christ child to a kneeling bearded saint, with clouds and an angel.

The Virgin Entrusting the Christ Child to Saint Francis of Assisi

Gaspare Diziani, 1689-1767

Red and black chalk portrait drawing of a young girl wearing a coral bead necklace, set within an octagonal frame.

Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Agata Dolci

Carlo Dolci, 1676-80

Graphite drawing of robed figures, including kneeling women with a pitcher and a standing man in a mantle, study for a martyr

Portion of the Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia

Domenichino, 1581-1641

Black chalk drawing of a bearded man looking upward on blue-gray paper, with white highlights on hair and beard.

Head of a Bearded Man

Domenichino, 1620-30

Grey wash drawing with white highlights of a nude youth leaning on a long staff against a blue-grey background.

Standing Youth Leaning on a Long Staff (recto); Seated Man (verso)

Domenico Veneziano, 1440-60

Grey wash drawing with white highlights of a nude standing youth holding a club, on blue-tinted paper.

Standing Youth Holding a Club (recto); Temptation of Adam and Eve (verso)

Domenico Veneziano, 1440-60