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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Grey graphite drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a robed saint and kneeling figures looking upward.

The Virgin Appearing to Saint Joseph Calasanctius

Marco Caprinozzi, 1711-78

Pen drawing of a polygonal tabernacle with columns, obelisks, a pediment, and a tiered upper structure topped by a finial.

Design for an Polygonal Tabernacle, with Obelisks and a Pediment Surmounted by Three Figures Supporting a Tempietto-l…

Galeazzo Alessi, 1512-72

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornamental border with foliage and putti on blue paper, centre left blank.

Design for Ornamental Border with Foliage, Putti and a Lion's Head

Alessandro Allori, 1535-1607

Pen and ink sketch of two men walking a path with sticks, a dog lying nearby, and trees behind a fence.

Anticipation (for Punch, or the London Charivari, October 23, 1876)

Charles Samuel Keene, 1876

Pen and brown ink sketch of two women in an interior, one standing by a door and one seated near a fireplace.

Two Nursemaids

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Pen and grey wash drawing of two clergymen conversing at a counter in an interior, with a third figure at left.

A Vicar and a Curate

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

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

Pen and ink ceiling design with a woman in a chariot and putti inside a coffered border surrounded by scrolling ornament.

Design for a Ceiling with a Woman (Aurora?) in a Chariot and Putti (Recto). Design for an Ornamental Frieze (Verso)

Marco dell'Angolo del Moro, 1537-86

Portrait of Tommaso Salini

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1620

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

Pen and brown ink sketch of five male heads and shoulders overlapping, one young figure in front, others bearded behind.

Group of Five Male Figures in Half-length

Stefano Della Bella, 1640-50

Three portraits possibly representing Camillo Graffico, Ercole Pedemonte and Antonio Carone

Ottavio Mario Leoni, ca. 1620-30

Brown ink and wash drawing of workers lifting stone blocks at a construction site while two men study a plan at right.

Building

Cesare Nebbia, 1536-1614

Caricature of men in hats leaning at a gallery rail, scrutinizing a painting on the wall, from Daumier's Le Public du Salon.

Artists Examining the Work of a Rival (Artistes en train d'examiner le tableau d'un rival), from Le Public du Salon,…

Honoré Daumier, May 14, 1852

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing a sword-bearing figure among robed onlookers in an architectural setting.

Left Third of a Martyrdom of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Antonio da Trento, 1508-ca. 1550

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man with bowed head reading a paper inscribed with ECCE DOMINUS.

Man Reading

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a crowded banquet in a colonnaded hall with courtiers, turbaned figures and servants.

The Banquet of Ahasuerus and Esther

Aurelio Lomi, 1600-17

Red chalk drawing of a young woman's head, eyes lowered, with curly hair drawn in flowing strokes.

The Head of a Young Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1605-1680

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with mourners supporting Christ's body beneath a tall cross.

Descent from the Cross

Pasquale Ottino, 1615-16

Brown ink and wash drawing of two kneeling saints below angels holding up a reliquary among clouds.

Two Male Saints Kneeling with Angels Holding a Reliquary

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1586-1630

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated vestal virgin holding a flaming lamp, gazing upward, with Latin inscription below.

Vestal Virgin

Giovanni Guerra, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of three men and a dog on a hill overlooking a walled city and distant sea with ships.

Three Men and a Dog on a Hill

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-1638

Pen and ink landscape with a large gnarled tree, a figure with a plaque, an arched bridge and a hilltop town.

Framed Landscape with a View of Castel Durante with a Figure Holding an Inscribed Plaque in the Foreground

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-38

Procession of Six Horsemen in Profile View Facing Left

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen drawing of five grotesque heads and bearded masks entwined with curling foliage and ornamental scrolls.

Plate 4: five grotesque heads, from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1642-43

Pen drawing of an ornamental vignette with a grotesque mask, two birds, scrolls and a banner reading Alph: Grecum.

Design for a Vignette Accompanying a Publication on the Greek Alphabet

Stefano Della Bella, 1630-64

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 wash drawing of a theatrical sacred interior with arches, columns, a staircase, statues and floating putti.

Design for a Theatrum Sacrum

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash drawing of a classical stage set with arched colonnades, coffered ceilings, busts and armored figures.

Design for a Stage Set

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowded procession of robed and nude figures in a horizontal frieze.

Procession (left-hand portion of border below Sacrifice of Isaac, inlaid-marble pavement, Siena Cathedral)

Domenico Beccafumi, 1520-50