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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Engraving of emaciated figures gathered around a skeleton on the ground, with a winged skeleton of Death holding an open book

The Skeletons, a group of emaciated men and women gathered around a skeleton laid on the ground and a figure of Death…

Marco Dente, 1515-27

Engraving of a bearded rider on a prancing horse atop a stone pedestal, with a distant city and walls behind.

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Marco Dente, 1515-27

Engraving of a robed priest and attendant at a flaming altar as a nude man restrains a horned ram between two trees.

The Sacrifice of a Ram, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of a dying man on a couch in a classical colonnaded hall with mourners, soldiers and a scribe.

The Death of Seneca

Jean Guillaume Moitte, ca. 1770-90

Watercolor of riders and a shepherd driving sheep along a track under a cloudy sky, with distant water and cattle.

Riders with sheep near an estuary

David Cox, 1830

Print of an older man playing with a toddler on a stone step, with a cat, a dog, and family members in a garden.

The Pleasures of Fatherhood

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a nude risen figure with a banner above a tomb, with startled soldiers around its base.

Resurrection

Luca Cambiaso, 16th century

Print of a woman descending a building wall with a baby in a sling, escaping flames from an upper window.

The Fire

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, n.d.

Colored print of a crowded tree-lined public promenade with fashionably dressed men and women strolling and sitting at tables

The Public Promenade

Philibert-Louis Debucourt, 1792

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated draped man holding a chalice, with an eagle beside him.

Saint John the Evangelist (recto; Cartoon for a Fresco); Saint Mark (verso; Cartoon for a Fresco)

Francesco Salviati, 1548-49

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures in ornate frames with a hilltop town in the distance, by Jacopo Zucchi, 1563.

Study for the Allegory of San Gimignano and Colle Val d'Elsa

Jacopo Zucchi, 1563

Bust of a Man Facing Right

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca.1777-85

Grey wash drawing of a man in a fur coat raising a dagger before two women on a couch in an ornate draped room.

Comme ils en étaient là, arrive l'oncle

Jean-Michel Moreau, ca. 1778

Brown wash drawing of a haloed woman on an ornate chariot pulled by a winged bull, with a dove and procession of robed figure

Allegory of the Triumph of the Church

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of a reclining woman in a hammock with a standing navigator, ships, an anteater, and the word America.

Allegory of America

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, ca. 1587-89

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint with crozier above clouds and putti, with a city and smoking volcano below.

Saint Januarius Saving Naples from an Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Verso: Small sketch of similar scene

Anton Domenico Gabbiani, 1724

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate rococo mace design with two seated female figures, putti, and a tiara at its top.

Design for a Mace

Giovanni Giardini, 1646-1722

Black chalk portrait drawing of a woman with curled hair, feathered headdress and drop earring on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of a Woman

Ottavio Mario Leoni, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a rococo design with acanthus scrolls, a reclining laurel-crowned woman, sleeping children, and a rooste

Design for Rear Decoration of a Coach

Agostino Letterini, n.d.

Pen and ink sketches of a funeral monument, niche, helmet, entablature, and a draped female statue on paper.

Sketches of a Funeral Monument, a Niche with Statues, a Helmet in the Shape of a Human Head, an Entablature and a Fem…

Michelangelo, n.d.

Drawing of an angel restraining an old bearded man above a blindfolded young man on an altar beside a tree.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Willem van Mieris, 1694

Pen and brown wash design for an arched sepulchral monument with statues above and a bas relief panel below, dated 1826.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument Divided in Two Parts with Bas Relief Surmounted by Statues and Foliate Decoration Below

Guiseppe Colignon, 1826

Watercolor cross-section of a majolica kiln with labeled chambers, a worker feeding firewood, and hills in the background.

Section of a Kiln for the Production of Majolika

Pietro Bandiera, ca. 1796

Grey wash drawing of an ornamental oval cartouche with banners, drums, leaves and a crown, with an empty central field.

Design for Cartouche with Banners, Drums, Leaves and a Woman's Head with Tiara

Carlo Bianconi, 1732-1802

Pen and wash drawing combining a floor plan and an ornate elevation of a tiered catafalque with statues and urns.

Half Elevation and Half Plan for a Catafalque for Maximilian, Elector of Bavaria, probably Maximilian II Emanuel (166…

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Grey wash drawing of an elaborate baroque catafalque with an obelisk, candelabra, flaming urns and standing figures.

Elevation for a Catafalque Surmounted by an Obelisk

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash elevation drawing of an ornate catafalque topped by an obelisk, with putti and female figures among scrolls.

Elevation for a Catafalque Surmounted by Squat Obelisk, Decorated with Statues of Putti and Female Figures

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen drawing of a tall tiered catafalque with scrolled ornament, a central cartouche, and standing figures on the base.

Elevation of a Catafalque: the Central Part Comprised of a Series of Steps to Top; with Statues and Central Cartouche…

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and ink study of a bearded man in a draped robe beside a sketch of a classical head on brown paper.

A Bearded Man, Standing, and a Classical Head

Eugène Delacroix, 1815-63

Etching of a rooster standing on a dunghill with hens and chicks, a jewel in the dirt, and a farmyard scene behind.

The Cock and the Precious Stone, from Aesop's Fables

Francis Barlow, ca. 1760