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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Grey wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with kneeling king, Virgin and Child, horses and attendants.

The Adoration of the Magi

Bernardino Lanino, 1553

Pen and wash drawing of a draped bearded man standing in a niche beside an urn, framed by ornamental scrollwork borders.

Draped Male Figure Standing in a Niche

Gregorio Lazzarini, 1655-1730

Head of a Man in Profile Facing to the Left

Leonardo da Vinci, 1490-94

Brown wash drawing of Christ handing keys to a kneeling bearded man before a group of onlookers, with angels above.

The Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter

Jan Boeckhorst, ca. 1660

Italian Farmer

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Red chalk study of a standing woman in a hooded cloak with an extended arm, on cream paper.

Study for "M. de Pourceaugnac"

Jean-Baptiste Pater, early 18th century

Pencil and watercolor study sheet showing a boat, figures in Dutch dress, and a stone gateway with trees and a church spire.

Study Sheet with Figures and Landscapes at Arnemuiden (near Middelburg, The Netherlands)

Pierre Louis Dubourcq, mid-19th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Gros Horloge clock in Rouen, with market women and townspeople in a cobbled street.

Rue du Gros Horloge, Rouen

Wijnand Jan Joseph Nuijen, early 19th century

Charcoal drawing of a seated bearded man in a robe reading an open book, with a sketched head beside him.

Seated Male Figure with the Head of an Onlooker (recto); Standing Male Figure in a Monk's Habit (verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Pen and wash drawing of a woman and child on stairs beside a birdcage, a dog, and a hooded figure under a porch.

Woman and Child on Stairs

Pierre Lélu, n.d.

Chalk drawing of a barefoot man in draped clothing pulling back a curtain with one arm, on gray paper.

Man Pulling a Curtain Aside

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

The Head of a Woman in Profile Facing Left

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, 1490-1500

Black and white chalk portrait of a man with curly hair and a wide collar, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Rossa

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1610-30

Chalk drawing of a man with a mustache and fur-trimmed collar, shown in three-quarter bust view on grey paper.

Portrait of Piermarino Bernabò

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1618

Pen and brown wash drawing of two standing men in ornate costumes before columns, with inscribed names below.

Two Princes of the House of Este: Ernest VI and Francis II

Pirro Ligorio, 1513-83

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with men on ladders lowering Christ and mourners below.

The Descent from the Cross with Saint Francis and Another Friar

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1619

Brown ink drawing of a huge beech tree with the Madonna and Child in its branches and three friars below.

The Beech Tree of the Madonna at La Verna

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1605-7

Brown wash drawing of a Punchinello-style figure in a pointed hat and ruffled costume holding a round object and a ladle.

Punchinello with Dumpling or Fritter

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Poster of a girl with yellow hair and a large black bow against blue, advertising In Childhood's Country by Louise Chandler M

In Childhood's Country by Louise Chandler Moulton, Pictured by Ethel Reed

Ethel Reed, 1896

Drawing of a standing janissary in pink robe and white hat with a rifle, beside a seated lion.

A Janissary "of War" with a Lion

Jacopo Ligozzi, ca. 1577-80

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded saint on a cloud with an ox, pointing upward beside a female figure holding a mirror.

Illustration for a Book: Saint Luke with a Female Allegorical Figure

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Red chalk drawing of a classical female bust with long wavy hair in an oval frame, with a Greek inscription below.

Presumed Portrait of Alexander the Great

Bernard Picart, 1719

Presumed Portrait of Phocion

Bernard Picart, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of draped women in procession before a classical altar, with a bearded man raising his arm at right.

Figures before an Altar

Bernard Picart, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a draped female figure playing a lyre beside a pedestal, enclosed in an oval frame.

A Muse

Bernard Picart, n.d.

Drawing of clergy with a banner tending a sick man among plague victims on stone steps, with a classical building behind.

St. Charles Borromeo Distributing Communion to the Victims of the Plague in Milan

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1760

Drawing of an archbishop in a mitre being attacked by a dagger-wielding man in a colonnaded church interior.

The Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1748

Red chalk drawing of a nude standing youth beside a draped youth reading a book at a ledge.

Standing Youth with Hands Behind His Back, and a Seated Youth Reading (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso)

Filippino Lippi, 1457/58-1504

Brown wash drawing of winged putti and flying figures in a ceiling design study by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Design for a Ceiling (recto); Bearded Man Standing (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown ink and wash caricature of an elderly couple, the woman in a bonnet and cloak, the man in a powdered wig and coat.

Caricature: An Elderly Couple

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770