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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Hand-colored broadside of Joseph Meeks & Sons furniture showing chairs, tables, beds, and sofas around a central factory buil

Broadside

Joseph Meeks & Sons, 1833

Hand-colored 1829 print of New York Harbor with tall ships and well-dressed people strolling along a stone waterfront quay.

New York Harbor from the Battery

Thomas Thompson, 1829

Pen and wash drawing of a robed bearded man gesturing among kneeling and reclining figures on a hillside with mountains.

Figure Studies

Sebastiano Ricci, 1659-1734

Pen and wash drawing of an allegory: a winged figure with an hourglass, two seated women and a skeleton beside a pedestal.

Allegory with Figures of Hope, Time, and Death

Sebastiano Ricci, 1659-1734

Pastel portrait of a woman with curled hair and a pearl necklace, turned to the left against a grey ground.

Portrait of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné

Claude Lefèbvre, 17th century

Drawing of a bearded man in a pleated cap and ruff collar, looking toward the viewer, on tinted paper.

Portrait of a Man

François Clouet

Red and black chalk portrait of an elderly bearded man in a white biretta and collar, with faint sketch lines around him.

Portrait of cardinal d'Ossat

Daniel Dumonstier, 1601-46

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds holding a scapular, with two cherubs above holding a star wreath.

Virgin Standing on Clouds Holding a Scapular in Her Left Hand

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1675-1741

Brown ink drawing of a clearing framed by a fir tree on the left and a gnarled tree with budding branches on the right.

Clearing in a Wooded Landscape

Marco Ricci, 1676-1730

Pen and ink sketch of a seated older woman with a child on her lap and a standing woman behind them.

Studies for an Education of the Virgin: Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read

Sebastiano Ricci, 1659-1734

Pencil drawing of the Adoration of the Magi showing the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, and an arched architectural backgro

The Adoration of the Magi

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna of Mercy with a cloak sheltering kneeling figures and angels above.

Madonna of Mercy

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk and brown wash sketch of angels carrying a saint upward through clouds.

Angels Carrying a Saint

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing haloed female saint in flowing drapery holding a palm frond.

Saint Apollonia of Alexandria

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of two veiled female saints among clouds, with a lamb and small cherub heads below.

Saint Agnes and a Female Saint

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of bearded Vulcan raising a hammer at an anvil in a brick workshop with armour on the floor.

Vulcan

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of two women embracing in the Visitation, with draped robes and faint figures and architecture behind.

The Visitation

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Head of a Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink study on toned paper of a standing draped figure holding a candlestand, with a woman's head and other figure sket

Studies: Figure Holding a Candlestand, Woman with Left Arm Extended, Head Looking Down towards the Right, Kneeling Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash sketch of three figures walking, one leading a horse, with flowing drapery at left.

Three Figures (recto); Sketches of Kneeling Figures and Putti (verso)

Domenico Mondo, 1760-1806

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude man holding a mirror, with two winged putti beside him.

Nude Male with Two Putti

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Black chalk drawing of a nude cherub seen from behind, rising upward, with a sketched head beneath it.

Cherubs

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash sketch of a martyrdom scene with figures around a grill, an angel above, and a column at right.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining saint supported by an angel, with a head study and putti sketches above.

Saint in Ecstasy; Study of Saint's Head (recto); Sketches of Putti (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, wrapped in loose drapery at the waist.

Nude Figure (Saint Sebastian?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a standing female allegorical figure holding a wreath, with flowing drapery.

Allegorical Figure with Wreath

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a figure pointing to the sky as birds fly and putti hover near a sun, with soldiers below.

Romulus Receiving the Augury

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk sketch of figures supporting a woman, with a turbaned man behind and a seated figure at lower left.

Figures Carrying a Fainting (or Dead) Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna bending over the infant Christ, with draped cloth below, on toned paper.

Madonna and Child

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen drawing of a kneeling man and woman sheltered by a shield against flaming arrows, with a demon on a globe above.

Man Protected by the Shield of Faith

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1559