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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Prophet Seated in Profile on a Cloudbank, Praying: decoration for a spandrel

André Lebrun, ca. 1760-90

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded saint seated writing while an angel points to a painting on an easel, with putti nearby.

Saint Francis de Sales (canonized 1665)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of Phaeton falling from a chariot with rearing horses above two seated women and a tree.

Fall of Phaeton

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Ink and wash sketch of a tall man in a wide-brimmed hat and flowing cloak leaning on a staff.

Caricature of a Grandee

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink architectural design with a Corinthian column, ornate scrollwork, and an arched top on aged paper.

Design for an Altar

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornamental spandrel with scrollwork, a seated woman in a central panel, and putti.

Design for an Ornamental Spandrel

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate octagonal catafalque with an arched niche, urn, putti and a pyramidal roof.

Catafalque for a Cardinal

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate tiered fountain with putti and an eagle finial, set between city buildings.

Fountain

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash design of two seated allegorical women with a chalice and cross, under a flying putto with garland.

Design for a Dome Compartment with Figures of Faith and Hope

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tapering ornamental design with allegorical female figures, cherubs, scrollwork and garlands.

Design for a Dome Compartment with Figures of Charity and Fortitude?

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Black chalk drawing of the Madonna with downcast eyes, a head veil, and hands clasped at her chest, on tan paper.

Madonna

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Black chalk drawing of the Man of Sorrows with a crown of thorns, bound wrists, and a reed staff, in a draped robe.

Man of Sorrows, after Guido Reni (recto); Studies of arm and hands (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of robed men in a columned temple interior with Corinthian capitals and arches.

Figures in a Temple

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a nude bearded man reclining while three women attend him beside a jug, in a wooded landscape.

Lot and His Daughters (?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of the Madonna and Child on clouds with saints and a bishop below, beside a stone balustrade.

Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and three other Saints

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a bearded God the Father on a cloud with arms outstretched, flanked by two winged putti.

God the Father Seated on a Cloud, Flanked by Two Putti

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a flying winged putto with curly hair and outstretched arms, with drapery trailing behind.

Putto

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman with downcast eyes holding a palm branch, draped in a loose garment.

Virgin with a Palm Branch

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of an angel with a sword expelling two nude figures, with studies of dogs, a bull and a turkey below.

The Expulsion from the Garden

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Joseph holding the Christ Child on clouds, with angels and a serpent below.

Saint Joseph and the Christ Child

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of the dead Christ supported by angels and a bearded figure, with putti and clouds around him.

Death of Christ Redeeming Souls from Purgatory

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Tobias and a winged angel under a large tree, with a dog, fish, and distant mountains.

Tobias and the Angel

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a draped woman kneeling in prayer, gazing upward among clouds, with a serpent at her feet.

Virgin Kneeling in Prayer

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and blue wash drawing of a crowned seated figure and standing man in a classical columned hall with putti.

An Audience (recto); Sketch of a nude woman (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling bishop with a crozier, a standing robed woman, and cherubs among clouds.

A Bishop in Ecstasy

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a woman in a headwrap holding a child against her shoulder beside a stone ledge.

Mother and Child

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man and a standing figure with a staff, with a winged figure and clouds above.

Study for a Picture

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of the Pietà: dead Christ lies in the foreground, mourning Virgin supports him, angels and cherubs gather a

Pietà

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Graphite drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Holy Family, kneeling shepherds, and angels in an arched setting.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Graphite drawing of a child's head with curly hair, tilted and looking sideways, with shoulder outlined below.

Head of a Child, copy of engraving by Luca Ciamberlano

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century