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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,460 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a haloed woman with an ointment jar beside a bearded merchant and coins on a ledge.

Mary Magdalen Buying Ointment

Paolo Gerolamo Piola, 1666-1724

Pen and wash drawing of a standing nude figure of Apollo holding a lyre and a scroll on a blue ground.

Standing Figure of Apollo with a Lyre

Paolo Gerolamo Piola, 1666-1724

Pencil study of damned figures, demons and a serpent in clouds and flames, with a gilt border, after Michelangelo's Last Judg

Last Judgment, after Michelangelo

Tommaso Piroli, 1752-1824

Red chalk drawing of a standing bearded monk in a hooded habit holding a staff and book, by Bernardino Poccetti.

Standing Dominican or Servite Holding a Book and Staff (recto); Study of two warriors (verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Red chalk drawing of the Assumption of the Virgin with a pencil grid, showing the Virgin rising among angels and robed figure

The Assumption of the Virgin

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Red chalk drawing of draped female figures above a crowd of onlookers gathered around an altar.

Figure Studies: Woman holding a Shield, a Dancing Female, and a Priest Supported at an Altar before a Group of Onlookers

Bernardino Poccetti, 1612

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated bearded man with a crown, arm outstretched, draped in heavy robes.

Seated Crowned Male Figure Holding a Book or Scroll (recto); Seated Nude Boy (verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Engraving of the Flight into Egypt with Joseph, Mary and infant Christ, a donkey, hovering angels and putti.

The Flight into Egypt

Felice Polanzani, 1720-(?)

Brown ink drawing of robed figures, a laurel-crowned man holding an infant, a flaming altar, and a classical rotunda behind.

Roman Scene

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1499-1543

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing Roman-style soldier with plumed helmet, raised shield and fur-edged cloak.

Soldier

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1499-1543

Brown ink and wash drawing of soldiers attacking a brick city wall beside a column, with huddled figures in the foreground.

Sack of a City

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1499-1543

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornamental vase with a bird-headed handle, scrolls, and a pedestal foot.

Design for a Vase

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1520-43

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling woman with bowed head, draped garments and one arm extended.

Kneeling Woman

Mattia Preti, 17th century

Figure of a muscular man with a staff, drawn in white chalk on blue paper with grid lines.

Saint Christopher Bearing the Christ Child

Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone, 1484-1539

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated robed figure bowed over a book on a grey-toned sheet.

Seated Doctor of the Church Reading (Saint Ambrose or Saint Gregory)

Palma il Giovane, 1600

Red chalk drawing of a decorative pilaster with putti, trophies and an armored figure, with a small standing figure at right.

Design for the Decoration of a Pilaster (recto); Putti with Trophies and Seated Figure with Child (verso)

Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone, ca. 1529

Brown wash drawing of a standing bearded figure of Christ with one arm raised and the other extended, in a flowing robe.

Standing Figure of Christ with Arms Upraised

Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone, 1484-1539

Brown wash drawing of a martyred female saint with an angel bearing a palm above, surrounded by executioners and fallen figur

Martyrdom of Saint Ursula? Saint Paula?

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated architect with a compass conversing with three men in a columned room.

Architect in His Study Holding a Compass and Conversing with Three Men

Agostino Tassi, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a kneeling saint gazing up at angels and putti among clouds under an arch.

Saint in Ecstasy

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Red chalk drawing of a seated bishop in a mitre with three attendant figures gazing upward on tinted paper.

Seated Bishop with Arms Extended and Three Attendant Figures (recto); Head of a Lion and Perspective Diagrams (verso)

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Brown wash drawing of Saint Joseph's death, with a woman in a veil, a supporting figure, and angels in clouds above.

The Death of Saint Joseph

Niccolò Ricciolini, 1739

Brown wash drawing of a soldier and crowd gathered around a kneeling female saint on a raised platform under a beam of light.

Martyrdom of a Female Saint (Agnes?)

Camillo Procaccini, 1605-9

Red chalk drawing of Saint Francis kneeling over a dead youth as robed onlookers gather beside a column.

Saint Francis of Assisi Resuscitating a Dead Youth

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of seated women, a standing draped figure, a horse head and an infant in an architectural

The Birth of Saint Francis of Assisi

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Red chalk drawing of an angel standing on a cloud, holding two flowing ribbons with white highlights.

Angel with a Banderole

Camillo Procaccini, 1575-1629

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery holding a small child close against her shoulder.

Virgin and Child

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1574-1625

Charcoal and white chalk study on blue paper of a seated draped woman with figures behind her, with grid lines visible.

Study for the Pietà

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1604

Grey wash drawing of the Transfiguration with Christ in glory above and a crowd of gesturing figures below.

The Transfiguration, after Raphael

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Pen and ink drawing of mounted soldiers and a standing warrior before classical architecture, with an S.P.Q.R. banner.

Emperor greeted by a warrior

Marcantonio Raimondi, 16th century