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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,460 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of a turbaned warrior leaning on a spiked mace against a cloudy sky.

Turbaned Warrior Holding a Mace

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound, nude male figure with raised arms, with a bent figure at lower right against a cloudy

Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shaggy hermit figure kneeling among rocks and trees under a cloudy sky.

St. Paul, Hermit

Salvator Rosa, 1635-73

Pen and ink drawing of a group of figures under a tree, with studies of a sword and a draped figure on the left.

Study for a Judgment of Paris and Other Figure Studies

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling man gazing up beside cattle, goats, a barrel and a tree under a stormy sky.

The Prodigal Son

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of an apotheosis scene with a saint rising among clouds, putti and a lion, in an arched frame.

The Apotheosis of Saint Mark (recto and verso)

Pietro Roselli, 1700-71

Bust of a Woman with an Elaborate Coiffure

Rosso Fiorentino, 1530-37

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of an allegorical title page with an enthroned figure, putti, an eagle and an empty cartou

Design for a Title Page

Giovanni Maria Luffoli, 1665-1707

Brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with infant Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, and an angel on a light ground.

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, and an Attendant Angel

Aurelio Luini, 1550-60

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Lawrence on a grill, surrounded by executioners, a mounted soldier and a crowd.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Aurelio Luini, 1580s-early 1590s

Watercolor drawing of a standing young woman in traditional Neapolitan dress with red bodice, green apron and dark headscarf.

Young Woman Standing in Traditional Neapolitan Dress

Giovanni Battista Lusieri, 1755-1821

Engraving of a seated woman grasping a young man's cloak beside a canopied bed with heavy draped curtains.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, from "The Story of Joseph"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1532

Pen and ink drawing of the Nativity with angels adoring the Christ Child in a manger, cherubs in clouds above.

The Christ Child Adored by Angels

Gottfried de Wedig, late 16th-mid-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint before an executioner with a sword, angels and clouds above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Martin Johann Schmidt, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a reclining man on thorns gazing up at winged cherub heads among clouds.

Saint Benedict on a Bed of Thorns

Benedetto Luti, 1666-1724

Red chalk drawing of a man with a curled wig and open white collar, facing forward with a calm expression.

Portrait of a Man

Benedetto Luti, 1666-1724

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with one arm raised high and legs crossed, gazing upward.

Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Seated Figure (verso)

Benedetto Luti, 1666-1724

Brown ink drawing of Saint Lucy beside oxen, with three holy figures in clouds above in an arched composition.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy (Her Last Communion before Being Dragged by Oxen)

Giovanni Battista Maganza il Giovane, 1556-1630

Brown ink wash drawing of a haloed woman holding a nursing infant, with sketched cherub heads in the upper right corner.

Studies for a Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti, 1571-1639

Brown ink drawing of a seated curly-haired man in draped cloth holding a long staff, with a standing figure and column beside

Seated Man Holding a Club or Other Implement (recto); Two Heads of Grotesque Men in Profile (verso)

Andrea Mantegna, 1484-1500

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude man on a pedestal, head bowed, one arm across his chest, on blue-grey paper.

Nude Male Figure

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pen and ink sketch of Christ enthroned on clouds with two kneeling female saints flanking him, one below each side.

The Virgin and Saint Rosalia Interceding with Christ

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Brown ink and wash drawing on blue paper of two women and a winged figure in an allegorical composition.

Virtue Crowned by Honor

Carlo Maratti, 1670-76

Red chalk drawing of a crowned seated female figure in an architectural niche with putti and radiating light lines.

Seated Allegorical Figure of Divine Wisdom

Carlo Maratti, 1674-77

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of a woman in drapery beside a severed bearded head within a curved frame.

Judith Holding up the Head of Holofernes

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Red chalk study of the Virgin Immaculate above four male saints, including a bishop in a mitre, with sketched angels.

The Virgin Immaculate and Four Male Saints (Study for The Dispute over the Immaculate Conception)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man looking upward to the left on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left (Saint Ambrose)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pen and red chalk drawing of the Virgin Immaculate above angels, with four Doctors of the Church below in an arched frame.

The Virgin Immaculate with the Four Doctors of the Church, Study for the Dispute over the Immaculate Conception

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin in clouds above a female attendant and four male saints, one holding a crozier.

The Virgin with Female Attendant Appearing to Four Male Saints

Carlo Maratti, 1680-95

Pen and ink sketch of four male figures in period dress with gesturing arms and exaggerated expressions.

Studies of Four Englishmen, after James Gillray

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1817-25