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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pencil design drawing of two ornamental wall panels with urns and scrolls, and a ceiling decoration with rococo scrollwork.

Design for a Wall and a Ceiling Decoration

Leonardo Marini, 1774-78

Design for a Ceiling

Leonardo Marini, 1774-78

Pencil drawing of an ornamental ceiling design with rococo scrollwork, floral motifs and framed decorative panels.

One Quarter of a Design for a Ceiling of a Room with Halved Variant Designs

Leonardo Marini, 1774-90

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo ceiling design with scrolling ornament and garlands beside a decorated wall elevation.

Clean Copy Presentation Draft: One Quarter of a Design for a Ceiling of a Room (recto); Scales and Construction Lines…

Leonardo Marini, 1774-90

Pen and ink design of a decorated interior wall elevation with a doorway, garlands, urns and a rococo fireplace.

Design for a Wall Elevation with Halved Alternate Designs for the Doorway (recto); Designs for a Quarter of a Ceiling…

Leonardo Marini, 1774-90

Watercolor stage design of a classical courtyard with colonnade, central statue of Minerva, staircase and figures under a str

Design for a Stage Set: A Classical Courtyard and Colonnade with a Statue of Minerva

Leonardo Marini, 1780-90

Red chalk drawing of robed figures, an angel with a tablet, and a chalice in an allegorical scene.

Allegory of the Old and New Dispensations

Carlo Maratti, 1700-8

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, a river god and Rome, presenting a portrait medallion held aloft by angels amid cl

Rome and the Tiber Paying Homage to a Pope (Clement XI ?)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Black chalk and white highlight study of a seated robed prelate looking upward on grey paper.

Study for a Seated Prelate (Saint Gregory the Great)

Carlo Maratti, 1685-86

Drawing of a robed saint on a cloud above plague victims, with an angel and cherubs in the sky within an ornate frame.

Saint Rosalia Interceding for Victims of the Plague in Palestrina

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Study for a Head of a Man

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Studies of Two Helmets and of Two Soldiers Wearing Helmets

Marco Marchetti, 1553-88

Hand-colored drawing of labeled classical figures including Agamemnon, Helen, Paris, Hector and Jason, arranged in rows on ag

Famous Men and Women from Classical and Biblical Antiquity

Barthélémy d' Eyck, 1450s

Pen and brown wash drawing of an angel with wings leading a young boy by the hand across rocky ground.

Tobias and the Angel

Paolo de Matteis, 1662-1728

Brown ink drawing of the Virgin and Child on a cloud giving rosaries to kneeling Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine.

The Virgin and Child with Chaplets Appearing to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena

Pietro Mera, 1570-1639

Pen and ink anatomical study of a muscular leg with red chalk underdrawing on a tan sheet.

Anatomical Studies of a Leg (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)

Michelangelo, 1475-1564

Pen and brown ink anatomical study of a bent knee and leg on toned paper.

Anatomical Study of a Knee

Michelangelo, 1475-1564

Brown ink drawing of the Nativity with the Holy Family in a stable, shepherds, kneeling angels, and God the Father above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Tommaso Minardi, 1837

Red chalk drawing of two allegorical figures flanking an inscribed stone pedestal, one helmeted and one bearded with a staff.

Allegorical Figures of Experience and Time

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1677

Brown ink wash drawing of an exaggerated elderly man in a cap leaning forward to read a small book.

Caricature of a Seated Man Reading

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Brown wash drawing of a youth in a turban seated beside a book, pointing with one hand, by Pier Francesco Mola.

Youth Reading

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man in a turban and draped robe, standing and looking toward the viewer.

Figure of a Man

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Pen and brown ink drawing of ornamental scrollwork, a face mask cartouche, and a herm support for a chimney piece.

Designs for Ornamental Motifs and for a Herm Supporting a Chimney Piece

Moncalvo, 1568-1625

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Immaculate standing on a crescent amid clouds, with angels and a radiant glory above.

The Virgin Immaculate in Glory (recto); Sketch of a Part of a Leg and a Hand (verso)

Domenico Mondo, 1723-1806

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure with one arm raised overhead, shown in a twisting standing pose.

Man Sheathing a Sword

Francesco Montelatici, 17th century

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a kneeling friar and a mitred bishop gazing upward, with white highlights on the robes.

Kneeling St. Francis and St. Nicholas of Bari

Moretto da Brescia, 1498-1554

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king, nude figure, and horse.

The Adoration of the Magi

Raffaellino da Reggio, 1550-78

Studies for a Costume

Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540

Bust Of an Old Woman in Profile to Right

Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds with cherubs, while robed figures gather around a tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Francesco Narice, 1751-79