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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,466 works

Red chalk drawing of a bald seated male nude leaning forward, with faint study lines of legs on the left.

Seated Male Nude Facing Right

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1688

Brown wash drawing of men raising a crucified figure on a cross, with a ladder at left and kneeling workers below.

Elevation of the Cross

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Pen and brown wash drawing of travelers on a road beside a tree, one man in a hat leaning on a staff.

Travelers on a Road

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a young woman in a turban looking upward, with white highlights on her face.

Head of a Young Woman Wearing a Turban

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Watercolor drawing of a kneeling man gazing at a stag with a glowing cross, with a greyhound and horse nearby.

The Vision of Saint Eustace

Federico Zuccaro, 1542-1609

Chalk drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, with Mary Magdalen kneeling beside them in an architectural niche.

Madonna and Child with Mary Magdalen

Joseph Heintz the Elder, late 16th-early 17th century

Watercolor study of a standing young shirtless man with arms crossed, wearing light shorts, against a pale background.

Study of a Young Model

William Henry Hunt, 1830

Gecko: study from life

George Du Maurier, second half 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, angels, and kneeling supplicants in an interior.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Pencil sketch of two large bare trees over a woodland scene with figures near a tent and cattle on a path.

Landscape with cattle and figures; sketch for the Rustic Courtship

Gainsborough Dupont, 1755-97

Red and black chalk drawing of a winged warrior with scales beside a bearded monk in a dark habit.

Saint Michael and Saint Giovanni Gualberto (after Andrea del Sarto's Vallombrosa Altarpiece)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Brown ink and wash drawing of a dancing bacchante with a tambourine beside a nude satyr holding a cymbal.

Bacchante

William Etty, first half 19th century

Red and black chalk drawing of a standing female nude with head bowed and one arm raised, on toned paper.

Standing female nude

William Etty, 1810-49

Engraved aerial view of a Roman tournament with armored riders in a walled courtyard, crowds in galleries, and a palace with

Marriage of Annibale Altemps and Ortensia Borromeo, Rome, March 5, 1565, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, 1565

Pen and brown wash drawing of a symmetrical altar design with God the Father, angels, cherubs and flanking statues.

Design for a "Quarantore" Decoration

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above kneeling saints and angels, with a martyrdom scene behind.

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Peter, Saint Damasus, Saint Lawrence, and Saint Paul; the Martyrdom of Saint…

Federico Zuccaro, 1566-68

Red and black chalk sketch of a pointing young man beside a bishop in mitre and patterned cloak.

Saint John the Baptist and Saint Bernardo degli Uberti (after Andrea del Sarto's Vallombrosa Altarpiece)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Pencil drawing of Night and Sleep under a starry sky, with Jupiter in a chariot above, by John Flaxman.

Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter - "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven),…

John Flaxman, 1793

Pen and wash sketch of a kneeling woman embracing a standing figure in draped robes, with faint tree and figure studies at ri

Sheet of studies with female figure kneeling and embracing standing figure

John Flaxman, 1775-1826

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in a robe gesturing toward a bound nude figure on a balcony, with onlookers and steps b

Ecce Homo

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Etched print of a night fireworks display with rising rockets over a field, with a labelled diagram of devices below.

Fireworks on the Schiessplatz, Nuremberg, June 22, 1665

Georg Carl Hornung, after 1665

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing angel with clasped hands, with two cherubs partly visible at the edges.

A Standing Angel and two Cherubs

Federico Zuccaro, ca. 1566

Engraving of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome with fireworks bursting from its towers over the Tiber and a crowd below.

The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Monochrome print of a woman in a pale gown beside a pillar, with a chandelier and rows of lamps in a dark café interior.

Mademoiselle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris

Edgar Degas, 1877-78

Portrait of a man

Thomas Frye (, 1760

Engraving of an ornate octagonal obelisk surrounded by fireworks and scrolled flames, with an allegorical relief on its base.

Festival for Saint Placidus, Messina, August 2, 1589: Fireworks Obelisk

Filippo Gotho, 1591

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man seen from behind, arms raised and extended, legs apart in a dynamic pose.

Standing Nude Man (recto); Three Studies of Soldiers (verso)

Taddeo Zuccari, 1550

Brown wash drawing of a mounted rider and procession before a city with towers and a harbor with a sailing ship.

Study for the Armistice between King Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V, fresco in the Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Standing Beggar

Jan Both, 17th century

Graphite drawing of a wooded landscape with a standing man, seated woman, dog, fence and small cottage.

Landscape with Figures

George Frost, 18th or early 19th century