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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,466 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of two kneeling saints below angels holding up a reliquary among clouds.

Two Male Saints Kneeling with Angels Holding a Reliquary

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1586-1630

Pen and ink drawing of a tall tiered funeral catafalque with columns, skeletons, statues, and a spire.

Design for the Catafalque of a Prince

Pier Francesco Battistelli, ca. 1610-25

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated vestal virgin holding a flaming lamp, gazing upward, with Latin inscription below.

Vestal Virgin

Giovanni Guerra, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a horse's head in a bridle, with a flowing mane, by Baldassarre Franceschini, ca. 1650.

Study for a Horse's Head

Baldassare Franceschini, ca. 1650

Ink and wash drawing of a grand classical interior with stone stairs, tall columns, and vaulted arches in strong light.

Framed Design for a Stage Set

Mauro Berti, 1772-1842

Pencil drawing of an empty shield cartouche with a lion's head, a curved band above, and a fruit garland below.

Design for a Cartouche with a Lion's Head and Nimbus

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Brown wash drawing of a female figure with arms outstretched and face upturned, surrounded by a halo and drapery.

Study for the Ascension of the Virgin

Marco Pino, 16th century

Ink drawing of two stacked ornamental masks: a winged Medusa head with snakes below and a bearded satyr face above.

Design for Two Masks Shaped as Satyr and a Winged Medusa Head

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Pen and ink sketch of an ornate palace interior with columns, balustrades, arches and a vaulted ceiling.

Sketch of a Palace Interior

Antonio Galli Bibiena, 1700-74

Pen and wash drawing of a theatrical sacred interior with arches, columns, a staircase, statues and floating putti.

Design for a Theatrum Sacrum

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash ground plan of a catafalque with circular colonnade and square center, with an elevation drawing above.

Ground Plan of the Catafalque for Anna Cristina, Wife of Carlo Emanuele II of Savoy

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Architectural drawing of an ornate domed funerary catafalque with columns, obelisks, candelabra and sculpted figures, in grey

Elevation and Section of the Catafalque for Anna Cristina, Wife of Carlo Emanuele III of Savoy

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Red chalk drawing of heavy draped cloth with soft hatched shading on an octagonal sheet.

Study of Drapery (Probably After the Antique)

Domenico Beccafumi, 1520-40

Pencil drawing of an ornate oval cartouche with a grotesque mask, fruit garlands, and acanthus leaves around an empty panel.

Design for a Cartouche for the "Raccolta di Cartelle Pubblicate per uso della Gioventù Studiosa"

Sebastiano Cavina, ca. 1797

Pen and ink design for an ornamental cartouche with an empty oval center, a bearded mask, scrolls and fruit garlands.

Design for a Cartouche for the "Raccolta di Cartelle Pubblicate per uso della Gioventù Studiosa"

Sebastiano Cavina, ca. 1796

Ink and wash drawing of a satyr and satyress with goat legs holding up a large urn above a crouching hound.

Design for a Sculpture consisting of a Satyr and Satyress holding a Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a satyr and satyress balancing an ornate vase on their heads, with scrolled pedestal below.

Satyr and Satyress Seated on a Pedestal Supporting a Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Scourging of Christ with soldiers flogging a bound figure beneath arches and columns.

Scourging of Christ

Aureliano Milani, 1700-1740

Red and black chalk drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, leaning forward with drapery sketched in the background.

Nude Male Figure, Rear View

Giovanni da San Giovanni, 18th century

Black chalk study of a seated nude male figure with a sketched head above, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Studies of a Seated Nude Male Figure

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, ca. 1602-05

Pen drawing of brigands sorting loot by a treasure chest beneath a rocky cliff and tree.

Brigands: Design for an Engraving

Domenico Maria Fratta, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a crowned female figure with a scepter and a peacock beside her, in a ruled border.

Juno

Palma il Giovane, 16th century

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young man in a hat looking over a river toward a pier and trees at dusk.

Young Man on a Riverbank

Umberto Boccioni, 1902

Sketch of a mustached man in a tight coat holding a top hat and cane in a bedroom, with a caption below.

"A Tight Fit"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1872

Red chalk drawing of a young soldier in a plumed hat, head resting on his hand, leaning on a table beside a sword hilt.

Soldier Resting his Head on his Elbow

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 18th century (?)

Pen and ink sketch of a boy handing a paper to a woman in a bustled dress on a city street with onlookers.

"Tract Distributor"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Pen drawing of an architectural wall design with grotesque ornaments, drapery swags, garlands and small birds.

Design for the Decoration of a Wall with Grotteschi in the Antique-Style

Luzio Romano, 1545

Sam Lovill, Porter at the Royal Academy

Edwin Landseer, ca. 1817-20

Pen and ink drawing of a standing draped woman in a niche with columns, with a winged putto at lower left.

Allegory or Goddess (Juno?)

Perino del Vaga, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of robed saints ascending through clouds toward light, with angels and palm fronds.

Apotheosis of Four Martyred Saints (Four Crowned Martyrs?)

Antonio Cavallucci, 17th century