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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

278 works

Pen and wash drawing of three allegorical figures in a circular roundel, including a nude man and a kneeling putto among clou

Three Allegorical Figures in a Roundel

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Seated Sibyl and Attendant Genius (recto); Study of the Head of a Horse in Profile (verso)

Pirro Ligorio, ca. 1540

Red chalk sketch of a bull head, sheep heads, and two human figures on a pale sheet.

Studies of Animal Heads and Figures

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown ink sketches of horsemen on horseback and a foreshortened nude figure on aged paper.

Studies of Horsemen and Study of a Figure for a Deposition (recto); Sketch for an Entablature (verso)

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen drawing of an ornamental letter B with acanthus scrolls, nude figures, a bull's head and a goat on blue paper.

Design for an Ornamental Initial: B

Teodoro della Porta, 1567-1638

Pen and ink drawing of a veiled woman holding an infant, with a seated putto and angel holding a flowering branch.

St. Catherine of Siena with The Infant Jesus (recto); Warrior with Dead Lion? (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate fountain with a Madonna and Child, winged figures, a lion, and a monkey on the cornice

Design Fragment for the Left Side of the 'Fonte Gaia' in Siena

Jacopo della Quercia, 1415-16

Etching of a wolf fighting off a pack of hounds beside a large oak tree and a stream.

Wolf Hunt

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1725

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Andrew bound to an X-shaped cross with a crowd of onlookers and a dog below.

Martydom of Saint Andrew (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem as a crowd gathers, with a figure spreading a cloak on the road.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Poseidon with trident and rearing horse facing Athena in armor, with gods above and a city belo

The Contest Between Athena and Poseidon for the Possession of Athens

Cesare Nebbia, 1570s

Etching of leaning trees on the left, a herdsman with cattle by a pool on the right, and an open sky above.

Landscape with a herdsmen

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1640-45

Circular watercolor design for a cupola showing Christ, the Virgin, God the Father, angels, prophets and putti among clouds.

Design for a Cupola with Old and New Testament Figures

Pietro de Angelis, 1720-1804

Brown ink drawing of a Roman triumph: a bearded man in a chariot drawn by horses, with soldiers and a winged figure above.

Roman Triumph

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Pen and ink sketch of a farmer and wife in a yard with pigs, a horse, and a picket fence, with dialect caption below.

She was "Sorry She Spoke"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Grey wash drawing of a rocky mountain landscape with pine trees, a natural arch, and two travellers with laden horses on a ro

A Mountainous Landscape with Travellers on a Road

Jan van Aken, ca. 1650-55

Colored drawing of a pulpit design with a robed preacher, winged angel, cherub on clouds and crimson drapery.

Design for a Pulpit

Augustin Pajou, n.d.

Circular drawing of an old bearded man by a hearth as a boy blows on the fire, with a street scene visible outside.

December: And Old Man Seated by a Hearth with a Young Man Blowing on the Fire

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, late 16th-mid 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornate urns with serpent handles, garlands, putti and relief figures.

Two Urns Decorated with Human Figures, Animals and Garlands

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a table end pier with scrolls, a central eagle emblem, and seated sphinx figures at the base.

Design for the End Pier of a Table

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1537-91

Watercolor design of a chimney piece with a heraldic coat of arms above a grey mantel against a red wall.

Design for Chimney Piece, Château du Duc de Meternick, Johannisburg

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Brown ink drawing in a circle of a dragon head, a long-beaked bird, and a grimacing human mask.

Two Beasts and a Human Mask within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Pen and ink design of an ornate fountain with two lions spouting water beside a central garlanded urn and tiered basin.

Design for a Fountain with Two Water-Spouting Lions (recto); Sketch for Triumph of Galatea [?] (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Hand-colored page with a child embracing a lamb beside sheep, with two verses of text and a swirling sun above.

Songs of Innocence: Spring (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Ink drawing on blue paper of a wren on a thorny branch with leaves, berries and a beetle in a circular design.

Design for a Plate

Karl Bodmer, 1825-93

Lithograph of a cart of wounded soldiers pulled by horses, with a man in a greatcoat gesturing beside it.

Cart Loaded with Wounded Soldiers

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Blake illuminated page: a reclining woman in pink beside tents, and a lioness below beneath a branch, with poem text.

Songs of Experience: The Little Girl Lost (second plate); The Little Girl Found

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Brown ink and wash design of a bird resting among curving branches and feathery leaves inside a circular frame.

Design for a Plate Decorated with a Bird and Plant Motifs

Karl Bodmer, 1825-93

Lithograph of an elderly man in a top hat sitting on steps with a dog, beside a shop window and a street scene.

Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Hand-colored page with a poem in red text, showing a reclining nude, two children, lions, and a twisted tree.

Songs of Experience: The Little Girl Found (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825