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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

199 works

Illuminated initial M showing the angel Gabriel kneeling before the Virgin Mary in the Annunciation, with gold haloes and blu

Annunciation in an Initial M

Maestro Daddesco, ca. 1310-15

Painted album page showing a seated Buddha in a wooden pavilion, with monks in yellow robes praying and Burmese script below.

Scenes from Life of the Buddha

King Mindon, 1880s

Painting of the Virgin Mary with a golden halo surrounded by robed apostles holding a candle, palm and book.

The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, ca. 1510

Painting of a crowned Virgin in red holding a child, flanked by two angels in dark gowns and two kneeling infants.

Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados (Our Lady of the Forsaken)

Spanish Painter, 18th century

Panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary, the Christ Child, kneeling kings, attendants and a star above.

Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, ca. 1470-90

Red chalk drawing of a Pietà study with a reclining body supported by a grieving figure with flowing hair.

Study for a Pietà

Fabrizio Boschi, 1620s

Charcoal sketch of several nude figures intertwined in a circle, with soft gray shading against a dark background.

Sketch for "Jesus the Son of Man"

Kahlil Gibran, 1923

Circular pen and grey wash drawing of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, with a priest holding the infant at an altar.

The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple

Sebald Beham, early to mid-16th century

Pen and ink drawing of Saint John the Baptist with a lamb in a wooded wilderness, within a circular format.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Hans von Kulmbach, ca. 1510-15

Grey wash drawing of Saint Ignatius of Loyola kneeling among angels and allegorical figures beneath a radiant dove in an oval

Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Allegories of the Four Continents

Felix Anton Scheffler, 1715-60

Pen and wash drawing in a circle of the Circumcision of Christ, with a priest holding the infant and the Virgin watching.

The Circumcision of Christ

Sebald Beham, 1510-50

Brown ink drawing of a crowned king on steps before arches, with robed figures gathered below and a tree at right.

King Herod Receiving the Three Magi

Martin Schongauer, second half 15th century

Pen and ink wash drawing of shepherds adoring the infant Christ with Mary, a donkey and an ox in the background.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Joachim Beuckelaer, 1560

Pen and ink drawing of a temple interior with a priest, a lamb on an altar, and a crowd of robed men.

Joachim's Offering Refused

Jan Wellens de Cock, early 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young girl climbing temple steps toward a robed priest, with onlookers and vaulted architectu

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Valerio Castello, 1624-59

Red chalk drawing in a circle of the Holy Family: kneeling Mary, seated Joseph, and the infant Christ on a cloth.

Holy Family in the Stable

Govert Flinck, mid-17th century

Oval drawing of a reclining woman and standing male figures in a martyrdom scene, with grid lines and soft shading.

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia (Cartoon for a Fresco)

Domenichino, 1612-14

Black and white engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child with haloes, a crown above, an open book, and flowers in the foregro

Virgin with a Bird on a Grassy Bank

Master ES, mid-15th century

Circular engraving of bound Christ brought before the seated Annas, with soldiers and ornate foliate border.

Christ before Annas, from the Circular Passion

Lucas van Leyden, 1509

Pen and ink sketch of a seated bare-chested man holding a tall staff beside rocks, with a hatched landscape behind him.

John the Baptist with a Lamb in the Wilderness

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Graphite sketch of a robed bearded figure with arms outstretched, seated on clouds and gazing upward.

Study for Christ as Mediator

Drawing of a seated pope handing over a tiara to clergy, with a putto on steps below, in an oval composition.

Saint Celestine V Renouncing the Papacy, after Mattia Preti

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1761

Brown ink sketch of a bearded man's head turned three-quarters, with wavy hair and loose shoulder lines.

Head of Christ

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Engraving of a nude woman looking at a sleeping muscular man with a winged Cupid, armor and a sword on the floor, and a fox.

Venus Finding Mars Asleep

Léon Davent, ca. 1545

Circular chalk drawing of the Virgin and infant Christ with bearded onlookers leaning in, on a dark grey ground.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Hendrick Goltzius, 1600-1605

Pencil and wash sketch of the Annunciation: a seated veiled woman at left and a winged angel with raised arm at right.

The Annunciation (Angel Approaching From the Right)

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a reclining man attended by grieving women and mourners under an arch.

The Emperor Constantine Copronymous Burned by an Invisible Fire (recto); Studies of Sibyls and Angles (verso)

Giovanni Baglione, ca. 1599-1610

Red chalk drawing on a gridded sheet of a seated nude woman with two putti, one kneeling holding a bowl, by Poppi.

Study for a Virgin and Child with Two Angels (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso)

Poppi, 1544-97

Pen and ink sketch of a kneeling winged angel with outstretched arms and loose hatched drapery.

Kneeling Angel With Hands Outstretched

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Circular study of a heavenly scene with a saint and the Virgin before the Trinity, surrounded by angels, clouds, and bishops.

Monastic Saint Presented to the Holy Trinity by the Virgin, Study for a Circular Ceiling Decoration

Lazzaro Baldi, 1622-1703