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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pen and brown ink drawing of Saint Sebastian, nude and bound to a tree, with an arrow and halo.

Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the r…

Il Sodoma, early-mid-16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing bearded apostle with a halo and draped robe, hatched shading.

Standing Apostle

Giovanni Bandini, mid-16th century

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded seated figure in robes surrounded by cherubs, with putti study sketches below.

The Almighty with Angels

Luca Giordano, ca. 1650-69

Pen and ink sketch of the Madonna and Christ Child with a young John the Baptist holding a staff, on aged paper.

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

In the manner of Raphael Italy, late 18th-early 19th century (?)

Brown wash drawing of Saint Stephen kneeling as muscular men raise stones to throw at him beneath a tree.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Niccolò Bambini, ca. 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of putti and angels arranged in a circle among clouds around an open central light area.

A Glory of Angels

Luca Giordano, ca. 1650-69

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity in a stable with an angel, kneeling shepherds, kings, and animals.

The Nativity of Christ, with Shepherds and Kings in Adoration

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, ca. 1782-1844

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child on clouds with a haloed saint, angels, and several male saints below.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned on a Cloud, with Saints Dominic, John Nepomuk, Sebastian, Mark, and Anthony Abbot

Giuseppe Diziani, ca. 1746-71

Grey wash drawing of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a bell tower, palazzi, and a small arched bridge in the distance.

The Rio dei Greci, with the Ponte della Pieta in the Distance

Giacomo Guardi, ca. 1804-28

Grey wash drawing of robed clergy processing along a quay toward an ornate ship with banners under a cloudy sky.

The Arrival in Venice, from Alexandria, of the Relics of Saint John the Alsgiver in 1247

Jacopo Marieschi, ca. 1743

Pen and ink drawing of a robed figure with curly hair holding a book and raised pen, standing on a stone pedestal.

Saint John the Evangelist (?)

Pietro Antonio Novelli, before 1755

Brown wash drawing of a Last Supper banquet with seated figures at a long table, columns, drapery, and a servant on steps.

The Last Supper

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, ca. 1705

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child enthroned with Saint Sebastian and kneeling saints beneath classical colum

Virgin and Child with Saint John of the Cross (?), Saint Sebastian, and Saint Peter of Alcantara

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1731-35

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family resting under a palm tree, with angels, a donkey, and a truncated pyramid.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (with a Truncated Pyramid on the Right)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770

Grey wash drawing of an angel with a lily descending on clouds toward a kneeling veiled woman, with a dove and cherubs above.

The Annunciation

Giuseppe Zaïs, mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of monks kneeling before the Virgin and Child beside a column and cross.

The Virgin and Child Adored by Monks and Others

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1730-35

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of the Baptism of Christ, with angels above and two ducks in the water at lower right.

The Baptism of Christ (with Two Ducks in the Water at Lower Right)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Watercolor of a dancer in a blue gown holding red flowers, with a severed head on a dish at left and a seated figure at right

Salomé Dancing Before the Head of St. John the Baptist

Gustave Moreau, mid to late 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with Saint John, showing Mary holding the infant Christ beside Joseph.

The Holy Family with Saint John

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1754-62

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with figures gathered by a river and a woman holding a child at right.

The Baptism of Christ (with a Woman Holding a Child Among the Spectators at the Right)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Triptych print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one holding a demon mask, before a flaming halo and maple branches

Three Actors in Beautiful Costumes Performing a Religious Dance

Katsukawa Shunsen, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of a robed figure with a bowl and straw sandals standing in snow beside a bamboo fence and a bare tree.

Onoe Matsusuke as a Kannen-Butsu or Mendicant Buddhist Monk

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1790?

Brown ink and wash sketch of the Baptism of Christ, with a dove above and figures and angels gathered around.

The Baptism of Christ (with Saint John, Without his Cross, in Profile to the Right)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Woodblock print of two bald men in pale robes seated beneath a cherry blossom branch on a yellow ground.

The Third Sawamura Sojuro & the Second Ichikawa Monnosuke as Buddhist Monks

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1791

Ink sketch of a paper decoration with rows of pointed strips and triangles, with Japanese inscriptions and a red seal.

A Kind of Religious Paper Decoration

Haikairyō Henpuku, 18th-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove, winged angels and a crowd on a riverbank.

The Baptism of Christ (with Three Angels Attending Him)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Pen and ink drawing of the Madonna and Child with a mitred bishop and a standing youth in a cloak, on aged paper.

Madonna and Child with Saints Martin and Maurice (?)

Gaudenzio Ferrari, ca. 1530

Japanese woodblock print of a tall figure with a hat and fish, followed by two children, one with a parasol.

Buddhist Nun Speaking to Two Little Girls who are Following Her

Kondo Katsunobu, ca. 1730

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a haloed nude figure, a robed baptizer, hovering angels and onlookers bene

The Baptism of Christ (with Christ Half-Kneeling at Left, His Back Turned, and the Baptist Full-Faced at Center, Look…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90