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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,392 works

Grey wash drawing of Adam digging with a spade while Eve sits with two infants beside a tree.

Adam and Eve after Their Expulsion with the Infants Cain and Abel

Giovanni Andrea Carlone, 1639-97

Pen and brown ink drawing of Perseus with Minerva and a winged figure in a rocky landscape within a lunette.

Perseus Beheading Medusa (recto); Studies of a Child and Ornament Sketches (verso)

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Red chalk and blue wash drawing of the Madonna and Child surrounded by angels and putti on clouds.

Nativity with Angels

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-64

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with two bearded male saints with halos, on clouds.

The Virgin and Child with Two Male Saints

Giacomo Cavedone, 1577-1660

Grey wash drawing of a woman bending over two children beside a fireplace, with a cat on the floor.

A Domestic Scene

Annibale Carracci, 1582-84

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a kneeling man, with a skeleton and plague victims below.

The Virgin and Child Intervening for Victims of the Plague (recto); Seated Female Figure (verso)

Geronimo Cenatiempo, 1705-41

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Family with infant St. John, an angel at left, and a reclining figure at right.

The Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist and an Angel

Cesare da Sesto, 1477-1523

Red chalk sketch of two children's heads and arms, with a boy leaning on his arm and hand studies at left.

Studies of a Boy and a Girl (recto); Studies of Legs (verso)

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Black chalk drawing of a nude young male's lower torso and legs with feet, shaded on a light paper background.

Study for Lower Part of Torso and Legs of a Young Boy

Pomarancio, 1568-1640

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the infant Christ, kneeling kings, angels, and a stable setting.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1654-1727

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman in drapery beside a city gate with figures on a path in the distance.

The Virgin and Child Resting Outside a City Gate

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Engraved deathbed scene of an elderly man in a canopied bed, embraced by a richly dressed king amid courtiers and clergy.

The Death of Leonardo da Vinci

Joseph Théodore Richomme, ca. 1825

Blue-washed drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds above several bearded saints in robes.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, Pope Saint Dionysius, Filippo Neri and a Male Saint

Baccio Ciarpi, ca. 1620

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling woman, a bearded man, architectural arches, and a head study.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Martina, Another Study of Saint Martina, Studies of a Head, and of an Arcade (recto);…

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

Red chalk drawing of a seated child with geese, a ladder, and a woman peering from behind a brick wall.

Marcolfa Discovers BertoldinoTrying to Hatch Eggs (recto); Sketch of Bertoldino (verso)

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1709-10

Pen and ink sketch of draped mythological figures, with a seated woman holding an infant among standing women.

Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx

Donato Creti, 1671-1749

Pen and wash drawing of classical figures, putti and a tree in a columned garden, with a seated woman tending an urn.

The Triumph of Nature Over Art (design for an engraving of 'De Florum Cultura')

Pietro da Cortona, ca. 1633

Red chalk drawing of a biblical scene with men in robes and turbans gathered around a youth, with distant figures and buildin

Joseph Sold by His Brethren

Giovanni Battista Discepoli, 1590-1660

Ink and wash drawing of armored soldiers facing a family group seated before a draped tent, with banners behind.

The Family of Darius before Alexander (recto); Sketch of a Horse-Drawn Cart, and Studies of Male Heads and an Infant…

Gaspare Diziani, 1717

Wash drawing of angels above a crowd and boat, one angel raising an illuminated cross, on three joined tan sheets.

Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica

Pietro da Cortona, 1652

Red and black chalk portrait drawing of a young girl wearing a coral bead necklace, set within an octagonal frame.

Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Agata Dolci

Carlo Dolci, 1676-80

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin and Child among angels above Saints Peter and Paul holding a key and a book.

Virgin and Child Appearing in a Glory of Angels to Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Jacopo da Empoli, 1551-1640

Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman in drapery leaning toward a nude infant, with trees behind them.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Martina

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

Brown ink and wash drawing on blue paper of the Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Paul beneath a palm.

Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Paul

Paolo Farinati, 1524-1606

Brown and white wash drawing of the Virgin standing and holding the Christ Child on a blue-grey ground.

Standing Virgin Holding the Christ Child

Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1475-1546

Mezzotint of a barefoot girl resting her head on her hand beside two pigs drinking from a bowl, with trees in the background.

Girl and Pigs

Richard Earlom, 1783

Black chalk drawing of a woman's head turned left, with a headscarf and loose curls, on pale blue paper.

Head of a Woman (recto); Head of a Child, Study of Children's Forearms (verso)

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin walking right, carrying the Christ Child, with loose flowing drapery. Parmigianino.

The Virgin Walking to the Right Carrying the Christ Child

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Pen and gray wash drawing of two standing men in fur and armor beside a seated woman holding a child.

Two Standing Male Figures and Seated Woman with a Child

Francesco Fontebasso, 1760s

Pen and red chalk sheet with architectural moldings, scrollwork, and sketched figures of the Virgin, child, and angels.

Studies of Architectural Moldings, of the Virgin and Child with a Kneeling Saint, and of Two Angels Supporting Frames…

Baldassare Franceschini, 1611-89