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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,907 works

Standing Female Saint

Hippolyte Flandrin, 19th century

Etching of St. Mark seated with a quill and book, a resting lion at his side in the foreground, clouds behind.

St. Mark

Pierre Brébiette, 1615-42

Graphite and white chalk study of a standing soldier in a draped cloak on blue paper, with a squared grid and red chalk accen

Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1851-52

Graphite study of two veiled, draped standing figures, one with a halo and a raised hand, on tan paper.

Saints Adrian and Natalia

Hippolyte Flandrin, 19th century

Etching of the Virgin nursing the infant Christ, seated with a radiating halo of hatched lines behind them.

Virgin and Child

Pierre Brébiette

Pencil drawing of a bearded seated figure in flowing robes, leaning on one arm, with an arched inscription above.

John the Apostle, for the church of St. Vaast in Arras

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1832

Red chalk drawing of the Nativity: reclining Virgin Mary with halo, seated Joseph, and infant Christ in a manger.

The Nativity

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1860

Etching of the Virgin with a sleeping infant, an angel, and a cherub with a palm above, beside a grapevine.

Virgin and child with angels

Pierre Brébiette, 1636

Etching of a bearded old man reading in a rocky wood, with a lion in the foreground and a skull at lower right.

St. Jerome Reading

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Saint Cloud; Study for the frieze at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-64

Etching of the Holy Family with saints: Virgin holding the infant Christ, an elderly man with a staff, and onlookers beside a

Holy Family with Saints, from "Episodes from the New Testament"

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Etching of the Virgin embracing a child beside a cat and cradle, with Joseph at a sunlit window behind them.

Virgin and Child with the Cat: and Joseph at the Window

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Graphite drawing of two standing draped male figures, one bearded, with a partial third figure at the right edge.

Group of Apostles

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1854-61

Engraving of a sleeping Virgin and infant with an angel and a putto bringing fruit, set in a landscape with trees.

Angels Giving Fruit to the Sleeping Holy Family, from "Episodes from the New Testament"

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Pen drawing of a layered papal tomb design with columns, niches, a Madonna and Child, angels and sculpted figures.

Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere

Michelangelo, 1505-6

Pencil study of a standing robed man with hands at his chest, gazing upward, drawn in soft graphite on pale paper.

Study of an Apostle, for the painting of the Ascension in Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris (1839-1863)

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1822-64

Etching of a man leading a donkey below angels lifting the Virgin and Child into clouds, with a Latin caption below.

Angels Lifting Virgin and Child, from "Episodes from the New Testament"

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Engraving of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, seated with a crown of thorns, head resting on his hand beside a column.

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Frans Crabbe van Espleghem, ca. 1522-25

Pen and brown wash drawing of Christ raising a kneeling figure from Limbo, with crowds of souls and angels in an arched frame

The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)

Domenico Beccafumi, ca. 1536

Etching of a woman with an infant on a donkey, an attendant reaching to a palm tree, and winged putti in a rocky landscape.

Angels Giving Dates to Child, from "Episodes from the New Testament"

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Pencil drawing of a bearded draped man reclining, one hand raised upward, on tan paper with an arched top edge.

St. Thomas the Apostle, for the Church of St. Vaast in Arras

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1832

Drawing of a kneeling bearded old man in a robe, hands clasped in prayer, in ink and white highlights on blue paper.

Saint Jerome (recto); Soldier with a Spear (verso)

Vittore Carpaccio, 1480-1525

Brown wash drawing of a haloed, nude Christ rising from a tomb while sleeping soldiers lie beneath him with spears.

The Resurrection

Marco Zoppo, ca. 1465-70

Pen and ink drawing of a papal escutcheon in a tabernacle, supported by angels and putti beside an empty oval cartouche.

A Tabernacle Containing a Papal Escutcheon Supported by Angels

Giulio Romano, ca. 1538-40

Grey wash drawing of the crowned Virgin and Child enthroned on clouds, with God the Father and a dove above and cherubs aroun

Madonna and Child Enthroned

Hans Werl, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a robed figure driving money changers from a columned temple, with overturned tables and scattered co

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Matthias Scheits, ca. 1665-70

Pen and watercolor drawing of Jacob wrestling a winged angel beside a river and large tree.

Jacob and the Angel

Johann Jacob Eybelwieser, late 17th-mid-18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of The Last Judgment with angels in the sky and crowds of nude figures rising and falling below.

The Last Judgment

Michael Herr, 1615-20

Drawing of a haloed saint gesturing from a temple platform to a crowd on steps, with columns, trees and a distant city.

A Saint Addressing Figures from the Steps of a Temple

Antoine Caron, 1521-99

Black chalk drawing of the Holy Family with two angels, Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, Saint Joseph behind.

The Holy Family with Two Angels

Alessandro Algardi, 1598-1654