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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,392 works

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, flanked by two winged angels, on an octagonal sheet.

Virgin and Child Attended by Angels

Filippino Lippi, 1457/58-1504

Engraving of a schoolmistress guiding a small child writing letters at a wooden desk, in a dark interior setting.

The School Mistress

François Bernard Lépicié, 1747

Red chalk drawing of the Madonna bending over the infant Christ, with draped cloth below, on toned paper.

Madonna and Child

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraving of a washerwoman at a wooden tub, a boy blowing bubbles with a pipe, a cat, and a woman hanging laundry in a doorwa

The Washerwoman

Charles Nicolas Cochin I, 1739

Engraved portrait of a young boy with curled hair at a desk, spinning a top beside an inkwell, quill and books.

Child with a Top

François Bernard Lépicié, 1742

Red chalk sketch of a bearded man embracing a young boy, with another small figure and sketched hands.

Man and Boys

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling saint receiving a habit from a monk, with angels and the Virgin and Child above.

Saint Hyacinth Receiving the Dominican Habit

Aurelio Lomi, 1556-1622

Engraving of a seated governess brushing a hat while a young boy stands before her beside a racket and shuttlecock on the flo

The Governess

François Bernard Lépicié, 1739

Red chalk sketch of draped female figures, a child, and a seated figure among trees, with studies of heads above.

Diana and Attendants?

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Grey chalk drawing of a crowned king seated at right with attendants, a woman gesturing, and youths and a child at left.

King Charles VIII of France with the Dying Gian Galeazzo Sforza at Pavia

Pelagio Palagi, 1775-1860

Pen and ink figure studies with red chalk head of a child, showing groups of figures, seated men and an old man.

Figure Studies: The Arrest of Christ?, Christ and the Canaanite Woman, Seated Male Figures, and Head of a Child (rect…

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a kneeling saint and a small angel at the right edge.

Saint Adoring the Madonna and Child

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a tomb design with a Madonna and Child in a garland arch, reclining figure, and cherubs.

Design for the Tomb of a Youth

Parmigianino, 1524-25

Head of Bearded Man (recto); Head of a Girl (verso)

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, 1503-40

Brown ink and wash drawing in lunette shape of a saint healing a boy's leg while onlookers gather around the bed.

St. Anthony Healing the Leg of a Boy

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown chalk drawing of the Madonna embracing the Christ child, with white highlights on drapery and figures.

Madonna and Child (recto); Head and Bust of Saint John the Evangelist (verso)

Parmigianino, 1503-40

Red chalk drawing with white highlights of the Nativity: the Virgin holds the infant Christ in a manger, with angels above.

The Nativity

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Red chalk and grey wash drawing of a woman with a child, a staff-leaning beggar, and a winged figure above.

Scene with Woman and Child, and Beggar

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman in a laurel wreath on clouds beside a column and a small child.

Allegorical Figure of Chastity

Filippo Pedrini, 1792-1816

Pen and wash drawing of three archangels among clouds, one holding scales and one a sword, with a small putto at lower right.

The Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael (recto); sketches of figures (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

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 brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child enthroned among saints and angels beneath a draped canopy.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Julian the Hospitaler, Saint Roch…

Perino del Vaga, 1522-23

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, surrounded by clouds and angels in a glowing sky.

The Virgin Immaculate with the Christ Child in Glory (recto); Rinaldo and Armida (verso)

Giuseppe Passeri, 1654-1714

Figure of a Girl

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing on blue paper of an allegorical scene with a winged trumpeting figure, a reclining woman, and putti.

Allegorical Composition with Figures of Painting and Fame

Pietro Antonio de' Pietri, 1663-1716

Drawing of the Virgin and Child with infant John the Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, a kneeling bishop, and angels in an arched int

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, a Kneeling Prelate, and Three Attendant Angels

Francesco Pinna, 1595-1632

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded saint seated writing while an angel points to a painting on an easel, with putti nearby.

Saint Francis de Sales (canonized 1665)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Engraving of the Flight into Egypt with Joseph, Mary and infant Christ, a donkey, hovering angels and putti.

The Flight into Egypt

Felice Polanzani, 1720-(?)

Red chalk and brown wash drawing of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and a young John the Baptist.

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist

Cesare Pollino, 1560-1630

Grey wash drawing of a seated mother in draped clothing nursing an infant at her breast.

Mother and Children (Charity?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century