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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,907 works

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ at a long table among apostles, a spaniel at lower right, under a coffered ceiling.

The Last Supper, with a Spaniel

Giovanni Pietro da Birago, ca. 1500

Pen drawing of the Virgin Mary praying on a cloud within a gothic arch framed by angels and saints.

Assumption of the Virgin

Monogrammist NL, 1842

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 wash drawing of a skeleton-flanked funerary monument with a column, urn and classical statues in an arched niche.

The Castellan Tomb in Saint Germain-des-Prés

Jean Chafourier, 1724 (before)

Drawing of crowned Christ standing between two figures holding a cloth, in brown ink and wash on tan paper.

Ecce Homo

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Engraving of Emperor Maximilian II in armor among allegorical figures and angels beneath clouds, framed by ornate scrollwork.

The Apotheosis of Emperor Maximilian II

Jost Amman, 16th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of the Virgin ascending through clouds while two foreground figures gesture upward.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, ca. 1816-19

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ among disciples, with a kneeling woman reaching toward him beneath a large tree.

Christ and the Canaanite Women

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Ink and wash drawing on blue paper of a bearded man among a woman and soldiers before a portico, with gamblers at right.

St. Peter Recognized by a Servant Girl

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

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

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of figures in a wilderness, one gesturing with an outstretched arm, others draped in cloa

Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Drawing of a circumcision scene under arched colonnades, with a seated man holding an infant and figures in red and blue robe

The Circumcision

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-74

Red chalk studies of a reclining nude figure, a leg and a foot on tan paper with faint grid lines.

Studies for an Angel in Glory

Tanzio da Varallo, 1595-1633

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man dictating to a scribe at a draped table in a room with a classical temple beyond.

St. Paul Dictating at Ephesus

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Engraving of the gilded Bucintoro barge sailing through a crowded Venetian lagoon with gondolas, ships and onlookers on the q

Plate 5: The Doge in the Bucintoro Departing for the Porto di Lido on Ascension Day, from 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festi…

Giovanni Battista Brustolon, ca. 1766

Etching of an imagined city view with a domed church, a tall column with statue, figures, carts and a large tree.

Imaginary View of Padua, with a campanile and domed church at left, a column surmounted by a statue of a saint at cen…

Canaletto, 1735-46

Etching of angels lifting souls toward the Virgin and Child in clouds, with a kneeling saint and open book below.

Pope Saint Gregory I Frees the Souls from Purgatory with His Prayers

Francesco Fontebasso, 1731

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin on a cloud with cherubs above, interceding for souls in flames below, with a scroll inscrip

Virgin Interceding for Those in Purgatory

Alonso Cano, 1601-67

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing sketched female figures in draped robes and studies of heads.

Studies for the Assumption of the Virgin

Juan Carreño de Miranda, 1657-60

Brown ink drawing of a bearded elderly man holding a sword within an oval frame, numbered 2 at top.

Half-length Figure of St Paul in an Oval

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Sketch of a standing male figure supported by an angel, with putti in clouds above, drawn on aged paper.

Angels Ministering to St. Sebastian

Alonso Cano, 1601-67

Pen and ink nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, infant Jesus, shepherds, an ox and angels above, on toned paper.

Nativity

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, before 1761

Brown ink drawing of a bearded man in an oval frame leaning on a diagonal cross, the number 4 above.

Half-length Figure of St. Andrew in an Oval

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash showing putti holding a cross above two figures, with an annotation in the lower left corn

Three Putti Holding Cross Before Two Male Saints

Alonso Cano, 1601-67

Pen and wash drawing on blue paper of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross and figures on a ladder and below.

Crucifixion

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, early to mid-18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a seated bearded man holding a tall staff, looking upward beside a leafy branch.

Figure of St. James the Great Seated in a Landscape

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a veiled woman holding a nude infant in an oval frame.

Madonna and Child [?]

Alonso Cano, n.d.

Black chalk drawing on grey paper of a bearded older man with eyes turned upward, white highlights on the face.

Head of an Apostle

Anthony van Dyck, early 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man seated under a tree in a landscape, holding a long staff across his lap.

Figure of St. Andrew seated in a Landscape

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1616-68

Pen and brown ink drawing of six prophets below the Virgin, an angel and a dove of the Holy Spirit in a niche.

The Six Prophets of the Coming of Christ

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, mid-16th-early 17th century