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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,392 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a dense woodland with gnarled trees and rocky ground, with faint sketched figures at lower left

Woodland Scene with Light Sketch of a Madonna and Child

Girolamo Muziano, 1528-92

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of an old bearded man with a staff and a young woman with a bundle before a classica

The Dismissal of Hagar

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, 1657-1736

Pen and brown wash drawing of robed men gathered around a seated figure beneath a tree, with a distant town behind.

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Oval drawing in ink and blue wash of the Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine, angels, musicians, and a column.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Avanzino Nucci, 1551-1629

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin appearing to a bearded Saint Jerome, with angels and sketched heads around him.

The Virgin Appearing to Saint Jerome (recto); Head of a Young Woman with Braided Hair

Flaminio Torre, 1621-61

Drawing of the Virgin and infant Christ resting with Saint Joseph and putti under rays of light.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of the Nativity with the Christ Child, Holy Family, ox, donkey, angels and rabbits in a stable.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Trometta, ca. 1565

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with two angels above a bearded man and a kneeling woman.

A Male and a Female Saint (Joseph of Aramathea? and Saint Catherine of Siena? Adoring the Virgin and Child in Glory (…

Francesco di Maria, 1623-90

Red chalk drawing of a child's head with wavy hair and large eyes, turned slightly to one side, on a light paper ground.

Child's Head

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown ink sketches of seated women with infants, arranged as studies for a religious scene on a bordered sheet.

Studies for the Education of the Virgin

Agostino Masucci, 1692-1758

Pencil sketch of a seated woman holding a nude child on her lap, with loose drapery and background hatching.

Study of a woman and child

Joshua Reynolds, 1745-92

Brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with angels and two kneeling saints in clouds.

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Black and red chalk drawing on blue paper of a boy's head above sketched figures, including a kneeling attendant and putti.

Study of Boy's Head; the Queen of Sheba Before Solomon

Antonio Vassilacchi, 1580-94

Circular print of the drunken Silenus reclining with satyrs, framed by putti in a grapevine wreath.

Wilton album, folio 41: The Drunken Silenus (Tazza Farnese)

Annibale Carracci, ca. 1597-1600

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a kneeling monk receiving a rosary from a robed figure.

Saint Dominic Giving the Rosary to Pope Pius V

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Watercolor sketch of two seated women seen from behind, one in pink and one in black, beside a wooden chair and pedestal.

A Piano Lesson

David Cox, 1800-1859

Brown ink drawing of soldiers killing infants among grieving mothers in an arched colonnade, with bodies scattered on the flo

The Massacre of the Innocents

Giovanni Battista della Rovere, ca. 1590

Wash drawing of two robed saints in clouds, with a cherub holding a papal tiara below and a crozier at right.

Two Saints (Pope and Bishop?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds, with Saint Dominic giving rosaries to kneeling faithful and angels above

The Virgin and Child, Saint Dominic, and Angels Distributing Chaplets to the Faithful

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, 1575-1640

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and a young John the Baptist in a tight group.

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist

Francesco Salviati, ca. 1550

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with two angels above and two saints below, on a brownish sheet.

Virgin and Child with two angels appearing to two saints

Fabrizio Santafede, 1575-1623

Graphite drawing of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist beside a tree, on grey-blue paper with grid lines.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1609-85

The Virgin in profile facing right reading to the infant Christ

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of an allegory with a seated woman holding scales, a nude figure with a caduceus, putti, and a globe.

Allegory of the Psalm of David

Agostino Carracci, 1579

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of two flying putti above studies of draped cloth, with faint grid lines.

Studies of Two Flying Putti and of Drapery (recto); Seated Virgin and Child, and Kneeling Child (verso)

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1609-85

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining nude child leaning on a sphere while an older child looks on.

The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Holy Family with the infant Baptist, with draped curtains and an angel above.

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist

Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, 1521-75

Brown wash drawing of a seated young woman beside a tree, with a distant village and path in the landscape.

Seated Girl in a Landscape

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1722-88

Engraving of a warrior carrying an old man on his back as a boy follows, with a woman and a burning city behind them.

Aeneas and his family fleeing Troy

Agostino Carracci, 1595

Etching of the Holy Family resting, with Mary holding the Christ child, Joseph offering fruit, and two putti above.

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ while St. Joseph hands him a fruit

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639