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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,392 works

Pen-and-ink style print of the Madonna seated on clouds holding the infant Christ, with a halo and a cherub below.

Madonna and child on clouds

Simone Cantarini, 17th century

Etching of the Virgin and infant Christ seated beneath a curtain held by an angel, with a town in the distance.

Holy Family with a curtain

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42

Etching of the Holy Family: Mary holds the infant Christ with a rosary while an older Joseph leans in behind a curtain.

Holy Family with a Rosary

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640-42

Etching of Mary holding the infant Christ with Saint Joseph resting under a tree in a landscape.

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ with St. Joseph at right, copy after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca.1640 or after

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child enthroned between a bishop reading and Saint Joseph with a staff, under classical co

Saint Joseph at left and a bishop at right standing before the altar of the Virgin and Christ Child

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of the Virgin seated, nursing the infant Christ, with a curtain and hatched drapery behind them.

Virgin nursing the infant Christ on her lap

Marco Dente, 1515-20

Head of a Youth in Profile (recto); Study of a Seated Figure (verso)

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, ca. 1525

Pen and gray wash study of a seated prophetess with angels in clouds above and warriors and a horse below.

The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera

Francesco Solimena, 1728-33

Etching of Mary holding the infant Christ beside Saint Joseph on a draped bench, with fine hatched lines.

Rest on the flight into Egypt, Mary holding the infant Christ while St. Joseph points into the distance, copy after C…

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1637-39 or after

Chalk drawing of a standing man in ruff collar leaning on a helmet, with a boy's head below and red chalk accents.

Half-Length Study of a Man Standing in Frontal View, Leaning on Armor and Accompanied by a Boy

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Etching of the Madonna holding the Christ child on her lap, with a bird flying above and a halo behind her head.

Madonna and Child with a bird

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1635-36

Etching of a guardian angel with outstretched wings leading a child by the hand across rocky ground beneath clouds.

A guardian angel walking with a child

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine, Francis and John the Baptist, with an Italian dedication below.

Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine, Francis of Assisi and John the Baptist

Giovanni Battista Bonacina, 1640-70

Etching of Saint Anthony of Padua in a hooded robe holding the Christ Child, with architecture behind them.

Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Christ Child

Simone Cantarini, ca.1635-36

Etching of a monk with halo holding the Christ Child amid clouds, cherubs and angels, with a lily and book at his feet.

Saint Anthony of Padua adoring the Christ Child in Glory

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1640

Etching of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist kissing the Christ child's hand under a drape.

Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist kissing the infant Christ's hand

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1642

Etching of the Madonna holding the Christ child on clouds, with angels and a radiant halo around her head.

Madonna and Child seated on clouds and surrounded by angels

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Etching of the Madonna seated on clouds holding the Christ Child, with a halo and angels, after Simone Cantarini.

Madonna and Child seated on clouds and surrounded by angels, copy in reverse after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639 or after

Etching of the Madonna seated with the infant Christ on her lap, a bird above and a curtain at left.

Madonna and Child with a bird, copy in reverse

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1635-36 or after

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman surrounded by nude infants in a wooded landscape.

A Seated Female Figure Surrounded by Nude Infants

Pietro Testa, 1612-50

Child Holding a Doll

John Downman, 1780

Portrait of a young boy in a blue double-breasted jacket with a calm sea and distant ship behind him.

Memento Portrait of a Young Midshipman

John Downman, 1769-1824

Drawing of three children with a kite, a girl seated in a cart, and a boy in a brown coat under a tree, in an oval vignette.

The Dyson Children

John Downman, 1787

Drawing of a seated woman in a white dress with her hand on a girl in a bonnet holding a flower basket, under a tree.

Mrs. Morgan and her Child

John Downman, 1785

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed and nude figures before an arched colonnade and a seated figure on a pedestal.

The Plague of Flies (Exodus 8:21)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Red chalk sketch of a standing nude child with raised arm, surrounded by draped women and figures on clouds.

Standing Nude Child Surrounded by Women and Children

Antonio da Correggio, 1489-1534

Pen and brown wash drawing of travelers on a road beside a tree, one man in a hat leaning on a staff.

Travelers on a Road

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Chalk drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, with Mary Magdalen kneeling beside them in an architectural niche.

Madonna and Child with Mary Magdalen

Joseph Heintz the Elder, late 16th-early 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, angels, and kneeling supplicants in an interior.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Pen and ink sketch of a rearing horse and rider drawn over a handwritten letter.

Rearing horse and trainer, drawn on a letter (recto); Studies of women and children (verso)

William Etty, after 1810