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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pencil portrait sketch of a seated woman with curled hair and a ruffled collar, turned toward the viewer.

Ingres - Anne-Pauline-Adélaïde de Lesparda

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Pen and brown wash drawing of Orpheus centered among seated and kneeling figures in an oval, with flames at right.

Orpheus

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of nude Apollo with laurel wreath, quiver and lyre, by Ercole Procaccini the Younger.

Apollo

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a landscape with trees, a stream, and ruined arched architecture under a pale sky.

Landscape with Architectural Structure

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded old man in a cap leaning on a staff, arms crossed, in worn clothing.

Standing Old Man in Frontal View Leaning On a Staff

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Chalk drawing of a young man with curly hair in three-quarter view, looking over his shoulder, with red and white garments.

Portrait of a Young Man in Three-Quarter View Looking over His Left Shoulder

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

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

Pencil and chalk drawing of the Virgin and Christ child riding a donkey, led by an older man beside a tree.

Copy of a Repose in Egypt painted by Giovanni da San Giovanni (Giovanni Mannozzi) 1592-1636, for a chapel in the Gard…

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures gathered around a mother and child beneath a classical column.

Adoration of the Kings

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

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 a seated king addressing robed monks while armored soldiers stand nearby before classical architectur

Saint Benedict and King Totila

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash sketch of a crowded martyrdom scene with figures, columns and a standing figure in a niche.

Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular man wrestling a bull in an arched interior with spectators on a balcony.

Hercules Capturing the Cretan Bull, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules seated on rocks, holding a golden apple beside a tree and a coiled dragon.

The Apples of the Hesperides, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink sketch of a centaur carrying a woman on its back, with an archer and loose landscape hatching behind.

Hercules, Nessus the Centaur, and Deianeira, from "The Labors of Hercules"

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in robes with a pointing woman and helmeted soldiers behind him.

Peter Denying Christ, engraver's copy after a painting by Lorenzo Pasinelli

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

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

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated monk in robes gazing upward, holding a book and a staff.

Seated Monk

Denys Calvaert, mid-16th-early 17th century

Circular drawing of classical gods, muses and a helmeted warrior with shield, winged figure above, in brown ink and white hig

Classical Gods, Muses, and Allegorical Figures

Giuseppe Salviati, 1566-67

Views of a Theater (Bayreuth): Profile View of Facade and Half of the Plan

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornate theater facade with a central royal box, balustrades, and draped canopy.

Views of a Theater (Bayreuth): Interior Elevation of the Theater Showing Royal Box

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pencil sketch of gnarled trees leaning over a pond with reflections in the water.

Landscape with Trees near a Pond

Willem Roelofs, 1840-97

Pen and brown wash drawing of a nun on a deathbed with attendants and a dove of the Holy Spirit above, in a circular frame.

A Nun on Her Deathbed, the Holy Spirit Above

Giovanni Battista Lombardelli, 1532-87

Red chalk drawing of robed saints and figures among ruins, with a reclining nude and an angel in clouds above.

Scenes from the Life of Saint Anthony Abbot

Giovanni Battista Lombardelli, 1532-87

Engraving of a seated woman in a bonnet and silk gown beside a spinning wheel, a side table and books in an interior.

Domestic Pleasures

Louis Surugue, 1747

Pen and wash drawing of a robed woman with outstretched arms surrounded by cherubs and clouds, with a town below.

Virgin in Glory with Angels

Aurelio Lomi, 1556-1622

Engraving of a seated woman in a bonnet holding an open book beside a folding screen and candlestick.

The Moment of Meditation

Louis Surugue, 1747

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

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

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