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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,907 works

Pen and wash drawing of a standing nude man in an ornate architectural niche with pilasters, statues and an oval cartouche.

Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Nich…

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1564-65

Brown ink and wash drawing of three draped women beside a seated winged angel near a sepulchre.

The Holy Women at the Sepulchre

Sisto Badalocchio, 1585-1620 (?)

Pen and brown ink sketch of three nude male figures in varied poses on aged paper.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (recto); Bearded Old Man Blessing Seen in Half-length (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Holy Family with angels, showing a woman, an older bearded man, and a child in flowing robe

Return of the Holy Family from Egypt (recto); Studies for the Return from Egypt (verso)

Giovanni Baglione, 1599-1600

Pen and wash drawing of two women greeting each other before classical colonnades, with onlookers and a seated figure in the

The Visitation of the Virgin to Saint Elizabeth

Giovanni Balducci, 1560-1631

Brown ink wash sketches of two crucified figures on a cross, drawn on pale paper within a double-line border.

Christ Crucified with the Good Thief

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a reclining man attended by grieving women and mourners under an arch.

The Emperor Constantine Copronymous Burned by an Invisible Fire (recto); Studies of Sibyls and Angles (verso)

Giovanni Baglione, ca. 1599-1610

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman holding a child, with draped figures and hatched shading.

The Holy Family (?)

Baccio Bandinelli, 1488-1560

Pen and brown ink sketch of galloping and rearing horses with mounted riders in a cavalry engagement.

Cavalry Engagement (recto); Concert of Angels (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Red chalk drawing on a gridded sheet of a seated nude woman with two putti, one kneeling holding a bowl, by Poppi.

Study for a Virgin and Child with Two Angels (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso)

Poppi, 1544-97

Oil study of a woman's head in an ochre headscarf, eyes lowered and smiling faintly, painted in soft warm tones.

Head of an Old Woman Looking to Lower Right (Saint Elizabeth)

Federico Barocci, 1584-86

Pen and wash drawing of a bound, shirtless man before a crowd and a bearded man in a turban, with a city behind.

Christ Presented to the People

Georg Vischer, early 17th century

Gray wash drawing of a nude Christ with thorns beside a column, a turbaned figure behind him, and a city tower in the backgro

Christ Presented to the People

Caspar Fraisinger, 1560-99

Black chalk drawing of the Virgin seated holding the Christ Child, both with haloes, in soft tonal shading.

The Virgin and Child

Fra' Bartolomeo, ca. 1515-17

Grey wash drawing of shepherds and sheep in a hilly landscape, with an angel appearing in the sky above.

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Jacopo Bassano, 1510-92

Grey chalk drawing of a nude martyr with raised arms surrounded by soldiers beneath classical columns and arches.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Leandro Bassano, 1557-1622

Black chalk drawing of the Holy Family with the infant Saint John the Baptist, Virgin Mary, and a standing bearded figure.

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist

Fra' Bartolomeo, ca. 1515-17

Circular study of a heavenly scene with a saint and the Virgin before the Trinity, surrounded by angels, clouds, and bishops.

Monastic Saint Presented to the Holy Trinity by the Virgin, Study for a Circular Ceiling Decoration

Lazzaro Baldi, 1622-1703

Red chalk allegory: winged figure above a papal shield, scholars around a star globe, and a domed city on the right.

Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV

Pompeo Batoni, ca. 1745

The Annunciation (recto); Faint View of Buildings (verso)

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1472-1517

Pen and grey wash drawing of a monstrance design with two kneeling angels, a flower wreath, and cherub heads.

Design for a Monstrance

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and brown ink drawing of Christ reaching into limbo to raise souls, with angels above and grid lines across the sheet.

Christ in Limbo: Design for the Standard of a Confraternity

Filippo Bellini, 1550-1604

Pen and ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling figures, a crowd, and horses.

The Adoration of the Magi

Fra' Bartolomeo, ca. 1500

Pen and ink sheet of scattered figure studies, including a haloed rider on a donkey amid a crowd and a banquet table scene.

Scenes from the Life of Christ and Other Figure Studies

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Brown wash drawing of a robed saint reading an open book within an arched niche, with a haloed head.

Saint Mark

Domenico Beccafumi, 1538

Red chalk drawing of a penitent woman holding a skull, with angel musicians in clouds and putti and objects below.

The Penitent St. Mary Magdalen

Charles Parrocel, 1742

Ink and wash drawing of a winged angel and a man locked in struggle, with clouds and a distant landscape behind them.

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

Giulio Benso, 1601-68

Pen and brown ink drawing of reclining nude male figures with a crowd of onlookers behind them.

Copy in Reverse Design Orientation: Based on the Group of Reclining Figures at Left in Domenico Beccafumi's Scene of…

Domenico Beccafumi

Pen and wash drawing of two seated draped figures on a curved cornice below a rectangular framed panel, on an arched sheet.

Seated Figures of Saint Ursula and Saint Cecilia

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1598-1680

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded saint baptizing a kneeling man beneath columns, with onlookers and a dove above.

St. Peter Baptizing Cornelius (Acts 10: 44-48)

Laurent Pêcheux, n.d.