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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,003 works

Brown and white wash drawing of the Virgin standing and holding the Christ Child on a blue-grey ground.

Standing Virgin Holding the Christ Child

Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1475-1546

Engraving of two ornate knife designs with sculpted handles, one topped by an eagle and one by a nude figure.

Design for Two Knife Handles

Cherubino Alberti, 1553-1615

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded saint in robes holding a panel of the Virgin and Child in an arched niche.

Saint Luke Holding a Painting of the Virgin and Child

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1648-1729

Pen drawing of a frontal male figure in Egyptian headdress and kilt, with Italian handwritten notes below.

Roman Telamones in the Egyptian Style

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Pen and wash drawing of a chaotic crowd scene with soldiers grappling with women, kneeling figures, and onlookers before a co

The Rape of the Sabines

Giacinto Gimignani, 1606-81

Pen and brown ink drawing of a dense battle with armored soldiers, horsemen, banners and fallen figures in a hilly landscape.

Copy after the Fresco with the Battle of Constantine in the Vatican Palace

Giulio Romano, 1499-1546

Brown ink and wash drawing of the god Neptune nude, standing on a dolphin and holding a trident with a drape.

Neptune Holding a Trident and Standing on a Dolphin

Giulio Romano, 1499-1546

Pen and ink sketch of men, dogs and a bull in a bullbaiting scene, with figures running and struggling across a sandy open sp

Bullbaiting in a Venetian Piazza

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Pen and brown wash drawing of a lagoon shore with buildings, tall cypress trees, a figure, and a distant sailing boat.

The Island of Anconetta (recto); Two Feet Wearing Pointed Shoes (verso)

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Grey-wash drawing of a wall decoration design with figures, putti, ornamental cartouches and two landscape scenes.

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1582-1647

Brown wash drawing of an ornamental frieze with scrolling foliage, grotesque figures, and an empty oval cartouche.

Ornamental Frieze

Lelio Orsi, 1511-87

Poster of a girl with yellow hair and a large black bow against blue, advertising In Childhood's Country by Louise Chandler M

In Childhood's Country by Louise Chandler Moulton, Pictured by Ethel Reed

Ethel Reed, 1896

Pencil and wash sketch of a seated robed figure with a lion and dog, attendants, and a cloaked man holding a scroll.

Illustration for a Book: Allegory of Venice

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and ink sketch of two kneeling monks before two seated rulers under a canopy, with attendants in an arched interior.

Illustration for a Book: Two Monks Kneeling before a Doge and an Emperor (Doge Ziani and Emperor Barbarossa?)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of two scenes with crowned figures seated on steps in an arcaded hall, attended by guards and courtiers.

Illustration for a Book: Two Scenes of Coronation

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of soldiers with banners beside oxen-drawn carts crossing an open landscape.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Driving Ox Carts with Banners

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a seated general in a columned hall, with two attendants carrying trays and an armored soldier at left.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Offering the Decapitated Head of a Man and Keys to a General

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of robed men embracing before a seated figure beside columns, with armed figures and a kneeling person nearby.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of Peacemaking

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a tense interior scene with figures struggling around a candlelit table, one gesturing at right.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of a Murder in an Interior

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a procession with riders, horses, banners and a figure holding a tray beside a stone wall.

Illustration for a Book: Keys of a City Offered to a Procession of Cardinals Headed by a Riderless Horse

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of robed monks meeting near a stone gate, with a tree and distant landscape at right.

Illustration for a Book: Reception of Monks at a City Gate

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of figures with bundles leaving a walled city through a stone archway.

Illustration for a Book: Inhabitants Leaving a Conquered City

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of armored soldiers with spears and shields advancing toward a walled city with round towers.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Storming a City

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of soldiers with bows and shields attacking a walled city, with banners and fallen figures in the foreground.

Illustration for a Book: Siege of a City

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a battle on a rocky slope, with a helmeted warrior and horse in front and soldiers with spears above.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of Combat

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of kneeling supplicants before a seated emperor on a platform, with onlookers and torch bearer among rocky cliffs.

Illustration for a Book: Supplicants Imploring an Emperor for Peace

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of bishops and monks greeted by a mitred dignitary on a ship deck, with rigging and sails behind.

Illustration for a Book: Bishops and Monks Being Received at a Ship by a Venerable Dignitary

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a crowned rider and soldiers with a kneeling man before them, and a walled city on the right.

Illustration for a Book: Soldiers Surrendering to an Emperor, with a City in the Background

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a ceremonial scene with trumpeters, robed figures, and soldiers in an arched interior.

Illustration for a Book: Allegorical Scene of Coronation

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Sketch of three seated dignitaries on a platform receiving booty from kneeling figures, with onlookers in a classical setting

Illustration for a Book: Booty Presented to Three Dignitaries

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770