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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,907 works

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling old man surrounded by robed figures, with faint sketches and grid lines on tan paper.

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome

Ludovico Carracci, 1555-1619

Pen and ink sketch of a haloed female figure surrounded by nude putti and flowing drapery.

Apotheosis of Saint Mary Magdalen

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Red chalk drawing of a robed bearded man with outstretched arms, with separate studies of hands on pale paper.

Studies for a Figure of Saint Francis Kneeling in a Three-Quarter View and for His Hands (recto); Studies for a Figur…

Annibale Carracci, 1583-85

Red chalk and blue wash drawing of the Madonna and Child surrounded by angels and putti on clouds.

Nativity with Angels

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-64

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with two bearded male saints with halos, on clouds.

The Virgin and Child with Two Male Saints

Giacomo Cavedone, 1577-1660

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman in drapery beside a city gate with figures on a path in the distance.

The Virgin and Child Resting Outside a City Gate

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Pen and wash drawing of seated Diana gesturing toward a satyr, with winged cherubs under a tree.

Diana and Satyr

Filippo Cavori, 1800-(?)

Engraving of the Nativity: Virgin kneeling by the infant Christ in a stable with ox and donkey, Joseph standing, angels above

The Nativity, from "Life of the Virgin and Christ"

Francesco Rosselli, 1490-1500

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ speaking with the Woman of Samaria at a well, with onlookers and a column behind.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a kneeling man, with a skeleton and plague victims below.

The Virgin and Child Intervening for Victims of the Plague (recto); Seated Female Figure (verso)

Geronimo Cenatiempo, 1705-41

Engraved sheet with two strips of winged putti above medallions and two strips of ornate flaming urns with garlands.

Sheet of border segments: two candelabra and two horizontal pieces with putti, two corners, from Life of the Virgin a…

Francesco Rosselli, 1490-1500

Pen and wash drawing of a martyrdom scene with an angel descending above a crowd, columns, and fire in a cartouche frame.

The Martyrdom of Saint Anastasia

Michelangelo Cerruti, 1721

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Family with infant St. John, an angel at left, and a reclining figure at right.

The Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist and an Angel

Cesare da Sesto, 1477-1523

Brown ink drawing of a nude figure rising with a banner above startled armored soldiers beside a reclining body.

The Resurrection

Giuseppe Cesari, ca. 1600

Red chalk drawing on grey paper of a standing draped woman with clasped hands and bowed head, in a decorative mount.

Standing Pregnant Woman (Study for the Pregnant Virgin Mary)

Bartolomeo Cesi, 1576-1629

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the infant Christ, kneeling kings, angels, and a stable setting.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, 1654-1727

Brown wash drawing of soldiers tying a bearded man to an anchor by the sea, with a crowd and a classical dome on the right.

The Martyrdom of Saint Clement I, Pope

Agostino Ciampelli, 1596-97

Blue-washed drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds above several bearded saints in robes.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, Pope Saint Dionysius, Filippo Neri and a Male Saint

Baccio Ciarpi, ca. 1620

Head of Christ

Cigoli, 1559-1613

Pen and ink drawing of many winged angels seated on clouds, several playing musical instruments, with hatched shading.

Music-Making Angels Seated on Clouds

Andrea Commodi, ca. 1616

Wash drawing of two bearded saints seated in a pendentive shape, with putti above and an ornamental base below.

Study for a Pendentive: Figures of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646

Pen and ink drawing of a kneeling robed woman beside a monstrance, with putti holding an INRI tablet and an IHS monogram.

Religion Kneeling before a Monstrance, Attended by Putti

Cigoli, 1559-1613

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling woman, a bearded man, architectural arches, and a head study.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Martina, Another Study of Saint Martina, Studies of a Head, and of an Arcade (recto);…

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

Grey wash drawing of robed figures in a temple, with a mitred priest greeting a young girl at the steps.

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a group of seated religious figures in a lunette-shaped composition.

Saint John the Baptist, Saint Benedict, King David, and Other Seated Figures

Daniele Crespi, 1597-1630

Red chalk study of a figure seen from behind with an outstretched arm and loose drapery, by Pietro da Cortona.

Study for the Allegory of Religion

Pietro da Cortona, 1629-39

Pen and blue wash drawing of saints, angels and musicians in clouds below God the Father in a radiant oval.

Study for the Decoration of an Apse: Saints and Angels in Glory with God the Father Above

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a haloed standing saint in a buttoned cassock, one hand raised outward.

Saint Charles Borromeo

Giovanni Battista Crespi, 1575-1662

Wash drawing of angels above a crowd and boat, one angel raising an illuminated cross, on three joined tan sheets.

Study for Angels Sealing the Foreheads of the Children of Israel in Saint Peter's Basilica

Pietro da Cortona, 1652

Blue wash drawing of robed figures and armored guards in an arched interior, with a kneeling figure at lower left.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Belisario Corenzio, 1590-1646