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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Brown ink and wash drawing of men in period dress with crowns beside two saddled horses, double-ruled border.

Enthroned Warrior Distributing Crowns

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of several horses in varied poses, including rearing, trotting and standing.

Horses

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink study of two horses seen from behind, one with head turned back, on a toned sheet of paper.

Horses

Parmigianino, 1530-40

Pen and ink drawing of six horses in varied poses, including rearing and standing, framed by a double ruled border.

Six Horses

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink drawing of a rider on a rearing horse with a fallen figure below and faint sketches above.

Horse and Rider

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch of horsemen in a cavalry charge, with rearing horses and lances, touched with red chalk.

Cavalry Charge

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink and wash drawing of four armored horsemen in battle, horses rearing and crowded together.

Four Horsemen in Battle

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink wash drawing of a rearing horseman with raised sword facing a foot soldier brandishing a blade in battle.

Horsemen and Three Foot Soldiers in Battle

Francesco Allegrini

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

Pen and brown ink sketch of turbaned horsemen with a raised staff and archers drawing bows on horseback.

Horsemen and Archers

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of soldiers, some on horseback and some striding with weapons, on an aged paper sheet.

Soldiers

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink drawing of several horse head studies with hatched manes on a pale sheet, mounted in a double black border.

Horses' Heads

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures and horsemen before a classical temple with columns and an arched colonnade.

Figures before a Palace or Temple

Francesco Allegrini

Engraving of an allegorical scene with many small figures, a windmill, a burning building, pigs and Dutch inscriptions.

De Blauwe Huyck (The Blue Hood)

Theodoor Galle, 1571-1633

Pen and wash drawing of a helmeted commander gesturing to armored soldiers with spears, with horsemen and tents behind.

Design for a Narrative Frieze: A Commander Addressing His Troops

Alessandro Allori, 1535-1607

Pen and brown ink drawing of Aurora riding a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, with putti below.

Aurora Riding in Her Chariot

Andrea Appiani, 1754-1817

Pen and ink study sheet with horses, a chariot, a falling nude figure, and reclining women with children.

Studies after the Antique: The Fall of Phaëthon, Horses, Reclining Women with Children (recto); Studies after the Ant…

Amico Aspertini, 1474-1552

Pencil drawing of a crowned allegorical woman seated above a rearing horse, with cherubs and a classical building.

Design for Panel: Allegory of Europe, from "The Four Continents"

Giacomo Barri, 1650-79

Pen and ink drawing of a standing soldier with a plumed hat and walking stick, with boats and birds in the background.

A Standing Soldier

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and ink drawing of four cloaked horsemen in wide-brimmed hats with pedestrians walking beside them.

A Procession

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and ink drawing of mounted horsemen and foot soldiers in period costume walking across a sheet.

Horsemen and Soldiers

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

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

Ink drawing of two riders on a rearing horse, a sword-carrying soldier walking left, and sketched trees in the background.

Two Figures on Horseback, a Soldier Walking Behind

Stefano Della Bella, 17th century

Figures in Battle and Head of a Horse (recto); Studies of a Man's Head and Arms (verso)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and ink drawing of a city skyline with a church tower, rooftops, trees and small figures in the foreground.

Padua from the East, with San Francesco and the Salone

Bernardo Bellotto, 1721-80

Blue wash drawing of tritons carrying off struggling nereids through sea waves, with horses and cherubs.

Tritons Carrying Off Nereids

François Perrier, n.d.

Oval drawing of Venus above Neptune with sea horses, Cybele, cherubs and a sun chariot in brown wash and white heightening.

The Birth of Venus, with Neptune, Cybele and the Chariot of the Sun (Homage to Venus)

Niccolò Berrettoni, ca. 1670-80

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman on horseback, a man gesturing beside her, and a dog with barrels in a landscape.

Man Assisting a Woman to Mount a Horse, with Two Other Figures and a Dog

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1762-1844

Brown ink drawing of two crouching dwarfs playing dice with a dog at left, one holding a dice box.

Two Dwarfs Playing Dice, a Dog at Left (recto); Study of a Leg (verso)

Faustino Bocchi, 1659-1742

Pen and wash drawing of a tomb design with an oval portrait medallion, a seated putto writing, a lion, and a scale bar.

Design for a Tomb

Pietro Bracci, 1700-1773