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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,814 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored warriors fighting on horseback while women plead among them, with classical buildings a

The Sabine Women Pleading for Peace

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of nude Apollo aiming a bow at a startled Coronis in a wooded landscape, with a bird overhead.

Apollo and Coronis

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a curly-haired man in a cloak riding a rearing horse, with red chalk curls at upper right.

Man on Horseback, Study of a Man's Head (recto); Head of a Young Woman (verso)

Marcello Fogolino, 1483-1548

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude man restraining a rearing horse in a stable, with horses and a stone wall beyond an arch

An Allegory: Male Nude in a Stable with Four Wild Horses

Prospero Fontana, ca. 1532-after 1593

Pen and watercolor drawing of a tree-lined country road with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, and a cloudy sky.

The Amstelveen Road from Amsterdam towards Amstelveen

Johann Edler Goll van Franckenstein, mid-18th-late 18th century

Circular pen and ink drawing of a stoning scene with a man throwing stones at seated elders before a walled city.

The Stoning of the Elders

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th century

Grey wash drawing of men handling sacks and barrels among horses and tents on a quayside.

Figures at a Quayside

Johannes Lingelbach, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of three allegorical figures in a circular roundel, including a nude man and a kneeling putto among clou

Three Allegorical Figures in a Roundel

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Brown wash drawing of a domed rotunda on a hill, a striped tent, armored soldiers and horsemen in a mountain landscape.

Alexander in His Tent (?)

Antonio Gandini, 1602-30

Brown wash drawing of a mythological scene with warriors on horseback, a serpent, towers, and ships on a rocky coast.

Mythological Scene

Antonio Gandini, 1602-30

Graphite sketch of a cloaked rider on a rearing horse with a raised spear above a rocky chasm.

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1734-1802

Brown ink and wash study of three robed figures above and a saddled horse with a small figure below.

Sheet of Studies: Three Figures Above, Studies of Horses Below

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75

Pen and wash study of a saddled horse above, with a standing man and a reclining man sketched in brown wash below.

Sheet of Studies: A Horse Above, a Seated Man and a Reclining Man Below

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75

Pen and wash drawing of mounted cavaliers with a torch-bearer entering a town, and seated women with a child in the foregroun

Military Cavaliers Entering Town Accompanied by a Turbaned Torch-bearer. In the foreground: Two Seated Women and a Ch…

Corrado Giaquinto, 1703-66

Brown ink and wash drawing of a chariot drawn by lions among clouds, with winged figures and armored men.

The Triumph of Cybele

Luca Giordano, ca. 1697

Watercolor drawing of a rusty-breasted bird perched on a vine of blue grapes, with a second bird at lower left.

Bird Eating Grapes (recto); Tigress (verso)

Giovanni da Udine, 1487-1564

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental designs with winged griffins, putti, scrolls and drapery on aged paper.

Sheet of Figure Studies, Probably after the Antique (recto); Ornamental Designs (verso)

Girolamo da Carpi, 1501-56

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

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rocky landscape with sketched figures, one lying across stones in the foreground.

The Good Samaritan

Giovanni Antonio Guardi, 1699-1766

Etched landscape of a sandy rural road, a large tree, a thatched cottage, a seated figure with a dog, and distant farm buildi

Wheat Field

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1772

Pen and brown ink landscape with figures, round fortified towers, a dog, and hills beyond a pond.

Landscape with Figures and Fortifications

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

Grey wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with kneeling king, Virgin and Child, horses and attendants.

The Adoration of the Magi

Bernardino Lanino, 1553

Brown ink drawing of a lavish interior with crowned figures, a banquet table of coins and gold vessels, and a woman with a mi

Allegory of Wealth, Lust and Stupidity

Joos van Winghe, late 16th century

Grey watercolor of fishing boats with masts on a winter beach, a woman and child walking in front, and a horse cart nearby.

Fishing Boats on the Beach in Winter

Anton Mauve, mid to late 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of tangled galloping horses and riders at the start of a race in Rome, 1860.

Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses, Rome

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1860

Pen and wash drawing of a woman and child on stairs beside a birdcage, a dog, and a hooded figure under a porch.

Woman and Child on Stairs

Pierre Lélu, n.d.

Seated Sibyl and Attendant Genius (recto); Study of the Head of a Horse in Profile (verso)

Pirro Ligorio, ca. 1540

Drawing of a standing janissary in pink robe and white hat with a rifle, beside a seated lion.

A Janissary "of War" with a Lion

Jacopo Ligozzi, ca. 1577-80