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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,957 works

Pen and ink sketch of a priest at an altar beneath a ball of fire, with kneeling worshippers looking up in a church.

The Miraculous Mass of Saint Martin of Tours with the Apparition of a Ball of Fire above His Head

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1602-47

Drawing of the Virgin and Child with a pilgrim saint and two other male saints, brown ink with white highlights.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Roch and Two Other Male Saints

Bernardino Lanino, 1512-83

Brown ink drawing of Saint Catherine kneeling in a city square among crowds, with an arch, obelisk, and angels above.

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Bernardino Lanino, 1512-83

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 wash drawing of Christ handing keys to a kneeling bearded man before a group of onlookers, with angels above.

The Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter

Jan Boeckhorst, ca. 1660

Pen drawing of a panoramic mountain landscape with village, estuary, windmills and Christ with figures in the foreground.

Panoramic Mountainous Estuary Landscape, with Christ and the Woman of Canaan

Lucas Gassel, mid-16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with men on ladders lowering Christ and mourners below.

The Descent from the Cross with Saint Francis and Another Friar

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1619

Brown ink drawing of a huge beech tree with the Madonna and Child in its branches and three friars below.

The Beech Tree of the Madonna at La Verna

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1605-7

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints and infant children, by Jacopo da Pontormo, 1514-22.

Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr

Pontormo, 1514-22

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded saint on a cloud with an ox, pointing upward beside a female figure holding a mirror.

Illustration for a Book: Saint Luke with a Female Allegorical Figure

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a seated allegorical woman gesturing to an oval inscription, with a winged putto at left.

Illustration for a Book: Frontispiece with a Female Allegorical Figure (Religion?) and a Putto

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Drawing of clergy with a banner tending a sick man among plague victims on stone steps, with a classical building behind.

St. Charles Borromeo Distributing Communion to the Victims of the Plague in Milan

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1760

Drawing of an archbishop in a mitre being attacked by a dagger-wielding man in a colonnaded church interior.

The Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, ca. 1748

Red chalk drawing of a lunette with grid lines showing figures in an arched hall, a preacher on a pulpit and students.

Saint Benedict at the School in Rome

Andrea Lilli, ca. 1630-35

Ink and wash drawing of robed men before a barred prison window, with a crowd and walled town in the background.

Saint John the Baptist in Prison Sends His Disciples to Question Jesus

Ermenegildo Lodi, 1598-1616

Pen and brown wash drawing of winged angelic figures and a reclining nude youth among clouds, by Tiepolo.

Sheet of Studies: Five Angels (recto); Youth in Clerical Robes and Other Studies (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown wash drawing of an executioner with a raised sword beside a kneeling figure, surrounded by onlookers in a stone prison.

Beheading of Two Male Saints

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Ink and wash drawing of the Virgin rising among winged angels and putti through clouds, with red chalk underdrawing.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown wash drawing of three winged angels on clouds appearing to a kneeling bearded man beside an oak tree.

The Three Angels Appearing to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Grey wash drawing of the Holy Family with two female saints, angels above, and a palm frond and sword below.

The Holy Family with Two Female Saints

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with angels, a dove, and a cross in the sky.

The Baptism of Christ

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Sebastian, a kneeling Franciscan saint, and an angel.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Sebastian and a Franciscan Saint

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Charcoal and white chalk study of a male nude with praying hands and flowing drapery on grey paper.

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk study of a bearded standing male figure with a draped white cloth on grey paper.

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on toned paper, showing folded cloth falling from an upper edge.

Drapery Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Par…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Pencil studies on a mounted sheet: praying hands, a nude male torso, and two hooded friars, one with a halo.

a. Study for Clovis (middle register); b. Study for Clovis (middle register); c. St. Dominic and another Friar, after…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on grey paper showing folds of cloth falling from an unseen figure.

Drapery Study for Figure Holding Crown (middle register); study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Saint…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Red chalk study of a robed standing figure with raised arms and a staff, drawn on grey paper.

Study for Saint Remi (middle register); verso: Study for Remi's Raised Arm (studies for wall paintings in the Chapel…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on grey paper of two drapery studies, one with a hand gripping the fabric.

Drapery Study for Saint Remi (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde,…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Gray paper with red chalk hand study, black chalk hand gripping cloth, and large drapery study for a figure.

a. Hand of Saint Remi; b. Hand of Saint Remi; c. Drapery Study for Acolyte Holding Book (middle register); (studies f…

Isidore Pils, 19th century