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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,814 works

Grey wash drawing of a wolf beside figures on rocky ground, sketched with loose pen lines.

The Discovery of Romulus and Remus (recto); Three Ancient Soldiers (verso)

Paolo Pagani, 1690-1700

Brown ink drawing of shepherds adoring the infant Christ in a stable, with a sheep and an ox nearby.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Battista Paggi, 1554-1627

Pen and brown ink sketches of horsemen on horseback and a foreshortened nude figure on aged paper.

Studies of Horsemen and Study of a Figure for a Deposition (recto); Sketch for an Entablature (verso)

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Trompe-l'oeil drawing of scattered prints on a table showing horses, cattle, a portrait, a bridge and walking figures.

Trompe-l'Oeil Exercise: Prints on a Table Top

Pietro Jacopo Palmieri, 1766

Grey wash drawing of a hilly lake landscape with two horsemen, a fisherman, a dog, and a large tree on the left.

Hilly Landscape with Two Cavaliers and Other Figures in the Foreground

Romolo Panfi, 1632-90

Pen and brown ink sheet with many figure studies, reclining, flying and draped figures, by Paolo Veronese, c. 1570-75.

Studies for The Allegories of Love

Paolo Veronese, 1570-75

Pen and ink drawing with studies of lion heads at various angles and a decorative cartouche below.

Six Studies of Animal Heads and of a Cartouche

Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1527-96

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of armored soldiers, a rearing horse, and a prostrate man held down beside a tent.

Scene from Ancient History or Mythology: Theseus Punishing Procrustes (?)

Giuseppe Piattoli, 1785-1807

Pencil drawing of an armored horseman with spear on a rocky shore, with a small boat and figures on rough water at right.

Romantic Subject

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1829

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular Vulcan working at an anvil in a forge, with assistants and a winged cupid watching.

Venus and Cupid in Vulcan's Forge

Domenico Piola, 1627-1703

Brown ink and wash drawing of putti with painting easel, brushes and drapery, representing the arts.

Putti with the Attributes of the Arts

Domenico Piola, 1627-1703

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude archer aiming at a draped statue while a seated figure and crowd look on.

Male Figure with a Bow and Arrow Shooting at a Statue of a Woman with a Ball on her Head

Domenico Piola, 1627-1703

Pen drawing of an ornamental letter B with acanthus scrolls, nude figures, a bull's head and a goat on blue paper.

Design for an Ornamental Initial: B

Teodoro della Porta, 1567-1638

Grey and white drawing on blue paper of a rider and companions meeting a bow-bearing huntress in an oval woodland scene.

Venus Disguised as a Huntress Appears to Aeneas (Aeneid I: 305 ff.)

Stefano Pozzi, 1699-1768

Grey-toned drawing of Vulcan seated beside a shield, with Venus and a cupid on clouds above and smiths at a forge behind.

Venus in the Forge of Vulcan (Aeneid VIII: 370 ff)

Stefano Pozzi, 1699-1768

Red chalk drawing of a seated bishop in a mitre with three attendant figures gazing upward on tinted paper.

Seated Bishop with Arms Extended and Three Attendant Figures (recto); Head of a Lion and Perspective Diagrams (verso)

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Brown wash drawing of a soldier and crowd gathered around a kneeling female saint on a raised platform under a beam of light.

Martyrdom of a Female Saint (Agnes?)

Camillo Procaccini, 1605-9

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of seated women, a standing draped figure, a horse head and an infant in an architectural

The Birth of Saint Francis of Assisi

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate fountain with a Madonna and Child, winged figures, a lion, and a monkey on the cornice

Design Fragment for the Left Side of the 'Fonte Gaia' in Siena

Jacopo della Quercia, 1415-16

Pen and ink drawing of mounted soldiers and a standing warrior before classical architecture, with an S.P.Q.R. banner.

Emperor greeted by a warrior

Marcantonio Raimondi, 16th century

Sepia print of a woman warming children by a fire, with a dog at her feet in a domestic interior.

A Domestic Scene: Woman Warming Clothes and Children in Front of a Fire

Vincenzio Vangelisti, 1738? or 1744-98

Pen drawing of the Judgment of Paris with a seated youth offering an apple to three nude goddesses, a cupid, dog, and peacock

Judgment of Paris, after Raphael

Raphael, 1520-1600

Drawing of a horse's head in brown wash with a green and red bridle ornament against a gray architectural background.

Horse's head

Raphael, 1500-50

Head of a boy and section of a horse's mane

Raphael, 1500-1550

Ink and wash drawing of a kneeling hunter beside a horse, facing a stag with a crucifix between its antlers in a forest.

The Vision of St. Hubert

Vittorio Amedeo Rapous, 1728-1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of soldiers, a crowd, barrels and a seated woman beside a ruined wall, with a standard-bearer at ri

Death of Regulus

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink drawing of five figures in plumed hats and flowing robes, with a small dog leaping beside them.

Five Figures in Fantastic Costumes with Two Dogs

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Lawrence on a grill, surrounded by executioners, a mounted soldier and a crowd.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Aurelio Luini, 1580s-early 1590s

Pen drawing of a classical landscape with hunters, a large tree, a round temple on a hill, and a flock of sheep.

Classical Landscape with Hunters in the Foreground

Giovanni Battista Lusieri, 1755-1821

Pen and ink study of nude figures in a rescue scene, with surrounding figure sketches and onlookers along the bottom edge.

The Rescue of a Drowned Man (recto); Study of a Horse (verso)

Théodore Géricault, ca. 1817-18