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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,814 works

Brown ink drawing of Saint Lucy beside oxen, with three holy figures in clouds above in an arched composition.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy (Her Last Communion before Being Dragged by Oxen)

Giovanni Battista Maganza il Giovane, 1556-1630

Red chalk drawing of robed figures, an angel with a tablet, and a chalice in an allegorical scene.

Allegory of the Old and New Dispensations

Carlo Maratti, 1700-8

Pen and wash drawing of Christ gesturing at a column as men carry a struggling figure through a crowded classical street.

Christ Healing a Possessed Man

Aureliano Milani, 1675-1749

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king, nude figure, and horse.

The Adoration of the Magi

Raffaellino da Reggio, 1550-78

Grey wash drawing of a haloed saint on steps before a crowd, with angels and cherubs in clouds above and a colonnade at right

The Vision of Saint Benedict

Francesco de Mura, 1740

Watercolor interior of a woman in a white gown and a kneeling man in blue, with a figure watching from a doorway.

The Proposal (recto); Unfinished drawing of a horse and rider (verso)

Richard Parkes Bonington, after 1820

Watercolor drawing of a towering nude angel raising one arm before a sunburst, holding an open book, feet in flame above the

Angel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10)

William Blake, ca. 1803-5

Pen and wash drawing of the Nativity with the Christ Child, Holy Family, ox, donkey, angels and rabbits in a stable.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Trometta, ca. 1565

Brown wash drawing of Christ crowning a kneeling woman as cherubs and a dove of the Holy Spirit gather in the clouds above.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Francesco Vanni, 1605

Pen and red chalk design for a wall decoration with niches, saints, a chariot with horses, and clouds.

Design for a Wall Decoration: Representations of the Ascension and of the Conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch

Giovanni de' Vecchi, ca. 1600

Pencil drawing of a draped woman with blossom beside a flowering tree, a ram, and crocuses at her feet.

The Month of March

Edward Burne-Jones, ca. 1866

Pen-and-ink drawing of a horse facing left, covered with measurement lines and handwritten numbers on aged paper.

Measured Drawing of a Horse Facing Left (recto)

Andrea del Verrocchio, ca. 1480-88

Etching of a wolf fighting off a pack of hounds beside a large oak tree and a stream.

Wolf Hunt

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1725

Etching of several hounds attacking a fox in a wooded landscape beside a large tree and a stream.

Fox Hunt

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1736

Fan mount design with a dancing couple, elegant seated women in gowns, arched colonnade and an oval landscape vignette.

Fan Mount: The Spanish Piazza

Charles Conder, 1896

Watercolor of a ruined castle on a hill with a shepherd, dog and sheep on a dirt path under a pale sky.

Ruined Castle

John Sell Cotman, 1823-42

Brown wash drawing of a swordsman stabbing a panther as armored warriors with spears and shields look on.

The Shipwrecked Alphone Rescues Lisamante from a Panther

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Pen and wash drawing of mounted riders and a crowd in a triumphal procession entering a city gate, shown in a lunette shape.

Triumphal Entry into a City

Francesco Salviati, 1530s

Pen and red chalk drawing of an allegorical scene with a muscular figure raising a sword above putti and clouds.

Allegory

Orazio Samacchini, 1532-77

Engraving of a standing allegorical woman holding a banner with an eagle, with an obelisk and coat of arms beside her.

Charity, from "The Virtues"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Engraving of Cupid on a chariot drawn by horses leading a procession of figures past a temple and hilltop town.

The Triumph of Love, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Engraving of Saint Paul raising a fallen Patroclus as onlookers gather, with a dog at lower left and classical buildings behi

Saint Paul raising Patroclus who is on the ground, surrounded by a group of onlookers, a dog in the foreground at left

Agostino Carracci, 1583

Engraving of a haloed figure among clouds with angels and trumpets, and a skeleton with a scythe on a hill below.

The Triumph of Eternity on Death, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Brown ink drawing of Christ riding a donkey into Jerusalem as a crowd gathers, with a figure spreading a cloak on the road.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a coastal landscape with framing trees, rocks, a tower, a sailboat and a distant island.

Coastal Landscape

Gherardo Cibo, 1512-1600

Watercolor drawing of a couple in period dress seen from behind, with a small white dog and a flower vase beside them.

Young Couple Seen From Behind

Hippolyte-Omer Ballue, mid-19th century

Red chalk sketch of winged cherubs on clouds in a curved ceiling compartment, with a dragon head in the upper right.

Preparatory Drawing of a Ceiling for Etching, after Boucher Drawing

Jean-Charles François, mid-18th century

Grey wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a horse buggy on a road, seated figures, arched buildings and distant mountains.

Landscape Prospect with a Buggy and a Herd of Goats

Giuseppe Zocchi, 1711-67

Etching of Adam and Eve in a landscape, Eve offering fruit to Adam as a serpent coils in a tree above.

Adam and Eve

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Pen and wash drawing of a cavalry battle on a plain, with a distant city and a hilltop town beyond.

A Cavalry Battle before a City

Francesco Simonini, 1686-ca. 1755