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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,269 works

Head of a Man Wearing a Helmet, Looking to Upper Left (recto); Two Sketches, Arms and Hands (verso)

Francesco di Maria, 1623-90

Pencil portrait of a long-haired man with a white collar in an oval medallion within an ornate grey wash frame.

Self-Portrait

Onorio Marinari, 1627-1715

Black and white chalk drawing of a man in a dark cap and buttoned jacket, arms folded, within an oval vignette on grey paper.

Portrait of a Man in a Cap

Bartolommeo Nazari, 1699-1758

Red and black chalk drawing of a man's head tilted down with closed eyes and a hand at his neck.

Head of a Man with Closed Eyes

Francesco Vanni, 1563-1610

Red chalk portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and white collar, inscribed A. Sacchi, on a blue-grey mount.

Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Barberini the Younger

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Head of an Old Woman

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

Drawing of a smiling bearded man with long wavy hair and a draped garment, in black chalk with red tints on toned paper.

Bust of a Bearded Figure

Andrea Solario, 1515-24

Portrait of a Man

George Dance, 1796

Bust of a Man with Long Beard (recto)

Il Sodoma, 1477-1549

Head of a Youth in Profile (recto); Study of a Seated Figure (verso)

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, ca. 1525

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in an oval frame with foliage, Latin inscription cartouche, and open book below.

Portrait of Francesco Albani

Sempronio Subissati, 1680-1758

Head of a Man

Tanzio da Varallo, 1575-1633

Miss Mary Cruikshank, only sister of James Cruikshank

John Downman, 1781

Pen and wash drawing of a seated bearded satyr with flowing hair, with a grotesque mask study in the upper right.

Seated satyr, with enlarged head of same (recto); Head of a woman (verso)

Pellegrino Tibaldi, 1527-96

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a young woman in a turban looking upward, with white highlights on her face.

Head of a Young Woman Wearing a Turban

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1668

Portrait of a young boy in a blue double-breasted jacket with a calm sea and distant ship behind him.

Memento Portrait of a Young Midshipman

John Downman, 1769-1824

Portrait of a man

Thomas Frye (, 1760

Pencil portrait of a young man with curly hair, white collar and pink plaid cravat, on an octagonal tan sheet.

Portrait Head

George Henry Harlow, 1816

Elizabeth Ford, later Lady Colville of Culross

John Downman, 1785

Pencil sketch of a woman with long hair, head bowed, with faint figure studies beneath her on pale paper.

Head of a man and figure studies (recto). Minotaur with a maiden (verso)

Theodor Richard Edward von Holst, 1835-44

Portrait of Tommaso Salini

Ottavio Mario Leoni, 1620

Oval drawing of a woman in a pale gown holding a dove beside a tree trunk, in soft tan and blue tones.

Isabella Hunter, Cousin of the Artist

John Downman, 1781

Red chalk drawing of a young woman's head, eyes lowered, with curly hair drawn in flowing strokes.

The Head of a Young Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1605-1680

Three portraits possibly representing Camillo Graffico, Ercole Pedemonte and Antonio Carone

Ottavio Mario Leoni, ca. 1620-30

Drawing of a seated woman in a white dress with her hand on a girl in a bonnet holding a flower basket, under a tree.

Mrs. Morgan and her Child

John Downman, 1785

Black chalk drawing of a young person in three-quarter view with curly hair and loose drapery, in a ruled border.

Figure of Young Man or Woman in Bust-length, in Three-Quarter View

Carlo Maratti, 1700-1713

Engraved portrait of an elderly man in a cardinal's cap holding compasses, with an armillary sphere and books beside him.

Portrait of Cardinal Christopher Clavius

Francesco Villamena, 1606

Mrs. Palmer

John Downman, 1785

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a dark doublet and white ruff collar, after Van Dyck, 1770.

Portrait, after Van Dyck

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Engraved grotesque showing a male torso merging into acanthus scrolls, gripping a stem amid ornamental foliage.

Grotesque with male figure with lower body and head of acanthus scrolls

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27