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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,957 works

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with kneeling figures, angels in clouds and a vaulted stable setting.

Adoration of the Magi

Cesare Pollino, 1560-1630

Red chalk and brown wash drawing of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and a young John the Baptist.

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist

Cesare Pollino, 1560-1630

Red chalk and wash sketch of a seated woman with an infant, a draped figure, and a standing nude child.

The Holy Family with Attendant Putti

Cesare Pollino, 1560-1630

Pen and brown ink drawing of an angel beside a sleeping soldier and seated guards in an arched prison setting.

St. Peter Delivered from Prison

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1499-1543

Figure of a muscular man with a staff, drawn in white chalk on blue paper with grid lines.

Saint Christopher Bearing the Christ Child

Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone, 1484-1539

Sepia drawing of a woman washing a seated man's feet at a banquet, with servants pouring water and guests at a table behind.

Mary Magdalen Washing Christ's Feet

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated robed figure bowed over a book on a grey-toned sheet.

Seated Doctor of the Church Reading (Saint Ambrose or Saint Gregory)

Palma il Giovane, 1600

Brown wash drawing of a standing bearded figure of Christ with one arm raised and the other extended, in a flowing robe.

Standing Figure of Christ with Arms Upraised

Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone, 1484-1539

Brown wash drawing of a martyred female saint with an angel bearing a palm above, surrounded by executioners and fallen figur

Martyrdom of Saint Ursula? Saint Paula?

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of robed figures gathered on a hillside beneath a tent, with a central figure gesturing toward kneeling men

The Contest of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (I Kings 18: 20-46)

Stefano Pozzi, 1720-68

Circular sketch of a bearded robed man gesturing toward a haloed child seated on rocks by the sea.

St. Augustine and the Child on the Seashore

Andrea Pozzo, 1642-1709

Pen and brown wash drawing of a kneeling saint gazing up at angels and putti among clouds under an arch.

Saint in Ecstasy

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Red chalk drawing of a group of haloed saints and angels, with a draped figure in the foreground.

A Group of Saints and Angels (recto); Studies of a Male Figure in a Pendentive (verso)

Mattia Preti, 1613-99

Brown wash drawing of Saint Joseph's death, with a woman in a veil, a supporting figure, and angels in clouds above.

The Death of Saint Joseph

Niccolò Ricciolini, 1739

Oval wash drawing of a youth standing among seated bearded elders in a temple interior, with two veiled women behind.

The Virgin and Saint Joseph find Jesus Disputing with the Doctors in the Temple

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

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

Red chalk drawing of Saint Francis kneeling over a dead youth as robed onlookers gather beside a column.

Saint Francis of Assisi Resuscitating a Dead Youth

Camillo Procaccini, 1555-1629

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

Red chalk drawing of an angel standing on a cloud, holding two flowing ribbons with white highlights.

Angel with a Banderole

Camillo Procaccini, 1575-1629

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery holding a small child close against her shoulder.

Virgin and Child

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1574-1625

Charcoal and white chalk study on blue paper of a seated draped woman with figures behind her, with grid lines visible.

Study for the Pietà

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1604

Pencil sketch of angels, cherubs and robed figures on clouds in an arched ceiling composition, religious theme.

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Antonio Puglieschi, 1700

Brown wash drawing of seated men at a long table with standing and kneeling figures in an architectural interior.

Penitent Woman Anointing the Feet of Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-50)

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Grey wash drawing of the Transfiguration with Christ in glory above and a crowd of gesturing figures below.

The Transfiguration, after Raphael

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Red chalk drawing of a seated Madonna holding the Christ Child, with the infant Saint John at lower left and studies above.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist; upper left, Study for the Right Arm of the Infant Saint Joh…

Raphael, ca. 1506-7

Red chalk studies of nude infant figures with heads, arms and legs sketched in multiple poses on tinted paper.

Studies of the Christ Child

Raphael, 1513-14

Brown wash drawing of a veiled grieving woman beside the reclining body of Christ on a stone ledge, with a rock at left.

Pietà (recto); Madonna and two cherubs (verso)

Raphael, 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of St. Paul preaching to a crowd in a classical colonnaded setting with a rotunda and statue.

St. Paul preaching at Athens (Copy of Raphael's tapestry, reversed)

Raphael, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of robed bearded men walking in procession, one holding a long staff, within a ruled border.

Moses and Other Figures

Cesare Nebbia, 1570-80

Pen and brown ink sketch of a robed saint beneath a hovering angel among clouds, with studies of hands at left.

Saint Stephen Being Crowned by an Angel

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century