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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,957 works

Wash drawing of a bearded Franciscan saint holding a crucifix, standing in an arched niche with a scalloped shell behind him.

Standing Franciscan Saint in a Niche

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1650-1700

Loose pen and wash sketch of figures lowering a body from a cross, with draped mourners around it.

Descent from the Cross

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of swirling fire tongues and a radiating halo, a fragment of a Descent of the Holy Spirit cartoon.

Head of an Apostle Surrounded by a Tongue of Fire and a Nimbus: Fragment of a Cartoon for a Descent of the Holy Spirit

Raphael, 1500-50

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

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns, gazing upward, on tan paper.

Ecce Homo

Guido Reni, 1575-1699

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin Mary rising with outstretched arms above three cherub heads, attributed to Guido Reni.

Assumption of the Virgin

Guido Reni, 1575-1642

Drawing of Saint Peter crucified upside down, with kneeling executioners and faint red chalk figure studies around him.

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter

Giovanni Battista Ricci, 1557-1627

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in glory above rows of cherubs and kneeling angels in an arched frame.

Madonna and Child in Glory Adored by Angels

Bernardino Rodriguez, 1600-1650

Chalk drawing with white highlights of the Holy Family with two angels, an elderly man holding the infant Christ beside a sea

The Holy Family with Angels

Pomarancio, 1603-5

Red chalk drawing of a flying winged angel with outstretched arms and billowing drapery over a squared grid.

Flying Angel

Pomarancio, 1553-1626

Red chalk drawing of a bearded male figure reaching outward with one arm, seated on a ledge, on a light tan sheet.

Study for a Raising of Lazarus (recto); half-length study of bearded nude male figure, and a man and woman with donke…

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound, nude male figure with raised arms, with a bent figure at lower right against a cloudy

Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shaggy hermit figure kneeling among rocks and trees under a cloudy sky.

St. Paul, Hermit

Salvator Rosa, 1635-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of an apotheosis scene with a saint rising among clouds, putti and a lion, in an arched frame.

The Apotheosis of Saint Mark (recto and verso)

Pietro Roselli, 1700-71

Brown ink drawing of the Holy Family with infant Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, and an angel on a light ground.

The Holy Family with the Infant Baptist, Saint Elizabeth, and an Attendant Angel

Aurelio Luini, 1550-60

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

Drawing of the Resurrection of Christ in a lunette, with soldiers below and kneeling saints at either side.

Design for a Frescoed Altarpiece of The Resurrection

Maso da San Friano, ca. 1560-71

Pen and ink drawing of the Nativity with angels adoring the Christ Child in a manger, cherubs in clouds above.

The Christ Child Adored by Angels

Gottfried de Wedig, late 16th-mid-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint before an executioner with a sword, angels and clouds above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Martin Johann Schmidt, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a reclining man on thorns gazing up at winged cherub heads among clouds.

Saint Benedict on a Bed of Thorns

Benedetto Luti, 1666-1724

Drawing of clergy in red robes and a kneeling figure in a city square with crowds, guards, and classical architecture.

Pius V and the Ambassador of the King of Poland

Benedetto Luti, ca. 1712

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

Brown ink wash drawing of a haloed woman holding a nursing infant, with sketched cherub heads in the upper right corner.

Studies for a Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti, 1571-1639

Pen and ink sketch of Christ enthroned on clouds with two kneeling female saints flanking him, one below each side.

The Virgin and Saint Rosalia Interceding with Christ

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Red chalk study of the Virgin Immaculate above four male saints, including a bishop in a mitre, with sketched angels.

The Virgin Immaculate and Four Male Saints (Study for The Dispute over the Immaculate Conception)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Red chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man looking upward to the left on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left (Saint Ambrose)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pen and red chalk drawing of the Virgin Immaculate above angels, with four Doctors of the Church below in an arched frame.

The Virgin Immaculate with the Four Doctors of the Church, Study for the Dispute over the Immaculate Conception

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin in clouds above a female attendant and four male saints, one holding a crozier.

The Virgin with Female Attendant Appearing to Four Male Saints

Carlo Maratti, 1680-95

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

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, a river god and Rome, presenting a portrait medallion held aloft by angels amid cl

Rome and the Tiber Paying Homage to a Pope (Clement XI ?)

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713