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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,957 works

Black chalk and white highlight study of a seated robed prelate looking upward on grey paper.

Study for a Seated Prelate (Saint Gregory the Great)

Carlo Maratti, 1685-86

Drawing of a robed saint on a cloud above plague victims, with an angel and cherubs in the sky within an ornate frame.

Saint Rosalia Interceding for Victims of the Plague in Palestrina

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Hand-colored drawing of labeled classical figures including Agamemnon, Helen, Paris, Hector and Jason, arranged in rows on ag

Famous Men and Women from Classical and Biblical Antiquity

Barthélémy d' Eyck, 1450s

Red chalk drawing of a robed figure reaching from clouds toward figures in a boat tossed by waves and rigging.

Christ Stilling the Tempest ?

Paolo de Matteis, 1662-1728

Pen and brown wash drawing of an angel with wings leading a young boy by the hand across rocky ground.

Tobias and the Angel

Paolo de Matteis, 1662-1728

Brown ink drawing of the Virgin and Child on a cloud giving rosaries to kneeling Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine.

The Virgin and Child with Chaplets Appearing to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena

Pietro Mera, 1570-1639

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 drawing of the Nativity with the Holy Family in a stable, shepherds, kneeling angels, and God the Father above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Tommaso Minardi, 1837

Brown wash drawing of a haloed child seated beside a reclining lamb, with lilies and a reed cross in a landscape.

Seated John the Baptist with a Lamb in a Landscape

Tommaso Minardi, 1787-1871

Sepia drawing in lunette shape of the Virgin and Child with infant John the Baptist, a lamb, and a distant city.

The Virgin and Child with the Infant John the Baptist and a Lamb in a Landscape

Tommaso Minardi, 1787-1871

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of a preacher addressing a seated crowd under palms, with a boat on water at right.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Brown ink wash drawing of a fallen man on the ground with startled soldiers and spears on the right.

Conversion of Saint Paul

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Immaculate standing on a crescent amid clouds, with angels and a radiant glory above.

The Virgin Immaculate in Glory (recto); Sketch of a Part of a Leg and a Hand (verso)

Domenico Mondo, 1723-1806

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a kneeling friar and a mitred bishop gazing upward, with white highlights on the robes.

Kneeling St. Francis and St. Nicholas of Bari

Moretto da Brescia, 1498-1554

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 the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds with cherubs, while robed figures gather around a tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Francesco Narice, 1751-79

Gray wash drawing of the Virgin rising on clouds above apostles at an open tomb, with angels and putti in light.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Francesco de Mura, 1751

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a dense woodland with gnarled trees and rocky ground, with faint sketched figures at lower left

Woodland Scene with Light Sketch of a Madonna and Child

Girolamo Muziano, 1528-92

Graphite drawing of the crucified Christ with arms outstretched and a loincloth, on aged paper with faint ruling lines.

Christ on the Cross

Girolamo Muziano, 1590-1600

Brown wash drawing of a haloed Christ seated under a canopy, preaching to kneeling figures in a columned architectural hall.

Christ Preaching

Federico Zuccaro, 16th century

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the dead Christ supported by three figures in a pietà composition.

The Dead Christ Supported by Three Figures

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1537-91

Black and white border design with praying winged angels, poppies and tulips around a blank central panel.

Praying Angels and Poppies (Border Design for Thomas Malory, "Le Morte d'Arthur," J. M. Dent 1893-94, Part III, book…

Aubrey Beardsley, by May 30, 1893

Blake watercolor of a robed angel leading Eve to a reclining Adam beneath a grapevine.

Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam (The Creation of Eve: "And She Shall be Called Woman) (recto); Sket…

William Blake, ca. 1803

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending over a sarcophagus, with angels in clouds and robed apostles below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Cesare Nebbia, 1536-1614

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded figure writing, with a winged angel above on clouds within a circular frame.

Saint Mathew and the Angel

Cesare Nebbia, 1556-1614

Pen and brown wash drawing of a sibyl pointing to angels above while a seated emperor and soldiers stand among classical colu

Sibyl Announcing the Birth of Christ to the Emperor Augustus

Bartolomeo Neroni, 1505-71

Brown ink and wash drawing of angel musicians playing an organ and lute, with cherubs on clouds above and below.

Group of Angel Musicians

Avanzino Nucci, 1551-1629

Oval drawing in ink and blue wash of the Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine, angels, musicians, and a column.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Avanzino Nucci, 1551-1629