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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Engraving of the Virgin seated on clouds holding the infant Christ, surrounded by winged putti.

The Virgin seated in the clouds with the infant Christ, surrounded by putti, after a drawing by Reni

Giuseppe Zocchi, 1764

Ink and wash study of many figures and heads, with a classical female figure above, by James Barry, ca. 1802.

Study for "Divine Justice"

James Barry, ca. 1802

Engraving of the Virgin Mary with bowed head and hands clasped in prayer, surrounded by a radiant halo.

The Virgin in prayer looking down, after Reni

François de Poilly, ca. 1640-93

Engraved oval portrait of the Virgin Mary with eyes lowered, hands joined in prayer, and a veil over her head.

The Virgin in prayer looking down, in an oval frame, after Reni

François de Poilly, 1640-93

Engraved print of the Virgin resting her head on her hand while holding the sleeping infant Christ on her lap.

The Virgin seated with her head resting on her right hand, holding the sleeping infant Christ on her lap, after Reni

Jean Boulanger, 1623-80

Engraving of the Flight into Egypt: Saint Joseph points left, the Virgin holds the sleeping infant, and an angel offers a ros

The Flight into Egypt; the Holy Family walking together, Saint Joseph pointing to the left and the Virgin carrying th…

François de Poilly, ca. 1648-81

Engraving of the Virgin holding the sleeping infant Christ in her lap, within an oval frame with a Latin inscription below.

The Virgin seated with the infant Christ sleeping in her lap, in an oval frame, after Reni

François de Poilly, ca. 1655-70

Engraving of the Virgin with clasped hands and upturned gaze, halo and clouds behind her, in an oval frame.

The Virgin in prayer, looking up with clouds behind her, in an oval frame, after Reni

François de Poilly, 1648-81

Pen and watercolor drawing of a nude woman raising her arms as a satyr reaches toward her in a wooded landscape.

Amymone (?) with a lecherous satyr

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Engraving of the Virgin rising with outstretched arms, supported by angels and cherubs among clouds.

The assumption of the Virgin, who rises with arms outstretched, angels supporting her from below, after Reni

Carl Ernst Christoph Hess, 1792

Grey ink and wash drawing of a man with a staff shielding his eyes against a stormy sky beside trees.

Male with a staff in a storm (recto). Anatomical studies of a foot (verso)

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Pen and wash drawing of three classical warriors with shields, a horse head, and studies of armor and a face.

Classical military subject

William Hamilton, 1770-80

Watercolor and pen drawing of Corinthian columns of a Roman temple ruin, with an arched gate and oxen cart at lower right und

Temple of Mars Ultor, Rome

James Holland, 1840-45

Red chalk drawing of a gnarled tree with a knotted trunk, spreading branches and leafy crown on pale paper.

Study of a Tree in the Luxembourg Gardens

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1773

Pen and watercolor design for an alcove with four columns, pink draped canopy, garlands, and two classical busts.

Design for an Alcove

Giuseppe Valeriani, ca. 1740-60

Watercolor of a burning ship at sea, with crew escaping in a boat and swimmers in rough water under a dark sky.

Fire at sea

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, 1820-46

Red chalk drawing of a balding man in an oval medallion framed by cherubs, garlands and a blank scrolled cartouche.

Oval Portrait of a Man in an Elaborate Frame with a Cartouche

Antonino Grano, ca. 1724

Pen and brown wash drawing of an epitaph design with two cherubs, a central putto, a female term holding a skull, and a laure

Design for an Epitaph with a Variant, flanked by Terms and surmounted by statues of Cherubs

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling saint in a grotto with a skull, open book, hourglass and crucifix.

Saint Francis Kneeling in a Grotto, holding a Book and a Skull

Nicolaas van der Horst, 1627 or before

Ink drawing of three nude male figures with frilled stockings and curly hair, inside a double-ruled border, signed Aubrey Bea

The Lacedemonian Ambassadors, for "The Lysistrata of Aristophanes"

Aubrey Beardsley, ca. 1926

Ink drawing of a stooped old man in a dark cloak peering at a figure in a pale robe and feathered headdress.

The Examination of the Herald, for "The Lysistrata of Aristophanes"

Aubrey Beardsley, ca. 1926

Engraving of two figure studies: a man with long curly hair raising his hands, and a reclining woman with closed eyes and a h

Figures from Annibale Carracci's "The Deposition"

Alexandre Chaponnier, 1791-1801

Poster of a stagecoach and team of horses on a hill at dusk, with magazine text for The Century's January issue.

The Century, New Year's Number, January

Frederic Remington, 1902

Standing Male Nude

Agostino Ciampelli

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin Mary seated among apostles looking up at a dove with rays of light above.

The Pentecost (The Descent of the Holy Spirit)

Cesare Nebbia, ca. 1576

Two children huddle on a church floor around a glowing candle in a dim interior with an arched window.

Children Holding a Candle in a Church

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1818

Portrait of Sir Sidney Smith in the Temple Prison

Philippe Auguste Hennequin, 1796

Etching of a pond framed by leaning trees, with a heron on the bank and distant hills under a hatched sky.

A Pond

Adolphe Appian, 1867

Sepia wash allegory of a seated woman and winged figure pointing to a Washington memorial inscription, 1800.

Allegory on the Death of George Washington

Jacques Kuyper, 1800

Pencil portrait sketch of a woman with a bob haircut looking toward the viewer on tan paper.

Portrait of Madame Paul Meurice, née Palmyre Granger

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, ca. 1845-50