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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,957 works

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling saint interceding before Christ and the Virgin, with souls reaching up from below.

Saint Gregory the Great Interceding for Souls in Purgatory

Giovanni Odazzi, 1663-1731

Brown and grey wash drawing with a grid, showing a seated nude figure surrounded by a crowd of mocking figures.

The Mocking of Christ

Domenico Tintoretto, 1580-1635

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded heavenly scene with clouds, angels, and saints arranged in four numbered sections.

Paradise

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1519-94

Brown ink sketch of an angel with a flowering branch approaching a draped woman beside a carved lectern.

The Annunciation

Antonio Gionima, ca. 1731

Brown monochrome drawing of a kneeling robed martyr attacked by a dagger-wielding man, with flying putti above.

Death of Saint Peter Martyr

Felice Torelli, 1667-1748

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin appearing to a bearded Saint Jerome, with angels and sketched heads around him.

The Virgin Appearing to Saint Jerome (recto); Head of a Young Woman with Braided Hair

Flaminio Torre, 1621-61

Pen and wash drawing of the Nativity with the Christ Child, Holy Family, ox, donkey, angels and rabbits in a stable.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Trometta, ca. 1565

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Circumcision of Jesus, with a kneeling Virgin, a priest at an altar and onlookers in a temp

The Circumcision of Jesus

Giovanni Battista Trotti, 1555-1619

Pen and ink drawing of four draped female saints below three angels with palms and crowns among clouds.

Saint Cecilia, Saint Mary Magdalen, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and Saint Agnes, Angels with Palm Branches and Cro…

Panfilo Nuvolone, ca. 1609

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man pointing to a monstrance on an altar, with a group of men and a column.

A Male Saint Followed by a Group of Men, Pointing to a Monstrance on an Altar

Giovanni Battista Trotti, 1555-1619

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling female martyr under a raised sword, with soldiers, descending angels and architecture.

Martyrdom of Two Female Saints

Cosimo Ulivelli, 1625-1704

Pen and ink drawing of King Solomon in a niche beside the Visitation, with two haloed women embracing before columns.

The Visitation of the Virgin to Saint Elizabeth; King Solomon in a Niche at Left

Carlo Urbino, 1510-85

Brown wash drawing of Christ crowning a kneeling woman as cherubs and a dove of the Holy Spirit gather in the clouds above.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Francesco Vanni, 1605

Sketch in red chalk and wash of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's feet while a group of haloed onlookers watches.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet

Francesco Vanni, 1583-1610

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with two angels above a bearded man and a kneeling woman.

A Male and a Female Saint (Joseph of Aramathea? and Saint Catherine of Siena? Adoring the Virgin and Child in Glory (…

Francesco di Maria, 1623-90

Pen and brown ink sketches of seated women with infants, arranged as studies for a religious scene on a bordered sheet.

Studies for the Education of the Virgin

Agostino Masucci, 1692-1758

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin appearing above a priest at an altar, with kneeling figures and angels among clouds.

The Virgin Appearing at Mass

Agostino Masucci, 1692-1758

Pen and ink study of the Virgin with angels, putti, a saint and kneeling woman, plus scrollwork and a city skyline sketch.

The Virgin Protectress of the City of Siena

Francesco Vanni, 1588

Pen and ink figure studies of robed clerics, Adam and Eve, and a reclining skeleton on a pale sheet.

Figure Studies: Standing and Kneeling Clerics and Religious, Adam and Eve, and a Reclining Skeleton

Francesco Vanni, ca. 1602

Pen and brown wash drawing of a saint walking on water with angels above and kneeling figures and a city below.

Saint Hyacinth Walking on the Waters

Francesco Vanni, 1599

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling cardinal with rosary among haloed saints and an angel, with a city view behind.

Cardinal Paolo Sfondrato Kneeling Before Saint Cecilia, Accompanied by other Saints

Francesco Vanni, 1563-1610

Pen and graphite drawing of a haloed saint seated on a scrolled throne with candlesticks on either side.

Saint Peter Enthroned

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-73

Brown ink drawing of a pointing bearded man addressing seated figures before a colonnade with statues, framed by Corinthian c

Saint Paul Speaking before King Agrippa (Acts 26)

Giorgio Vasari, 1573

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded standing saint holding a book and keys, gesturing with one arm, in a flowing robe.

Standing Figure of Saint Peter Holding Book and Keys

Giovanni de' Vecchi, 1536/7-1615

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a bearded saint with an eagle and open book, seated on clouds, in an octagonal frame.

Saint John the Evangelist

Giovanni de' Vecchi, 1598-99

Pen and red chalk design for a wall decoration with niches, saints, a chariot with horses, and clouds.

Design for a Wall Decoration: Representations of the Ascension and of the Conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch

Giovanni de' Vecchi, ca. 1600

Muted drawing of a pale nude body being mourned by two hooded draped figures against a swirling dark background.

The Entombment

Edward Burne-Jones, 1879

Study for stained glass showing a blue-robed Christ rising above haloed angels, with apostles in brown robes gazing upward.

Ascension of Christ (Acts I, 1-9): study for stained-glass window

Edward Burne-Jones, ca. 1875-84

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a nude male figure with raised arm seated on a cloud.

Christ Blessing

Giacomo Zoboli, 1681-1767

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds, with Saint Dominic giving rosaries to kneeling faithful and angels above

The Virgin and Child, Saint Dominic, and Angels Distributing Chaplets to the Faithful

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, 1575-1640