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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

A Young Woman Seated in a Chair

Central Italy, 17th century

A Seated Young Woman Looking Over Her Shoulder

Guercino, early-mid-17th century

A Falconer in Profile to the Right

Follower of Guercino, ca. 1640

Black chalk and white heightened drawing on tan paper of figures in a crowded scene, a woman embracing a child in the foregro

The Massacre of the Innocents

The Veneto, 17th century

Brown ink sketch of a muscular male nude seen from behind, arm outstretched, with faint grey underdrawing on aged paper.

Male Figure Seen from Behind

Alessandro Maganza, ca. 1603-10

Pen and wash drawing of a caricatured painter in a tall hat holding a brush at an easel beside a table.

Caricature of a Dwarf Painter at His Easel

Tuscany, early 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a woman driving a chariot over a body while rearing horses pass classical columns and soldiers.

Tullia Driving Her Chariot over the Body of Her Father

Ciro Ferri, ca. 1655-70

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with three-star shoulder straps, signed U. S. Grant.

Portrait of U. S. Grant

John Chester Buttre, late 19th century

Drawing of two women carrying heavy bundles of faggots on their backs against a dark wooded background.

Women Carrying Faggots

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1858

Chalk portrait of a young woman with pearls in her hair, wearing a pale loose gown against a warm tan background.

Portrait of a Lady

Jacopo Amigoni, 1729-39

Brown wash drawing of Saint Stephen kneeling as muscular men raise stones to throw at him beneath a tree.

The Stoning of Saint Stephen

Niccolò Bambini, ca. 1700

Pen and gray wash drawing of a rococo paneled interior with a seated man reading beside a fireplace and mirror.

A Venetian Interior, with a Young Man Seated by the Fire

Canaletto, after 1717

Brown ink and wash drawing of a monk in a habit leaning over a pulpit and pointing upward, with skulls at lower right.

A Monk Preaching

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, late 17th-mid-18th century

A Sheet of Heads

Mauro Gandolfi, late 18th-mid-19th century

Caricature of a Polish Count

Pier Leone Ghezzi, ca. 1694-1755

Grey wash drawing of gondolas and rowers near a ship and fortification on a lagoon, with a church on the shore.

The Island of Povegila, with British Naval Officers Embarking

Giacomo Guardi, before 1797 or 1814-15

Red chalk drawing of a standing figure in flowing cloak and drapery, holding a rolled document, on cream paper.

A Dignitary Holding a Document

Pietro Longhi, ca. 1722-42

Pen and ink drawing of a hooded monk holding a carrot and pointing at a smiling woman holding a chamber pot.

A Monk with a Carrot and a Woman with a Chamber Pot

Pier Leone Ghezzi, late 17th-mid-18th century

Grey wash drawing of robed clergy processing along a quay toward an ornate ship with banners under a cloudy sky.

The Arrival in Venice, from Alexandria, of the Relics of Saint John the Alsgiver in 1247

Jacopo Marieschi, ca. 1743

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young man in a powdered wig and embroidered waistcoat, shown half-length.

Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man

Pietro Antonio Novelli, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen and brown wash study of six male heads, several wearing turbans or hoods, arranged across a sheet.

Seven Male Heads

Sebastiano Ricci, late 17th-mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of soldiers in armor pulling apart two struggling men in a tangled, dynamic group.

Soldiers Trying to Prevent Two Men From Fighting

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1728-30

Brown ink and wash drawing of a family group with a seated woman, children, a standing man in a cloak, and classical columns.

A Venetian Family Portrait Group

Pietro Antonio Novelli, after 1750

Man with an Elaborate Headdress, Facing Left

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1755-60

Brown wash drawing of soldiers with helmets and halberds around a monument, a skull, and a shield with a mask.

Soldiers Around a Monument

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1743-45

Pen and wash design for a trade card showing a doge under a parasol, a child, a ship, and a rococo frame.

Design for a Trade Card

Pietro Antonio Novelli, mid-18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of the Baptism of Christ, with angels above and two ducks in the water at lower right.

The Baptism of Christ (with Two Ducks in the Water at Lower Right)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Pen and brown wash drawing of allegorical figures with a child and draped women on clouds.

Two Allegorical Figures for a Ceiling

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1734

Pen and brown wash drawing with white highlights of a standing woman in flowing drapery holding a fan.

Allegorical Figure of a Woman

Pietro Antonio Novelli, ca. 1745-55

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with figures gathered by a river and a woman holding a child at right.

The Baptism of Christ (with a Woman Holding a Child Among the Spectators at the Right)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90