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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of a group of cloaked, veiled figures with detailed drapery folds on tan paper.

Group of Draped Figures

Antonello da Messina, early 1460s

Pen and brown ink drawing of a young man in armor and helmet, standing with a cloak draped over one shoulder, with faint sket

A Young Man in Armor, Facing Front

Arcangelo di Cola da Camerino, ca. 1425

Pen and wash drawing of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a staff, set before a sketched architectural background.

A Man Seated on a Throne

Follower of Piero della Francesca, second half 15th century

Head of a Man in Profile

Luca Signorelli, 1490s

Charcoal study of a youth's head tilted upward with eyes gazing skyward, on aged paper.

Study of the Head of a Youth Gazing Upward

Pietro Perugino, late 15th-early 16th century

Drawing of a kneeling man in fifteenth-century dress, head raised, hands bound behind him, in brown and white on gray paper.

A Kneeling Man in Fifteenth-Century Costume (recto); a small, fragmentary sketch of a recumbant boy, probably by a la…

Pinturicchio, ca. 1509

Red chalk drawing with white highlights of a man in a tall cap with curly hair, head turned and eyes lowered.

Head of a Man Wearing a Cap

Domenico Ghirlandaio, ca. 1495-1505

Brown ink drawing of armored warriors standing in a group, with helmets, swords and decorated breastplates.

Group of Warriors Standing

Pietro Perugino, late 15th-early 16th century

Head of a Young Woman

Lorenzo di Credi, late 15th-early 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of Orpheus among classical ruins, with a lion, a deer and other animals gathered nearby.

Orpheus

Unknown artist, early 16th century

Pencil drawing of two studies of a standing youth in Renaissance clothing, one holding a staff, on tan paper.

Two Studies of a Standing Youth in Quattrocento Clothing (recto); a cardinal's hat on a fragmentary coat of arms with…

Pietro Perugino, ca. 1504

Pen and brown ink sketch of a hilltop city, horsemen and crowds, with a columned niche and steps in the lower left.

Page from a Sketchbook Depicting a City under Siege and a Scene of Homage(?) (recto); standing figures and a horseman…

Domenico Beccafumi, 1520s

Pencil portrait drawing of a young woman with a veil, beaded necklace and loose gown on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Pier Francesco Foschi, 1520-39

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man in draped robes holding an open book, with hair studies at upper right.

A Seated Man Declaiming from a Book

Baccio Bandinelli, mid to late 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing bearded apostle with a halo and draped robe, hatched shading.

Standing Apostle

Giovanni Bandini, mid-16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a chaotic battle with horsemen, rearing horses, fallen soldiers, and a distant city.

Battle of Horsemen and Foot Soldiers

Guglielmo della Porta, mid-16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a frieze with draped male figures and two horses on the right.

Frieze with Male Figures and Two Horses

Polidoro da Caravaggio, mid-16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a symmetrical grotesque decoration with an armored figure, scrollwork, garlands, and sea monster

Design for a Grotesque Decoration

Luzio Romano, ca. 1543-45

Brown wash drawing of men in a boat carrying off a struggling woman, with a domed rotunda on the shore at right.

The Abduction of Helen

Giuseppe Salviati, mid-16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of three horses and horsemen in a frieze-like composition beside an obelisk.

Frieze with Three Horsemen

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1530s

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing man holding a staff and plumed cap, with a sword at his side and faint grid lines.

A Swiss Guard

Federico Zuccaro, late 16th-early 17th century

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