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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

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

Ink and wash drawing of a Venetian canal with gondolas, figures and an arched bridge between tall palazzi.

The Rio dei Mendicanti

Giacomo Guardi, ca. 1804-25

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child enthroned with Saint Sebastian and kneeling saints beneath classical colum

Virgin and Child with Saint John of the Cross (?), Saint Sebastian, and Saint Peter of Alcantara

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1731-35

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated muscular male nude with drapery across his lap, against a shaded background.

A Seated Slave

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

Pen and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a haloed nude figure, a robed baptizer, hovering angels and onlookers bene

The Baptism of Christ (with Christ Half-Kneeling at Left, His Back Turned, and the Baptist Full-Faced at Center, Look…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining child and bearded figures on a parapet, with a long staff crossing diagonally.

A River God and Other Figures on a Parapet

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Brown ink wash drawing of a bearded monk showing a portable altar to a praying child, with a kneeling old woman at left.

A Bearded Monk Showing a Portable Altar to a Praying Child, with an Old Woman Kneeling

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

Pen and ink drawing of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers and onlookers in a crowded interior.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1748-72

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded bishop in a tall mitre, head turned in three-quarter view.

Head of a Bishop

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1742-57

Pencil drawing of a shirtless man with shoulder-length hair raising one arm and pointing upward against a pale background.

Man with Upraised Arm, Possibly a Self-Portrait

Gustave Courbet, ca. 1840