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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,988 works

Pen drawing of a crowned woman beside a tall crucifix, with a dragon at her feet and a town with a sailing boat behind her.

Allegorical Figure (Faith?)

Pieter Cornelisz Kunst, early 16th-mid 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a triptych design with robed figures under arches, an angel above, and a reclining figure in th

A Design for a Triptych with the Adoration of the Two Saints

Jan Symonsz. Pynas, early 17th century

Wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child enthroned and kneeling kings offering gifts.

The Adoration of the Magi (Cartoon for an Embroidery)

Diego Lopez de Escuriaz, 1587-89

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers and kneeling women.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Caspar Fraisinger, 1590

Graphite and white chalk study of a monk's head in three-quarter view, with a tonsured crown and downcast eyes, on tan paper.

Study of the Head of St. Augustine, for the painting of the Madonna and Child with Saint Augustine and Bonifacius (1846)

Eduard von Steinle, 1846

Engraving of a sower scattering seed over rocky ground, with birds in flight and feeding and pine trees at left.

The Sower (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a woman kneading at a table while a young girl holds a bowl by a fireplace in a dim kitchen.

The Parable of the Leaven (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a bearded man in a cloak carrying a bundle of stalks across a dark field at night, a wolf watching nearby.

The Tares (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Wood engraving of a bent farmer guiding a plow pulled by two oxen across a furrowed field under an open sky.

The Hidden Treasure (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a merchant offering a pouch to bearded men on a shore, with a donkey, a woman with a net, and seagulls overhead.

The Pearl of Great Price (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a kneeling servant before a robed king with a sword, watched by onlookers, with a domed building behind.

The Unmerciful Servant (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a robed bearded man in a crown speaking with a half-naked worker, with onlookers behind them.

The Labourers in the Vineyard (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Black and white print of a reclining figure among vines beside a stone wall and gate, with a tower in the distance.

The Wicked Husbandmen (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of ten women with lamps and jars in a field, one sleeping in the foreground beside a spilled vessel.

The Parable of the [Ten] Virgins (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a cloaked man with a loaf of bread at a door, a dog beside him, and a fence under a stormy sky.

The Importunate Friend (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a king at a feast watching a servant lead a disheveled guest toward a banquet table.

The Marriage Feast (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a shepherd carrying a sheep on his shoulders up a rocky hillside, with a soaring eagle above.

The Lost Sheep (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a stooped woman with a broom lighting a candle in a dark room, a crescent moon visible through a window.

The Lost Piece of Silver (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a ragged bearded man with dogs in foreground, and feasting figures at a table in a dim hall behind.

The Rich Man and Lazarus (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of an enthroned judge being pleaded with by a kneeling woman as attendants watch in a courtroom interior.

The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Wood engraving of a bowed, dark-robed figure in front of turbaned men gazing upward in a stone temple interior.

The Pharisee and the Publican (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of a lion watching a prone shepherd in thistle-covered grass while sheep flee across a hilly landscape.

The Good Shepherd (The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ)

John Everett Millais, 1864

Engraving of the Virgin holding the sleeping infant Christ, with a young boy and an older bearded man beside her under draper

Virgin and Child with Saints Joseph and John the Baptist (after Michelangelo's Madonna del Silenzio)

Giulio Bonasone, 1561

Grey wash drawing of a bare-chested figure and kneeling men in a prison courtyard with mosque minarets behind.

An Islamic Prophet Appearing in the Courtyard of a Prison in Alexandria

Jan Goeree, ca. 1706

Pencil drawing of bearded Moses seated between an open book and stone tablets, with flaming torches behind him.

Moses

Gustav Jäger, 1828-71

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a nude figure in a river, angels in clouds, and onlookers.

Baptism of Christ

Hans Rottenhammer, late 16th-17th century

Engraved religious print showing the Annunciation in the foreground, with the Visitation and Nativity scenes above in a hatch

The Annunciation, Visitation, and Nativity

Master of the Church Fathers' Border, 15th century

Pencil drawing in an arched frame of two seated men in conversation, with a standing figure in shadow at right.

Christ and Nicodemus

Christen Købke, 1810-48

Grey wash drawing of crucified Christ above an armored warrior, allegorical figures, a lion, and Latin inscriptions.

Allegory of Christian Virtues

Johann Elias Ridinger, 1746

Pencil study of two mourning draped women beside a tall tomb block, with a hanging cloth and a small winged figure at right.

Study for a Tomb

Antonio Canova, ca. 1790/91-95