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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,431 works

Chalk head study of a bearded man turned to the upper left, with white highlights on blue-grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Left

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Grey wash drawing of overgrown classical ruins with receding arches and a large tree, set in a circular vignette.

Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins

Carlo Fantaccini, 1700-50

Pen and wash drawing of a curly-haired man in a cloak riding a rearing horse, with red chalk curls at upper right.

Man on Horseback, Study of a Man's Head (recto); Head of a Young Woman (verso)

Marcello Fogolino, 1483-1548

Engraving of Christ being baptized by John the Baptist in a river, with an angel holding robes and God and dove above.

Baptism of Christ

Martin Schongauer, ca. 1470-74

Red chalk drawing of a crowned woman with a unicorn and two putti in an arched niche.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn and Two Putti (recto); Study of the Same Figures (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1642

Pen and red chalk drawing of the Holy Family in an interior, with the Christ child holding a cross beside Mary and Joseph.

Holy Family in an Interior

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Head of a Young Woman

Lorenzo di Credi, 1479

Engraving of Christ with a staff and Mary Magdalene kneeling before him in a landscape with a bare tree and fence.

Noli me Tangere

Martin Schongauer, ca. 1470-74

Circular pen and ink drawing of a stoning scene with a man throwing stones at seated elders before a walled city.

The Stoning of the Elders

Pseudo-Aert Ortkens, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of figures fighting in a churchyard with tombstones, a wind-bent tree, and a Gothic church behind them.

Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard

Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1775

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, one a bishop with a crosier.

The Virgin and Child with Saints

Girolamo da Treviso, 1498-1544

Pen and wash drawing of three allegorical figures in a circular roundel, including a nude man and a kneeling putto among clou

Three Allegorical Figures in a Roundel

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Pen and wash drawing of a draped woman with a celestial globe and winged putto within an ornate scrolled frame.

Vignette with an Allegorical Figure of Astronomy

Mauro Gandolfi, ca. 1798

Loose brown ink sketch of a charioteer leaning forward while driving a horse-drawn chariot across a pale sheet.

Charioteer

Domenico Gargiulo, 1609/10-?1675

Brown ink and wash drawing of women finding a child on a riverbank beneath a tree, with a distant hilltop town.

The Finding of Moses

Luigi Garzi, 1638-1721

Watercolor landscape with a blue mountain, a hillside village, a leaning tree, and fishermen hauling a boat on rocks.

Landscape with Fishermen

Théodore Géricault, 1818

Pen and ink sketch of a seated figure receiving an object from a smaller turbaned figure beside him.

Seated Figure Receiving an Object Presented by a Smaller Figure

Domenico Gargiulo, 1609/10-?1675

Pen and green wash drawing of rococo scrollwork and leafy foliage forming an ornamental border around a blank center.

Design for a Framing Motif

Francesco Guardi, 1712-93

Pen and ink sketch of two studies of a kneeling male figure in flowing drapery, one facing left and one seen from behind.

Two Studies of a Kneeling Male Figure (recto); Handwritten letter (verso)

Guercino, ca. 1652

Seated Sibyl and Attendant Genius (recto); Study of the Head of a Horse in Profile (verso)

Pirro Ligorio, ca. 1540

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints and infant children, by Jacopo da Pontormo, 1514-22.

Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr

Pontormo, 1514-22

Half-Figure of a Nude Man Facing Right

Guercino, 1640's

Red chalk drawing of women gathered around a flower-crowned white bull, with cupids and an eagle above and a ruined column in

The Rape of Europa

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a winged figure supporting a reclining nude reaching toward a round object above clouds.

Time and Truth

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil and watercolor sketch of nude bathers beside a tree in a forest clearing, with a seated figure in red drapery.

Bathers

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1864

Brown wash drawing of a nude man bound to a cross as robed figures surround him under a cloudy sky.

Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew, after Mattia Preti

François-André Vincent, ca. 1774

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining woman lifted by three nude putti in swirling poses.

Woman Transported by Three Putti

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil drawing of a seated pope receiving a kneeling man on a stepped dais, with two standing clergy under an arch.

Angelo Maria Querini Created Cardinal by Benedict XIII

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Red chalk sketch of a bull head, sheep heads, and two human figures on a pale sheet.

Studies of Animal Heads and Figures

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of winged angelic figures and a reclining nude youth among clouds, by Tiepolo.

Sheet of Studies: Five Angels (recto); Youth in Clerical Robes and Other Studies (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Circular sketch of a crowned seated woman, a bishop, a mother with infant, and putti on steps.

Nobility Presenting an Infant to Venice

Francesco Zugno, 1709-87

Brown ink and wash sketch of winged figures and putti among clouds, with a figure riding a large bird.

Studies of Figures on Clouds

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of Apollo seated on clouds with a lyre and two putti at left, with a radiant halo above.

Apollo Seated on Clouds, Two Figures at Left

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a theater facade with a central portal topped by a royal crown and a gabled roof.

View of a Theater (Bayreuth): Exterior Elevation of the Façade; Central Portal Surmounted by Royal Crown

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Black chalk drawing with red accents of a reclining child asleep on a ledge, one arm raised overhead, draped cloth at the hip

Reclining Figure

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash sketch of a flying male figure with outstretched arm, surrounded by clouds and a curved chariot form.

Apollo Standing in His Chariot

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Circular drawing of classical gods, muses and a helmeted warrior with shield, winged figure above, in brown ink and white hig

Classical Gods, Muses, and Allegorical Figures

Giuseppe Salviati, 1566-67

Circular brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining draped figure with a flying putto above, on grey paper.

Design for a Ceiling

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of winged female figures and cherubs among clouds, with loose sketched limbs and drapery.

Three Winged Female Figures

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Engraving of a schoolmistress guiding a small child writing letters at a wooden desk, in a dark interior setting.

The School Mistress

François Bernard Lépicié, 1747

Red chalk drawing of nine overlapping heads, bearded men and figures in turbans, with handwritten note at lower right.

Nine heads after Paolo Veronese

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing draped woman with a mirror and a reclining figure with a sword on a cloud.

Standing Figure of Prudence and a Seated River God

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Engraved portrait of a young boy with curled hair at a desk, spinning a top beside an inkwell, quill and books.

Child with a Top

François Bernard Lépicié, 1742

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling figure offering at an altar beside a standing nude, with a bearded figure among clouds above

The Sacrifice of Abel

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a river god with an oar, a draped woman, and a standing nude boy on pale paper.

River God with an Oar, Woman Holding a Serpent, and a Standing Nude Boy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a kneeling woman in a headscarf and apron, seen from behind, on brown paper.

Kneeling Milkmaid

Francesco Londonio, 1723-83

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures lowering a body into a tomb, with a lantern and haloed mourners.

Entombment of Christ

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman with a sceptre and a winged putto climbing on her shoulder, figures on clouds.

Seated Woman with a Winged Putto

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and brown ink sketches of horsemen on horseback and a foreshortened nude figure on aged paper.

Studies of Horsemen and Study of a Figure for a Deposition (recto); Sketch for an Entablature (verso)

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with a kneeling saint and a small angel at the right edge.

Saint Adoring the Madonna and Child

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of an winged old man holding a nude woman, with a putto standing at right.

Time Holding a Nude Woman, a Putto at Right

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and brown ink drawing with white highlights of two standing male figures, one in a turban and robes, one seen from behind

Two Standing Male Figures

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Pen and ink drawing of a veiled woman holding an infant, with a seated putto and angel holding a flowering branch.

St. Catherine of Siena with The Infant Jesus (recto); Warrior with Dead Lion? (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated river god with a standing female attendant holding a staff, with a reclining figure be

Seated River God and Standing Female Attendant

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and ink drawing of Venus with curly hair on a cloud, with two doves, one perched and one with spread wings.

Venus with Doves

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1828

Grey wash drawing of a seated mother in draped clothing nursing an infant at her breast.

Mother and Children (Charity?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a winged woman, a bearded river god with a staff, and a nude boy among clouds.

Winged Female Figure, River God, and a Nude Boy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen drawing of an ornamental letter B with acanthus scrolls, nude figures, a bull's head and a goat on blue paper.

Design for an Ornamental Initial: B

Teodoro della Porta, 1567-1638

Head of Bearded Old Man Shown in Profile, Looking Up

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of two women seated on a cloud with two putti in the lower right corner.

Two Women Seated on a Cloud, and Two Putti

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Circular sketch of a bearded robed man gesturing toward a haloed child seated on rocks by the sea.

St. Augustine and the Child on the Seashore

Andrea Pozzo, 1642-1709

Pen and brown wash drawing of a reclining figure surrounded by a crowd of gathered mourners in flowing robes.

A Deathbed Scene

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures on clouds, with a winged woman holding a laurel wreath and spear.

Virtue and Nobility

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate fountain with a Madonna and Child, winged figures, a lion, and a monkey on the cornice

Design Fragment for the Left Side of the 'Fonte Gaia' in Siena

Jacopo della Quercia, 1415-16