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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Madonna holding the Christ Child beside a haloed Saint John the Evangelist, both in draped r

Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist

Andrea da Murano, late 15th-early 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree and pierced by arrows, set in a hilly landscape with rocks.

Saint Sebastian in a Landscape

Ferrara Italian, late 15th century

Brown wash drawing of Christ bound to a column, flanked by two whipping soldiers in an architectural setting.

The Flagellation

Lombardy, late 15th century

Brown ink drawing of a landscape with a seated reader, a river, a boat, hillside buildings and distant mountains.

Landscape with Figure

The Veneto, early 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a standing friar in a hooded habit holding an open book, identified as Saint Francis.

Saint Francis

Andrea Busati, early 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a youth with curly hair, a blue diadem with a red jewel, and rosy cheeks.

Head of a Youth with a Diadem

Cristoforo Caselli, late 15th-early 16th century

Brown ink drawing of an ornate funeral monument with a central bust, relief panels, winged figures and a dancing frieze.

Design for a Funeral Monument

Lombardy Italian, early 16th century

Monochrome drawing of a gentleman and a young woman with a staff clasping hands, with a dog at their feet, on a dark ground.

A Gentleman, a Young Woman, and a Dog

Michele da Verona, early 16th century

Grey wash drawing of a man and woman in flowing cloaks striding left, with steps and a block at lower left.

Man and Woman Striding Toward the Left

Giovanni Francesco Caroto, early 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a pastoral music scene: women and a man gather under a tree, one playing a lute.

Concert champêtre

Girolamo Romanino, ca. 1520-30

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with a standing bearded man and a bending nude figure beside a stone block

Madonna and Child with Saints Roch and Sebastian

Michele da Verona, early 16th century

Pen and brown ink landscape with a reclining satyr, a goat, a village on a hill, and two walking figures.

Landscape with a Satyr

Domenico Campagnola, 1535-40

Pen and brown ink drawing of a landscape with a large tree, two seated figures, rolling hills and a village under clouds.

Landscape with Two Seated Figures

Imitator of Domenico Campagnola, 16th century

Brown wash drawing of a bearded standing saint with halo, holding a sword, in heavy draped robes.

Saint Paul

Michele da Verona, ca. 1510

Pen and ink drawing of a shepherd resting under a tree with a dog, beside a path leading to a farmhouse.

Landscape with a Shepherd in Repose

The Veneto, mid-16th century

Pen and wash drawing of men seated at a table with a standing boy holding a bowl and a dog in the foreground.

The Supper at Emmaus

Bonifazio Veronese, mid-16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of two nude women carrying a third figure, with a small dog at lower right.

Two Nymphs Carrying a Third

Francesco Primaticcio, ca. 1547

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights on blue paper of a winged figure, two draped women, and a standing man.

A Winged Figure, two Women, and a Man

Biagio Pupini, early-mid-16th century

Pen and ink sketch of a classical arched colonnade with a draped standing figure and an embracing seated pair.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Lombardy- The Veneto, mid-16th century

Head of a Bearded Man

School of Paolo Veronese, ca. 1565

Brown ink and wash drawing of a busy kitchen with hanging game, copper pots, a hearth fire, and servants at work.

Kitchen Scene

Copy after Leandro Bassano, late 16th century

Pencil and red chalk drawing of robed saints on clouds, with a bearded elder holding a staff on the right.

Saint Stephen and Other Saints on Clouds

Friuli, late 16th century

Brown ink drawing of two lions attacking, with a leaping nude man, hounds, and a spearman on aged paper.

Hunting Scene and Lions Attacking Animals

The Veneto, late 16th century

Black chalk sketch of a reclining male nude on grey-blue paper, head and raised arm at upper left.

Reclining Male Figure

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1560s

Black chalk and white heightened study of a figure in a draped ceremonial robe and cap on brown paper.

Study for a Portrait of a Doge

Circle of Tintoretto, fourth quarter 16th century

Black chalk drawing with white highlights on grey paper showing a reclining female nude with one arm behind her head.

Reclining Female Nude

Domenico Tintoretto, early 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged figure blowing a trumpet above clouds, with a putto beneath.

Fame

Luca Cambiaso, mid- to late 16th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with infant Saint John the Baptist and angels, sketched in loose lines.

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and a Donor

Workshop of Cambiaso, ca. 1560

Sketch on blue-grey paper of a seated nude figure with one arm raised to the head and legs stretched out.

Seated Female Nude

Domenico Tintoretto, early 17th century

Pen and wash study of a seated bearded man beside a small winged angel, with red chalk grid lines on paper.

Saint Matthew and the Angel

Luca Cambiaso, 1583-85

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular nude Hercules raising a club beside a boar on rocky ground.

Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar

School of Cambiaso, ca. 1550

Pen and ink drawing of a standing young man in a helmet and armor holding a sword, on aged paper.

A Young Man in Armor, Facing Right

Arcangelo di Cola da Camerino, ca. 1425

Drawing of The Last Judgment: enthroned Christ in a mandorla above trumpeting angels, saints, and rising figures in grey-gree

The Last Judgment

Circle of Ottaviano Nelli, early 15th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venus blindfolding a winged Cupid, with clouds and drapery around the figures.

Venus Blindfolding Cupid

School of Cambiaso, late 16th century

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 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

Ink and wash drawing of the Virgin seated beside two embracing infants, with a figure behind and a distant landscape.

The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

School of Cambiaso, late 16th century

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

Pen drawing of a nude figure before a mitred bishop under an arch, with clergy and onlookers in an interior.

Saint Francis Before the Bishop

Niccolò Solimani, ca. 1469

Brown ink and wash drawing of muscular bearded men with an angel, an eagle, and an ox among them.

The Four Evangelists

School of Cambiaso, late 16th century

Brown wash drawing of a seated bearded saint with halo reading an open book within an arched frame.

A Seated Saint Reading from a Book

Francesco Botticini, ca. 1475

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

Pen and grey wash drawing of five nude infants in varied poses, one seated on a tree trunk, another holding a bird.

Five Nude Infants in Various Poses

Raphael, ca. 1500

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

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

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a kneeling friar in a hooded robe, gazing upward with arm raised, haloed.

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Lo Spagna, early 16th century

Brown ink drawing of an elderly bearded man receiving communion from a robed priest, with two monks attending nearby.

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome

Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1491-1503(?)

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

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

Head of a Young Woman

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of two haloed robed figures standing side by side, one gesturing with raised hand.

The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

Bartolomeo di Giovanni, ca. 1485-90

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

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of the Madonna adoring the Christ child, with a kneeling angel beside them in a wooden she

The Madonna Adoring the Child, with an Angel

Lorenzo di Credi, early 16th century

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

Pen and brown ink drawing of Saint Sebastian, nude and bound to a tree, with an arrow and halo.

Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the r…

Il Sodoma, early-mid-16th century

Black chalk drawing of a seated nude man with crossed legs, with a smaller sketch of a draped seated figure below.

Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude

Pontormo, mid-16th century

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of two nude figures on clouds, with a cow, foliage and sketch studies, by Francesco Salviati.

Jupiter and Io (recto); sketch of a male figure stabbing himself in the chest (verso)

Francesco Salviati, mid-16th century

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