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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,394 works

Engraving of seated Athena in drapery beside a shield and spears, with fine hatched lines modeling folds and armor.

Athena, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Grey wash drawing of a bearded, laurel-crowned man and a turbaned woman seated together on clouds.

Jupiter and Ceres

Antoine François Callet, ca. 1777

Pencil drawing of a helmeted goddess reaching toward a kneeling huntress within an oval frame over a grid.

Design for a Medallion: Huntress Kneeling before an Armed Goddess

Eustache Le Sueur, 17th century

Engraved print of a reclining nude figure with curly hair resting on a curved ledge draped with cloth, on a hatched backgroun

Polyhymnia, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sleeping nude Venus on a couch with Cupid and putti.

Venus and Cupid (recto); Studies of a Woman (verso)

Nikolaus Knüpfer, 1620-60

Pencil drawing of Apollo with a lyre beside helmeted Minerva holding a shield, with a cherub and tablet between them.

Minerva Presenting Two Portraits to Apollo

Eustache Le Sueur, 17th century

Engraving of a draped female figure reclining on a curved ledge, head covered by a hood, with dense hatched shading.

Urania, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Paul Gauguin's 1889 cover design: a woman embraced by a swan within a circle on yellow, with flowers and birds.

("Leda") Design for a Plate: Shame on Those Who Evil Think (Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense) ; cover illustration for the "…

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Red chalk drawing of Silenus with putti, satyrs and a woman amid spilled grapes and fruit under a tree.

The Harvest of Silenus

Charles-Joseph Natoire, ca. 1759

Engraving of a reclining nude woman draped in cloth beside classical architecture, with fine crosshatched lines.

Clio, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Brown ink and wash drawing of Jupiter hurling lightning at struggling giants among clouds, with an hourglass above.

Jupiter Fighting the Giants

Jacopo Zucchi, 1540-96

Pen and ink drawing of a nude goddess gesturing to an armored warrior beside classical columns and a fallen figure.

Goddess Inciting a Warrior

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Euterpe, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Pencil study of two draped female figures on a squared grid, with the labels Thalia and Erato written above.

The Muses Thalia and Erato

Andrea Appiani, 1754-1817

Pen and brown wash drawing of Diana bathing with nymphs in a forest, a hunter and dogs in the foreground.

Diana Bathing

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Engraving of a reclining draped female figure beside an architectural niche, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Thalia, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Graphite sketch on squared paper of nude and draped female figures labeled as the Muses, by Andrea Appiani.

The Muses Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Clio, and Terpsichore (recto); Sketch of a Sleeping Child (verso)

Andrea Appiani, 1811

Brown ink drawing of Venus reclining on a couch with cupids, a mirror, and attendants adjusting a pearl necklace.

Engraver's Copy After The Toilet of Venus

Francesco Albani, 17th century

Engraving of a reclining draped figure with a bearded mask above and a face at the left edge, lined background.

Melpomene, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Brown wash drawing with white highlights showing nude female nymphs bathing among trees in a landscape.

Nymphs Bathing

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1586-1630

Pen and ink sheet with a grinning satyr head, loose figure studies, and a handwritten Italian note in the margin.

Head of a Satyr and Other Figure Studies

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Engraving of a reclining draped figure with curly hair beside a stone pedestal, with a curved ledge in the foreground.

Calliope, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Blue wash drawing of tritons carrying off struggling nereids through sea waves, with horses and cherubs.

Tritons Carrying Off Nereids

François Perrier, n.d.

Oval drawing of Venus above Neptune with sea horses, Cybele, cherubs and a sun chariot in brown wash and white heightening.

The Birth of Venus, with Neptune, Cybele and the Chariot of the Sun (Homage to Venus)

Niccolò Berrettoni, ca. 1670-80

Engraving of a nude nymph seated by a tree, gazing at a heron flying off over a grassy riverbank.

Nymph Watching a Heron Flying Away

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Red chalk drawing of Saint Sebastian being clubbed by soldiers, with angels above and an amphitheater behind.

Saint Sebastian Clubbed to Death

Andrea Camassei, 1602-49

Pen and ink drawing of Venus with Cupid and a satyr peering from behind a tree in a wooded setting.

Venus, Cupid and Satyr

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Engraving of a reclining draped woman with curled hair leaning on a scrolled frame, rendered in fine parallel hatching.

Terpsichore, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Pencil drawing of classical figures, including a reclining woman and winged cupids, beneath swagged drapery in a relief-style

Mythological Scene

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pen and ink sketch of Venus holding Cupid beside a tree, with a draped figure and loose cloud strokes above.

Venus and Cupid

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85