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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Graphite sketch of a seated nude male figure with extra studies of arms and legs on pale paper.

Study of a Seated Nude Male

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, n.d.

Engraving of a reclining nude woman on a draped bed, with a horned bearded figure and a bird with spread wings nearby.

Jupiter and Antiope

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Red chalk drawing of a twisting reclining male nude with raised arms and crossed legs, signed Schmutzer.

Reclining Male Nude

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1765-1810

Graphite sketch on tan paper of reclining and standing nude figures grouped around a curved ledge.

Nude Figures for L'Âge d'Or, Château de Dampierre

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, n.d.

Oval engraving of a nude woman standing before a bearded man while armored soldiers and a child gather in an arched room.

Timocleia Before Alexander

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude as a wind god on clouds, one arm raised, hair blown back.

Reclining Male Nude, as Wind God on Clouds

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1765-1810

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling nude youth seen from behind, arms raised with clasped hands, on buff paper.

Kneeling Nude Youth with Raised Clasped Hands

Étienne Jeaurat, ca. 1730-36

Engraving of a standing nude woman with hand at her neck, beside a draped curtain and wooden bench.

Standing Nude Woman

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Pen and ink drawing of Christ's baptism in a river, with angels and cherubs in clouds above and onlookers below.

The Baptism of Christ

Raymond de La Fage, 1683

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude man resting his head on one hand, with draped cloth beneath his legs.

Seated Male Nude

Louis Jean François Lagrenée, n.d.

Engraving of bearded Jupiter enthroned with an eagle, surrounded by classical figures, trees and cherubs, with Latin text bel

Jupiter on his Throne

Léon Davent, 1547

Drawing of a seated man and a standing draped woman holding a spear beside a hound, with classical columns and a tree behind.

Cephalus Receiving the Spear and Hound from Procris

Laurent de La Hyre, ca. 1644

Brown wash drawing of three nude women on a draped bed with curtains, while cherubs play with cloth and grapes around them.

Les Grâces lutinées par les amours

Louis Jean François Lagrenée, 1778

Etching of a reclining nude woman on a bed, with a servant holding flowers and a black cat beside her.

Olympia (small plate)

Édouard Manet, 1867

Brown wash drawing of two nude male figures struggling together on rocky ground, with a faint landscape behind them.

Two Nude Male Figures Struggling Together

Nicolas de Largillière, 1709-10

Pen and wash drawing of a nude Venus on a shell chariot surrounded by sea nymphs, tritons, and putti in waves.

The Triumph of Venus

André Lebrun, n.d.

Etching of a reclining nude woman on a bed, looking at the viewer, with a servant holding flowers and a cat nearby.

Olympia (large plate)

Édouard Manet, January-May 1867

Red chalk and grey wash drawing of a draped woman and man beside an urn of flowers, with lions beneath a pedestal.

Allegory of Earth

Charles Le Brun, ca. 1660

Graphite sketch of a standing male nude with head turned upward, torso rendered in fine diagonal hatching.

Study of a Figure

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Engraving of Christ in Limbo with a cross-topped staff, nude figures, and winged demons in a stone-arched underworld.

Christ in Limbo

Léon Davent, 1546-47

Charcoal drawing of a male nude seen from behind, with studies of a head and hands at upper right.

Back View of a Male Nude

Henri Lehmann, 1859

Pencil study of a crouched seated male nude with head bowed and arms wrapped around knees, drawn in fine hatching.

Study of a Figure

Alphonse Legros, 1888

Circular engraving of an allegorical nude woman with skeleton, torch, winged archer and animals including stag, boar and peli

Lust, from the "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Charcoal drawing of a kneeling nude male figure seen from behind, arm raised to head, with a separate hand study at left.

Kneeling Nude Male Figure, Facing Left

Henri Lehmann, March 25, 1859

Pale sketch of a seated veiled woman with a child peering over her shoulder, with loose hatched shading on cream paper.

Figures from "The Deluge" of Michelangelo

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Engraving of a nude woman pointing at three bulls near clouds, with a bearded man and a classical building on a hill.

A Woman Showing Bulls to a Man

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Graphite sketch of a standing nude woman leaning on a support, with studies of feet, a hand and draped cloth.

Standing Nude Female Figure

Henri Lehmann, 19th century

Study of Two Figures

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a standing male nude with head tilted upward, framed in a gilt mount.

Standing Male Nude Seen from Below

François Lemoyne, ca. 1730

The Figure of Sarah, Bride of Tobias

Henri Lehmann, 1830-82