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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,394 works

Etched print of a reclining classical woman in drapery holding a compass, inside a curved lower frame edge.

Erato, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Pencil drawing of an eagle attacking a bound, reclining nude male figure on a rocky ledge.

Prometheus (or Tityus)

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pen and brown ink drawing of a winged cupid flying with outstretched arms, on a light paper sheet.

Cupid Flying

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Engraving of Hercules fighting armored warriors aboard a ship, with swords raised and a mast and shields in the background.

Hercules Fighting Aboard The Argonauts' Ship

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Pen and brown ink sheet of overlapping figure studies: nudes, cherubs, sea creatures and classical heads.

Figure Studies for Various Female and Male Figures (recto); Threes Amors in the Garden of Venus (verso)

Agostino Carracci, 1600-02

Ink sketch of a reclining female figure with a crescent behind her and radiating lines around, titled Diana.

Diana

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Engraving of armored warriors on horseback fighting over a nude body while mourning women kneel at left.

Achilles Removing Patroclus' Body From the Battle

Léon Davent, ca. 1547

Pen and brown ink drawing of Perseus with Minerva and a winged figure in a rocky landscape within a lunette.

Perseus Beheading Medusa (recto); Studies of a Child and Ornament Sketches (verso)

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Pen and ink drawing of a seated figure with a lyre, a dolphin, and cupids over wavy sea lines.

Arion and Two Cupids on a Dolphin

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

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

Black chalk study of a muscular male nude with one arm raised, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Triton Sounding a Conch Shell

Annibale Carracci, ca. 1597-1602

Pen and wash drawing of seated Diana gesturing toward a satyr, with winged cherubs under a tree.

Diana and Satyr

Filippo Cavori, 1800-(?)

Engraving of nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a furnace workshop, with Venus and putti attending a cauldron in the foregr

Venus in Vulcan's Forge

Léon Davent, 1546-47

Red and black chalk drawing of Hercules and Omphale, a seated bearded man gesturing beside a nude woman before classical colu

Hercules and Omphale

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Red chalk drawing of a standing nude man with curly hair, one hand on his hip, turned slightly to the right.

Standing Nude Man (Bacchus)

Giuseppe Cesari, ca. 1590-1600

Engraving of a grinning horned satyr holding a basket of grapes while a young woman leans toward him beside grapevines.

Satyr and Bacchante

Alexander Voet the Younger, 1650

Engraving of Adonis's death: a wounded youth lies among grieving figures beneath trees, with a hunter and hounds at right.

Death of Adonis

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Ink drawing of two muscular satyrs supporting an ornamental scroll and mask motif, framed by a gold border.

Satyrs Supporting an Ornamental Motif

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

Pen and brown ink sketch of a chariot in clouds, a reclining man on rocks, a dog, and landscape studies.

Endymion

Donato Creti, 1671-1749

Engraving of a nude woman looking at a sleeping muscular man with a winged Cupid, armor and a sword on the floor, and a fox.

Venus Finding Mars Asleep

Léon Davent, ca. 1545

Pen and wash drawing of Saint Andrew's martyrdom on a cross, with soldiers, a mounted rider and cherubs with a palm above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew (recto); Back of a Woman Wearing a Long Dress with a Ruff (verso)

Gaspare Diziani, 1689-1767

Pen and ink sketch of draped mythological figures, with a seated woman holding an infant among standing women.

Thetis Dipping the Infant Achilles into the Waters of the Styx

Donato Creti, 1671-1749

Engraving of Mars and Venus at a banquet table, served by winged Cupid and female attendants, with ornate urns and putti.

Mars and Venus Being Served at Table by Cupid

Léon Davent, 1540-56

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights of draped figures gathered around a table, one wearing a plumed helmet and holding

Achilles and the Daughters of Lycomedes

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

Ink and wash study of armored warriors, a dancing satyr and winged figures among clouds, for ceiling decoration.

Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy

Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, 1724-25

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornamental overdoor design with putti, a central mask, scrolls and a lion-mask vase.

Design for an Overdoor Decoration (recto); Rinceaux (verso)

Gregorio de' Ferrari, ca. 1670-90

Red chalk drawing of a seated female figure in drapery with loose hatching, head turned downward, by Parmigianino.

Seated Goddess Diana (recto); Studies of a Nude Male Torso Seen from the Rear, and a leg (verso)

Parmigianino, ca. 1522

Engraving in an oval frame of a young man on horseback spearing a wild boar, with hounds, hunters and a classical building be

Young Man Hunting a Wild Boar, from "Three Prints on Hunting and Fishing"

Léon Davent, 1547

Pen and wash drawing of nude Apollo aiming a bow at a startled Coronis in a wooded landscape, with a bird overhead.

Apollo and Coronis

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725