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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Gray wash drawing with white highlights of a seated, muscular male nude turned to the right, head bowed.

Seated Male Nude Facing Right

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, mid-18th century

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

Gauguin print of a dark figure beside rippling water under a cloudy sky, with pale ochre and pink tones.

Auti Te Pape

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Grey chalk drawing of two nude male figures, one seated leaning forward and one reclining across his lap.

Two Nude Male Figures

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of Iphigenia kneeling at an altar as a priest raises a knife, with Diana and a deer above.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1810

Black and tan woodcut of a reclining woman with head on hand, surrounded by leafy flowers and a floral-patterned cloth.

The Queen of Beauty -- Langorous

Paul Gauguin, 1898

Pen and brown wash drawing of nude figures gathered among tall trees in a wooded landscape.

The Judgment of Paris

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

Study of a Nude Man Holding Bottles

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1715-16

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

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, with a smaller figure study below and faint sketched outlines.

Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude Seen from the Back

Cherubino Alberti, 1596-1602

Brown ink and wash study of four nude helmeted warriors in dynamic poses, with a double ruled border.

Four Nude Warriors

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of a reclining bearded male river god with a muscular torso and an extended arm.

A River God (recto); Sketches for the Vestibule of the Laurenziana, Florence (verso)

Bartolomeo Ammanati, 1511-92

Pen and wash drawing of a standing nude man in an ornate architectural niche with pilasters, statues and an oval cartouche.

Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Nich…

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1564-65

Brown wash drawing of a reclining muscular male nude with draped cloth on a pale ledge, within an octagonal outline.

Nude Male Figure Seated on the Ground

Amico Aspertini, ca. 1535-40

Brown wash drawing of Rinaldo and Armida with a nude woman offering a garland, cupids, a unicorn chariot and a column.

Rinaldo and Armida

Giovanni Baglione, 1566-1643

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

Nymphs Bathing

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1586-1630

Brown wash drawing of nude revelers in a bacchanalian scene, with a reclining woman embracing a man at the center.

Bacchanalian Scene

Amico Aspertini, 1520-35

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude male figures kneeling and standing together in supplication, with faint red grid lines.

Group of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in Supplication

Giovanni Baglione, ca. 1598

Red chalk drawing of three nude male figures and a study of a right hand on pale paper.

Three Nude Male Figures; Study of the Right Hand of the Figure on the Left

Pompeo Batoni, 1708-87

Pen and brown ink drawing of reclining nude male figures with a crowd of onlookers behind them.

Copy in Reverse Design Orientation: Based on the Group of Reclining Figures at Left in Domenico Beccafumi's Scene of…

Domenico Beccafumi

Grey ink drawing of two women tending a wounded nude male figure beside a tree, with a third woman holding a tray.

Two Women Annointing the Wounds of Saint Sebastian (recto); Study of a Nude Male Figure (verso)

Giovanni Biliverti, 1585-1644

Brown ink and wash drawing of two draped women flanking an urn, with winged figure and caryatid ornaments in a frieze.

Design for a Frieze with Two Women Flanking an Urn

Giuseppe Cades, ca. 1775-85

Red chalk drawing of a standing nude woman turning her head, holding up a draped cloth with one raised arm.

Standing Nude Female Figure (recto); Studies of a Kneeling Nude Female Figure and of a Man's Head (verso)

Carlo Cignani, 1620-30

Pen drawing of a classical interior where a nude man raises a dagger toward another figure beside a colonnade and draped curt

Tarquin and Lucrezia

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pen and ink sketch of a reclining male nude beside cattle and a horse under trees, with loose foliage strokes.

Unidentified Subject: Reclining Nude Male Figure and Cattle

Giovanni Angelo Canini, 1615-66

Red chalk sketch of a standing nude figure with putti and a man's head in studies.

(R.)Figure Studies: Standing Nude Figure, Putti, and a Man's Head (V.) Figure Studies: A Flying and a Standing Man

Giulio Carpioni, 1613-78

Pencil drawing of a classical bearded male statue on a pedestal, nude except for draped cloth, holding a sword.

Statue of Caesar as a Divinity

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pen and ink study of a standing male nude, bearded male heads, a seated monkey and a long-beaked bird on paper.

Studies and Sketches for Figures: Standing Male Nude in Frontal View, Male Heads, Seated Monkey, and a Long-Beaked Bi…

Agostino Carracci, 1557-1602

Red chalk figure studies of standing draped men, a falling nude figure at lower left, and small groups of figures at lower ri

Figure Studies: Men Standing by a Large Vase, a Falling Nude Figure, and Other Figures

Giulio Carpioni, 1613-78

Pencil drawing of a nude male gladiator kneeling on a pedestal, one arm extended outward, after a classical sculpture.

Kneeling Gladiator

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844