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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pencil sketch of a bird of paradise on a perch with long trailing tail feathers and handwritten French color notes.

A Bird of Paradise

Charles Meryon, 1835-68

Pencil sketch of a jay perched on a ledge, head turned upward, with handwritten French notes at the top.

A European Jay

Charles Meryon, ca. 1863

Blue-toned wash drawing of an angel appearing to shepherds at night beside sheep, a cow, a donkey, and a cottage.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

Jean Jacques Lagrenée, 1775

Dark charcoal drawing of a row of small houses under a pale dusk sky, with a tall tree trunk at the right edge.

Landscape with Houses

Georges Seurat, 1881-82

Brown wash drawing of musicians and singers around a harpsichord, with a lute player and women in plumed headdresses.

A Concert

Louis Licherie de Beurie, ca. 1679

Chalk drawing of a woman with a red headband and piled dark hair, staring wide-eyed with a furrowed brow.

Medea

Charles-Antoine Coypel, ca. 1715

Brown wash drawing of a nude woman lifted by a draped goddess among clouds, with a deer and kneeling figures below.

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Charles de La Fosse, ca. 1678

A Golden Eagle

Charles Meryon, after 1859

Black chalk drawing with white highlights of a seated woman holding an infant, with an attendant holding a torch at left.

Allegorical Figures for a Ceiling Decoration

Michel Corneille the Elder, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a donkey-riding figure departing between columns, with an armoured guard, attendants, dogs and onlook

The Departure of Sancho Panza for the Island of Barataria

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a formal assembly hall with a canopied dais, seated dignitaries, and armed guards along barriers.

Assemblée des Notables, Versailles, 1787

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1787

Sepia watercolor of Roman ruins with columns, two figures in the foreground, an arched bridge, and cypress trees.

Fantasy View of the Roman Forum

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Lithograph in black on yellow of two Breton women in white headdresses by a wooden fence, with a rural landscape behind.

Bretonnes à la Barrière, from the "Volpini Suite: Dessins lithographiques"

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Watercolor of a winged sphinx above a reclining nude woman in red drapery, with a jeweled urn in a dark grotto.

Sphinx in a Grotto (Poet, King and Warrior)

Gustave Moreau, 1887-1888

Black and white chalk drawing of a young man asleep in a chair, head tilted back, draped in loose robes.

Youth Sleeping in a Chair

François-André Vincent, ca. 1771-72

Landscape with a circular temple on a rocky hill, a tree at left, a distant town, and two figures on a path below.

Landscape with Figures

Pierre Antoine Patel the Younger, 1693

Brown wash drawing of an ornate vase with a winged finial, flanked by figures, resting on a carved console bracket.

Design for a Vase and Supporting Console

Augustin Pajou, n.d.

Sepia wash drawing of a village with a church steeple in an alpine valley, with a winding river and mountains behind.

Village in an Alpine Valley

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Grey-blue wash drawing of a fox and hedgehog in a landscape with hilltop buildings and rocky cliffs.

The Fox, the Flies, and the Hedgehog, from La Fontaine's "Fables", XII, 13

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1733

Blue wash drawing of a sleeping man with bow and arrows beneath a tree, with clouds, a winged figure and a standing woman abo

The Dream of an Inhabitant of Mogul, from La Fontaine's "Fables", XI, 4

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1732

Brown wash drawing of chained prisoners led up stone steps by armored soldiers with spears, figures in foreground gesturing.

Prisoners Led Out of a Dungeon

Philippe Louis Parizeau, ca. 1786

Red chalk drawing of a woman with a basket beside a small child in a cap holding a bundle of herbs.

Menghina Coming from the Garden Meets Cacasenno

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1665-1747

Drawing of a bull beside a tree with a grazing deer in the foreground and a distant landscape on grey paper.

Acheloüs Transformed into a Bull

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1732

Pen and wash drawing with four figure studies: a woman carrying a basket, a woman lifting a vase, a seated woman, and an arm

Figure Studies: Woman Carrying a Basket; Woman Carrying a Vase, and Woman Seated at a Table

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Brown ink and wash sketch of a warrior on horseback with standing draped figures and veiled women studies.

Figure Studies: Warrior on Horseback, and Groups of Standing Female Figures

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Brown ink and wash drawing of an angel with a lily approaching the Virgin beside classical columns.

The Annunciation

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin in clouds above seven robed men kneeling and gesturing toward her under a tree.

The Virgin Bringing the Habit to the Seven Founding Fathers of the Servite Order

Donato Creti, 1671-1749

Pen and ink sketch of a standing male nude, a seated figure, and head studies on aged paper.

Standing and Seated Figures

Francesco Curia, 1565-1608

Red chalk drawing of a woman holding a horse's bridle while a child points at the horse.

Marcolfa Persuades Cacasenno to Mount a Horse

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1685-1747

Pen and ink sketch of a crowned female allegorical figure seated on a cloud, surrounded by putti and study lines.

Allegorical Figure of Painting

Cesare Dandini, 1596-1656