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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

A Tahitian Woman with a Flower in Her Hair

Paul Gauguin, 1891-92

Brown ink and wash drawing of a grotto fountain with a shell niche, a reclining figure, and trophies of arms and books.

A Fountain in a Grotto

Giovanni Guerra, ca. 1598

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman seen from behind, hair pinned up, draped garment over her lap.

Woman Seated, Seen from Back

Paul Gavarni, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a charioteer and horseman with horses and a dog on grey paper.

Charioteer and Horseman

Théodore Géricault, early 19th century

Pen and ink sketch of six figure studies, including seated mother and child, reclining figure and standing nude.

Six Figure Studies, including four for "The Poor Italian Family"

Théodore Géricault, 1816-17

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat riding a horse, with a study of a horse's head in the upper left.

Man on Horseback, and Study of Horse's Head

Théodore Géricault, 19th century

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

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

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

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

Engraving of a Roman-style sacrifice with a bull at an altar, a crowd of robed figures, and classical architecture.

A sacrifice, copied from Trajan's column

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Brown wash drawing of turbaned horsemen in combat on galloping horses, with a distant city of domes and minarets behind them.

Combat of Oriental Horsemen

Théodore Géricault, 1822-23

Pencil drawing of a plumed-helmet soldier mounting a saddled horse, with mounted figures and a building in the background.

Soldier Mounting a Horse

Théodore Géricault, 1808 (?)

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a rearing white horse and lancer beside a drummer boy in a military scene.

Drummer Boy Attacked by a Cossack

Jean Victor Schnetz, ca. 1817

Grey wash drawing of two harnessed draft horses beside a sleeping driver, under a dark sky with a distant windmill.

Two Draft Horses with a Sleeping Driver

Théodore Géricault, 1820-22

Pencil sketch of soldiers and figures, with a cloaked crouching man at right and a helmeted soldier at left.

Fallen Soldiers

Théodore Géricault, ca. 1818

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a turban and layered robes with a sash, one hand raised, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1857.

Arnaut Officer in Prayer

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1857

Julius Caesar

Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1863

Pen and red wash drawing of four male figures in theatrical costumes with hats, ruffs and striped breeches.

Figures in Theatrical Costumes

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of satyrs, putti, a goat and an urn beneath trees in a garden setting.

Satyrs Preparing for a Festival

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing figure in a costume with plumed hat, ruffled collar and puffed breeches.

Fabio Costumed as a Doctor

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing man in a long coat, beret and ruffled collar, hands clasped at his waist.

Crepin's Master

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Sketch in red chalk and grey wash of a seated older man and a standing man raising his hat, labeled Voltaire and Piron.

Voltaire and Piron

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Standing Gentleman, three-quarter length profile facing right

Anne-Louis Girodet, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a nude man reclining on a draped divan, head tilted back, one arm hanging over the cushion.

Male Nude Reclining on a Divan

Anne-Louis Girodet, ca. 1793

Brown and white drawing of a helmeted warrior and a boy mourning a nude man on a bier, with armour and an altar behind.

The Mourning of Pallas

Anne-Louis Girodet, ca. 1790-93

Grey wash drawing of a armoured man before a seated council, with gold rings spilling from a vessel under classical columns.

Hannibal Before the Senate in Carthage

Etienne Pierre Adrien Gois, 1798-99

Pen and watercolor drawing of a ruined stone gateway with a seated monk in the foreground.

Monk Seated Before a Ruined Gateway

François Marius Granet, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a grotesque ornament with a fringed swag, scrolls, foliage, and a repeated looped band below.

Grotesque ornament comprising a swag and a repeated band

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Engraving of an allegorical dance with a central woman in a gown, musicians, jesters, and objects symbolizing vanity and law.

The Dance of the World

Pieter Baltens, mid-16th century

Pen and ink ornament sheet with garlands, urns, a fret band, a grotesque mask and strapwork panels.

Three sections; uppermost with a Term and garlands; middle section geometric band; bottom section grotesques and stra…

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink drawing of a female term on a pedestal with dogs, a winged creature, and ornamental scrollwork.

Female Term, seated figure, and fantastical creature (recto); Satyr and study of a woman and child (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Brown ink drawing of a tinker mending a leaking copper pot labeled with political bills, while a bowing man looks on.

Design for an English Political Satire

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of an elderly woman in a headscarf, face tilted upward with deep wrinkles and open mouth.

Head of an Old Woman Looking Up

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1763

Red chalk drawing of a young girl with curled hair and a ribbon, gazing upward with a soft, expressive face.

Head of a Girl Looking Up

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a girl's head tilted downward, with loose curls and a sketched shoulder on cream paper.

Girl's Head

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Etching of Christ with a crown of thorns, hands bound, holding a reed, against a hatched dark background.

Ecce Homo (Christ with the Reed)

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Grey wash drawing of a dining room scene: a woman raising a glass in anger while others restrain her, a dog and overturned ch

The Angry Wife

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1785

Red chalk drawing of a reclining muscular male nude beside a pouring urn, with draped cloth and sketched figures above.

Reclining River God

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Etching of a reclining nude woman seen from behind, her head resting on her arm, with loose drapery and hatched shadows.

Study of a Woman Viewed from Behind

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Pen and wash drawing of an interior with a seated woman, children, a kneeling figure, a dog and a crowd of onlookers.

Presentation of the Illegitimate Child

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a young woman seated on a chair, spinning with a distaff, wearing a lace shawl and draped skirt.

Bolognese Peasant Girl with a Distaff

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1755

Etching of a melancholy seated man in a dim prison cell, with two figures behind him near an open doorway.

Tasso in Prison, from "L'Art"

Léopold Flameng, 1879

Gray wash drawing of a seated woman in a straw hat holding a hand warmer beside a draped chair.

Florentine Woman Wearing a Butterfly Cap and Holding a Hand Warmer

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1755

Etching of a standing man in a feathered cap and puffed doublet, holding a long sword, by Eugène Delacroix.

Man at Arms

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Gray wash drawing of a farmer and young man with oxen and a plow on a country road, trees framing the scene, a dog in front.

A Farmer Entrusting the Plow to His Son

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, dark off-shoulder dress, and blue ribbons against grey wash.

Portrait of a Lady

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a horse-drawn carriage with top-hatted men and bonneted women, a rider at left, and another carriage at

Driving in the Bois de Boulogne

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Wash drawing of a standing woman in a veil and dark ruffled gown with a tiered skirt, in loose brown tones.

A Lady with a Veil

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of sailors in tricorn hats among women in long skirts in an interior with an arched doorway.

Sailors and Women

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Gray wash drawing of two standing peasant women in full skirts and shawls against a tonal background.

Two Fat Peasant Women

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of two gentlemen in dark coats flanking a woman in a striped gown holding a fan.

Two Gentlemen and a Lady

Constantin Guys, late 1850s--early 1860s?

Watercolor and ink drawing of two women in fashionable dresses holding fans, one in blue and one in brown.

Two Women with Fans

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of two women in bonnets walking arm in arm past a lamppost and men in top hats.

Two Grisettes

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Watercolor of two officers in dark tunics and blue shakos, one holding a sabre, with soldiers sketched behind them.

Officers of the Guard

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman in a white bonnet and cape standing in a shadowed doorway.

Woman Standing in a Doorway

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Loose watercolor of two seated women in pale bodices and blue skirts against a dark interior wall.

Two Soubrettes

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a dark voluminous dress and elaborate hairstyle, with men in top hats on a city street beh

A Lady in a Bonnet and Coat

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Watercolor sketch of a two-horse carriage carrying two women with a parasol and two men in top hats.

Women in a Carriage

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Loose grey and brown wash drawing of men in top hats and women in long dresses strolling under trees in a park.

Walking in the Park

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a woman in a full dark dress with ruffled sleeves, arms akimbo, beside a pale wall corner.

Woman with Arms Akimbo

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Watercolor of a woman in a tiered red and blue gown with a large yellow bow at her waist, against a grey background.

Woman in a Tiered Gown with a Large Bow

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Loose watercolor of two women in long dark dresses walking beneath trees, one with a blue collar.

Two Ladies Taking a Walk

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Pen and ink sketch with watercolor of two women in cloaks and bonnets and a man in a top hat.

Two Women and a Man with a Top Hat and a Monocle

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of two women in full skirts seated in armchairs in an interior room.

Two Seated Women

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Watercolor sketch of a horse pulling a carriage with a reclining woman and a standing man in a top hat.

Winter Drive

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Watercolor and ink drawing of fashionably dressed men and women in blue gowns and dark coats in an interior, dated 1852.

Leaving the Theater

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of children playing in a room, one holding a stick, with seated and standing adults in an interior.

Children Playing Horse and Carriage

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Watercolor and ink drawing of top-hatted men and crinoline-gowned women meeting in a park, with a carriage behind.

Meeting in the Park

Constantin Guys, ca. 1860

Gray wash drawing of a crowded civic celebration seen from ramparts, with a large building, carriages, soldiers, and annotati

The Visit of Napoléon III to Boulogne-sur-Mer

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of mounted guards escorting an ornate carriage past a wall with flags, by Constantin Guys.

The Senator Returning from the Vatican

Constantin Guys, ca. 1865

Graphite and white chalk drawing on blue paper of the Baptism of Christ, with a standing figure, a kneeling figure, and angel

The Baptism of Christ

Noël Hallé, 18th century

Etching of a bearded nobleman in a plumed cap holding a horse's reins, with sketched riders and horses behind him.

A Nobleman from the Time of Francis I

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Etching of a tiger lying on open desert ground with distant hills, its head toward the viewer and legs stretched out.

Tiger Lying in the Desert

Eugène Delacroix, 1846 (?)

Watercolor landscape of leaning trees with yellow and green foliage, a small building on a hill, and sea at right.

Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1900

Watercolor of weathered Roman ruins with stone blocks and a tall broken wall, with a distant town and bell tower under a pale

View of the Colosseum from the Basilica of Domitian and the Flavian Palace, Rome

Henri Harpignies, 1864

Watercolor of stone ramparts with rooftops and large green trees under a pale blue sky, by Harpignies, 1893.

View from the Ramparts at Chartres

Henri Harpignies, 1893

Grey wash drawing of Saint Peter's dome silhouetted over Rome's rooftops beneath stormy clouds and slanting rain.

Saint Peter's Seen From the Pincio, Rome

Henri Harpignies, 1856

Pencil drawing of a forest interior with leaning tree trunks, branches and undergrowth shaded softly on pale paper.

Forest Interior

Henri Harpignies, 1835-1916

Monochrome circular portrait drawing of a young man with curly hair, white cravat and dark coat, set against a landscape.

Portrait of a Young Man

Fulchran Jean Harriet, 1802

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a young boy with wavy hair and a white collar, within an oval vignette on tan paper.

Portrait of a Boy

Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert, June 1870

Watercolor battle scene of nude and armored warriors with swords, spears and shields clashing before hazy mountains.

Battle Scene

François Joseph Heim, 19th century

Loose oil sketch of a martyrdom scene with a nude figure, rearing white horse, soldiers and red drapery.

The Martyrdom of Saint Hippolytus

François Joseph Heim, 19th century

Chalk drawing of a bearded shirtless man leaning on a crutch with one arm raised high, on grey paper.

Man Leaning on a Crutch with Left Arm Raised

Alexandre Hesse, 19th century

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a man in a powdered wig and white cravat, looking toward the viewer with a slight smile.

Head of a Man

Claude Jean-Baptiste Hoin, n.d.

Watercolor of robed figures and beggars on a grand staircase leading to the Campidoglio in Rome, with statues and a bell towe

The Campidoglio seen from the Staircase of the Church of the Aracoeli, Rome, at Sunset

Charles-François Houel, 1846

Ink and wash drawing of a vaulted hall with Corinthian columns, figures in period dress and torchlight near a smoky opening.

Visitors with Torches Inside a Circular Building

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, ca. 1769

Black and White Dog, Head Turned to the Left

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1794-95

Watercolor of a rocky mountain valley with cliffs in the foreground and hazy peaks receding under a pale sky.

Mountain View at Oisans (Isère)

Paul Huet, 1858

Satirical lithograph of a crowded horse cart leaving a rental house, with caricatured passengers, flying scissors and a winge

The Board of Censors Moves Out

Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Watercolor landscape of brown hills and blue mountains under stormy clouds, with small figures walking beside a stream.

Mountains of Auvergne

Paul Huet, 1831-33

Satirical lithograph of two riders on rearing horses in a mock duel, with a judge seated under a canopy between them.

Polemical Duel between Lady Quotidienne and Sir Journal de Paris

Eugène Delacroix, 1821

Satirical lithograph of fashionable figures standing on a giant crayfish in a park, with riders on horseback behind.

The Crayfish at Longchamps

Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Grey wash drawing of a robed saint raising a cross toward a demon, with winged figures and an open book nearby.

St. Anthony of Egypt Driving Away Devils

Grégoire Huret, 17th century

Lithograph of an armored knight facing a cloaked man who points, with a castle tower and walls behind them at night.

The Ghost on the Terrace

Eugène Delacroix, 1843

Sheet of Nine Antique Coins

Eugène Delacroix, 1825