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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

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

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude youth seen from behind, turned left, with draped cloth beneath him.

Back View of a Seated Nude Youth Facing Left

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Engraving of a fantastic sea carriage with nude figures, tritons blowing conch shells, reeds and sea monsters.

Fantastic Sea Carriage

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1556

Two Male Nudes, One Seated and One Semi-reclining

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1771

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

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

Black chalk drawing of a nude young male's lower torso and legs with feet, shaded on a light paper background.

Study for Lower Part of Torso and Legs of a Young Boy

Pomarancio, 1568-1640

Circular brown ink drawing of a drunken Silenus held by satyrs, framed by grapevines and putti picking grapes.

The Drunken SiIenus: Design for the "Tazza Farnese"

Annibale Carracci, 1599-1600

Red chalk study of a muscular male nude with raised arm and bent leg on a torn, toned sheet.

Study of a Male Nude

Giuseppe Cesari, 1568-1640

Brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure raising a sword above a kneeling nude man on pale paper.

Beheading of a Kneeling Nude Man

Romulo Cincinnato, 1502-93

Engraving of a drunken Silenus reclining with satyrs, framed by a circular wreath of grapevines and two putti.

The Drunken Silenus

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male torso with a raised arm and sketched legs on aged paper.

Study after the Belvedere Torso

Giuseppe Cesari, ca. 1585

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded figure in robes presenting a woman to a sleeping man beneath a tree.

The Creation of Eve

Étienne Parrocel, 18th century

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

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman in draped robes extending one arm, signed Faccini in the lower right.

Seated Female Figure

Pietro Faccini, 1562-1602

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude with raised arm, with a separate study of his head at upper right.

Male Nude with Left Arm Upraised, and a Further Study of His Head

Aniello Falcone, 1607-56

Engraving of two ornate knife designs with sculpted handles, one topped by an eagle and one by a nude figure.

Design for Two Knife Handles

Cherubino Alberti, 1553-1615

Red chalk drawing of a male nude torso with raised arms, shaded to show muscles of the chest and abdomen.

Male Nude Torso with Raised Arms

Parmigianino, ca. 1522-24

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude demon with a serpent coiled around him, surrounded by anatomical and figure studies.

Nude Demon Encircled by a Serpent, after Michelangelo's Last Judgment; and Other Figure Studies (recto); Figure Studi…

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, 1548-1608

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

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

Pen and wash drawing of an allegory: a seated woman with a compass, God on clouds above, and a demon reaching upward.

An Allegory: Female Figure with a Compass, God the Father Seated on Clouds, and a Demon

Prospero Fontana, 1532-97

Red chalk drawing of an allegorical woman with a unicorn and a putto beside her on toned paper.

Allegorical Figure of Purity with a Unicorn and Putto (recto); Study of a Nude Boy (verso)

Baldassare Franceschini, 1642

Red chalk drawing of a standing male nude with hands behind his back, muscular torso and head turned to the side.

Standing Male Nude with Hands behind Back

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude man restraining a rearing horse in a stable, with horses and a stone wall beyond an arch

An Allegory: Male Nude in a Stable with Four Wild Horses

Prospero Fontana, ca. 1532-after 1593

Red chalk drawing of a nude flying putto with raised arms supporting a crown above his head.

Flying Putto Supporting a Crown

Anton Domenico Gabbiani, 1652-1726

Pen and wash drawing of three allegorical figures in a circular roundel, including a nude man and a kneeling putto among clou

Three Allegorical Figures in a Roundel

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Pastel drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, arms raised, combing long red hair against a colorful background.

Nude woman combing her hair

Edgar Degas, 1888

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude stretched across rocky ground, with soft hatched shading.

Reclining Male Nude (recto); Seated Male Nude (verso)

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1728-81

Pen and brown ink sketch of two nude male figures, one seated and bowed, one reclining with raised arm.

Two Nude Male Figures, One Seated and One Reclining

Domenico Gargiulo, 1609/10-?1675