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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a kneeling nude male figure leaning over a low block on gray paper.

Crouching Nude Male Figure

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 1864-74

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining classical male figure in draped cloth, with a small seated figure in the upper left.

General Bonchamp Shown in a Pose Designed for His Tomb (recto); Three Figures after Poussin (verso)

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a woman with long hair crouching in a fur garment, with pencil outline of legs at right.

Crouching Woman

Fernand Cormon, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a mitred bishop raising his hand above two recumbent figures, with robed onlookers around the scene.

Miracle of St. Sylvester; the Raising of Two Pagan Priests, after Maso di Banco, S. Croce, Florence

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-38

Graphite drawing of a reclining woman with draped cloth, head tilted back and arm extended across the sheet.

Drapery Study for the Figure of the Dying Mary Magdalen

Paul Delaroche, 1815-56

Red chalk drawing of the Nativity: reclining Virgin Mary with halo, seated Joseph, and infant Christ in a manger.

The Nativity

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1860

Pencil drawing of a bearded seated figure in flowing robes, leaning on one arm, with an arched inscription above.

John the Apostle, for the church of St. Vaast in Arras

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1832

Graphite sketch of horses and riders in motion on tan paper, with loose studies of more horses and figures in the background.

Sheet of Studies for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 1840-99

Drawing of a seated man in a white robe holding a long pipe, shown in two studies in brown and white chalk.

Two Studies of a Seated Arab with a Pipe

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1820-60

Brown ink drawing of a shepherd resting by a stream under trees, with sheep grazing and a classical temple on a hill.

Classical Landscape with a Shepherd

Jean-Victor Bertin, 1803

Ink and wash drawing of a nude youth offering a boar's head to a draped woman among onlookers and satyrs.

Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar

Guillaume Boichot, ca.1800

Pencil drawing of a robed figure offering bread to a bearded man, with spearmen and jars in a classical colonnade.

Melchizedek Presenting Abraham with Bread and Wine

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-64

Grey wash drawing of a draped figure lying on open ground, with a pale hand extended and distant buildings at right.

War Scene (A Female Casualty)

Théodule Augustin Ribot, ca. 1870-72

Etching of a nude nymph held up by two kneeling satyrs in a leafy woodland clearing.

Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Etching of a satyr and a nude woman with two infants in a stone frame, surrounded by foliage and tree trunks.

The Satyr's Family

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Etching of a nymph riding a satyr inside an oval medallion, framed by trees and foliage.

Nymph Astride a Satyr

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Etching of a satyr holding a child beside a dancing nymph with a tambourine, framed by ivy in a garden niche.

The Satyrs' Dance

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Studies of a Head and a Hand

Andrea del Sarto, 1510

Etching of the Virgin embracing a child beside a cat and cradle, with Joseph at a sunlit window behind them.

Virgin and Child with the Cat: and Joseph at the Window

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Brown wash drawing of a seated river god, a nymph holding an oar, and a reclining putto on clouds.

Seated River God, Nymph with an Oar, and Putto

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and wash drawing of a couple embracing under a tree with a cupid, figures on an arcade at right, by Rubens.

The Garden of Love (left portion)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1633-35

Pen and wash drawing of elegant women and cherubs in a garden with a classical column and fountain.

The Garden of Love (right portion)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1633-35

Pencil drawing of a thatched farmhouse beside trees, with sailing boats on a river in the distance.

A Farmhouse with a Thatched Roof and Trees Beside a River

Constant Troyon, 1825-65

Grey wash drawing of the Trevi Fountain in Rome with pedestrians in period dress on the cobbled square.

The Trevi Fountain, Rome

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pencil and ink sketch of a crowded temple interior with columns, a draped canopy, and kneeling figures around an altar.

Congregation in a Temple

Fortunato Duranti, 1787-1863

Pen and brown ink sketch of figures in hats and cloaks gathered around two wooden bird-coops with birds inside.

A Group of Figures Surrounding Two Bird-coops

Bernardo Bellotto, 1742-68

Red chalk drawing of oxen, a sheep, a dog and a horse on open ground, with faint sketched figures above.

Animal Studies

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-late 17th century

Watercolor of a stormy sky over a field with a domed city skyline, a water wheel, and seated figures on a dirt road.

A View of Paris

Jules-Achille Noël, 1830-81

Pen and wash drawing of a fantastic creature with a long neck and wrinkled head, standing among reeds and wildflowers.

A Fantastic Creature

Arent van Bolten, late 16th-early 17th century

Pencil drawing of a bearded draped man reclining, one hand raised upward, on tan paper with an arched top edge.

St. Thomas the Apostle, for the Church of St. Vaast in Arras

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1832