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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,409 works

Brown wash drawing of a classical interior with a robed woman at an altar, smoke rising, attendants and a seated goddess stat

Dido's Sacrifice to Juno

Jean Bernard Restout, ca. 1772-74

Brown wash drawing of a seated satyress with a smiling face and an animal tail, over faint red chalk underdrawing.

Seated Satyress

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur pointing skyward as a satyr clings to its side, with mountains behind.

A Centaur and a Satyr

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Loose pencil sketch of a reclining female nude with scribbled shading around the figure, signed by Rodin.

Study of a nude female figure (Satyress)

Auguste Rodin, 1905-8

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated satyr with pointed ears holding a garland, reclining with one leg extended.

Seated Satyr Holding a Garland

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pen and wash drawing of a centaur embracing a satyress beside trees, with a cloud and distant water in the background.

Centaur Embracing a Satyress

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Grey wash drawing of a goat-legged satyr carrying a nymph through a forest, with other figures and mushrooms in the foregroun

Satyrs Abducting Nymphs

François Jean Sablet, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing with red chalk showing two seated satyrs and a child satyr in overlapping poses.

Two Seated Satyrs and a Child Satyr

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur with a club and two satyrs in a wooded landscape.

Centaur with a Club, and Two Satyrs

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Red chalk drawing of Venus seated beside Cupid, who leans on her holding a bow and quiver, on a pedestal.

Venus Teaching Cupid to Use His Bow

Louis Claude Vassé, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing draped woman with a mirror and a reclining figure with a sword on a cloud.

Standing Figure of Prudence and a Seated River God

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown wash drawing of a centaur rearing with a young satyr on its back, reaching toward a bow among trees.

Centaur with a Young Satyr

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Chalk drawing of a grinning satyr with curly beard, pointed ears and ivy leaves in hair, on grey paper.

Head of a Satyr

Jean-Antoine Watteau, n.d.

Brown ink and wash sketch of reclining figures on clouds with a descending nude figure in the upper right.

Mercury Appearing to a Marine Deity and a Nymph

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown wash drawing of a satyr leading a centauress carrying a satyr child through a landscape with a distant town.

Satyr Leading a Centauress Who Holds a Satyr Child

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of bearded Vulcan raising a hammer at an anvil in a brick workshop with armour on the floor.

Vulcan

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne with a winged putto below, drapery swirling around the figures.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Brown wash drawing of a centaur carrying a struggling satyress across his back through a hilly landscape.

Back View of a Centaur Abducting a Satyress

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mythological chariot with winged horses, a flying cupid, and a reclining figure on clouds.

Aurora and Cephalus: Engraver's study after decoration in the Galleria Farnese, Rome

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling saint holding the Christ Child, with the Virgin and cherubs in clouds above.

Saint Cajetan of Thiene Holding the Infant Jesus

Gaetano Zompini, 1730-40

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur with a shield riding past two nude women beside trees and mountains.

Centaur with Shield and Two Satyresses

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing lyre player, a seated woman, and a reclining animal in a landscape.

Scene with Apollo? Orpheus?

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of sleeping Endymion with a dog, as Diana floats on a cloud above with a cupid below.

Diana Visiting the Sleeping Endymion

Pietro Antonio Novelli, 1729-1804

Circular drawing of classical gods, muses and a helmeted warrior with shield, winged figure above, in brown ink and white hig

Classical Gods, Muses, and Allegorical Figures

Giuseppe Salviati, 1566-67

Red chalk sketch of draped female figures, a child, and a seated figure among trees, with studies of heads above.

Diana and Attendants?

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of two draped nymphs flanking a central mask above a garland and ornamental frieze design.

Design for a Door-Knocker (?) With Two Nymphs

Giacomo Rossi, 18th century

Watercolor drawing of an Arcadian landscape with a statue of Apollo, classical colonnade, pond, and bathing figures.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Apollo

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a saint in ecstasy holding a cross, with a cherub, a dove and cherub heads in the clouds.

Male Saint in Ecstasy

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two nude figures on a rocky ridge, one holding a lyre, with smoke and clouds around them.

Orpheus and Eurydice

Filippo Pedrini, 1763-1856

Brown ink drawing of Jupiter descending in flames and clouds toward a startled woman, with an eagle below.

Jupiter Appearing to Semele

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47