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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Standing Female Nude

Frederick William MacMonnies, 1885

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude with curly hair, resting on rocks, turning his head to one side.

Seated Male Nude

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1728-81

Pen and ink sketch with grey wash of a nude woman riding on the back of a triton with a curling fish tail.

Nude Female Riding on a Triton's Back

Domenico Gargiulo, 1612-75

Black chalk drawing of a reclining male nude seen from behind, resting on an urn, with one arm raised, on grey paper.

Reclining River God

Luigi Garzi, 1638-1721

Brown ink drawing of a seated woman painting a nude model at an easel beside a classical bust.

An Artist and His Model

Felice Giani, 1778-1823

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a standing nude putto beside a sketch of a helmeted head.

Standing Nude Putto and Study of a Helmeted Head

Domenico Gargiulo, 1609/10-?1675

Pen and ink sketch of a reclining semi-nude man surrounded by soldiers and onlookers in a landscape.

Fragment of a Composition with a Reclining Semi-Nude Man Surrounded by Soldiers and Other Onlookers in a Landscape

Luca Giordano, 1634-1705

Red chalk drawing of several nude male figures in twisting poses, one leaning over another, by Nicola Grassi.

Studies of Nude Men

Nicola Grassi, 1682-1750

Red chalk drawing of a reclining female nude with arms outstretched and hands studies on tan paper.

Study for Boreas Abducting Oreithyia

François-André Vincent, ca. 1782

Engraving of allegorical figures on clouds above a studio where a seated painter watches a radiant woman and artisans work.

The Lament of the Art of Painting

Cornelis Cort, 1579

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude youth sleeping under a crescent moon, head resting on his arm beside a staff.

Endymion Sleeping

Guercino, 1635-50

Brown wash drawing of God the Father above clouds with allegorical female figures and a nude youth below.

Allegory of Religion (God the Father above, Faith, Hope, and Charity below)

Ludovico Lana, 1597-1646

Pen and wash drawing of tangled galloping horses and riders at the start of a race in Rome, 1860.

Start of the Race of the Barberi Horses, Rome

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1860

Half-Figure of a Nude Man Facing Right

Guercino, 1640's

Brown ink and wash drawing of a goddess among clouds, warriors with torches, a lion, a reclining nude and a ship prow.

Cybele Prevents Turnus from Setting Fire to the Trojan Fleet by Transforming the Ships into Sea Goddesses

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of winged putti and flying figures in a ceiling design study by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Design for a Ceiling (recto); Bearded Man Standing (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a bearded old man with raised right arm, with sketched studies around him.

Seated Old Man with Right Arm Upraised (Tithonus) (recto); Seated Nude Youth (figure of Day) (verso)

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing nude female figure with draped cloth, turning her head to the left.

Study of a Garden Sculpture: Iole

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash sketch of a bearded winged old man with a staff, a nude youth, and a reclining figure.

Time Seated, with Two Attendant Figures

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Black chalk study of a standing draped soldier holding a spear and shield, with white highlights on tan paper.

Soldier (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Pencil and watercolor sketch of nude bathers beside a tree in a forest clearing, with a seated figure in red drapery.

Bathers

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1864

Brown ink and wash drawing of a warrior and king with attendants beside a stone pedestal, with seated women in the foreground

Scherzo di Fantasia: Standing Warrior and King with Five Attendants

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Charcoal and white chalk study of a seated bearded man, bare to the waist, leaning on draped cloth on grey paper.

Seated Bearded Man, Nude to the Waist (Jupiter Seated)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Graphite study of a nude male figure with hand raised to chin, drawn over a blue grid on tan paper.

Study for Geometry in "The Sorbonne"

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1886-87

Brown wash drawing of a winged figure supporting a reclining nude reaching toward a round object above clouds.

Time and Truth

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Black chalk and white heightening drawing of a seated male nude with one arm outstretched, on tan paper.

Seated Male Nude

Jean Restout le jeune, ca. 1740

Graphite study of a nude seated figure, head bowed and arms around the knees, drawn over a squared grid on tan paper.

Seated Figure: Study for "A Vision of Antiquity"

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1883-85

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining woman lifted by three nude putti in swirling poses.

Woman Transported by Three Putti

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Loose pencil sketch of a standing nude woman with raised arms, drawn on tan paper.

Figure Disrobing

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude revelers around a large urn beside classical columns and a tree.

Bacchanal

François Roëttiers, n.d.