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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of winged angelic figures and a reclining nude youth among clouds, by Tiepolo.

Sheet of Studies: Five Angels (recto); Youth in Clerical Robes and Other Studies (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a nude young woman bending forward, head turned toward the viewer, by Auguste Rodin.

Young Girl Kneeling

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Red chalk drawing of a reclining nude female figure on draped cloth, with grey shading and a sketched interior behind.

Reclining Nude Figure (recto); unidentifiable sketches (verso)

Jean-Antoine Watteau, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of Apollo seated on clouds with a lyre and two putti at left, with a radiant halo above.

Apollo Seated on Clouds, Two Figures at Left

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a nude female figure seated with bowed head and arms resting on raised knee, signed Auguste Rodin.

Sketch for Figure on Whistler Monument

Auguste Rodin, 1905

Engraving of nude male warriors fighting with swords and bows among trees, with fallen figures in the foreground.

Battle of the Nude Men

Antonio del Pollaiuolo, ca. 1470-90

Brown ink and wash sketch of a flying male figure with outstretched arm, surrounded by clouds and a curved chariot form.

Apollo Standing in His Chariot

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Rodin drawing of a seated female nude seen from behind, with graphite lines and warm watercolor washes on paper.

Seated female nude

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Red chalk sketch of a nude youth kneeling on the left and a draped standing man on the right, with an inscription above.

Two Figures: Nude Youth on One Knee, Man Standing with Left Foot Raised

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of winged female figures and cherubs among clouds, with loose sketched limbs and drapery.

Three Winged Female Figures

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a nude figure crouched on hands and knees with bowed head, on a pale blue ground.

Nude Figure on Hands and Knees (Executioner)

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude man holding a mirror, with two winged putti beside him.

Nude Male with Two Putti

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a river god with an oar, a draped woman, and a standing nude boy on pale paper.

River God with an Oar, Woman Holding a Serpent, and a Standing Nude Boy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a nude female torso shaped like a vase, with a dark grey wash on the right.

Origin of the Greek Vase

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Pen and ink drawing of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, wrapped in loose drapery at the waist.

Nude Figure (Saint Sebastian?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of an winged old man holding a nude woman, with a putto standing at right.

Time Holding a Nude Woman, a Putto at Right

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude female figure with one arm raised, drawn in loose contour lines on pale paper.

Reclining nude female figure

Auguste Rodin, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a muscular nude man chained to a column, crouched on a stone pedestal against a dark background.

Chained Nude Prisoner, after Pietro Tacca

Pietro Antonio Novelli, 1729-1804

Brown wash drawing of a winged woman, a bearded river god with a staff, and a nude boy among clouds.

Winged Female Figure, River God, and a Nude Boy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a female nude with head tilted back and loose wing outlines on cream paper.

Female nude reclining

Auguste Rodin, 1909-1910

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate octagonal catafalque with an arched niche, urn, putti and a pyramidal roof.

Catafalque for a Cardinal

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Sebastian, a kneeling Franciscan saint, and an angel.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Sebastian and a Franciscan Saint

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Pencil sketch of a nude woman standing with bent torso and clasped hands, drawn in loose overlapping lines on buff paper.

Nude female figure standing with clasped hands

Auguste Rodin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a nude bearded man reclining while three women attend him beside a jug, in a wooded landscape.

Lot and His Daughters (?)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a nude man in a twisting pose, carrying a heavy stone block against his chest.

Study of a Nude Man

Corrado Giaquinto, 1753

Loose sketch of a bowed nude female figure in reddish-brown wash and graphite on a pale grey ground.

Nude female figure holding left foot

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1912

Pen and blue wash drawing of a crowned seated figure and standing man in a classical columned hall with putti.

An Audience (recto); Sketch of a nude woman (verso)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th 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

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a crouching winged figure with wide eyes and streaming hair, in pink and blue washes.

Witch's Sabbath (Sabbat)

Auguste Rodin, ca. 1900-1905

Red chalk drawing of a nude man seen from behind, standing beside a flowing cloak over rocky ground.

Nude Figure with Cloak, seen from rear

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century