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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pencil drawing of a man's face with deep-set eyes and pursed mouth, framed by a close-fitting hood and draped cloth.

Male Head in a Hood

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1794

Loose pencil sketch of several men standing beside a small fire at lower right, one leaning forward.

Men Spitting at a Fire

Francisco Goya, ca. 1820-50

Pencil sketch of a flying winged figure holding a crown above a reclining male figure, on pale paper.

Flying Figure Holding a Crown, Reclining River God

Jacques-Louis David, n.d.

Red line drawing of a woman with dark hair lying on a bed beside a nightstand with a candle.

Your Mouth (from Les Vieilles Histoires)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

Chalk study on grey paper of allegorical figures, cherubs and clouds in a sky, planned for a ceiling composition.

Study for a ceiling

Charles Joshua Chaplin, 1840-91

Watercolor sketch of several nude bathers in blue outline, with a seated figure at center against green and blue landscape wa

Bathers (recto); Still Life (verso)

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890 (recto) - 1900 (verso)

Man Dreaming

Honoré Daumier, 1825-80

Watercolor and graphite sketch of a seated woman in a patterned robe and headwrap, with handwritten notes at right.

Jewish Woman of Algiers Seated on the Ground

Théodore Chassériau, ca. 1846

Lithograph sheet music cover for Eros Vanné showing two figures in hats and fur collars beside a lamppost, with printed title

Eros Vanquished

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894

Pencil sketch of a seated man in classical robes with a laurel wreath, with dancers and musicians sketched in the background.

Male figure in classical costume

Gustave Doré, 1845-83

Watercolor of a woman with a fan leaning on a stone pillar beside flowering vines, wearing a gold dress and blue sash.

Lady with a Fan

Louis-Robert Cuvillon, n.d.

L'Exemple de Ninon de Lenclos, Amoureuse

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Brown wash drawing of a bound man in a pale robe hanging from a gallows, with a figure on a ladder above.

Hanged Man

Graphite portrait sketch of a bearded, balding man with loose hatched shading against a pale background.

Portrait of the Artist (recto); Fragment of a Landscape Study (verso)

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1880

Pencil drawing of a seated woman flanked by two standing young women in period dresses, in a sketched interior.

The Baroness Duperré and Her Daughters

Théodore Chassériau, 1841

Ink and wash drawing of a crowded theater audience with men in coats and top hats gazing toward the stage.

A Theater Audience

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

The Cardinal Pacca

Jacques-Louis David, n.d.

Portrait of Hortense Valpinçon (Mme. Jacques Fourchy)

Edgar Degas, 1883

Sketch of a jockey in a dark jacket riding a horse, drawn in graphite and wash on tan paper.

A Jockey on His Horse

Edgar Degas, ca. 1868-70

Self-Portrait; wearing a top hat facing left within a drawn frame (recto); two studies of his face (verso)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1797-98

Pencil drawing of a smiling balding man with curly hair in an oval frame, beside a book and a long gun on a table.

Portrait of the Composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813)

François Dumont, 1808

Head of a Saint (profile to the right), after Fra Angelico

Edgar Degas, n.d.

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a dancer balanced on pointe, skirt flaring, arm extended, on tan paper.

Dancer on pointe

Edgar Degas, ca. 1878

Loose pencil and blue crayon sketch of two riders on horses beside sketched trees on cream paper.

A Woman and a Man on Horseback

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1879-81

Graphite sketch on brown paper of a hunched, bowed seated man with head lowered and arms drawn close to the body.

Study for Ugolino

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 19th century

Etching of two philosophers on a parapet, one pointing at a partly eclipsed sun beside an armillary sphere and classical buil

Two Philosophers Watching an Eclipse

Pierre Brébiette, 1615-42

Madame Théodore Gobillard (Yves Morisot)

Edgar Degas, 1869

Ink and graphite sketch of a windblown dancing figure with faint studies, and a wash study of an older man's head at lower ri

Sheet of Studies with a Dancer

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

Three sketched male heads in ink and brown watercolor on tan paper, signed with initials at lower left.

Three Male Heads

Honoré Daumier, 19th century

Pen and grey wash sketch of two men, one in a dark cloak in the foreground glancing sideways, a lighter figure behind him.

L'Amateur

Honoré Daumier, 19th century