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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Etching of a man in dark costume and white stockings lying dead on the ground, with dense hatched shading.

Dead Toreador

Édouard Manet, 1867-68

Drawing of a helmeted warrior and a nude youth with a lyre flanking a large shield, with two putti and wreaths above.

Allegory in Honor of Cardinal Richelieu

Charles Le Brun, 1641

Pencil sketch of a priest giving communion to a dying man while other clergy kneel among plague victims on the ground.

St. Charles Borromeo Giving Communion to the Plague-Stricken

Charles Le Brun, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a grand procession with horsemen, elephants and a chariot entering a classical city with crowded terr

Alexander Entering Babylon

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Pale sketch of a seated veiled woman with a child peering over her shoulder, with loose hatched shading on cream paper.

Figures from "The Deluge" of Michelangelo

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Black and white print of three people leaning on a balcony rail, a boy in a cap, a man in a hat, and a woman.

In the Upper Gallery (Au Paradis)

Édouard Manet, 1877

Lithograph of a firing squad of soldiers aiming rifles at figures in a dark setting, with smoke rising at left.

The Execution of Maximilian

Édouard Manet, 1868, published in 1884

Engraved battle scene with warriors, shields, a nude female rider on a rearing horse, and fallen soldiers.

Battle of Amazons

Léon Davent, 1547

Oval engraving of an allegorical seated woman with sword and scales, a globe, and chained figures below.

Justice, frontispiece from the "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Engraving of a crowd and robed figures before a seated crowned woman surrounded by coins, jugs and a chest.

Avarice

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Engraving titled Avarice: central oval scene of a seated ruler surrounded by coins and a crowd, with four small vignettes at

Avarice, from "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1547

Engraving of Envy: a horned figure tearing at hair among flames, dragons and demons, with robed figures in clouds above.

Envy, from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Engraving of violent combat in front of burning buildings, with armored soldiers, struggling figures and fallen bodies in an

Wrath, from the 'Seven Deadly Sins'

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Engraving of a seated figure by a fire beneath a tree, with kneeling and reclining figures and flowering plants around them.

Sloth, from "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Engraving of a nude woman pointing at three bulls near clouds, with a bearded man and a classical building on a hill.

A Woman Showing Bulls to a Man

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Charcoal drawing of a kneeling nude male figure seen from behind, arm raised to head, with a separate hand study at left.

Kneeling Nude Male Figure, Facing Left

Henri Lehmann, March 25, 1859

Pencil study of a kneeling draped male figure with surrounding sketches of hands, fabric folds, and a leg.

Kneeling Draped Male Figure, Facing Left

Henri Lehmann, March 25, 1859

Painted drawing of an elderly couple embracing a young bride and groom on a terrace, with a haloed angel holding a staff at r

Tobias Brings His Bride Sarah to the House of His Father, Tobit

Henri Lehmann, 1830-82

Pen and grey wash drawing of a church with a bell tower above a garden, trees, and figures on a path.

The Church of São Martinho in Sintra, Portugal

Pierre Lélu, n.d.

Brown and blue wash drawing of a plumed mounted commander with a banner among soldiers carrying a wounded man on a battlefiel

Alexander and Porus

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of three nude putti in dynamic poses, one supporting a garland.

Putti Supporting a Garland

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Grey wash drawing on blue paper of the Holy Family on a donkey passing ruined classical architecture.

The Flight into Egypt

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Red chalk study sheet with many hands, arms and feet in different poses, mounted on blue board.

Studies of Hands and Feet

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Hand-colored 1800 print of a reclining woman embracing a monkey dressed in a red military coat and cocked hat.

General Jacko & his Rib

John Cawse, 1800

Veiled woman pouring a libation over a dead nude man in a barren landscape with a distant city under stormy clouds.

Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices

Jules Eugène Lenepveu, 1835-98

Hand-colored print of a woman on a yellow sofa with a monkey in a plumed military hat and red jacket leaning on her.

General Jacko & his Rib

John Cawse, 1820

Grey chalk drawing of two nude male figures, one seated leaning forward and one reclining across his lap.

Two Nude Male Figures

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, 18th century

Watercolor drawing of a farmyard with a thatched shed, a woman in the doorway, chickens, straw stacks and a cloudy sky.

Farmyard

Jean-Baptiste-Denis Lempereur, 18th century

Grey wash drawing with three religious scenes: a mystic marriage, clergy in a circular church scene, and an angel with a chil

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine; Saint Celestine V Renouncing the Papacy; Saint Catherine Touched by Divine Love

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, ca. 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shepherd with sheep and a dog in a clearing beside large gnarled trees.

Shepherd with His Flock in a Clearing

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1776