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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Drawing of a half-nude armored warrior raising his fist before a crowd of Roman soldiers and onlookers in a classical city sq

Coriolanus Vows Eternal Hatred to Rome

Henri Lérambert, 1560-1609

Watercolor drawing of the Château de Versailles facade over formal gardens, with a fountain, strollers, a dog and a boatman.

The Château de Versailles Seen from the Gardens

called the Chevalier de Lespinasse Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse, 1779

Watercolor drawing of the Palace of Versailles across a forest, with riders on horseback and two seated figures in the foregr

Versailles Seen from the Southwest

called the Chevalier de Lespinasse Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse, 1779

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on grayish paper showing a robed figure with flowing folds of cloth.

God the Father

Eustache Le Sueur, mid-17th century

Pencil drawing of Apollo with a lyre beside helmeted Minerva holding a shield, with a cherub and tablet between them.

Minerva Presenting Two Portraits to Apollo

Eustache Le Sueur, 17th century

Charcoal drawing of a draped figure falling diagonally, one arm raised, over faint red grid lines on tinted paper.

Falling Man

Eugène Leygue, 1830-77

Red chalk drawing of a plumed female figure in a chariot drawn by lions, with a flaming altar and tree behind.

Allegory of America

Louis Licherie de Beurie, mid-17th century

Painted bouquet of white and pink roses with green leaves and buds against a dark gradient background.

Flowers: Roses

Paul de Longpré, late 19th-early 20th century

Charcoal drawing of a reclining male figure draped in cloth, with limp arms, on pale paper.

Dead Man

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1830-91

Watercolor study of four striped tulips with stems and leaves, a butterfly and a grasshopper, labeled in Dutch.

Four Tulips: Boter man (Butter Man), Joncker (Nobleman), Grote geplumaceerde (The Great Plumed One), and Voorwint (Wi…

Jacob Marrel, ca. 1635-45

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowd in a interior, with a man lifting a reclining figure on the floor.

Saint Paul Restoring Eutychus to Life

Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66

Brown wash drawing of a river with a rowing boat, a stone arched bridge, a round temple and a brick tower.

A View of the Tiber from the North Bank, with the Temple of Vesta, the Campanile of S. Maria in Cosmedin and the Pont…

Achille Etna Michallon, 1819

Sepia drawing of an oxcart and figures approaching a fortified stone tower, framed by large trees and a stream.

Oxcart Approaching a Fortified Building

Achille Etna Michallon, 1817

Charcoal drawing of a shepherdess with a staff beside her grazing sheep flock, with tall trees on the right.

A Shepherdess with Her Flock

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1852

Pen and ink landscape drawing with green wash showing sandy dunes, a cluster of trees, and shrubs under open sky.

Landscape, Vichy

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1866-67

Charcoal sketch of a seated shepherd with a crook, a standing dog, and resting sheep in an open field.

A Seated Shepherd with His Dog and Sheep

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Sepia drawing of a classical building with arched entrance and cupola, with wind-blown trees at left.

A Building

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling draped male figure leaning on a ledge, signed and dated 1776.

Kneeling Draped Male Figure

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1776

Grey wash drawing of a seated man refusing gifts from robed visitors beside a hearth, with onlookers above.

Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Presents of the Samnite Ambassadors

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1795-96

Pen and wash drawing of an 18th-century tea party with musicians, seated guests in powdered wigs, and a dog in the foreground

Tea Party at the Prince de Conti's

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, mid-19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a carriage with elegant passengers and riders passing through a wooded landscape with dogs.

Outing in a Wood

Jean-Michel Moreau, n.d.

Monochrome print of a reclining nude woman on a white sheet, watched by a dark spirit figure and a carved idol at right.

Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao Tupapau), from "L'Estampe Originale"

Paul Gauguin, April-June 1894

Gauguin print of a dark figure beside rippling water under a cloudy sky, with pale ochre and pink tones.

Auti Te Pape

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Black and white woodcut of cattle beside a wooden cross, with three hooded figures at left and a hillside behind.

Le Calvarie Breton

Paul Gauguin, 1898-99

Grey wash drawing of a gnarled, hollow tree trunk with broken limbs and exposed roots over grassy ground.

Study of a Tree

Roelant Savery, ca. 1606-7

Black and white print of seated figures, rising flames and hooded forms, with Tahitian text reading Mahna no varua ino.

The Devil Speaks

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Dark incised print with glowing pale forms, a winged figure and a hunched figure, with Tahitian title text below.

The Devil Speaks (Mahna No Varua Ino), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Dark woodcut-style print of a reclining figure outlined by a pale curving halo, with white blossoms above.

Spirit of the Dead Watching

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Black-and-white print of a reclining woman on a pale bed with a dark standing figure at right, rendered in hatched lines.

Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao Tupapau), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Black and white woodcut of a large carved idol-like figure, a seated woman, and small figures in a dark landscape.

Maruru

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94