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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining classical male figure in draped cloth, with a small seated figure in the upper left.

General Bonchamp Shown in a Pose Designed for His Tomb (recto); Three Figures after Poussin (verso)

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 19th century

The Allegorical Figure of France for the Tomb of General Bonchamp

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 19th century

Pen and ink sheet of studies: an older man's head, a crosshatched head, a lion, a mouse, and a bird head.

Sheet of Studies: Three Male Heads, a Lion and a Mouse

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 1800-1856

Brown wash drawing of a woman with long hair crouching in a fur garment, with pencil outline of legs at right.

Crouching Woman

Fernand Cormon, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a mitred bishop raising his hand above two recumbent figures, with robed onlookers around the scene.

Miracle of St. Sylvester; the Raising of Two Pagan Priests, after Maso di Banco, S. Croce, Florence

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-38

Miss May Belfort Taking a Bow

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Saint Cloud; Study for the frieze at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-64

Drawing of a seated man in a white robe holding a long pipe, shown in two studies in brown and white chalk.

Two Studies of a Seated Arab with a Pipe

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1820-60

Ink and wash drawing of a nude youth offering a boar's head to a draped woman among onlookers and satyrs.

Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar

Guillaume Boichot, ca.1800

Drawing of a seated man with long hair in a pink cloak, resting his hand on bagpipes, colored with pencil and wash.

The Bagpipe Player

Guillaume Bodinier

Graphite study of a seated woman resting her chin on her hand, with a rod across her lap, within an architectural frame.

Study for the Muse Thalia

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 19th century

Lithographic portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair, white cravat and dark coat, against hatched shading.

Portrait of a Young Man

Francisco Goya, ca. 1820

Pencil drawing of a robed figure offering bread to a bearded man, with spearmen and jars in a classical colonnade.

Melchizedek Presenting Abraham with Bread and Wine

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-64

Etching of a bearded man in a turban and fur robe beside an arch, with a woman, a child, and a dog nearby.

Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1637

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a feathered crown and chain collar, labeled Atabalipa Rex Peruviæ.

Atabalipa, Rex Peruviæ

Jerôme David, ca. 1634-37

Grey wash drawing of a draped figure lying on open ground, with a pale hand extended and distant buildings at right.

War Scene (A Female Casualty)

Théodule Augustin Ribot, ca. 1870-72

Engraving of a seated man in court dress with a star insignia and a standing younger man beside him, in a paneled interior.

Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orleans and His Son Louis-Phillipe Joseph, Duc de Chartres

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1759

Dark drawing of a seated woman with bowed head, lit softly against a black background, hands resting low.

Embroidery; The Artist's Mother

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Pen and wash drawing of a couple embracing under a tree with a cupid, figures on an arcade at right, by Rubens.

The Garden of Love (left portion)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1633-35

Pen and wash drawing of elegant women and cherubs in a garden with a classical column and fountain.

The Garden of Love (right portion)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1633-35

Engraving of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, seated with a crown of thorns, head resting on his hand beside a column.

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Frans Crabbe van Espleghem, ca. 1522-25

Pen and watercolor drawing of a sailor in a straw hat and pink jacket standing on a rocky shore with hands in pockets.

A Sailor Standing on the Shore

Paul Gavarni, 1859-60

Pencil drawing of a seated man in Tyrolean costume with a wide hat, smoking a pipe, on tan paper.

A Man in Tyrolean Costume, Seated, Smoking a Pipe

Théodore Valério, 1842

Wash drawing of priests and bearers carrying a chest toward a columned temple while a crowned king kneels in a doorway.

King Solomon Beholds the Ark of the Covenant Being Brought to the Temple

Andrea Vicentino, 1604

Pen and brown wash drawing of Christ raising a kneeling figure from Limbo, with crowds of souls and angels in an arched frame

The Descent of Christ to Limbo (recto); Coats of Arms of Florentine and Sienese Families (verso)

Domenico Beccafumi, ca. 1536

Cover - Yvette Guilbert

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Brown wash drawing of a haloed, nude Christ rising from a tomb while sleeping soldiers lie beneath him with spears.

The Resurrection

Marco Zoppo, ca. 1465-70

Grey wash drawing of Lot embraced by a daughter, with another daughter holding an urn and figures among rocks.

Lot and His Daughters

Nicolas Vleughels, n.d.

Drawing of a bearded man with tousled hair resting his hand on his chin, gazing sideways, in charcoal on toned paper.

Portrait of a Young Man Leaning on his Hand

Hans Troschel, ca. 1620

White chalk drawing on brown paper of two draped figures seated and embracing beside a stone bench.

A seated couple, embracing

Edward Burne-Jones, ca. 1865