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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Pen and brown ink sheet of figure studies: a robed woman, bearded male heads, a seated nude, and sketched cloud forms.

Figure Studies: Seated Female Holding a Book, Two Heads of Bearded Men, Seated Male Nude, and Four Sketches for Chris…

Palma il Giovane, 1548-1628

Loose pencil sketch of a reclining female nude with scribbled shading around the figure, signed by Rodin.

Study of a nude female figure (Satyress)

Auguste Rodin, 1905-8

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man with one arm raised, with a partial torso and arm study at right.

Study of Nude Figure in Front View Looking Upward; Study of Torso and Left Arm

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Graphite drawing of a nude winged male figure holding a staff, looking upward, in a dynamic kneeling pose.

Seated Figure of Mercury

Parmigianino, 1524-26

Brown wash and graphite drawing of a standing nude figure with one arm raised and one knee bent, signed in the lower right.

Standing Female Nude

Auguste Rodin, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of the Greek titan Atlas kneeling and holding up a large celestial sphere on his shoulder.

Crouching Figure of Atlas

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi, 1501-36

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated bearded man with a crown, arm outstretched, draped in heavy robes.

Seated Crowned Male Figure Holding a Book or Scroll (recto); Seated Nude Boy (verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded banquet of gods, with reclining figures on a couch and nude figures gathered around.

The Banquet of the Gods

Guglielmo della Porta, 1534-77

Pen drawing of an ornamental letter B with acanthus scrolls, nude figures, a bull's head and a goat on blue paper.

Design for an Ornamental Initial: B

Teodoro della Porta, 1567-1638

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hilly landscape with figures on a ridge path, framed by trees and flying birds.

Landscape with Figures Crossing a Bridge (recto); Study of a Nude Male, Study of Legs, Study of Head in Profile to th…

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated Madonna holding the Christ Child, with the infant Saint John at lower left and studies above.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist; upper left, Study for the Right Arm of the Infant Saint Joh…

Raphael, ca. 1506-7

Black chalk study of a reclining headless male nude over drapery, with a small blue sheet of a female figure pasted at lower

The Reclining Headless Body of Holofernes; Study of Female Semi-Nude Figure (on a small separate, unrelated sheet of…

Guido Reni, 1625-40

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude muscular man with one arm raised high, kneeling and reaching down, on aged paper.

Nude Male Figure with Upraised Right Arm

Girolamo Romanino, 1550-60

Pen drawing of the Judgment of Paris with a seated youth offering an apple to three nude goddesses, a cupid, dog, and peacock

Judgment of Paris, after Raphael

Raphael, 1520-1600

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure raising a skull, with a reclining figure and sketched legs beside him.

Two Nudes Seen from Below (recto); Male Figure with Upraised Arm (verso)

Pomarancio, 1580-82

Red chalk drawing of a bearded male figure reaching outward with one arm, seated on a ledge, on a light tan sheet.

Study for a Raising of Lazarus (recto); half-length study of bearded nude male figure, and a man and woman with donke…

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing groups of sketched figures, including kneeling nude men and women.

Figure studies (after Raphael's Disputa)

Raphael, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with one arm raised high and legs crossed, gazing upward.

Seated Nude Male Figure (recto); Seated Figure (verso)

Benedetto Luti, 1666-1724

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude figures and robed onlookers gathered around a smoking altar at night.

Witches' Sabbath (recto); Figures Gathered around a tree (verso)

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and ink drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, with hatched musculature on a toned paper ground.

Male Figure Seen from Rear, after a drawing by Michelangelo

Raphael, 1508-1600

Pen and ink study of nude figures in a rescue scene, with surrounding figure sketches and onlookers along the bottom edge.

The Rescue of a Drowned Man (recto); Study of a Horse (verso)

Théodore Géricault, ca. 1817-18

Pen and ink drawing of a group of figures under a tree, with studies of a sword and a draped figure on the left.

Study for a Judgment of Paris and Other Figure Studies

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Two nude figures

Raphael, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude man on a pedestal, head bowed, one arm across his chest, on blue-grey paper.

Nude Male Figure

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Brown ink drawing of a crowded Last Judgment scene with nude figures swirling around a central standing figure.

The Last Judgment

Michelangelo, 1570-90

Drawing of an old man on his deathbed tempted by demons, with an angel reaching toward him from above.

An Old Man on His Deathbed Tempted by Demons (recto); Back View of a Male Nude (verso)

Aureliano Milani, 1675-1749

Pen and ink study of two nude male figures supporting a frame, beside an architectural plan of a ceiling panel.

Study for Nude Male Figures Supporting a Frame and Plan of the Ceiling Decoration of Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Carlo Maratti, 1625-1713

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure with one arm raised overhead, shown in a twisting standing pose.

Man Sheathing a Sword

Francesco Montelatici, 17th century

Two Figures in an Architectural Setting: A Female Nude Seated in a Profile View and a Seated Male Nude in a Three-Qua…

Rosso Fiorentino

Red chalk drawing of a muscular male nude twisting upward with a raised arm, with a kneeling figure below.

Samson Slaying the Philistine, after Michelangelo (recto); Figure of Fury, after Rosso Fiorentino (verso)

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1537-91