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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,455 works

Engraving of a nude nymph seated by a tree, gazing at a heron flying off over a grassy riverbank.

Nymph Watching a Heron Flying Away

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Pen and brown ink drawing of fantastical sea creatures, a bird, and a strapwork cartouche with scrolls and faces.

Fantastical creatures, birds, and strapwork cartouche (recto); grotesque mask and kneeling priest (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Etching of a bare tree crowded with crows beside a rutted dirt road in an open field under a cloudy sky.

Tree Filled with Crows

Charles-François Daubigny, 1867

Engraving of a reclining nude woman on a draped bed, with a horned bearded figure and a bird with spread wings nearby.

Jupiter and Antiope

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman leaning on a globe beside a skull, chains, and an open book, with a bat above.

Allegorical Figure of Melancholy

Charles de La Traverse, 1763

Etching of ducks resting among tall reeds at a marsh edge, with a flock flying across a hatched sky.

Ducks in the Marshes

Charles-François Daubigny, [1862], reprinted 1921

Pen and ink drawing of an ornamental candelabra with grotesque figures, scrollwork and flamingo and winged figure studies at

Candelabra grotesque and studies of kneeling figures (recto); two sphinxes (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Engraving of Christ in Limbo with a cross-topped staff, nude figures, and winged demons in a stone-arched underworld.

Christ in Limbo

Léon Davent, 1546-47

Black and white woodcut of a horned head, a dark animal, a bird, and a seated woman beneath leafy branches.

Woodcut with a Horned Head

Paul Gauguin, 1898-99

Brown wash drawing of two women on a balcony watching a man holding up a dead bird while dogs leap nearby.

The Wager Won

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1778

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

Black woodcut print of two horses and a bird with block lettering reading Le Sourire and Taiti on cream paper.

Le Sourire;Taiti (Smile; Tahiti)

Paul Gauguin, December 1899

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of an angry swan with spread wings and open beak on blue-gray paper.

Angry Swan

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 18th century

Pen drawing of a robed bearded figure on a cloud among birds, ostriches, and fish in a landscape with rocks and trees.

The Creation of the Fish and the Birds

Johannes Wierix, mid-16th-early 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate covered vase with a dove on top, two putti holding stars, and a fluted base.

Design for a Covered Vase with the Arms of the Aldobrandini and Pamphilj Families

Alessandro Algardi, ca. 1647

Drawing of the Judgment of Paris with three goddesses, a young shepherd, and a messenger in a wooded landscape with clouds.

The Judgment of Paris

Alessandro Allori, 1583

Pen and ink drawing of a standing soldier with a plumed hat and walking stick, with boats and birds in the background.

A Standing Soldier

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornamental design with a caryatid figure, an eagle, putti, and scrolling acanthus ornament.

Ornamental Design with Caryatid Figure Standing on Stool and Holding a Bowl; Puttis on the Sides Hold Drapery and Sup…

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1762-1844

Pencil drawing of an eagle attacking a bound, reclining nude male figure on a rocky ledge.

Prometheus (or Tityus)

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1795-1844

Pen and ink study of a standing male nude, bearded male heads, a seated monkey and a long-beaked bird on paper.

Studies and Sketches for Figures: Standing Male Nude in Frontal View, Male Heads, Seated Monkey, and a Long-Beaked Bi…

Agostino Carracci, 1557-1602

Engraving of three winged putti with an ostrich, framed by a large garland of fruit, flowers and ribbons.

Three putti before a large garland, the one in the middle rides an ostrich, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X

Master of the Die, ca. 1530-40

Etching of a sleeping man at a desk surrounded by owls, bats and a cat, with a Spanish caption reading the sleep of reason pr

Plate 43 from "Los Caprichos": The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Red chalk drawing of a seated child with geese, a ladder, and a woman peering from behind a brick wall.

Marcolfa Discovers BertoldinoTrying to Hatch Eggs (recto); Sketch of Bertoldino (verso)

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, 1709-10

Pen and wash drawing of a dead quail seen from below, wings spread and legs extended, with pink highlights on beak and feet.

A Dead Bird (Quail?) Seen from Below

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755

Engraving of a reclining figure labeled Desidia surrounded by snails, a donkey, and grotesque creatures in a crowded landscap

Sloth (Desidia), from "The Seven Deadly Sins"

Pieter van der Heyden, 1558

Pen and wash drawing of nude Apollo aiming a bow at a startled Coronis in a wooded landscape, with a bird overhead.

Apollo and Coronis

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Long-Tailed Bird Seen in Profile

Count Giorgio Durante, early 18th-mid 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of three allegorical figures in a circular roundel, including a nude man and a kneeling putto among clou

Three Allegorical Figures in a Roundel

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1510-61

Watercolor drawing of a rusty-breasted bird perched on a vine of blue grapes, with a second bird at lower left.

Bird Eating Grapes (recto); Tigress (verso)

Giovanni da Udine, 1487-1564

Grey wash drawing of a dead duck lying horizontally, head extended left, wings and feathers shaded in soft tones.

Dead Duck

Count Giorgio Durante, 1685-1755