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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,431 works

Etching of a black hat and guitar neck resting on folded cloth against a pale background.

Hat and Guitar. Cover design for "Eaux-fortes par Edouard Manet," an album of fourteen etchings

Édouard Manet, 1862

Pen and ink drawing of a female grotesque and a winged harpy among scrolls, foliage and tassels, with faint mask sketches.

Female grotesque and harpy (recto); fantastical creatures and masks (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Engraving of a nude woman looking at a sleeping muscular man with a winged Cupid, armor and a sword on the floor, and a fox.

Venus Finding Mars Asleep

Léon Davent, ca. 1545

Pencil drawing of a helmeted goddess reaching toward a kneeling huntress within an oval frame over a grid.

Design for a Medallion: Huntress Kneeling before an Armed Goddess

Eustache Le Sueur, 17th century

Brown ink and wash design for a ceiling with a central medallion of putti, trumpets and clouds, surrounded by ornamental scro

Design for the Decoration of a Ceiling an Allegory of Victory

Daniel Marot the Elder, n.d.

Circular engraving of an allegorical nude woman with skeleton, torch, winged archer and animals including stag, boar and peli

Lust, from the "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Black-and-white print of Tahitian figures around a large tree and idol, with kneeling women and stylized flowers in the foreg

The Day of God

Paul Gauguin, 1894-95

Watercolor of a woman in a straw hat holding a blue parasol, seated near a bench in a park with green trees.

A Woman Seated at a Bench on the Avenue du Bois

Berthe Morisot, 1885

Pen and brown wash drawing of a vaulted arcade with columns leading to a staircase, with a seated figure at lower right.

Staircase in the Palazzo Barberini, Palestrina

Charles-Joseph Natoire, mid-18th century

Circular chalk drawing of the Virgin and infant Christ with bearded onlookers leaning in, on a dark grey ground.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Hendrick Goltzius, 1600-1605

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a reclining man attended by grieving women and mourners under an arch.

The Emperor Constantine Copronymous Burned by an Invisible Fire (recto); Studies of Sibyls and Angles (verso)

Giovanni Baglione, ca. 1599-1610

Red chalk drawing on a gridded sheet of a seated nude woman with two putti, one kneeling holding a bowl, by Poppi.

Study for a Virgin and Child with Two Angels (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso)

Poppi, 1544-97

Circular study of a heavenly scene with a saint and the Virgin before the Trinity, surrounded by angels, clouds, and bishops.

Monastic Saint Presented to the Holy Trinity by the Virgin, Study for a Circular Ceiling Decoration

Lazzaro Baldi, 1622-1703

Circular drawing of a fantasy ruined classical colonnade with arches, a central statue, two lions, and small figures among ru

Architectural fantasy

Jean Henri Alexandre Pernet, late 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a plumed knight in armor aiming a long lance horizontally.

Knight with Lance

Baccio del Bianco, 1604-56

Pen and wash drawing in an oval frame showing figures in an interior with a barrel, hanging sausages, and a mouse on the floo

The Mock Visit of Ceremony

Faustino Bocchi, 1659-1742

Red chalk sketch of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling saint, showing drapery and hand studies on cream paper.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Simone Cantarini, 1612-48

Pen and wash drawing of a festival arch with columns, an obelisk with a radiant top, and cherubs and figures.

Fireworks Display for the Convalescence of Louis XV

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1726

Brown wash drawing of Saint Lucy in glory with angels, putti, clouds and a dove in a circular composition.

Saint Lucy in Glory

Carlo Carlone, 1686-1775

Drawing of a youth in armor with separate studies of his helmeted head, a helmet, and a foot on blue paper.

Studies of a Seated Youth in Armor

Vittore Carpaccio, ca. 1505

Red chalk drawing of a seated male figure seen from behind, turned right, with muscular back and extended arm.

Seated Youth Facing Right, Seen from the Back

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man's head turned to the upper right, with curly hair and shoulder outline.

Head of a Bearded Man Looking to Upper Right (recto); Head of an Old Man and a Drapery Study (verso)

Giacomo Cavedone, 1577-1660

Youth Gazing Upwards in Profile

Francesco Montelatici, 1621-61

Circular brown ink drawing of a drunken Silenus held by satyrs, framed by grapevines and putti picking grapes.

The Drunken SiIenus: Design for the "Tazza Farnese"

Annibale Carracci, 1599-1600

Brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure raising a sword above a kneeling nude man on pale paper.

Beheading of a Kneeling Nude Man

Romulo Cincinnato, 1502-93

Ink drawing of two muscular satyrs supporting an ornamental scroll and mask motif, framed by a gold border.

Satyrs Supporting an Ornamental Motif

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

Engraving of a drunken Silenus reclining with satyrs, framed by a circular wreath of grapevines and two putti.

The Drunken Silenus

Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609

Gray wash drawing in an octagonal mount showing a seated woman and standing men in an interior with architecture.

Unidentified Subject

Placido Costanzi, 1702-59

Graphite study of a seated youth seen from behind, turning his head, with curly hair, bare torso and draped legs.

Study of a Seated Youth for the Age of Gold

Pietro da Cortona, 1637

Pen and ink drawing of four winged putti holding a mitre, crosier, book, and candle, with handwritten labels.

Putti with a Mitre, Crosier Mace, Book, and Candle

Daniele Crespi, 1597-1630