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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Etching of a male nude lying on his side on rocky ground, with hatched shading and brushy vegetation behind him.

Male nude lying on his side with his right arm behind his back

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1635-40

Etching of Saint Sebastian seated nude at a tree, pierced by arrows, with a winged putto holding a palm above.

Saint Sebastian pierced with arrows and tied to a tree

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Red chalk drawing of a bald seated male nude leaning forward, with faint study lines of legs on the left.

Seated Male Nude Facing Right

Alessandro Tiarini, 1577-1688

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, angels, and kneeling supplicants in an interior.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph, Attendant Angels, and a Group of Supplicants

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Etching of Saint Sebastian, nude and pierced by arrows, tied to a tree while a cherub holding a palm descends above.

Saint Sebastian pierced with arrows and tied to a tree, copy after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639 or after

Red and black chalk drawing of a standing female nude with head bowed and one arm raised, on toned paper.

Standing female nude

William Etty, 1810-49

Grey wash drawing of a classical frieze with bearded men, draped women, nude youths, a horse and two lion heads.

Design for a Frieze, after a Roman Sarcophagus: The First Visit of Bacchus to Ariadne

John Flaxman, late 18th-early 19th century

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man seen from behind, arms raised and extended, legs apart in a dynamic pose.

Standing Nude Man (recto); Three Studies of Soldiers (verso)

Taddeo Zuccari, 1550

Pen and brown ink study of a nude male figure reaching forward, with a smaller nude figure beneath him.

Studies of a Nude Male Figure

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Red and black chalk drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, leaning forward with drapery sketched in the background.

Nude Male Figure, Rear View

Giovanni da San Giovanni, 18th century

Black chalk study of a seated nude male figure with a sketched head above, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Studies of a Seated Nude Male Figure

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, ca. 1602-05

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate temporary monument with winged figures, banners, and trophies on a rocky base.

Temporary Structure in Celebration of the Birth of the Duc de Bourgogne (August 6, 1682)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1650-1700

Engraving of a nude bearded man reaching toward a reclining woman and winged cupid beside a tree over water.

A naked man pursing a naiad and a cupid into the water

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of the Three Graces on clouds with Cupid at left, set within an arched spandrel with a classical pedestal.

The Three Graces sitting on clouds, cupid at the left, after Raphael's fresco in the Chigi Gallery of the Villa Farne…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1517-20

Engraving of soldiers attacking mothers and infants on a street before a stone bridge and city towers.

The Massacre of the Innocents

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1512-13

Engraving of a nude woman on a rock with arms raised, long hair blowing, rocky background, in an oval format.

Eurydice naked standing on a rock, her arms raised to the right

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of Cupid above three nude women in an arched spandrel, after a Raphael fresco.

Cupid and The Three Graces, after Raphael's fresco in the Chigi Gallery of the Villa Farnesina in Rome

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1517-20

Engraving of a bacchanalian procession with Silenus riding an ass, satyrs, maenads, a lion, and putti in a classical setting.

The procession of Silenus who is carried on an ass preceeded by a bacchant playing the cymbals and other figures

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1531

Engraving of nude Bacchus in an arched niche holding grapes and fruit, with a dog at his feet.

Bacchus standing in a niche holding grapes in his raised right hand, fruit in his left hand, a dog lower right

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of the nude god Apollo standing in an arched niche beside a pedestal, one hand resting on an open box.

Apollo partly naked standing in a niche, left hand resting on an open box

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Engraving of nude Apollo grasping Daphne, whose legs turn to roots as she rises into a laurel branch, with a town behind.

Apollo and Daphne

Agostino Veneziano, 1515

Engraving of a nude male figure seated on a tree stump in an arched niche, playing pan pipes.

Olympus naked seated on a tree stump holding pipes, set within a niche

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of Apollo with his hand on Hyacinthus's shoulder, a small Cupid at lower right, beside a tree with bow and quiver.

Apollo standing at the left, his hand resting on the shoulder of Hyacinthus, Cupid in the lower right

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1506

Engraving of Venus seated on a rock beside a winged Eros who holds a flaming torch, with a tree and cloud behind them.

Venus and Eros

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of Jupiter and Semele embracing with an eagle, a tree with a hanging tablet, and a winged putto with a thunderbolt.

Jupiter and Semele embracing, an eagle beneath them, a tree at right with a blank tablet hanging from a branch, a win…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of a seated young man playing violin, flanked by nude women with flutes, before a tree-lined landscape.

A young man, seated and playing the violin at centre, flanked by two woman holding flutes, another woman in the backg…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of a standing nude male figure resembling classical sculpture, draped cloth on one arm and a serpent at his side.

Apollo

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris with nude goddesses, a youth, Cupid, and chariots in the clouds above a wooded landscape.

The Judgment of Paris

Marco Dente, 1515-27

Engraving of a seated nude young man playing violin, with two women holding flutes and another woman among trees.

A young man, seated and playing the violin at centre, flanked by two woman holding flutes, another woman in the backg…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1512-27

Engraving of a nude warrior with plumed helmet and round shield pointing toward sea with sailboats in the distance.

A Warrior

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36