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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Watercolor of a courtly procession with horsemen, a royal carriage, elegant women, and a windmill over distant troops.

Camp de Compiègne, 1698

Eugène Lami, ca. 1860

Watercolor of a gallery with marble sculptures, vases, and paintings, with visitors in dark dresses and shawls.

View of part of the French Court at the Great Exhibition

Eugène Lami, 1851

Red chalk drawing of a standing woman in a flowing draped gown, turned to the right with one arm extended.

Standing Woman Facing Right

Nicolas Lancret, early 18th century

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated woman in a draped skirt, leaning and looking downward, on grey paper.

Woman Seated on the Ground

Nicolas Lancret, early 18th century

Red chalk drawing on tan paper showing two studies of a reclining young male figure in different poses.

Two Studies of Reclining Youth

Nicolas Lancret, early 18th century

Black chalk and white highlight sketch on gray paper of a standing hunter in a hat holding a rifle.

Standing Hunter Holding a Rifle

Nicolas Lancret, 18th century

Jeanne (Spring)

Édouard Manet, 1882

Etching of a reclining nude woman on a bed, with a servant holding flowers and a black cat beside her.

Olympia (small plate)

Édouard Manet, 1867

Drawing of a bound nude woman seated before an altar with flame, while a warrior attacks figures in a burning temple behind h

Cassandra Imploring Athena for Revenge Against Ajax

Jérôme-Martin Langlois, 1810-38

Watercolor drawing of a Renaissance château with towers seen above trees, with two workers in a garden in front.

The Château of Chambord Seen from the Southwest

Simon Mathurin Lantara, 18th century

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 a woman seen from behind holding a small child wrapped in a shawl, with loose hatched lines.

The Little Girl

Édouard Manet, 1861-62

Brown ink drawing of a draped man running with raised arms, above a cartouche held by two winged figures.

Draped Man Running; Cartouche Supported by Two Winged Victories

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 18th century

Etching of a group of cavaliers in wide-brimmed hats and cloaks walking across an open ground with walking sticks.

The Little Cavaliers, after "Velázquez"

Édouard Manet, 1861-62

Etching of a bearded man in a top hat and long cloak standing before a hatched background, with a hat on the ground.

The Philosopher (Le Philosophe)

Édouard Manet, 1865-66

Red chalk and grey wash drawing of a draped woman and man beside an urn of flowers, with lions beneath a pedestal.

Allegory of Earth

Charles Le Brun, ca. 1660

Portrait of Charles Baudelaire in Profile

Édouard Manet, 1862-67

Etching of a seated man in a beret with a cigarette, surrounded by sketched women and a sailing ship.

Frontispiece for an edition of "Les Ballades" by Théodore de Banville

Édouard Manet, 1874

Profile of Eva Gonzalès turned to the left

Édouard Manet, ca. 1870

Etched bust portrait of a woman in a feathered hat and dark coat, with loose curls and a white collar.

Portrait of Berthe Morisot

Édouard Manet, 1872-74

Etching of a woman in a dark plumed hat and high-collared dark dress, with hatched lines modeling her face.

Berthe Morisot

Édouard Manet, 1872

Pen and ink drawing of two women above two satyrs playing horns, with a central ornamental mask cartouche.

Sheet with multiple Designs: Figurative Scene with Two Women (top) and Two Satyrs Playing Horns, Seated Back to Back…

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Etching of a standing man in a dark cloak holding a rapier, with its long shadow falling across the floor.

The Tragic Actor: Rouvière in the Role of Hamlet

Édouard Manet, 1865-66

Etching of a female dancer in a lace mantilla and dark skirt holding a fan, standing on pointed toes against a dark backgroun

Lola de Valence

Édouard Manet, 1863

Etching of an elderly monk in a dark robe, finger to his lips, holding a grid-marked tablet within an arched frame.

Silentium

Édouard Manet, 1862-64

Etching of a seated woman in a white dress adjusting her clothing beside a basin, in a dark interior.

The Toilette

Édouard Manet, 1861-62

Etching of a seated woman with bare feet in a basin, in a dark interior with a curtain and bed.

The Toilette

Édouard Manet, 1862

Etching of a man in dark costume and white stockings lying dead on the ground, with dense hatched shading.

Dead Toreador

Édouard Manet, 1867-68

Pencil sketch of a priest giving communion to a dying man while other clergy kneel among plague victims on the ground.

St. Charles Borromeo Giving Communion to the Plague-Stricken

Charles Le Brun, 17th century

Grey wash drawing in an oval of armed soldiers with raised swords and shields, a fallen figure below, and ships in the distan

The Relief of Candia

Charles Le Brun, 17th century