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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Engraving of a reclining draped woman with curled hair leaning on a scrolled frame, rendered in fine parallel hatching.

Terpsichore, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of a Roman-style sacrifice with a bull at an altar, a crowd of robed figures, and classical architecture.

A sacrifice, copied from Trajan's column

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Brown wash drawing of turbaned horsemen in combat on galloping horses, with a distant city of domes and minarets behind them.

Combat of Oriental Horsemen

Théodore Géricault, 1822-23

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a rearing white horse and lancer beside a drummer boy in a military scene.

Drummer Boy Attacked by a Cossack

Jean Victor Schnetz, ca. 1817

Grey wash drawing of two harnessed draft horses beside a sleeping driver, under a dark sky with a distant windmill.

Two Draft Horses with a Sleeping Driver

Théodore Géricault, 1820-22

Pencil sketch of soldiers and figures, with a cloaked crouching man at right and a helmeted soldier at left.

Fallen Soldiers

Théodore Géricault, ca. 1818

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a turban and layered robes with a sash, one hand raised, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1857.

Arnaut Officer in Prayer

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1857

Pen and red wash drawing of four male figures in theatrical costumes with hats, ruffs and striped breeches.

Figures in Theatrical Costumes

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing figure in a costume with plumed hat, ruffled collar and puffed breeches.

Fabio Costumed as a Doctor

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing man in a long coat, beret and ruffled collar, hands clasped at his waist.

Crepin's Master

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Sketch in red chalk and grey wash of a seated older man and a standing man raising his hat, labeled Voltaire and Piron.

Voltaire and Piron

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Standing Gentleman, three-quarter length profile facing right

Anne-Louis Girodet, n.d.

Brown and white drawing of a helmeted warrior and a boy mourning a nude man on a bier, with armour and an altar behind.

The Mourning of Pallas

Anne-Louis Girodet, ca. 1790-93

Grey wash drawing of a armoured man before a seated council, with gold rings spilling from a vessel under classical columns.

Hannibal Before the Senate in Carthage

Etienne Pierre Adrien Gois, 1798-99

Pen and ink drawing of a grotesque ornament with a fringed swag, scrolls, foliage, and a repeated looped band below.

Grotesque ornament comprising a swag and a repeated band

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Engraving of an allegorical dance with a central woman in a gown, musicians, jesters, and objects symbolizing vanity and law.

The Dance of the World

Pieter Baltens, mid-16th century

Brown ink drawing of a tinker mending a leaking copper pot labeled with political bills, while a bowing man looks on.

Design for an English Political Satire

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of an elderly woman in a headscarf, face tilted upward with deep wrinkles and open mouth.

Head of an Old Woman Looking Up

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1763

Grey wash drawing of a dining room scene: a woman raising a glass in anger while others restrain her, a dog and overturned ch

The Angry Wife

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1785

Etching of a reclining nude woman seen from behind, her head resting on her arm, with loose drapery and hatched shadows.

Study of a Woman Viewed from Behind

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Pen and wash drawing of an interior with a seated woman, children, a kneeling figure, a dog and a crowd of onlookers.

Presentation of the Illegitimate Child

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a seated woman in a straw hat holding a hand warmer beside a draped chair.

Florentine Woman Wearing a Butterfly Cap and Holding a Hand Warmer

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1755

Etching of a standing man in a feathered cap and puffed doublet, holding a long sword, by Eugène Delacroix.

Man at Arms

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, dark off-shoulder dress, and blue ribbons against grey wash.

Portrait of a Lady

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a horse-drawn carriage with top-hatted men and bonneted women, a rider at left, and another carriage at

Driving in the Bois de Boulogne

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Wash drawing of a standing woman in a veil and dark ruffled gown with a tiered skirt, in loose brown tones.

A Lady with a Veil

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of sailors in tricorn hats among women in long skirts in an interior with an arched doorway.

Sailors and Women

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Gray wash drawing of two standing peasant women in full skirts and shawls against a tonal background.

Two Fat Peasant Women

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of two gentlemen in dark coats flanking a woman in a striped gown holding a fan.

Two Gentlemen and a Lady

Constantin Guys, late 1850s--early 1860s?

Watercolor and ink drawing of two women in fashionable dresses holding fans, one in blue and one in brown.

Two Women with Fans

Constantin Guys, 19th century