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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Pen and wash drawing of a grand procession with horsemen, elephants and a chariot entering a classical city with crowded terr

Alexander Entering Babylon

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Pale hatched pen drawing of a bearded man's head with tousled hair and downcast eyes, turned slightly to the side.

Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Study of a Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Head of a Woman

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, head turned, with loose hatching around the figure.

Head of a Gamekeeper

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man's head, bald, looking downward, with dense diagonal hatching across the face.

Head of a Beadle

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Head of a Quarryman

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Etching of a figure in matador costume with cape and sword, a charging bull and mounted rider in the arena behind.

Mlle. Victorine in the Costume of an "Espada"

Édouard Manet, 1862

Black and white print of three people leaning on a balcony rail, a boy in a cap, a man in a hat, and a woman.

In the Upper Gallery (Au Paradis)

Édouard Manet, 1877

Lithograph of a firing squad of soldiers aiming rifles at figures in a dark setting, with smoke rising at left.

The Execution of Maximilian

Édouard Manet, 1868, published in 1884

Loose black lithograph portrait of a woman in a tall feathered hat and dark dress, by Edouard Manet.

Berthe Morisot (in Black)

Édouard Manet, 1872-74, published 1884

Loose line drawing of a woman's face with a large abstract hat silhouette above her head, printed on pale paper.

Berthe Morisot (in Silhouette)

Édouard Manet, 1872-74, published 1884

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

Oval engraving of an allegorical seated woman with sword and scales, a globe, and chained figures below.

Justice, frontispiece from the "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Engraving of violent combat in front of burning buildings, with armored soldiers, struggling figures and fallen bodies in an

Wrath, from the 'Seven Deadly Sins'

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Engraving of a seated figure by a fire beneath a tree, with kneeling and reclining figures and flowering plants around them.

Sloth, from "Seven Deadly Sins"

Léon Davent, ca. 1550-55

Engraving of a nude woman pointing at three bulls near clouds, with a bearded man and a classical building on a hill.

A Woman Showing Bulls to a Man

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Charcoal drawing of a hooded figure in a draped cloak seen from behind, with smaller cloaked studies at the sides.

Back View of a Male Figure Wearing a Cloak

Henri Lehmann, 1859

Pencil study of a draped male figure seen from behind, holding a staff, with signature Henri Lehmann below.

Back View of a Draped Male Figure Holding a Staff

Henri Lehmann, March 24, 1859

Pencil study of a kneeling draped male figure with surrounding sketches of hands, fabric folds, and a leg.

Kneeling Draped Male Figure, Facing Left

Henri Lehmann, March 25, 1859

Graphite drawing of a draped standing figure with extended arm, plus studies of hands and cloth folds on the page.

Standing Draped Female Figure

Henri Lehmann, 19th century

Small painting of a shirtless man embracing a kneeling woman under an archway, with veiled onlookers and a staff-holding woma

A Scene from the Story of Tobit

Henri Lehmann, ca. 1834-82

Chalk study on blue-grey paper of veiled draped female figures with an outstretched arm, by Henri Lehmann, 1863.

Study for the figure of Sarah in the now-lost painting, "Tobias Brings His Bride Sarah to the House of His Father, To…

Henri Lehmann, 1863

Painted drawing of an elderly couple embracing a young bride and groom on a terrace, with a haloed angel holding a staff at r

Tobias Brings His Bride Sarah to the House of His Father, Tobit

Henri Lehmann, 1830-82

Pencil and chalk portrait of a bearded man with shoulder-length hair, wearing a jacket and cravat, on tan paper.

Portrait of Anton Heinrich Springer (1825-1895)

Henri Lehmann, mid-19th century

Watercolor of a seated woman in red and black clothing on a grassy bank with daisies and butterflies.

Female Figure

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 19th century

Watercolor of a man in a red costume reclining in a courtyard, raising a wine bottle, with broken glass on the cobblestones.

In His Cups

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1872

Watercolor of a minstrel with a large instrument on his back walking a sunlit old street past half-timbered houses.

Wandering Minstrel; Old Nuremberg

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1843-84

Head of a Bearded Man Looking Left

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Brown and blue wash drawing of a plumed mounted commander with a banner among soldiers carrying a wounded man on a battlefiel

Alexander and Porus

François Lemoyne, early 18th century