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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Head of a Bearded Man in Profile to Left

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Grey wash drawing on blue paper of the Holy Family on a donkey passing ruined classical architecture.

The Flight into Egypt

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Oval grey-toned drawing of a young woman in a pale bonnet, ribbon bow and ruffled collar, signed Lemoine 1796.

Madame Claire Philippe de La Pierre (née da Cunha)

Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine, 1796

Red chalk drawing of a standing ecclesiastic in a mitre and robes with arms raised outward.

Standing Ecclesiastic With Arms Upraised

Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier, n.d.

Veiled woman pouring a libation over a dead nude man in a barren landscape with a distant city under stormy clouds.

Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices

Jules Eugène Lenepveu, 1835-98

Grey wash drawing with three religious scenes: a mystic marriage, clergy in a circular church scene, and an angel with a chil

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine; Saint Celestine V Renouncing the Papacy; Saint Catherine Touched by Divine Love

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, ca. 1780

Grey wash drawing of two framed allegorical scenes with seated figures, a cherub, bearded men and clouds in arched niches.

Copies after Jusepe de Ribera

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, 18th century

Drawing of a half-nude armored warrior raising his fist before a crowd of Roman soldiers and onlookers in a classical city sq

Coriolanus Vows Eternal Hatred to Rome

Henri Lérambert, 1560-1609

Watercolor drawing of the Palace of Versailles across a forest, with riders on horseback and two seated figures in the foregr

Versailles Seen from the Southwest

called the Chevalier de Lespinasse Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse, 1779

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

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a standing man in a loose tunic with a raised hand, plus a drapery study.

Standing Man

Eugène Leygue, 1830-77

Charcoal drawing of a draped figure falling diagonally, one arm raised, over faint red grid lines on tinted paper.

Falling Man

Eugène Leygue, 1830-77

Red chalk drawing of a plumed female figure in a chariot drawn by lions, with a flaming altar and tree behind.

Allegory of America

Louis Licherie de Beurie, mid-17th century

Red chalk drawing of a young woman with curly hair holding a curved horn, with an Italian inscription below.

Huntress with a Horn

Carle Vanloo, ca. 1733

Brown wash drawing of St. Gregory dictating to a secretary by candlelight in a book-lined room, inside an arched frame.

St. Gregory Dictating His Homilies to a Secretary

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling figure held by a man amid a crowd, framed by a shield cartouche with two cherubs.

St. Gregory Reluctant to Accept His Election as Bishop of Rome

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man giving alms to a kneeling woman and child in a city street, within an arched frame.

St. Gregory Distributing His Worldly Goods to the Poor

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a robed priest at an altar with a kneeling woman, candle, angels and cartouche frame.

The Mass of St. Gregory

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of elegant figures conversing in a colonnaded hall, with a servant carrying a tray and a small dog.

La Conversation espagnole

Carle Vanloo, 1754

Ink drawing of a bearded man in a cap and long coat standing on two crutches against a pale background.

A Man on Crutches

Édouard Manet, 1878

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in period dress seated beside an ornate tray and jug.

Portrait of a Silversmith, Seated

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 19th century

Charcoal drawing of a reclining male figure draped in cloth, with limp arms, on pale paper.

Dead Man

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1830-91

Hand-colored woodcut of a haloed female saint holding a bowl of bread and wheat, against a red patterned background.

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Wolfgang, ca. 1470

Hand-colored print of Christ beside a woman lowering a jug into a brick well, with a castle on the hills behind.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Master with the Cologne Arms, ca. 1460-70

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple, with a priest, columns and kneeling mother.

Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple

Charles Mellin, ca. 1643

Virgin Mary on clouds gestures to Saint Joseph with a lily while a kneeling nun looks up, with cherubs above.

The Virgin Placing St. Teresa of Avila Under the Protection of St. Joseph

François Guillaume Ménageot, ca. 1787

Brown wash drawing of a river with a rowing boat, a stone arched bridge, a round temple and a brick tower.

A View of the Tiber from the North Bank, with the Temple of Vesta, the Campanile of S. Maria in Cosmedin and the Pont…

Achille Etna Michallon, 1819

Brown and white wash drawing of a bearded man in robes gazing upward, holding an open book in an arched niche.

Saint Matthew

Domenico Beccafumi, 1538

Charcoal drawing of three laborers resting on a grassy bank beside a tree, with shovels and tools in the foreground.

Roadworkers at Lunch

Jean-François Millet, ca. 1850-52

Charcoal sketch of a peasant woman in a cap working at a churn beside a wooden tub.

Woman with a Churn

Jean-François Millet, 1854