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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a long robe and wide hat, leaning on a block with one arm extended.

Standing Male Figure with Left Arm Extended

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a foundry at night, with glowing furnace openings, smoke clouds, and reflections on water.

Foundry at Canon, Herefordshire

John Baptist Malchair, 1792

Pen and wash drawing of a hilltop villa with a seated statue fountain, a lute player, and reclining figures in a garden.

The Fountain of Rome at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1765

Woodcut print of a seated woman with long dark hair beside a bird, titled Te Faruru, dark ink with pale highlights.

Here We Make Love (Te Faruru), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Red chalk drawing of Silenus with putti, satyrs and a woman amid spilled grapes and fruit under a tree.

The Harvest of Silenus

Charles-Joseph Natoire, ca. 1759

Dark brown print of a reclining figure and tropical plants, with a face in the upper right and the title Te Po lower left.

Te Po

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Chalk drawing of a young man with curly hair in a light jacket and orange waistcoat, against a grey background.

Half-Length Portrait of a Young Man

Jean-Marc Nattier, 18th century

Graphite sketch with white highlights of a man in period dress, wig and cloak, holding a hat aloft on gray paper.

Self-Portrait

Jean-Marc Nattier, ca. 1730

Chalk study of a bearded elderly man in a red cap, shown in three-quarter view on blue-grey paper.

Bust-Length Study of a Bearded Man with Cap in Three-Quarter View

Jacopo Bassano, 1510-92

Black woodcut print of two horses and a bird with block lettering reading Le Sourire and Taiti on cream paper.

Le Sourire;Taiti (Smile; Tahiti)

Paul Gauguin, December 1899

Black-and-white print of a dreamlike scene with waves, fantastic creatures, and a small human figure beside a large fish-like

The Universe is Created (L'Univers est créé), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Dark golden print with pale hands, a leafy sprig, and a central figure in a red headdress reaching upward.

The Universe Is Created

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Dark wooden woodblock with carved scene of a horse, figures, a tree, and an ornamental title cartouche above.

Fragrance (Noa Noa), from Fragrance (Noa Noa), title block

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Watercolor of a palace facade across a courtyard, with small figures in period dress and trees behind.

Courtyard of the Chateau de Saint-Cloud

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the Roman Forum with a tall column, a columned temple, and figures among ruins and houses.

View of the Roman Forum with the Column of Phocas and the Temple of Saturn

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Brown-toned print of a woman with long flowing hair emerging from swirling waves, with the inscription Te Faruru at upper rig

Here we make love

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Brown ink and wash drawing of Jupiter hurling lightning at struggling giants among clouds, with an hourglass above.

Jupiter Fighting the Giants

Jacopo Zucchi, 1540-96

Grey wash drawing of a river with boats, a fisherman, a stone villa with figures on its terrace, and a tower in the distance.

The Tiber at the Outskirts of Rome

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a town beside a river in a steep mountain valley with terraced hillsides and a stone bridge.

Town in an Alpine Valley

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Pen and gray wash drawing of a busy town square with an arcaded building, a gabled house, and a market crowd with carts.

View of Gray

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of an armored knight on horseback above fallen figures, with a nude woman reaching toward him.

Massacre de Nesle (1472)

Édouard Alexandre Odier, 19th century

Studies for the Archangel Gabriel (recto and verso)

Nicolas Mignard, ca. 1645

Chalk drawing of a seated woman in a striped gown and wide hat, holding an open fan, on grey paper.

A Lady Holding a Fan

Michel Barthélémy Ollivier, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a shaded garden path leading to a trellis gate between tall trees and hedges.

View in the Gardens of Arcueil

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1744

Red chalk study of a kneeling winged angel raising one arm and pointing upward, with draped cloth and sketched wings.

Study for the Archangel Gabriel

Nicolas Mignard, 17th century

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of an angry swan with spread wings and open beak on blue-gray paper.

Angry Swan

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a bearded man with long hair and bare shoulders, facing forward on cream paper.

Head of Christ

Andre-Jacques-Victor Orsel, 1810-50

Brown wash drawing of a monumental fountain with a seated classical statue, cherubs, rocks and trees.

Project for a Monumental Fountain

Augustin Pajou, 1767

Ink and wash drawing of a robed priest at a confessional with kneeling penitents in a church interior with pillars.

Le Grand Pénitencier

Augustin Pajou, n.d.

Brown chalk drawing of a classical tomb with a winged figure above, a seated bearded man at right, and standing figures at le

Washington's Tomb

Etienne Pallière, ca. 1799

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man gesturing to armored soldiers beside a chain in a stone guardhouse interior.

Messenger at the Door of a Guardhouse

Philippe Louis Parizeau, 1786

Study of a Nude Man Holding Bottles

Jean-Antoine Watteau, ca. 1715-16

Grey ink drawing of the Nativity with kneeling Virgin, shepherds, angels and a donkey among classical ruins.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Aertgen van Leyden, early 16th-mid 16th century

Pen drawing of a robed bearded figure on a cloud among birds, ostriches, and fish in a landscape with rocks and trees.

The Creation of the Fish and the Birds

Johannes Wierix, mid-16th-early 17th century

Lithograph of a horseman on a rearing horse above a fallen turbaned man, with mountains and sketch studies below.

Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha

Eugène Delacroix, 1827

Etching of a woman with a vessel on her head, holding a curled stalk and a basket of vegetables, standing on a ground line.

Hortulana, from "Hortulanae"

Jacques Bellange, 1611

Engraving of nude Susanna at a garden fountain with two elders watching from behind trees and foliage.

Susanna and the Elders

Pen and ink drawing of two seated allegorical women with a column and scales, flanked by putti and winged figures.

Fortitude and Justice

Hans Speckaert, before 1577

Black and white woodcut of the Virgin's death and assumption, with angels above and saints at a bedside, framed by a decorati

The Death, Assumption, and Crowning of the Virgin

Master of the Mountain-like Clouds, ca. 1470-85

Hand-colored woodcut of a bearded face with long hair, wearing a green thorn crown, on a gold ornamental background.

The Sudarium

Hans Schlaffer of Ulm, ca. 1470-75

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Florian in armor with red cape, holding a bucket beside a burning town with a tower.

Saint Florian

Casper, ca. 1460

Pen and wash drawing of the enthroned Madonna and Child with two saints and a kneeling donor in an arched setting.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Basil the Great and Saint John the Baptist and Donor

Niccolò dell' Abate, 1540-50

Pen and brown ink drawing of robed figures in a landscape with an obelisk and ruined arched architecture.

Standing and Seated Figures in a Landscape with an Obelisk

Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, 1520-83

Pen and ink drawing of a nude goddess gesturing to an armored warrior beside classical columns and a fallen figure.

Goddess Inciting a Warrior

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Red chalk drawing of a standing allegorical female figure with raised arm, draped robe and staff, on a pedestal.

Allegorical Figure of Religion (recto); Study of a Griffon and of a Seated Figure (verso)

Cherubino Alberti, 1553-1615

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude seen from behind, with a smaller figure study below and faint sketched outlines.

Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude Seen from the Back

Cherubino Alberti, 1596-1602

Pen and brown wash drawing of Diana bathing with nymphs in a forest, a hunter and dogs in the foreground.

Diana Bathing

Francesco Albani, 1578-1660

Brown ink drawing of Venus reclining on a couch with cupids, a mirror, and attendants adjusting a pearl necklace.

Engraver's Copy After The Toilet of Venus

Francesco Albani, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of a chaotic battle with mounted warriors, elephants, and fallen soldiers across an open plain.

The Battle of Trasimeno

Crispijn van den Broeck, 16th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate covered vase with a dove on top, two putti holding stars, and a fluted base.

Design for a Covered Vase with the Arms of the Aldobrandini and Pamphilj Families

Alessandro Algardi, ca. 1647

Red-brown drawing of a chaotic battle with rearing horses, armored riders, fallen soldiers and raised spears.

Battle Scene

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of several nude and draped figures in varied poses, copied after Michelangelo's Last Judgment.

Group of Figures Copied from Michelangelo's Last Judgment

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch with wash of four flying winged angel figures in dynamic poses across a pale sheet.

Four Flying Angels (recto); Two Flying Figures (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink sketch of draped standing figures, some holding instruments, arranged in two processional groups across a p

Procession of Musicians

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch with red chalk of an angel leading a procession of nude and draped figures across the page.

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise (recto); Studies for the Same Composition (verso)

Francesco Allegrini

Brown ink drawing of a group of plumed horsemen and onlookers on horseback and on foot, with a standing soldier at left.

Group of Horsemen

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of standing draped women, a reclining nude figure in the foreground, and a distant landsc

The Death of Polyxena

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch of allegorical figures, including a winged woman with a staff and reclining figures below.

Group of Five Allegorical Figures

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink sketch of a crowned queen greeting a robed king amid a crowd of standing courtiers and attendants.

King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown wash drawing of a kneeling woman with men reaching toward her, with a ladder at the right edge.

The Death of Lucretia?

Francesco Allegrini

Brown wash drawing of a library with shelves of books, a seated scholar, and robed figures beneath draped curtains.

The Library of Pergamus Given to Cleopatra

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and ink wash drawing of robed figures and soldiers before a throne, with nude figures in the foreground.

The Judgment of Solomon

Francesco Allegrini

Brown wash drawing of a ruined columned temple with a cart, oxen, and figures in a landscape setting.

Landscape with a Ruined Temple

Francesco Allegrini

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of men carrying jars beside a horse and rider, with columns behind them.

Men Carrying Jars

Francesco Allegrini