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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Etching of a young boy in a feathered hat riding a rearing horse across a landscape under a cloudy sky.

Baltasar Carlos on horseback

Francisco Goya, 1778

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of tall twisting trees and rocky ground in a forest, on tan paper, arched top.

Trees in a Forest

Édouard Bertin

Ink caricature of a winged woman watching an animal-headed painter with palette and brush, paint drops falling between them.

Caricature of the Art of Painting

Hippolyte Bellangé, 1800-66

Drawing of a young girl in a white communion dress and veil, seated with hands clasped against a dark background.

The Little Communicant (La Petite Communiante)

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1848-84

Nude Male Figure with a Sword

Alexandre Cabanel, 1878

Graphite study of two veiled, draped standing figures, one with a halo and a raised hand, on tan paper.

Saints Adrian and Natalia

Hippolyte Flandrin, 19th century

The Allegorical Figure of France for the Tomb of General Bonchamp

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 19th century

Pen and ink sheet of studies: an older man's head, a crosshatched head, a lion, a mouse, and a bird head.

Sheet of Studies: Three Male Heads, a Lion and a Mouse

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 1800-1856

Miss May Belfort Taking a Bow

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Saint Cloud; Study for the frieze at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-64

Graphite drawing of two standing draped male figures, one bearded, with a partial third figure at the right edge.

Group of Apostles

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1854-61

Graphite and white chalk study of a standing soldier in a draped cloak on blue paper, with a squared grid and red chalk accen

Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1851-52

Charcoal study on grey paper of a muscular male nude with raised arm and sword, with a crouching figure in the corner.

Seated Male Nude (recto); Crouching Male Nude (verso)

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 1864-74

Pencil drawing of a tall poplar and a pollarded willow beside a pond, with shrubs at the lower left.

Landscape with a Poplar and a Willow Tree at the Edge of a Pond

Jean-Victor Bertin, 1787-1842

Red chalk drawing of winged Father Time seated on a globe with a scythe and two putti above, on a carved pedestal.

Father Time on a Globe; Design for a Clock

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, 19th century

Study of a Girl's Legs for the painting "Young Spartans"

Edgar Degas, ca. 1860-62

Pencil drawing of a tall plane tree with a dense leafy canopy above a sturdy trunk, shrubs and a rock at its base.

A Plane Tree

Jean-Victor Bertin, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pencil study of a standing robed man with hands at his chest, gazing upward, drawn in soft graphite on pale paper.

Study of an Apostle, for the painting of the Ascension in Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris (1839-1863)

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1822-64

Graphite study of a seated woman resting her chin on her hand, with a rod across her lap, within an architectural frame.

Study for the Muse Thalia

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 19th century

Lithographic portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair, white cravat and dark coat, against hatched shading.

Portrait of a Young Man

Francisco Goya, ca. 1820

Etching of a bearded old man reading in a rocky wood, with a lion in the foreground and a skull at lower right.

St. Jerome Reading

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Etching of a bearded man in a turban and fur robe beside an arch, with a woman, a child, and a dog nearby.

Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1637

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a feathered crown and chain collar, labeled Atabalipa Rex Peruviæ.

Atabalipa, Rex Peruviæ

Jerôme David, ca. 1634-37

Engraving of a seated man in court dress with a star insignia and a standing younger man beside him, in a paneled interior.

Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orleans and His Son Louis-Phillipe Joseph, Duc de Chartres

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1759

Dark drawing of a seated woman with bowed head, lit softly against a black background, hands resting low.

Embroidery; The Artist's Mother

Georges Seurat, 1882-83

Pen drawing of a layered papal tomb design with columns, niches, a Madonna and Child, angels and sculpted figures.

Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere

Michelangelo, 1505-6

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a seated nude woman with her head bowed, arms around her raised knee, in soft green tones.

The Embrace

Auguste Rodin, 1900-1910

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate lidded vase with dragon-head handles and relief figures on a tall foot.

Design for a Vase with Hercules and Farnese Lilies

Francesco Salviati, ca. 1540

Engraving of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, seated with a crown of thorns, head resting on his hand beside a column.

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Frans Crabbe van Espleghem, ca. 1522-25

Pen and watercolor drawing of a sailor in a straw hat and pink jacket standing on a rocky shore with hands in pockets.

A Sailor Standing on the Shore

Paul Gavarni, 1859-60