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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

The Society Man (Monsieur Joseph Prudhomme)

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1874

Brown ink and wash drawing of a carriage with elegant passengers and riders passing through a wooded landscape with dogs.

Outing in a Wood

Jean-Michel Moreau, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sleeping nude Venus on a couch with Cupid and putti.

Venus and Cupid (recto); Studies of a Woman (verso)

Nikolaus Knüpfer, 1620-60

Paul Gauguin's 1889 cover design: a woman embraced by a swan within a circle on yellow, with flowers and birds.

("Leda") Design for a Plate: Shame on Those Who Evil Think (Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense) ; cover illustration for the "…

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Black and white woodcut of cattle beside a wooden cross, with three hooded figures at left and a hillside behind.

Le Calvarie Breton

Paul Gauguin, 1898-99

Brown and grey wash drawing of three men in tricorn hats seated at a table, one raising a finger mid-conversation.

Three Men at a Table

Étienne Jeaurat, 1763

Dark incised print with glowing pale forms, a winged figure and a hunched figure, with Tahitian title text below.

The Devil Speaks (Mahna No Varua Ino), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Black-and-white print of a reclining woman on a pale bed with a dark standing figure at right, rendered in hatched lines.

Spirit of the Dead Watching (Manao Tupapau), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Black-and-white woodcut of a woman resting her head on her hands beside a hunched animal and stylized trees.

Human Misery

Paul Gauguin, 1898-99

Woodcut print of a standing woman beside large pink flowers and foliage, with a seated figure at left, in black and cream ton

Fragrance (Noa Noa), small block

Paul Gauguin, 1894-95

Woodcut of a man carrying bananas on a pole past a cow and a dog, framed by tree trunks and leaves.

Tahitian Carrying Bananas

Paul Gauguin, 1898-99

Sepia drawing of a man and woman with a harp in a paneled room, a seated man by the window, and a dog.

Perfect Harmony

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1776

Brown wash drawing of two women on a balcony watching a man holding up a dead bird while dogs leap nearby.

The Wager Won

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1778

Brown wash drawing of Iphigenia kneeling at an altar as a priest raises a knife, with Diana and a deer above.

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1810

Watercolor of a woman in a straw hat holding a blue parasol, seated near a bench in a park with green trees.

A Woman Seated at a Bench on the Avenue du Bois

Berthe Morisot, 1885

Pen and brown wash drawing of nude figures gathered among tall trees in a wooded landscape.

The Judgment of Paris

Abraham Bloemaert, late 16th-mid-17th century

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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