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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,432 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate vessel with two tritons blowing horns and a winged putto atop a pedestal.

Design for a Vessel with Two Tritons Blowing Horns and a Winged Putto on Top

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Engraving of a crowd of soldiers and figures gathered around a stone tomb, with a bearded elder seated before it.

Alexander the Great commanding that the work of Homer be placed in the tomb of Achilles

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-34

Grey and white chalk drawing of a classical female nude statue on blue paper, with a skull at lower left.

Venus de' Medici; view from the front

Pieter van Lint, 1640

Pen and brown wash drawing of a satyr and satyress lifting a tall vase on a scrolled pedestal.

Design for a Statue consisting of a Satyr and Satyress Lifting a Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Engraving of Saint Christopher wading a river with a child on his shoulders and a hermit with a flask in the foreground.

Saint Christopher crossing the river with Christ in the form of a putto on his shoulders and a hermit in the foreground

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-34

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a nude classical figure seen from behind, with a skull at lower left.

Venus de' Medici; view from the back

Pieter van Lint, 1640

Pen and brown wash drawing of a vessel base supported by two crouching satyr figures with raised arms.

Design for the Base of a Vessel with Two Satyrs

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Engraving of Pallas Athena in a crested helmet, standing on a globe with a spear and a decorated round shield.

Pallas Athena standing on a globe, a spear in her left hand, a shield in her right

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-27

Pen and watercolor drawing of nude Venus with a billowing cloth, Anchises seated beside her, and a cupid above.

Venus, Anchises and Cupid

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and ink design of a lion's head flanked by two putti on scrolled ornament, with grey wash shading.

Design for a Lion's Head flanked by Satyrs

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Engraving of Apollo seated on Parnassus with muses and laurel-crowned poets, with cherubs holding wreaths above.

Apollo sitting on Parnassus surrounded by the muses and famous poets

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1517-20

Brown ink and wash drawing of a scowling bearded satyr face with curly hair on an oval sheet.

Head of a Satyr (Silenus)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1620-30

Oval drawing on blue paper of nymphs reclining and dancing beside satyrs, one lifting a vessel, under a tree.

Nymphs And Satyrs

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Engraved frieze of a bacchanal with Silenus supported by revelers, satyrs, a reclining woman and a Priapus statue.

A Bacchanal, Silenus supported by two bacchants in the centre, at right a female satyr reclining on a bed and another…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-13

Black chalk drawing of a nude man turned left, with a bearded satyr head sketched beside him on pale paper.

Half-Figure of a Nude Man Facing Left, Head of a Satyr

Peter Paul Rubens, n.d.

Pen and white-heightened drawing of nymphs dancing in a circle in a wooded glade, with seated musicians at the edges.

Dancing Nymphs in a Glade

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Engraving of three nude women embracing before palm trees and fountains in an arched frame, after Marcantonio Raimondi.

The Three Graces, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-1534

Brown wash drawing of Apollo in a laurel wreath holding hands with Thetis on a cloud, with cherubs and a lyre nearby.

Apollo and Thetis

Jacob de Wit, early 18th century

Drawing of Perseus holding Medusa's head amid fallen warriors in a columned palace hall, with a banquet at left.

Fight Between Perseus And Phineus in the Palace of Cephus

Bernard Picart, late 17th-early 18th century

Engraved bacchanal frieze with satyrs, revelers, a reclining woman, and a statue of Priapus among trees and curtains.

A Bacchanal; Silenus supported by two bacchants in the center, at left a female satyr reclining on a bed and another…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-13

Pen and grey wash design drawing of an ornate casket with garlands, scrolled feet, and a central satyr mask panel.

Design for an Casket heavily decorated Foliate Scrolls, Garlands and a Satyr Mask

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Grey paper with ink sketches of book headpieces and vignettes, including a laurel wreath, a winged figure, and a reclining fi

Studies for headpieces and vignettes in the book, Amor und Psyche (Opus V)

Max Klinger, 1878

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated woman with flowers and playful winged putti in a mythological scene.

Mythological Subject

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Pen and ink design drawing of a lidded vase with gadrooned base, garland swags and satyr masks, on pale paper.

Design for a Lidded Gadrooned Vase with Satyr Heads Holding Garlands

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink drawing of a helmeted nude warrior with a shield and a small winged child reaching toward him.

Mars and Cupid (recto); Female Standing Figure with a Helmet and a Shield (Bellona?) (verso)

Andrea Schiavone, 1501-63

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bacchanalian scene with a nude nymph, pouring attendants, playful putti, grapes and a classic

Bacchanalian Scene with Nymphs and Putti

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Etching of a helmeted hero freeing a nude woman chained to rocks beside a sea monster, with a winged horse above.

Perseus Saving Andromeda

Giovanni David, 1775

Engraved frieze of tritons, nymphs, sea horses and putti riding across waves.

Frieze with Tritons and Nymphs

Girolamo Mocetto, 1490-1530

Etching of a naiad beside an overturned urn pouring water, with a triton and sea figures rising from the waves and putti at l

Water, represented by a naiad seated at the base of a tree and resting her arm on a supine urn from which water flows…

Giulio Carpioni, 1640-60

Engraving of two sea gods with fish tails and four nude nymphs at a stone table under a tree, with doves flying overhead.

Two sea gods accompanied by four nymphs

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76