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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Vertical drawing with three circular panels labeled Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, showing a couple, a ballot box, and a nurse

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

Notebook with sketches and notes

Brown wash drawing of the risen Christ with the Virgin and St. Joseph above, and apostles gesturing below.

The Risen Christ between the Virgin and St. Joseph, Appearing to St. Peter and other Apostles

Jean Daret, ca. 1630-68

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with attendant women and cherubs in clouds above a classical landscape.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Adrien Dassier, 1666

Loose pencil sketch of a bowed, bearded man in a long robe leaning on a staff, with a faint second head at upper right.

Standing Figure of a Man with a Staff

Honoré Daumier, 1825-79

Engraved print of an ornate ewer with a curved handle, shell-shaped spout, and figures of putti on its body.

Vase

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1543

Engraved design of an ornate vase with reclining nudes, supporting male figures, grapevines and a lion mask.

Vase

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraved ornament panel with two male term figures on spiral bases flanking a central cartouche and mask.

Ornament Panel with Terms and Spiral Bases

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of the Pietà: the dead Christ lies across the Virgin's lap while mourners and ladders surround them.

Pietà

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of nude Hercules standing over crouching Cacus beside classical columns and an arched opening.

Hercules and Cacus

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of a seated nude sibyl writing at a sloped desk beside a lamp, with fine crosshatched shading and draped cloth.

A Sibyl

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of an allegorical scene with nude and draped figures, a winged figure and classical columns in an interior.

Religious Allegory

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of winged Cybele in a turreted crown flanked by two rearing lions, standing on a pedestal with flowing drapery.

Cybele

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1543

Engraving of a draped woman in classical dress with a veil, turning her head over her shoulder while standing on a pedestal.

Woman Looking over Her Shoulder

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of a standing classical female figure in draped robes holding a tall ornamented staff, on a pedestal.

Melpomene, from the Mattei sarcophagus, Rome

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Engraving of a draped female statue standing on a pedestal, with flowing robes and long wavy hair.

Woman Full Face, Her Head Slightly to the Left

Antonio Fantuzzi, ca. 1543

Ink and wash drawing of Christopher Columbus in an oval frame, surrounded by navigational instruments, allegorical figures an

Christopher Columbus

Jean-Baptiste Dedéban, 1805-49

Pen and ink sketches of classical architecture, columns, scrollwork and putti for a decorative casket design.

Sketches for the Design of a Casket (recto); Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths(?) (verso)

Girolamo da Carpi, 1545-55

Red and black chalk portrait of a bearded man in a plumed cap and ruffed collar, turned to the left.

Portrait of La Val de Pramence

François Clouet, 16th century

Charcoal study of a kneeling draped female figure seen from behind, with a separate head study of hair at upper right.

Studies of a Draped Female Figure, Kneeling, Seen from the Back, for the East Transept of the Chruch of Sainte-Clothi…

Henri Lehmann, 1858

Graphite and chalk study of a woman in a long gown carrying a basket of bread, drawn on squared blue-grey paper.

A Woman Distributing Bread from a Basket: Study for "Feed the Hungry," in the Chapel of the Seven Corporal Works of M…

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1850-53

Charcoal and chalk drawing of crowded bookshelves with stacked books and loose papers on the floor.

Bookshelves, Study for "Edmond Duranty"

Edgar Degas, 1879

Soft gray and blue drawing of a nude woman crouching over the edge of a bath, one arm reaching down.

The Bath

Edgar Degas, 1895 or before

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated in a room with a standing woman gesturing toward him and a kneeling woman at left

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Ferdinand Pierre Joseph Ignace Delamonce, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded seated male figure with raised arms on clouds, attributed to Luigi Sabatelli.

God The Father Creating (?) (recto); Study of neo-classical statue of a nude male (verso)

Luigi Sabatelli, 1792-1850

Pen and grey wash drawing of a man with downcast eyes, a cloth wrapped around his head, and draped collar.

Caricature of Georges-Auguste Couthon (called Aristide, 1756-1794), President of the Convention in 1793, on the way t…

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1794

Head of a soldier in profile, with a sword handle

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1794

Profile of two soldiers wearing fur caps

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1794

Pen and ink sketch of two men in tricorn hats playing cards at a table.

Replacements in the Parisian Guard Playing Cards in 1795

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1795

Pencil sketch of two men's heads in wide-brimmed hats, with a sketched figure and hand below.

Replacements in the Parisian Guard Playing Cards

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1795