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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

A Tahitian Woman with a Flower in Her Hair

Paul Gauguin, 1891-92

Brown ink and wash drawing of a grotto fountain with a shell niche, a reclining figure, and trophies of arms and books.

A Fountain in a Grotto

Giovanni Guerra, ca. 1598

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman seen from behind, hair pinned up, draped garment over her lap.

Woman Seated, Seen from Back

Paul Gavarni, 19th century

Engraving of a reclining draped figure with curly hair beside a stone pedestal, with a curved ledge in the foreground.

Calliope, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Engraving of a reclining draped woman with curled hair leaning on a scrolled frame, rendered in fine parallel hatching.

Terpsichore, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1542-45

Etched print of a reclining classical woman in drapery holding a compass, inside a curved lower frame edge.

Erato, from "Twelve Muses and Goddesses"

Léon Davent, ca. 1540-45

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a rearing white horse and lancer beside a drummer boy in a military scene.

Drummer Boy Attacked by a Cossack

Jean Victor Schnetz, ca. 1817

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a turban and layered robes with a sash, one hand raised, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1857.

Arnaut Officer in Prayer

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1857

Julius Caesar

Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1863

Red chalk drawing of a standing figure in a costume with plumed hat, ruffled collar and puffed breeches.

Fabio Costumed as a Doctor

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing man in a long coat, beret and ruffled collar, hands clasped at his waist.

Crepin's Master

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Standing Gentleman, three-quarter length profile facing right

Anne-Louis Girodet, n.d.

Brown and white drawing of a helmeted warrior and a boy mourning a nude man on a bier, with armour and an altar behind.

The Mourning of Pallas

Anne-Louis Girodet, ca. 1790-93

Grey wash drawing of a armoured man before a seated council, with gold rings spilling from a vessel under classical columns.

Hannibal Before the Senate in Carthage

Etienne Pierre Adrien Gois, 1798-99

Pen and watercolor drawing of a ruined stone gateway with a seated monk in the foreground.

Monk Seated Before a Ruined Gateway

François Marius Granet, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a grotesque ornament with a fringed swag, scrolls, foliage, and a repeated looped band below.

Grotesque ornament comprising a swag and a repeated band

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink ornament sheet with garlands, urns, a fret band, a grotesque mask and strapwork panels.

Three sections; uppermost with a Term and garlands; middle section geometric band; bottom section grotesques and stra…

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink drawing of a female term on a pedestal with dogs, a winged creature, and ornamental scrollwork.

Female Term, seated figure, and fantastical creature (recto); Satyr and study of a woman and child (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Red chalk drawing of an elderly woman in a headscarf, face tilted upward with deep wrinkles and open mouth.

Head of an Old Woman Looking Up

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1763

Red chalk drawing of a young girl with curled hair and a ribbon, gazing upward with a soft, expressive face.

Head of a Girl Looking Up

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Etching of Christ with a crown of thorns, hands bound, holding a reed, against a hatched dark background.

Ecce Homo (Christ with the Reed)

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Grey wash drawing of a young woman seated on a chair, spinning with a distaff, wearing a lace shawl and draped skirt.

Bolognese Peasant Girl with a Distaff

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1755

Gray wash drawing of a seated woman in a straw hat holding a hand warmer beside a draped chair.

Florentine Woman Wearing a Butterfly Cap and Holding a Hand Warmer

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1755

Etching of a standing man in a feathered cap and puffed doublet, holding a long sword, by Eugène Delacroix.

Man at Arms

Eugène Delacroix, 1833

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, dark off-shoulder dress, and blue ribbons against grey wash.

Portrait of a Lady

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Wash drawing of a standing woman in a veil and dark ruffled gown with a tiered skirt, in loose brown tones.

A Lady with a Veil

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Gray wash drawing of two standing peasant women in full skirts and shawls against a tonal background.

Two Fat Peasant Women

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of two gentlemen in dark coats flanking a woman in a striped gown holding a fan.

Two Gentlemen and a Lady

Constantin Guys, late 1850s--early 1860s?

Watercolor and ink drawing of two women in fashionable dresses holding fans, one in blue and one in brown.

Two Women with Fans

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of two women in bonnets walking arm in arm past a lamppost and men in top hats.

Two Grisettes

Constantin Guys, 19th century