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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Pen and ink study of angels above a crowd of figures and columns in a Gothic church interior.

Composition Study with Figures Distributing Bread

Henri Lehmann, 19th century

Pen and blue ink study of three standing figures on a rock, a winged figure above, and clustered figures in clouds.

Composition Study with Three Figures Standing on a Rock

Henri Lehmann, 19th century

Small painting of a shirtless man embracing a kneeling woman under an archway, with veiled onlookers and a staff-holding woma

A Scene from the Story of Tobit

Henri Lehmann, ca. 1834-82

Chalk study on blue-grey paper of veiled draped female figures with an outstretched arm, by Henri Lehmann, 1863.

Study for the figure of Sarah in the now-lost painting, "Tobias Brings His Bride Sarah to the House of His Father, To…

Henri Lehmann, 1863

The Figure of Sarah, Bride of Tobias

Henri Lehmann, 1830-82

Pencil and chalk portrait of a bearded man with shoulder-length hair, wearing a jacket and cravat, on tan paper.

Portrait of Anton Heinrich Springer (1825-1895)

Henri Lehmann, mid-19th century

Watercolor of a seated woman in red and black clothing on a grassy bank with daisies and butterflies.

Female Figure

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 19th century

Watercolor of a man in a red costume reclining in a courtyard, raising a wine bottle, with broken glass on the cobblestones.

In His Cups

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1872

Watercolor of a minstrel with a large instrument on his back walking a sunlit old street past half-timbered houses.

Wandering Minstrel; Old Nuremberg

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1843-84

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a seated figure in heavy draped cloth, legs crossed, on blue-grey paper.

Seated Draped Figure

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Head of a Bearded Man Looking Left

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with figures gathered around the Virgin and angels in clouds above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

François Lemoyne, 1720-21

Head of a Bearded Man in Profile to Left

François Lemoyne, early 18th century

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a standing male nude with head tilted upward, framed in a gilt mount.

Standing Male Nude Seen from Below

François Lemoyne, ca. 1730

Oval grey-toned drawing of a young woman in a pale bonnet, ribbon bow and ruffled collar, signed Lemoine 1796.

Madame Claire Philippe de La Pierre (née da Cunha)

Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine, 1796

Red chalk drawing of a standing ecclesiastic in a mitre and robes with arms raised outward.

Standing Ecclesiastic With Arms Upraised

Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier, n.d.

Pencil drawing of Purgatory with angels in clouds above and crowded souls reaching upward in an arched composition.

Purgatory

Jules Eugène Lenepveu, 1835-98

Gray wash drawing with white highlights of a seated, muscular male nude turned to the right, head bowed.

Seated Male Nude Facing Right

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, mid-18th century

Grey wash drawing of two framed allegorical scenes with seated figures, a cherub, bearded men and clouds in arched niches.

Copies after Jusepe de Ribera

Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, 18th century

Study for Saint Gervasius

Eustache Le Sueur, ca. 1652

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a standing man in a loose tunic with a raised hand, plus a drapery study.

Standing Man

Eugène Leygue, 1830-77

Watercolor bouquet of white roses, pale lilacs, buds and green leaves against a grey background.

Flowers: Roses and Lilacs

Paul de Longpré, late 19th-early 20th century

Red chalk drawing of a young woman with curly hair holding a curved horn, with an Italian inscription below.

Huntress with a Horn

Carle Vanloo, ca. 1733

Bust of a Young Girl, Profile to Left

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a praying deacon before a crowd, an angel above, and kneeling figures in an ornate cartouche frame.

Saint Gregory as Deacon Directing Prayers and Processions for the Cessation of the Plague

Carle Vanloo, 1762

Brown wash drawing of St. Gregory dictating to a secretary by candlelight in a book-lined room, inside an arched frame.

St. Gregory Dictating His Homilies to a Secretary

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a seated pontiff receiving homage from kneeling figures and clergy, framed in an ornate cartouche with

The Clergy of Rome Paying Homage to St. Gregory after His Investiture

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling figure held by a man amid a crowd, framed by a shield cartouche with two cherubs.

St. Gregory Reluctant to Accept His Election as Bishop of Rome

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man giving alms to a kneeling woman and child in a city street, within an arched frame.

St. Gregory Distributing His Worldly Goods to the Poor

Carle Vanloo, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a robed priest at an altar with a kneeling woman, candle, angels and cartouche frame.

The Mass of St. Gregory

Carle Vanloo, 18th century