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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

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 woodcut of a standing nude figure with a lizard, flowers and palm fronds, titled Nave Nave Fenua.

Delightful Land

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

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

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

Red chalk drawing of a hilltop villa among trees, with a reclining cow and a resting figure in the foreground.

Landscape with a Large Villa on a Hilltop

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1759

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds with kneeling saints and angels below, looking upward.

The Holy Family Appearing to St. Francis, St. Augustine, and St. Roch

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 18th 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

Woodcut print of a seated woman with long dark hair beside a bird, titled Te Faruru, dark ink with pale highlights.

Here We Make Love (Te Faruru), from Fragrance (Noa Noa)

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

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

Graphite sketch with white highlights of a man in period dress, wig and cloak, holding a hat aloft on gray paper.

Self-Portrait

Jean-Marc Nattier, ca. 1730

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

Brown-toned print of a woman with long flowing hair emerging from swirling waves, with the inscription Te Faruru at upper rig

Here we make love

Paul Gauguin, 1893-94

Brown ink and wash drawing of Jupiter hurling lightning at struggling giants among clouds, with an hourglass above.

Jupiter Fighting the Giants

Jacopo Zucchi, 1540-96

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

Studies for the Archangel Gabriel (recto and verso)

Nicolas Mignard, ca. 1645

Red chalk study of a kneeling winged angel raising one arm and pointing upward, with draped cloth and sketched wings.

Study for the Archangel Gabriel

Nicolas Mignard, 17th century

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

Grey ink drawing of the Nativity with kneeling Virgin, shepherds, angels and a donkey among classical ruins.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Aertgen van Leyden, early 16th-mid 16th century

Lithograph of a horseman on a rearing horse above a fallen turbaned man, with mountains and sketch studies below.

Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha

Eugène Delacroix, 1827

Etching of a woman with a vessel on her head, holding a curled stalk and a basket of vegetables, standing on a ground line.

Hortulana, from "Hortulanae"

Jacques Bellange, 1611

Engraving of nude Susanna at a garden fountain with two elders watching from behind trees and foliage.

Susanna and the Elders

Pen and ink drawing of two seated allegorical women with a column and scales, flanked by putti and winged figures.

Fortitude and Justice

Hans Speckaert, before 1577

Black and white woodcut of the Virgin's death and assumption, with angels above and saints at a bedside, framed by a decorati

The Death, Assumption, and Crowning of the Virgin

Master of the Mountain-like Clouds, ca. 1470-85

Hand-colored woodcut of a bearded face with long hair, wearing a green thorn crown, on a gold ornamental background.

The Sudarium

Hans Schlaffer of Ulm, ca. 1470-75

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Florian in armor with red cape, holding a bucket beside a burning town with a tower.

Saint Florian

Casper, ca. 1460

Pen and wash drawing of the enthroned Madonna and Child with two saints and a kneeling donor in an arched setting.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Basil the Great and Saint John the Baptist and Donor

Niccolò dell' Abate, 1540-50