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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Pen and brown wash drawing of a standing nude woman with a draped cloth and a bird beside her legs.

Study of a Garden Sculpture: Leda?

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Loose charcoal-toned portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket, with handwritten caption Stéphane Mallarmé below.

Stéphane Mallarmé, from "Vers et Prose"

James McNeill Whistler, 1892

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing gentleman with a cane, surrounded by caricature head studies.

Caricature of a Gentleman and Other Studies

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Sebastian, a kneeling Franciscan saint, and an angel.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Sebastian and a Franciscan Saint

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Orange and black poster of a woman with a poppy beside her face, with the title Folly or Saintliness below.

Folly or Saintliness by José Echegaray

Ethel Reed, 1895

Charcoal and white chalk study of a male nude with praying hands and flowing drapery on grey paper.

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk study of a bearded standing male figure with a draped white cloth on grey paper.

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on toned paper, showing folded cloth falling from an upper edge.

Drapery Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Par…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Pencil studies on a mounted sheet: praying hands, a nude male torso, and two hooded friars, one with a halo.

a. Study for Clovis (middle register); b. Study for Clovis (middle register); c. St. Dominic and another Friar, after…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on grey paper showing folds of cloth falling from an unseen figure.

Drapery Study for Figure Holding Crown (middle register); study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Saint…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Red chalk study of a robed standing figure with raised arms and a staff, drawn on grey paper.

Study for Saint Remi (middle register); verso: Study for Remi's Raised Arm (studies for wall paintings in the Chapel…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on grey paper of two drapery studies, one with a hand gripping the fabric.

Drapery Study for Saint Remi (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde,…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Gray paper with red chalk hand study, black chalk hand gripping cloth, and large drapery study for a figure.

a. Hand of Saint Remi; b. Hand of Saint Remi; c. Drapery Study for Acolyte Holding Book (middle register); (studies f…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal drawing of a seated figure in heavy draped cloth, head and upper body sketched lightly on pale paper.

Drapery Study for Sainte Clotilde (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clot…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Red chalk and white highlight study of a kneeling robed figure with arms outstretched, plus two hand studies above, on grey p

Sainte Clotilde (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Acolyte with Open Book (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Black chalk study of a standing draped soldier holding a spear and shield, with white highlights on tan paper.

Soldier (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on gray paper showing folded cloth draped over a shoulder.

Drapery Study for Soldier (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Pa…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk study of a robed standing man gazing upward with one arm outstretched on toned paper.

Saint Remi (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

a. Hands of Saint Remi (lower register); b. Head of Saint Clotilde (upper register); c. Head of Saint Clotilde (lower…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Red chalk study on grey paper of two kneeling bishops in draped robes, with haloed heads and white highlights.

Two Bishops (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Drawing of a seated bishop in a draped robe, sketched in graphite and white chalk on grey paper.

Bishop (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study of a seated, cloaked figure on grey paper.

Drapery Study for a Bishop (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Pa…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Chalk drawing on gray paper of a kneeling bishop seen from behind, with a flowing robe and red-lined vestment.

Drapery Study for a Bishop (lower register); verso: Sketch of a sleeve; (studies for wall paintings in the Chapel of…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Red and white chalk study of a kneeling cleric raising one hand and gazing upward, holding a book, on grey paper.

Cleric (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Monk (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Drapery study in black chalk and white highlights on gray paper, showing a monk's robe folding in long vertical folds.

Drapery Study for a Monk (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Pari…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Monk (lower register); verso: Drapery Study for a Bishop (lower register); (studies for wall paintings in the Chapel…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study of a cleric's sleeve and hand holding a book on blue-gray paper.

Drapery Study for a Cleric (lower register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Pa…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a standing cleric in a flowing robe, studied on grey paper.

Drapery Study for a Cleric (lower register); verso: Sleeve of a Cleric; (studies for wall paintings in the Chapel of…

Isidore Pils, 19th century