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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Engraving of the seated prophet Jeremiah with head in hand, framed by architectural arches and nude figures, labeled HIEREMIA

The Prophet Jeremiah, from "Prophets and Sibyls in the Sistine Chapel"

Giorgio Ghisi, 1570-75

Engraved print of two nude figures on a bench in a draped interior, with a pastoral night landscape of sheep and cattle beyon

The Chamber Idyll

Edward Calvert, 1831

Red chalk drawing of a muscular bearded male nude standing in a twisting pose, shaded with hatched strokes on pale paper.

Standing Male Nude

Denys Calvaert, mid-16th-early 17th century

Engraving of nude Apollo with laurel wreath striding in a dark niche amid radiating sun rays and a chariot wheel.

Plate 11: Apollo riding his chariot in a niche, facing right, from "Mythological Gods and Goddesses"

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1526

Engraving of nude Diana in an arched niche drawing an arrow from her quiver, with a deer beside her and a Latin inscription b

Plate 12: Diana standing in a niche, twisting to her left and pulling an arrow out of a quiver, with a deer to her ri…

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1526

Red chalk drawing of a bacchanal with reclining nude revelers, grapes, cherubs, and classical architecture beneath draped clo

Bacchanal

Adriaan van der Burg, early 18th century

Graphite sketch of Susanna and the Elders with a nude woman between two bearded men before classical columns.

Susanna and the Elders (recto); Architectural design and other scribbles (verso)

Giambattista Pittoni, ca. 1720

Ink and wash drawing of an old man with a goblet, a nude young woman beside him, and a woman pouring wine under a tree.

Lot and His Daughters (recto); Rocky Landscape with a Castle and Bridge (verso)

Hermann Weyer, ca. 1616

Pencil study of a classical scene with nude youths, draped women embracing, and helmeted warriors around them.

Group of studies for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"

Joseph-Ferdinand Lancrenon, 1817

Page of six engraved panels showing draped female figures in architectural settings, with Latin captions below each image.

The Cumean Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraving of a partly draped woman holding a staff and a crown of thorns, from a page of six sibyl prints.

The Colophonian Sibyl

Master with the Name of Jesus, 16th century

Engraving of muscular nude smiths hammering at an anvil in a stone forge, with cherubs tending tools in the foreground.

Vulcan's Forge

Engraving of a muscular nude man twisting over a pedestal, one arm raised, rendered in fine crosshatched lines.

Naked Figure leaning on a Pedestal

Juste de Juste, 1540-50

Pen and grey wash drawing of a reclining woman with a globe and a putto with a set square on an ornate pedestal.

Allegory of Geometry

Hans Krumpper, late 16th- early 17th century

Engraving of nude male figures interlocked in a stacked pyramid of dynamic poses over a hatched ground.

Pyramid of Men

Juste de Juste, 1540-50

Engraving of six nude male figures forming a pyramid, interlocking limbs and bodies stacked over a ledge.

Pyramid of six Men

Juste de Juste, 1540-50

Engraving of a nude statue of Diana with a crescent moon in her hair, holding a bow and arrow on a stone pedestal.

Plate 7: Diana; statue of the nude goddess standing on a socle, wearing a crescent moon in her hair and holding a bow…

Philips Galle, 1586

Etched print of a nude man and clothed woman fleeing near a tree and white horse, with armed figures and a hut behind them.

Fuite de M. de Belle-Isle, prisonnier chez les Attakapas

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1767

Red chalk drawing of Acis and Galatea showing reclining nymph, seated sea god, flying cherubs and horses.

Acis and Galatea

William Kent, 1708 (?)

Etching of nymphs gathered around a bust of Diana in a woodland, with satyrs approaching from both sides.

Feast of Diana

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of a woodland feast honoring Pan, with satyrs, nymphs and putti dancing and playing music around a central table.

Feast of Pan

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of a witches' sabbath with nude dancers, a horned violinist, flying witches, an owl and candles under a crescent moon

Errant pendant la nuit...

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of satyr-like figures gambling at tables in a forest grotto, with a fury figure holding a torch above them.

The Passion for Gambling

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of satyrs and robed figures worshipping a statue beside a pile of gold coins, with French verses below.

The Passion for Wealth

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of a forest revel with nude putti, satyrs and a winged figure around a fountain, with an armored soldier in front.

The Passion for Love

Jean Audran, n.d.

Etching of mythological figures in a forest, with satyrs lifting a beam, a helmeted warrior, and a seated nude woman.

Manhood

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of a faun festival in a forest with nymphs, satyrs, musicians and cherubs around a stepped pedestal.

The Feast of the Faun

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Etching of playful putti and a satyr with a wheeled cart and hoop beside a seated woman under a large tree.

Adolescence

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Engraving of an allegorical artist's workshop with draftsmen, a skeleton, a sculpted horse, and a helmeted female figure pres

The Practitioners of the Visual Arts

Cornelis Cort, 1578

Drypoint etching of a nude woman carrying a cluster of cherubs, with loose diagonal hatching suggesting movement.

Spring (Le Printemps)

Auguste Rodin, 1882-88