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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Loose pencil sketch of a reclining female nude on a draped couch in a sparse studio interior, by James McNeill Whistler.

Nude Model, Reclining (Nude Model Resting)

James McNeill Whistler, 1893

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular man in a blue loincloth reclining on a grey table, arms behind his head.

Male Nude Lying on a Table

Monogrammist AW, 1567 (?)

Engraving of three nude women before an armored man, a sleeping figure, and Cupid with a bow in a tree above.

The Dream of Paris

Pen drawing of a classical procession with elephants, oxen, torch bearers and riders carrying laurel branches.

The Triumph of Caesar: The Elephants

Gian Marco Cavalli, ca. 1497

Engraving of a haloed Christ standing triumphantly over a skeleton and serpent, with angels, chained damned souls and German

The Triumphant Christ

Daniel Hopfer, ca. 1530-36

Black chalk drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, head bowed, with a drapery falling beside him.

Standing Male Nude

Franz August Myldorfer, 1754

Etching of a nude standing man with his head turned, surrounded by loose sketched figure studies of heads and limbs.

Striding Man

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1914

Pen and ink drawing of two nude figures in a forest with a winged horse rearing among trees and clouds.

Fantasy

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1824-98

Drawing of the nude Farnese Hercules leaning on a club, rendered in black chalk and white highlights on blue paper.

The Farnese Hercules

Pieter van Lint, 1639

Ink and wash drawing of Juno on a chariot above a reclining woman and bearded river god with a peacock and putti.

Juno on Her Chariot Visiting a Young Woman and a Rivergod

Richard van Orley, late 17th-mid 18th century

Engraving of three nude women representing the Fates, one seated and two standing, with distaff and thread in a rocky landsca

The Three Fates: Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos

Jan Müller, ca. 1589

Engraving of a nude muscular man confronting a sprawled nude figure before a crowd beside a colonnaded building.

The Fight Between Ulysses and Irus

Jan Müller, 1589

Engraving of two nude men holding ropes attached to a celestial sphere, with compass roses, clouds, and a Latin inscription b

God Creating Heaven and Earth, title page from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of a winged figure above clouds, a reclining nude woman, and a bearded man with a laurel crown.

The Third Day ( Dies III): The Separation of Land and Sea, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Circular engraving of nude and draped figures in clouds, with a bow, crescent moon, and celestial details.

The Fourth Day (Dies IV): The Creation of Day and Night, from "The Creation of the World"

Jan Müller, 1589

Engraving of Christ kneeling in water as John the Baptist pours water over him, with a dove and angels musicians above.

The Baptism of Christ

Jan Müller, 1590

Engraving of two muscular nude men seen from behind, with a draped cloth, rocky outcrop, and crowd near a bridge in the dista

The Abduction of a Sabine Women (view from behind)

Jan Müller, ca. 1598

Engraving of a Turkish bath interior with a seated nude woman being bathed by an attendant beneath a perforated dome.

A Turkish Bath (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vo…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Etching of the hiding of Moses: a kneeling woman and standing man by a Nile riverbank, a basket with an infant, pyramids behi

Hiding of Moses, from "Remember Me!, or a Pocket Companion"

William Blake, 1825

Brown wash drawing of a bacchanal with nude revelers, a central woman raising a goblet and holding a spear, in a wooded setti

Milton's Comus

Joseph Noël Paton, 1842-48

Engraved bust portrait of Jane Shore, a woman with jewelled hair and a pearl necklace, with a Shakespeare quotation below.

Jane Shore: "Give gentle mistress Shore one gentle kiss the more (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 3, scene 1)

Francesco Bartolozzi, February 1, 1790

Brown ink drawing of women gathered around a nude statue beneath trees, with winged figures in the sky and a lute in the fore

The Challenge of the Pierides, from Ovid's Metamorphosis (Book V: 294-678)

Karel van Mander I, 16th-17th century

Engraved card of a standing figure with a feathered headdress holding a torch, labeled Castille d'or, by Stefano della Bella.

Gold Coast, from the playing cards "Jeu de la Géographie"

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Loose black ink and ochre sketch of a reclining nude woman with a black cat beside her on a bed.

Olympia

Édouard Manet, 1923

Etching of Actaeon with stag antlers recoiling as nude women bathe in a pool, with hunting dogs and forest behind.

Acteon, from 'Game of Mythology' (Jeu de la Mythologie)

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Pencil studies on cream paper of seated male figures, including a nude man with a raised arm and clothed bearded men.

Studies of a Seated Bearded Man

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, mid-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a footed tazza supported by two standing nudes, with a seated figure reading on the base.

Design for a Cup Supported by Standing Nudes with Standard of Seated Figure with Book and Bird

Jacopo da Empoli, 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated nude woman resting on an anchor beside a column, with German text above.

Hope

Hans Ulrich Jegli, 1604-54

Ink and wash drawing of winged Father Time unveiling a reclining nude woman beside a column, with a cherub and sailboats.

'Tempus omnia manifestat': Allegory of Art and Knowledge

Johann Melchior Füssli, late 17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a blindfolded Fortune on a sphere playing violin, with a dancing couple and tree in a landscape.

A Dancing Pair Accompanied by a Blindfolded Fortune

Monogrammist EF, 1693