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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,442 works

Pen and grey wash drawing of a nude male figure with a staff beside a ruined tower and arched bridge, dated 1616.

Neptune and Amphitrite

the Elder Elias Wolff, 1616

Pen and ink drawing of a female figure on clouds holding a dove aloft, with billowing drapery behind her, on blue-grey paper.

Venus with a Dove

Nicolai Abildgaard, ca. 1780

Pen and blue wash drawing of Apollo and the Nine Muses with poets in a wooded clearing on Mount Parnassus.

Apollo and the Nine Muses surrounded by Poets on Mount Parnassus

Karel Škréta, later 17th century

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a kneeling old man serving two seated nude men at a table in a rustic kitchen.

Jupiter and Mercury in the House of Baucis and Philemon

Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont, 18th century

Etching of a dense forest with a large oak, a fleeing woman in reeds and a pursuing horned figure by a stream.

Pan and Syrinx

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Etched landscape of a tall tree grove with a reclining couple, a winged child and hounds in the foreground, and hills beyond.

Venus and Adonis

Anthonie Waterloo, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a sea nymph on a dolphin with a triton and a cherub beside her on a rocky ledge.

A Sea Nymph and a Triton on a Dolphin

Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, 18th century

Sepia engraving of a shaded forest stream with arching trees, a seated woman by the water and a kneeling figure among ferns.

Aesacus and Hesperie, Vide Ovid Metamorphosis, Book XI, part XIII, plate 66 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1819

Engraving of galleys and a three-masted ship at sea beneath clouds with a sun chariot and Jupiter figure.

Two Galleys Sailing Behind an Armed Three-Master with Phaeton and Jupiter in the Sky, from the series of Ships

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561-65

Engraving of a muscular figure grasping lightning bolts above churning waves, with a serpent coiled around its body amid stor

Tornado-Zeus Battling Typhon, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

William Blake, August 1, 1795

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bacchanal with revelers, putti and baskets of grapes gathered around a wine vat.

Bacchanal: Arrival at the Wine Vat

Joseph-Marie Vien, ca.1755

Etching of dancing figures on a path before a winged figure, with a ruined temple and trees in a classical landscape.

Time, Apollo and the Seasons

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Etching of a skeleton driving a chariot with a winged child, horses and cypress trees in a cloudy landscape.

Amor, Tod und Jenseits, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Sepia etching of a wooded river landscape with tall trees, distant ruins, hills, and a small boat with figures.

Landscape with Cupid and Psyche

Richard Earlom, 1776

Etching of a youth with a quiver leaning over a reclining figure in a wooded landscape with grasses and trees.

Apollo and Clytie

Laurent de La Hyre, 1606

Engraved ornament sheet with a satyr and a female figure supporting braziers, surrounded by scrolls, masks and garlands.

Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie

Alexis Loir, 1660-1713

Sheet of many ornamental design fragments including cherubs, scrollwork, a heraldic crest, floral medallions and an architect

Seventeen Ornamental Designs for the Pless House or Chateau

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Etching of a reclining youth with curly hair beside a tree in a wooded landscape, with a dog at his feet.

Narcissus

Laurent de La Hyre, 17th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Hermes and Venus seated under a tree with a Cupid in the foreground.

Hermes, Venus, and Cupid in a Landscape

Peter Bruck, early 17th century

Etching of two hunters with a boar, playful cupids, a reclining figure by a fountain, and a wooded landscape.

Meleager and Atalanta

François Chauveau, 1643

Ink and wash drawing of a seated youth beside a large eagle, with two peacocks and a fruit basket below.

Jupiter, disguised as an eagle, with Ganymede, and a sketch of two peacocks

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of centaurs by a pond beneath tall, twisting trees with hills in the distance.

Centaurs at a Pond

Friedrich Preller the Elder, 1824-78

Oval etching of a seated nude woman by a stream beneath trees, with draped cloth and hatched landscape background.

Nymph at a Bath

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 1744

Etching of a seated female nude in an oval frame, with drapery, trees, and a bow and quiver at the left.

Diana at the Bath

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 1744

Red chalk drawing of a bacchanalian revel with reclining revelers, a piping satyr, putti, a dog, and trees.

Bacchanalian Scene

Hendrick Berckman, 1651

Print of ten horizontal panels showing bacchanal scenes with classical figures, chariots, and dancing revelers in pink-tinted

Plate with Ten Bacchanal Scenes

comte de Paroy Jean Philippe Guy Le Gentil

Watercolor elevation of a Louis XV style salon wall with mirror, marble fireplace, rococo paneling and cupid medallions.

Elevation of a salon decorated in Louis XV style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Etching of a wounded centaur rearing on a grassy plain while nude hunters with spears pursue it under a cloudy sky.

Verfolgter Centaur, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Engraved costume design of a man in an ornate plumed helmet and embroidered tunic holding a spear in a formal garden.

Costume of Endymion from the Ballet "Triumph of Love" (Habit d'Andimion du balet du 'Triomphe de l'amour)

Jean Bérain, ca. 1681

Engraving of Jupiter and Callisto: two embracing women on rocks, a cupid drawing a bow, and cherubs at left.

Jupiter and Callisto

Pierre Milan, 1537-40