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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pen and ink sheet of studies: an older man's head, a crosshatched head, a lion, a mouse, and a bird head.

Sheet of Studies: Three Male Heads, a Lion and a Mouse

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, 1800-1856

Brown wash drawing of a woman with long hair crouching in a fur garment, with pencil outline of legs at right.

Crouching Woman

Fernand Cormon, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a mitred bishop raising his hand above two recumbent figures, with robed onlookers around the scene.

Miracle of St. Sylvester; the Raising of Two Pagan Priests, after Maso di Banco, S. Croce, Florence

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-38

Miss May Belfort Taking a Bow

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895

Graphite drawing of a reclining woman with draped cloth, head tilted back and arm extended across the sheet.

Drapery Study for the Figure of the Dying Mary Magdalen

Paul Delaroche, 1815-56

Red chalk drawing of the Nativity: reclining Virgin Mary with halo, seated Joseph, and infant Christ in a manger.

The Nativity

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1860

Saint Cloud; Study for the frieze at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-64

Graphite drawing of two standing draped male figures, one bearded, with a partial third figure at the right edge.

Group of Apostles

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1854-61

Graphite and white chalk study of a standing soldier in a draped cloak on blue paper, with a squared grid and red chalk accen

Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1851-52

Charcoal study on grey paper of a muscular male nude with raised arm and sword, with a crouching figure in the corner.

Seated Male Nude (recto); Crouching Male Nude (verso)

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 1864-74

Pencil drawing of a tall poplar and a pollarded willow beside a pond, with shrubs at the lower left.

Landscape with a Poplar and a Willow Tree at the Edge of a Pond

Jean-Victor Bertin, 1787-1842

Red chalk drawing of winged Father Time seated on a globe with a scythe and two putti above, on a carved pedestal.

Father Time on a Globe; Design for a Clock

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, 19th century

Pencil drawing of a bearded seated figure in flowing robes, leaning on one arm, with an arched inscription above.

John the Apostle, for the church of St. Vaast in Arras

Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, 1832

Graphite sketch of horses and riders in motion on tan paper, with loose studies of more horses and figures in the background.

Sheet of Studies for "The Horse Fair"

Rosa Bonheur, 1840-99

Drawing of a seated man in a white robe holding a long pipe, shown in two studies in brown and white chalk.

Two Studies of a Seated Arab with a Pipe

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1820-60

Brown ink drawing of a shepherd resting by a stream under trees, with sheep grazing and a classical temple on a hill.

Classical Landscape with a Shepherd

Jean-Victor Bertin, 1803

Study of a Girl's Legs for the painting "Young Spartans"

Edgar Degas, ca. 1860-62

Pencil drawing of a tall plane tree with a dense leafy canopy above a sturdy trunk, shrubs and a rock at its base.

A Plane Tree

Jean-Victor Bertin, late 18th-mid-19th century

Ink and wash drawing of a nude youth offering a boar's head to a draped woman among onlookers and satyrs.

Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar

Guillaume Boichot, ca.1800

Pencil study of a standing robed man with hands at his chest, gazing upward, drawn in soft graphite on pale paper.

Study of an Apostle, for the painting of the Ascension in Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris (1839-1863)

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1822-64

Drawing of a seated man with long hair in a pink cloak, resting his hand on bagpipes, colored with pencil and wash.

The Bagpipe Player

Guillaume Bodinier

Graphite study of a seated woman resting her chin on her hand, with a rod across her lap, within an architectural frame.

Study for the Muse Thalia

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 19th century

Lithographic portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair, white cravat and dark coat, against hatched shading.

Portrait of a Young Man

Francisco Goya, ca. 1820

Pencil drawing of a robed figure offering bread to a bearded man, with spearmen and jars in a classical colonnade.

Melchizedek Presenting Abraham with Bread and Wine

Hippolyte Flandrin, 1835-64

Etching of a bearded old man reading in a rocky wood, with a lion in the foreground and a skull at lower right.

St. Jerome Reading

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Etching of a bearded man in a turban and fur robe beside an arch, with a woman, a child, and a dog nearby.

Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1637

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a feathered crown and chain collar, labeled Atabalipa Rex Peruviæ.

Atabalipa, Rex Peruviæ

Jerôme David, ca. 1634-37

Grey wash drawing of a draped figure lying on open ground, with a pale hand extended and distant buildings at right.

War Scene (A Female Casualty)

Théodule Augustin Ribot, ca. 1870-72

Engraving of a seated man in court dress with a star insignia and a standing younger man beside him, in a paneled interior.

Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duc d'Orleans and His Son Louis-Phillipe Joseph, Duc de Chartres

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1759

Etching of a nude nymph held up by two kneeling satyrs in a leafy woodland clearing.

Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763