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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,394 works

Monochrome painting of a young woman in a white gown holding flutes and resting a hand on a lyre, labeled Euterpe.

Euterpe

Joseph Fagnani, 1869

Monochrome painting of a woman with a flower wreath holding a lyre, beside a nude child holding a torch.

Erato

Joseph Fagnani, 1869

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bacchanal with satyrs, a goat, a fruit basket, and a classical arch.

Bacchanal

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635-36

Brown wash drawing of a nude winged youth and a seated draped woman beside a lyre and tree in a landscape.

The Muse Erato Writing Verses Inspired by Love

Charles Meynier, 1797

Brown ink and wash drawing of a youth piping for a reclining satyr under trees, with putti and a landscape behind.

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645-50

Engraving of a bacchanal with nude revelers, satyrs and putti around a wine vat beneath a grapevine.

Bacchanal with a Wine Vat

Andrea Mantegna, Before 1475

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris with nude goddesses, a sun chariot, Jupiter and an eagle in the sky, and river gods.

The Judgment of Paris: he is sitting at left with Venus, Juno and Pallas Athena, a winged victory above. In the upper…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-20

Brown wash drawing of a satyr listening to a youth playing a pipe among trees, with putti nearby.

Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Chiaroscuro woodcut of Hercules raising a club among classical architecture, with nude women and armed figures around him.

Hercules chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses

Ugo da Carpi, ca. 1520-27

Pen and wash drawing of Jupiter and Juno reclining on a draped bed with cherubs, framed by classical columns.

Jupiter and Juno: Study for the "Furti di Giove" Tapestries

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1532-35

Pen and brown wash drawing of a rocky coast with a winged horse, figures, a large tree and a hazy sea.

Perseus and the Origin of Coral

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1671

Brown ink and wash drawing of reclining Bacchus with a thyrsus staff, Ariadne, and putti among clouds.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1740

Watercolor of a barefoot female figure in white drapery holding a thyrsus, with grapes and a green garland against blue.

A Bacchante

John La Farge, 1897

Pen and brown wash drawing of Venus and Cupid on a snail shell on water, with a river landscape and towns behind.

Venus and Cupid on a Snail

Hans Brosamer, 1538

Drawing of nude figures, a bearded piper, and putti with grapes beneath a tree, in brown ink and wash.

Allegory of Fertility (Recto)

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1640

Brown wash drawing of Orpheus playing a lyre among nymphs, lions, sheep and a deer beside a stream.

Orpheus Charming the Nymphs, Dryads, and Animals

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1757

Drawing of two nude women embracing on clouds with cupids, a garland of flowers and doves, in chalk on tan paper.

Nymphs and Cupids

François Boucher, ca. 1769

Drawing of several nude women in a wooded landscape, one bearded face peering from the lower left, with brown wash and red ch

Nymphs Suprised

Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1640

Charcoal drawing of the winged horse Pegasus with a pale rider, wings spread in dark strokes on tan paper.

Pegasus and Bellerophon

Odilon Redon, ca. 1888

Pen and brown ink sketch of a standing woman in a bonnet and flowing dress, one arm outstretched.

Diana, Viscountess Crosbie

Joshua Reynolds, after 1779

Brown ink drawing of Venus on a mound with women and cupids, a man building a fence, rabbits and a classical building.

Vulcan Building a Fence Around the Mount of Venus

Giovanni Bellini, late 15th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a pastoral music scene: women and a man gather under a tree, one playing a lute.

Concert champêtre

Girolamo Romanino, ca. 1520-30

Pen and brown ink landscape with a reclining satyr, a goat, a village on a hill, and two walking figures.

Landscape with a Satyr

Domenico Campagnola, 1535-40

Pen and brown ink drawing of two nude women carrying a third figure, with a small dog at lower right.

Two Nymphs Carrying a Third

Francesco Primaticcio, ca. 1547

Pen and ink drawing of a muscular nude Hercules raising a club beside a boar on rocky ground.

Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar

School of Cambiaso, ca. 1550

Pen and brown ink drawing of Orpheus among classical ruins, with a lion, a deer and other animals gathered nearby.

Orpheus

Unknown artist, early 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of two nude figures on clouds, with a cow, foliage and sketch studies, by Francesco Salviati.

Jupiter and Io (recto); sketch of a male figure stabbing himself in the chest (verso)

Francesco Salviati, mid-16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venus blindfolding a winged Cupid, with clouds and drapery around the figures.

Venus Blindfolding Cupid

School of Cambiaso, late 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a blindfolded Cupid carried through the sky by seven winged putti, with birds.

Cupid Blindfolded, Carried Through the Sky by Seven Winged Putti

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1770-90

Engraving of nude Venus combing her long hair while Cupid draws a bow beside her, with a ewer and draped curtain.

Venus and Cupid

Bartholomeus Spranger, 1571-1650