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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,175 works

Etching of a reclining female nude seen from behind on a pale draped cloth against a dark shadowed background.

Reclining Female Nude

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Life Drawing

Carle Vanloo, mid-18th century

Sepia tonal print of a large nude giant seated on a rock ledge, seen from behind, under a crescent moon.

Seated Giant

Francisco Goya, by 1818 (possibly 1814-18)

Graphite sketch of a plumed warrior with spear and shield at the center of a crowded ancient battle scene among trees.

Leonidas at Thermopylae

Jacques-Louis David, ca. 1812-13

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

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

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman having her hair combed by an attendant beside a green tufted armchair.

Woman Having Her Hair Combed

Edgar Degas, ca. 1886-88

Charcoal study of a standing nude figure with arms lowered, set against a dark textured background and a bench.

Study for "Poseuses"

Georges Seurat, 1886-87

Painting of figures harvesting and pressing apples beside barrels, thatched huts, and grazing sheep in a rural landscape.

Cider

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1864

Pastel drawing of a nude woman bending over a shallow tub to dry her leg, with warm ochre and blue tones.

Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub

Edgar Degas, 1885

Graphite drawing of a nude male figure reaching toward a draped female figure, with a squared grid and a classical urn behind

Science Instructing Industry: Nude Study

Kenyon Cox, 1898

Painting of nude women bathing and washing cloth beside a river, with men working on a bridge and boat in the background.

The River

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1864

Pastel drawing of a red-haired nude woman seen from behind, drying herself with a grey towel against a yellow and blue backgr

Woman with a Towel

Edgar Degas, 1894 or 1898

Charcoal and chalk study of a nude woman raising her arms beside swirling drapery, set within a pale arched architectural fra

"Coral" (Study for Mural, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago)

Walter Shirlaw, ca. 1892

Drawing of a nude man kneeling and reaching upward with one arm, rendered in chalk on toned grey paper.

Study from Life: Nude Male

John Trumbull, ca. 1795-96

Pastel drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, stepping into a blue tub against an orange wall.

Bather Stepping into a Tub

Edgar Degas, ca. 1890

Watercolor of a crouching nude man by the sea with a swimming figure reaching up and white daisies in the grass below.

Song of the Siren

John La Farge, ca. 1883-84

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded nude man running right with windblown hair against a hatched rocky landscape.

Bearded Nude Male Figure Running Toward the Right

Stefano da Verona, mid-15th century

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman from behind, arms raised combing long red hair, against a green textured background.

Woman Combing Her Hair

Edgar Degas, ca. 1888-90

Pen drawing of a nude woman standing on a sphere inside an architectural niche framed by two pilasters, dated 1498.

Fortuna in a Niche

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

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

Pastel drawing of a seated nude woman seen from behind, drying her arm with a white towel beside a patterned chair.

Woman Drying Her Arm

Edgar Degas, late 1880s-early 1890s

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with raised arm beside a small winged cupid reaching through clouds.

Female Nude (Danaë)

Unknown artist, late 17th century

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

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with red hair bending forward and drying her foot with a white towel.

Woman Drying Her Foot

Edgar Degas, 1885-86

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing man bending over a reclining male nude on a ledge against a dark background.

Two Male Nudes

Unknown artist, probably 18th century

Brown ink drawing of nude figures and a robed man with a cross entering a stone archway, with demons above.

The Descent into Limbo

Andrea Mantegna, mid-15th century

Black chalk drawing with white highlights on grey paper showing a reclining female nude with one arm behind her head.

Reclining Female Nude

Domenico Tintoretto, early 17th century

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 grey wash drawing of five nude infants in varied poses, one seated on a tree trunk, another holding a bird.

Five Nude Infants in Various Poses

Raphael, ca. 1500