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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur holding a bow and raising a quiver, with cypress trees and hills behind.

Centaur Holding Up a Quiver

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur pointing skyward as a satyr clings to its side, with mountains behind.

A Centaur and a Satyr

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Pen and wash drawing of a centaur embracing a satyress beside trees, with a cloud and distant water in the background.

Centaur Embracing a Satyress

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur with a club and two satyrs in a wooded landscape.

Centaur with a Club, and Two Satyrs

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown wash drawing of a centaur rearing with a young satyr on its back, reaching toward a bow among trees.

Centaur with a Young Satyr

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Loose charcoal-toned portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket, with handwritten caption Stéphane Mallarmé below.

Stéphane Mallarmé, from "Vers et Prose"

James McNeill Whistler, 1892

Brown wash drawing of a satyr leading a centauress carrying a satyr child through a landscape with a distant town.

Satyr Leading a Centauress Who Holds a Satyr Child

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown wash drawing of a centaur carrying a struggling satyress across his back through a hilly landscape.

Back View of a Centaur Abducting a Satyress

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur with a shield riding past two nude women beside trees and mountains.

Centaur with Shield and Two Satyresses

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown wash drawing of a turbaned man reclining with a horse, a standing figure under a tree, and a striped-clothed man at lef

An Oriental Chieftain Resting

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of a turbaned horseman with a lance on a rearing horse in a open landscape.

An Oriental Horseman

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Sepia drawing of a turbaned lancer on a rearing horse, with onlookers at right and a hillside town and mountains behind.

Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1760-70

Brown wash drawing of an elephant with curled trunk walking across a landscape with distant buildings and a palm tree.

Elephant in a Landscape

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of acrobats performing handstands before a crowd of spectators behind a wooden fence.

Scene of Contemporary Life: The Acrobats

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing gentleman with a cane, surrounded by caricature head studies.

Caricature of a Gentleman and Other Studies

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with Saint Sebastian, a kneeling Franciscan saint, and an angel.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint Sebastian and a Franciscan Saint

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Orange and black poster of a woman with a poppy beside her face, with the title Folly or Saintliness below.

Folly or Saintliness by José Echegaray

Ethel Reed, 1895

Loose oil sketch of helmeted Minerva with shield facing a dark beast, with winged figure, nudes and cherubs above.

Minerva Combating Brute Force

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk study of a male nude with praying hands and flowing drapery on grey paper.

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk study of a bearded standing male figure with a draped white cloth on grey paper.

Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on toned paper, showing folded cloth falling from an upper edge.

Drapery Study for Clovis (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Par…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Pencil studies on a mounted sheet: praying hands, a nude male torso, and two hooded friars, one with a halo.

a. Study for Clovis (middle register); b. Study for Clovis (middle register); c. St. Dominic and another Friar, after…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drapery study on grey paper showing folds of cloth falling from an unseen figure.

Drapery Study for Figure Holding Crown (middle register); study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Saint…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Red chalk study of a robed standing figure with raised arms and a staff, drawn on grey paper.

Study for Saint Remi (middle register); verso: Study for Remi's Raised Arm (studies for wall paintings in the Chapel…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on grey paper of two drapery studies, one with a hand gripping the fabric.

Drapery Study for Saint Remi (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde,…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Gray paper with red chalk hand study, black chalk hand gripping cloth, and large drapery study for a figure.

a. Hand of Saint Remi; b. Hand of Saint Remi; c. Drapery Study for Acolyte Holding Book (middle register); (studies f…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Charcoal drawing of a seated figure in heavy draped cloth, head and upper body sketched lightly on pale paper.

Drapery Study for Sainte Clotilde (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clot…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Red chalk and white highlight study of a kneeling robed figure with arms outstretched, plus two hand studies above, on grey p

Sainte Clotilde (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Acolyte with Open Book (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris…

Isidore Pils, 19th century

Black chalk study of a standing draped soldier holding a spear and shield, with white highlights on tan paper.

Soldier (middle register; study for wall paintings in the Chapel of Saint Remi, Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1858)

Isidore Pils, 19th century