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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Brown ink drawing of a cinerary urn design with a blank cartouche, eagles, roosters and a mask among fruit garlands.

Cinerary Urn, after the Antique

Nicolas Poussin, 17th-19th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a sorcerer on a winged beast seizing a lady from a rearing horse beside a tree.

The Sorcerer Atlante Abducting Pinabello's Lady (Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, canto II, 38)

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635-38

Manet on His Deathbed

Pierre-Ernest Prins, ca. 1883

Pen and ink drawing of sleeping figures on a shore under a large tree, with a setting sun over the sea.

Sleep: sketch for the painting, now in the museum at Lille

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1840-98

Charcoal study of a reclining nude man, a horse head, a rearing horse, and a draped female figure on toned paper.

Sketch for War, painting in the Museum of Picardy at Amiens

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1861

Pencil and watercolor sketch of nude bathers beside a tree in a forest clearing, with a seated figure in red drapery.

Bathers

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, ca. 1864

Graphite study of a nude male figure with hand raised to chin, drawn over a blue grid on tan paper.

Study for Geometry in "The Sorbonne"

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1886-87

Graphite study of a nude seated figure, head bowed and arms around the knees, drawn over a squared grid on tan paper.

Seated Figure: Study for "A Vision of Antiquity"

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1883-85

Graphite sketch of a standing woman in classical drapery holding a vessel, with a tree trunk behind her, on tan paper.

A Muse of Poetry

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 19th century

Watercolor drawing of an arcaded cloister with robed figures, cypresses under a crescent moon, and a blue painted nativity pa

Christian Inspiration

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1883-86

Pen and ink sketch of figures unloading cargo beside sailing ships with masts, on tan paper.

Figures Unloading Cargo from Sailing Vessels

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a squadron of lancers on horseback advancing under a cloudy sky, pennants raised.

Squadron of Lancers

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 19th century

Pen and watercolor sketch of soldiers marching across an open plain toward distant hills, with mounted officers behind them.

Prise de Constantine

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, ca. 1838

Pencil and watercolor sheet of soldiers in shakos and greatcoats with uniform detail studies and handwritten French notes.

Uniforms of the civil guard in Courtray, Belgium

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1832

Watercolor drawing of an arcaded cloister courtyard with a central fountain, obelisk, garden beds, and two robed figures.

Cloister of the Certosa di San Martino, Naples

Louis Jean Desprez, ca. 1777-79

Pastel drawing of a young woman with bowed head holding a dark muff, wearing a grey bodice and pleated orange skirt.

Young Woman with a Muff

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1860-1919

Boy with an Egg, Girl with a Hen, and a Watching Woman

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Charcoal drawing of an executioner in a turban raising a severed head, with draped robes and white chalk highlights on grey p

Executioner Holding Up a Severed Head

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Loose watercolor and pencil studies of landscape, trees and plant forms in orange, yellow and blue on pale paper.

Studies of Landscape, Trees, and Exotic Fruit

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885

A Girl Reading (with a Sketch of Seated Woman)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, n.d.

Charcoal study on grey paper of a seated man turning his head, with detailed arms and hands in the foreground.

David With the Head of Goliath (recto); Study of Lower Leg and Right Foot (verso)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Charcoal drawing of a pensive young boy with his hand at his chin and a staff behind his shoulder, on toned paper.

Boy With a Staff

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Black chalk drawing of a young girl with lowered eyes and a hen perched on her shoulder, with white highlights.

Girl with a Hen

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682-1754

Red chalk drawing of a ruined vaulted hall with arches, brick walls, and small figures among the fragments.

The Octagonal Room in the Small Baths at the Villa of Hadrian (Tivoli)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1777

Sketch of a seated hooded monk in a long robe reading an open book against a dark brown background.

Seated Carthusian Holding an Open Book

Jean Restout le jeune, 1711

Brown wash drawing of a classical interior with a robed woman at an altar, smoke rising, attendants and a seated goddess stat

Dido's Sacrifice to Juno

Jean Bernard Restout, ca. 1772-74

Head of a Bearded Man

Jean Restout le jeune, ca. 1750

Black chalk and white heightening drawing of a seated male nude with one arm outstretched, on tan paper.

Seated Male Nude

Jean Restout le jeune, ca. 1740

Grey chalk drawing of robed clergy and kneeling mourners at a funeral procession before a church entrance.

Funeral of François Duplessis de Mornay

Jean Restout le jeune, n.d.

Watercolor and ink drawing of tree trunks and foliage beside a pale blue pond with distant trees.

Trees Beside a Pond

Louis-Antoine-Léon Riesener, 1853-78