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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Sketch on blue-grey paper of a seated nude figure with one arm raised to the head and legs stretched out.

Seated Female Nude

Domenico Tintoretto, early 17th century

Black chalk drawing of a seated nude man with crossed legs, with a smaller sketch of a draped seated figure below.

Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude

Pontormo, mid-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

Red chalk drawing of a reclining female nude with curved body and soft hatched shading, inside a red and green ruled border.

Recumbent Nude

Emilia, early 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of a warrior with a spear, a woman, reclining figures and a winged putto among clouds.

Rinaldo Enchanted by Armida

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, mid-18th-late 18th century

Graphite study of a muscular male nude turning upward, one arm extended, draped at the hips beside a stone ledge.

Study of a Male Nude Study for "The Death of Seneca"

Eugène Delacroix, 1838-40

Graphite drawing of a nude youth standing with arms raised overhead and legs wide apart on tan paper.

Youth with Arms Upraised

Edgar Degas, 1859-60 or 1861-62

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

Woodblock print of a nude muscular man in a loincloth holding a drawn sword before his face, with a checkered robe and crest.

The Second Nakamura Sukegoro as a Man Entirely Nude Save for Loin Cloth

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1768 or 1769

Graphite sketch of a nude young man seen from behind, one arm raised in a defensive pose, on pale paper.

Youth in an Attitude of Defense

Edgar Degas, 1859-60

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women gathering abalone on a rocky shore beside woven baskets and waves.

The Awabi Fishers

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of a reclining figure in a striped kimono beside a kotatsu table, with a painted screen and calligraphy.

Bedroom Scene

Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1739

Woodblock triptych of women bathing and dressing in a crowded Japanese public bath, with wooden tubs and hanging signs.

Interior of a Public Bath

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 19th century

Woodblock print of two women by the sea: one nude with a red cloth, one seated in a kimono holding an abalone shell over a ba

Abalone Divers

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

Charcoal and blue pastel drawing of a nude woman bending forward to dry herself with a towel.

Bather Drying Herself

Edgar Degas, ca. 1883-84

Etching of horned satyrs picking grapes from a pergola, with a reclining piper at left and goats grazing at right.

Birth of the Satyrs

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Japanese woodblock print of two figures in kimono in an intimate embrace, with calligraphy and household objects around them.

Erotic Print

Kitagawa Utamaro

Charcoal and pastel drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, bending forward with blue pastel highlights on her back.

Bather Sponging Her Knee

Edgar Degas, ca. 1883-84

Etching of nude dancers in a circle beside a bearded man with a staff, with lyre and pipe musicians in a landscape at right.

Orpheus

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Brown wash drawing of a partly naked woman seated on cloth in a dark forest, head bowed, light through trees.

A partly naked woman seated by a stream; page 32 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Brown lithograph of a nude woman bending over a washbasin beside a bottle, with a bed and interior behind her.

Washing, from "Elles"

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Engraving of the Judgment of Paris with nude goddesses, a peacock, a seated figure with a caduceus, and a reclining river god

Judgment of Paris

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Pastel drawing of a female nude bending forward to dry her leg, hair falling down, on an ochre paper ground.

Bather Drying Herself

Edgar Degas, ca. 1892

Olive-toned print of a nude woman seen from behind beside a bed in a sketchy interior with curtains.

Study of a Woman

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

Etching of nude women attending a seated figure on a rocky shore, with cherubs flying overhead and sea creatures in the waves

Toilet of Thetis

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a seated female nude on the right page and faint blue outline on the left.

Album of Forty-five Figure Studies

Edgar Degas, ca. 1882-85

Chalk drawing of a frontispiece with a nude atlas figure holding a medallion, two reclining putti, and an inscribed panel.

Design for a Frontispiece

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, 19th century

Etching of St. Catherine beside a broken wheel, angels above, and fallen figures and a seated ruler in the background.

St. Catherine

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Graphite sketch of a standing nude youth seen from behind, right arm raised, on tan paper with a central guideline.

Standing Nude Youth, with right arm raised

Edgar Degas, 1859-60

Lithograph of a nude woman seen from behind, bending over a basin and washing, in brown and blue tones.

Washing

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896