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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,432 works

Etching of a mythological sea procession with nude nymphs on a shell chariot, cupids flying overhead, and sea creatures in wa

Triumph of Galatea

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Ink and wash drawing of a nude youth offering a boar's head to a draped woman among onlookers and satyrs.

Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar

Guillaume Boichot, ca.1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a centaur with a bow riding beside a satyr gesturing toward a city wall.

Satyr Leading a Centaur, Who Carries a Club, Bow and Quiver, Outside the Walls of a City

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1771-91

Etching of a Bacchanale with satyrs, draped women, a horse, and a classical bust on a pedestal in a frieze-like composition.

Bacchanale

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Graphite study of a seated woman resting her chin on her hand, with a rod across her lap, within an architectural frame.

Study for the Muse Thalia

Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, 19th century

Etching of a nude nymph held up by two kneeling satyrs in a leafy woodland clearing.

Nymph Supported by Two Satyrs

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Etching of Bacchus and Ceres seated together with a leopard, urn, grapevine, and a cherub holding a cup.

The Alliance of Bacchus and Ceres

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Brown wash drawing of a seated river god, a nymph holding an oar, and a reclining putto on clouds.

Seated River God, Nymph with an Oar, and Putto

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Etching of a satyr and a nude woman with two infants in a stone frame, surrounded by foliage and tree trunks.

The Satyr's Family

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Etching of playful putti in a landscape, with a child riding a centaur, a child aiming a bow, and a classical urn among trees

Children's Games

Pierre Brébiette, 1615-42

Pen and wash drawing of a couple embracing under a tree with a cupid, figures on an arcade at right, by Rubens.

The Garden of Love (left portion)

Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1633-35

Etching of a nymph riding a satyr inside an oval medallion, framed by trees and foliage.

Nymph Astride a Satyr

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Engraving of a Bacchic procession with satyrs, putti, grapevines, and animals including a lion, goat, and elephant.

Triumph of Bacchus

Pierre Brébiette, 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate lidded vase with dragon-head handles and relief figures on a tall foot.

Design for a Vase with Hercules and Farnese Lilies

Francesco Salviati, ca. 1540

Etching of a satyr holding a child beside a dancing nymph with a tambourine, framed by ivy in a garden niche.

The Satyrs' Dance

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1763

Etching of Bacchus reclining with a satyr offering grapes, a lion beside them, a classical urn and a rocky landscape behind.

Bacchus, Satyr, and Lion

Pierre Brébiette, 1610-42

Pen and ink drawing of a curly-haired Cupid leaning on a scroll, with two doves at the lower left.

Cupid with Two Doves

Toussaint Dubreuil

Grey wash drawing of a nude sea god seated on rocks, holding a trident, with a billowing cloak behind him.

Seated Triton

Perino del Vaga, 1545-47

Etching of sea gods, nymphs and cherubs feasting and riding chariots across waves, with a female figure holding a conch horn.

Neptune and Amphitrite

Pierre Brébiette, 1615-42

Grey wash drawing in oval format showing a radiant monstrance among clouds and angels, with allegorical figures and a globe b

Veneration of the Eucharist by the Peoples of the World (Allegories of the Four Continents)

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, 1720-74

Circular drawing of Neptune raising a trident in a shell chariot pulled by sea horses over waves, with cliffs behind.

Neptune in his Chariot

Pieter de Jode, late 16th-mid 17th century

Brown ink drawing of a seated man and a crowd of women and boys gathered around a draped statue on a column.

Figures Adoring a Statue of the "Magna Mater"

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1585

Pen and wash drawing of nude nymphs bathing around Diana beside classical ruins, with a horned figure and dogs at right.

Diana and Actaeon

Georg Pecham, 1602

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated woman with a bow resting among hounds beneath a radiating sunburst and clouds.

Diana Resting with Her Hounds (recto); Flora Seated by a Vase with Two Harks on the Ground, after Jost Amman (verso)

Hermann Weyer, 1607 (verso)-ca. 1615 (recto)

Watercolor of a pale armored warrior on a rearing horse beside nymphs in glowing water and a hooded figure.

Hagen and the Nymphs of the Danube

Henry Fuseli, 1802

Pen and ink drawing with framed scenes of the Prodigal Son, a shepherd with pigs, feasting figures, and ornate architectural

The Prodigal Son

Daniel Lindtmayer, late 16th-early 17th century

Gray wash drawing of a central standing man in a fur cloak, flanked by seated figures, cherubs and a blank scroll.

Study for a Stained-Glass Window

Christoph Murer, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of ruined ancient arched walls and fallen blocks with plants, with hills in the distance.

View of the Temples of Venus and of Diana in Baia from the South

Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1594

Grey wash drawing of Venus on clouds with a winged cupid holding an arrow, crowns and a scepter nearby.

Venus Triumphant

Hans Werl, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of Juno descending on clouds above nude sea gods on a shore with rain falling.

Juno Appearing to Sea Gods

Cornelis van Haarlem, late 16th-early 17th century