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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,394 works

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling monk attacked by a swordsman, with cherubs above holding a banner, cross, and laurel wreath.

The Martyrdom of St. Peter Martyr

Francisco Camilo, 1615-73

Etching of a satyr with a club, a reclining woman, putti, an urn on a pedestal, and two standing men in a landscape.

Satyr with Club and Seven Figures, from "Bacchanals and Histories"

Francesco Fontebasso, 1744

Pen drawing of a winged figure beside an eagle and a seated nude freed from broken chains, with distant mountains.

The Release of Prometheus

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of a plumed-hat rider on a rearing horse, with a cloaked standing figure at left.

Study for an Equestrian Portrait, Possibly that of Albert de Ligne, Count of Arenberg; verso: Various Studies of Stat…

Anthony van Dyck, ca. 1628-32

Brown wash drawing of Phaeton's falling chariot among clouds, with nude figures and smoking landscape below.

The Fall of Phaeton

Hendrick Goltzius, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen drawing of the winged horse Pegasus with a young rider on its back, with German handwritten notes below.

Pegasus and the Young Bellephron

Max Klinger, late 19th-early 20th century

Ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a shield and sword standing over a fallen figure against blue hills.

Venus and Cupid in a Landscape, after Annibale Carracci (recto); A Warrior Holding a Shield and Sword, Seen from the…

Théodore Géricault, 1816-17

Pen and ink wash drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of rearing horses over clouds, with faint red grid lines.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Rising Sun

Luca Cambiaso, 1527-85

Etching of a seated sorceress in ruins with companions of Ulysses transformed into sheep, a stag, a dog and a peacock.

Circe with the companions of Ulysses changed into animals

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650-51

Etching of Psyche holding a lamp over a sleeping Cupid on a bed with drapery, inscribed with the title in the margin.

Curious Psyche

Giovanni David, mid-1770's

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo altar design with twisted columns and a relief of Saint Michael and the dragon.

Design for an Alter with Saint Michael and the Dragon

Johann Baptist Modler, 1715-74

Circular ceiling design in blue watercolor with winged dancing figures around a central chariot scene with horses.

Design for Ceiling: Apollo and the Hours

Angelica Kauffmann, 1760-1807

Pen and grey wash design for an oval platter showing tritons and sea nymphs battling around a central cartouche.

Design for a Platter with Battling Tritons and Sea Nymphs

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Red chalk drawing of an imaginary garden with classical urns, a carved figure, a niche, and fountain-like architecture.

Study for a Garden Capriccio

Gilles-Marie Oppenord

Ink and wash drawing of Neptune with a trident, spiked crown, and oval medallion showing horses and a chariot.

Design for Neptune with an Oval Medallion

Charles Percier

Pen and ink drawing of a rococo ornamental design with scrolls, a cornucopia of flowers, and hanging garlands.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration (recto); Daphne Pursued by Apollo (verso)

Lorenzo de' Ferrari, 1680-1744

Etching of Mars and Venus in a bath, with winged cupids holding drapery and attending the basin in a classical setting.

Mars and Venus in the Bath

Giovanni David, 1770-90

Pen and brown ink ornamental design with cherubs, garlands, a floral urn, and scrollwork, framed by a double border.

Ornamental Design

Jacob Roer, ca. 1694

Red chalk drawing of nude Andromeda chained to rock as a sea monster with open jaws rears at left.

Andromeda, after Agostino Carracci

Pieter Tanjé, 18th century

Pen and ink studies of a nude athlete, a seated lyre player, a centaur, and seven putti on pale paper.

Studies for the decoration of the Library, Palais Bourbon, Paris: standing nude athlete; seated man with a lyre; cent…

Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863

Brown ink and wash drawing of an oval ornamental cartouche with scrollwork and a central mythological scene of two figures.

Ornamental Design with Diana and Endymion in a Central Cartouche

Jacob Denys, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a muscular bearded nude man holding a club, with a lion skin draped over his arm.

Hercules, Standing with a Club

Domenico Beccafumi, 1530-40

Head of a Satyr Facing Left

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1625-30

Engraved frieze of a Bacchic triumph with centaurs, satyrs, a chariot and putti moving across a landscape strip.

The Triumph of Bacchus

Red chalk drawing of a fountain with three nude nymphs on top, lion heads on the pedestal, and dolphins at the base.

Fountain Surmounted by Three Nymphs

Edmé Bouchardon

Grey-blue drawing with white highlights of a mythological triumph, with a sea goddess and nude figures amid clouds and cherub

The Triumph of a Sea Goddess

Bon Boullogne, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man offering sacrifice at a smoking altar before a statue of Jupiter, with attendants and p

Sacrifice Offered before a Statue of Jupiter

Louis de Boullogne the Elder, 17th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of Psyche bathing, with attendants and flying cherubs in an oval composition.

The Bath of Psyche

Pierre Jacques Cazes, n.d.

Wash drawing of a wooded landscape with robed figures gathered on rocks beside a waterfall and swans in the pool below.

Landscape with Apollo and the Muses

Claude Lorrain, 1674

Pen and brown wash drawing of satyrs, nymphs and an infant beside a goat in a forest with an altar and urn.

The Nurture of Jupiter

Jean-Baptiste Corneille