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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Pencil sketch of a reclining female nude with a raised arm and patterned drapery curling around her body.

Reclining Nude with Drapery

Gustav Klimt, ca. 1912-13

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

Grey wash drawing of a sculptor's studio with a nude model, statuettes, and visitors entering a doorway.

Sculptor Receiving Visitors in his Studio

Nicolaas Aartman, 1728-93

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude woman seen from behind, with loose drapery, on cream paper.

Reclining Nude with Drapery, Back View

Gustav Klimt, 1917-1918

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a muscular nude man seen from the waist up, gazing upward.

Seated Female Nude (recto); Standing Male Nude (verso)

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, probably between 1810-20

Ink drawing of a nude woman riding a owl-like creature with grotesque figures in a dark night sky.

Flying and Other Excesses (Volando y otros excesos)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude female figure on tan paper, signed Gustav Klimt, with loose contour lines.

Reclining Nude

Gustav Klimt, ca. 1912-13

Drawing of two sailing squadrons flanking a monument with winged Victory, sea gods reclining in waves below.

Study for Decoration of the Obelisk at Port-Vendres

Charles de Wailly, 1783

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental ceiling design with scrolls, garlands, putti, and a seated female figure in an arch.

Ceiling Design

Matías Arteaga y Alfaro, 1633-1703

Two nude women rise through a starry night sky reaching toward two glowing stars, with smaller floating figures and a flowing

Twin Stars

Luis Falero, 1851-96

Brown ink and wash design for a fireplace with a seated female figure, nude male supports and trophies of arms.

Design for a Mantlepiece

Christian Gottlob Mietzsch, mid-18th-late 18th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of a reclining nude sea figure with putti and a sea creature in a triangular pediment design.

Design for a Box-Front

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Pen and brown ink sketch of several nude male figures in dynamic poses, one figure pulling down another, with studies of head

Fantastic Subject: Five Nude Male Figures Punishing Another

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1609-64

Grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with putti, grape garlands, an eagle-head spout and fluted body on a pedestal.

Design for a Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1754-91

Pen and wash design for an oval gold box with rococo scrollwork, a reclining woman and a cherub, and a blank panel below.

Design for an Oval Gold Box

Hubert François Gravelot

Pen and ink allegorical design: a seated woman offers a laurel wreath to a nude male figure with a torch, amid classical arch

Design for an Allegorical Print

Louis Lafitte, ca.1800-02

Pen and wash architectural elevation of a room wall with two windows, a central statue niche and garland relief, with a plan

Section and Plan of the Small Dining Room of the Hôtel de Montholon

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, 1785-86

Pen and ink sketch of a martyrdom scene with muscular nude figures, a central prone body, and onlookers at the edges.

Martydom of St. Lawrence

Raymond de La Fage

Pen and brown wash drawing of two classical scenes with cherubs, clouds, columns and nude figures, designs for a box.

Designs for the Top and Bottom of a Small Rectangular Box

Louis-Félix Delarue

Pen and wash drawing of a nude male figure supporting a large covered urn, beside a smaller ornamental vase design.

Two Designs for Vases (recto); Variant Design for a Vase (verso)

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot

Pen and ink study of three nude warriors, two on rearing horses, one raising a sword and another holding a spear.

Three Warriors and Their Horses, Study for a Bas Relief Sculpture in the Chateau de Tervueren

François Rude, first half 19th century

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure with head bowed, arm across knee, on draped cloth.

Study of a seated male figure (Ecce Homo?)

Juan Carreño de Miranda, ca. 1665-75

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 wash drawing with white highlights of a seated nude woman and a standing draped figure, with an inscription above.

Allegory of Art

Peter Schmidt von Lichtenberg, 1609

Grey wash drawing of the Thermae of Titus reconstruction, Roman ruins, a bust of Vespasian and a bathing genius relief.

Reconstruction of the Thermae of Titus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated nude youth seen from behind, turned left, on drapery, with hatched shading.

Seated Nude Youth, facing left (recto); Bearded Nude Male Figure in a Half-Kneeling Pose, Holding Drapery Behind his…

Francesco Salviati, 1526-27

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

Ink and wash drawing of a reconstructed classical triumphal arch with columns and reliefs, above a street view and coins.

A Reconstruction of the Arch of Domitian (above) and View the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Woodcut of nude witches at a cauldron, one flying on a broomstick above a tree, with a goat and skulls in the foreground.

The Witches

Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

Engraving of a nude woman holding a sleeping baby beside a stag and deer in a wooded landscape with rocks and trees.

The Penance of Saint John Chrisostom

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509