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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Soft gray and blue drawing of a nude woman crouching over the edge of a bath, one arm reaching down.

The Bath

Edgar Degas, 1895 or before

Brown wash drawing in a circle of a bound nude man on a diagonal cross, with helmeted soldiers and a kneeling woman.

Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Ferdinand Pierre Joseph Ignace Delamonce, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated in a room with a standing woman gesturing toward him and a kneeling woman at left

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Ferdinand Pierre Joseph Ignace Delamonce, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded seated male figure with raised arms on clouds, attributed to Luigi Sabatelli.

God The Father Creating (?) (recto); Study of neo-classical statue of a nude male (verso)

Luigi Sabatelli, 1792-1850

Watercolor of workers demolishing a classical building, with carts, rubble, and a statue in an arched niche.

Demolition of the Old Vestibule of the Palais-Royal, Paris

Pierre-Antoine Demachy, ca. 1767

Pen and grey wash drawing of a man with downcast eyes, a cloth wrapped around his head, and draped collar.

Caricature of Georges-Auguste Couthon (called Aristide, 1756-1794), President of the Convention in 1793, on the way t…

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1794

Head of a soldier in profile, with a sword handle

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1794

Profile of two soldiers wearing fur caps

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1794

Pen and ink sketch of a crowd of armed men with a severed head raised on a pike above them.

The Head of Jean Féraud (1759-1795), a Deputy at the Convention, Carried on a Pike, May 21, 1795

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1795

Pen and ink sketch of two men in tricorn hats playing cards at a table.

Replacements in the Parisian Guard Playing Cards in 1795

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1795

Pencil sketch of two men's heads in wide-brimmed hats, with a sketched figure and hand below.

Replacements in the Parisian Guard Playing Cards

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1795

Black and white chalk drawing of a reclining female nude on blue-grey paper, head resting on her arm.

Reclining Female Nude

Govert Flinck, mid-17th century

Georges-Auguste Couthon at the National Convention in 1793

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1793

Portraits of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel (1727-1794), Bishop of Paris in 1792-93, and Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette (1763-1…

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1794

Charcoal drawing of a forest pond with a seated fisherman, boulders and leaning trees under a cloudy sky.

A Pond with a Fisherman along the River Ain

Adolphe Appian, 1868-70

Brown wash drawing of a crowded classical hall with seated judges and a kneeling woman reaching toward them.

Phryne Before the Areopagus

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, mid-18th century

Sketch of the Virgin and Christ child with sheep and angels, and a sleeping shepherd in the foreground.

Shepherds Dreaming of the Flight into Egypt

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 18th century

Red and black chalk drawing of a bowed, nude male torso leaning forward on grey paper.

Half Figure of a Man, Nude to the Waist

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a Gothic cathedral tower and arched passage, with a festival procession and crowds in the street belo

View of the Portal and Principal Entrance of the Cathedral of Palermo during the Festival of Sta. Rosalia

Louis Jean Desprez, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of two allegorical figures with a crocodile, dog, lion, spear, parasol and fallen urn in a landscape.

Allegories of Africa and America

Claude Louis Desrais, n.d.

Sheet of ink and graphite sketches of draped figures and village scenes with French captions along the margins.

Studies for a figure composition

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1820-76

Pencil sketches of women and a child among tree trunks, two compositional studies on one sheet of paper.

Two studies for a figure composition, including three women and a child

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1820-76

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a woman holding a child, beside a bending female figure.

Mother and Child and a Female Figure

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 19th century

Brown ink figure studies on blue paper showing draped standing figures and reclining figures in quick sketch lines.

Sheet of figure studies

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 19th century

Loose pencil sketch of a figure composition with printed text reading Maison en Chine & au Japon on the left.

Figure composition

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1820-76

Graphite sketch of a woman in a headscarf beside studies of hands holding an open box and beads on tan paper.

Woman holding an open jewelry box (recto); Studies for a figure composition and a leaded window (verso)

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1820-76

Grey wash drawing of allegorical figures with a trumpeting winged figure, a portrait medallion, and cannons and artillery in

Allegorical Homage to the Duc du Maine, Grand Maître de l'Artillerie

Antoine Dieu, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of crowned muses and winged figures in a forest, with women transforming into birds near a fountain.

The Nine Pierides Transformed into Magpies after Their Unsuccessful Competition with the Muses (Ovid, Metamorphoses,…

Antoine Dieu, n.d.

Watercolor design of a classical tomb with urn, willow and cypresses, a mourning figure, and a ground plan below.

Design for a Tomb, Rothgeisser in Nuremberg (Elevation and Ground Plan)

Johann Georg Dürschner, 1826

Colored drawing of armored soldiers and robed figures beside an ornate chariot in a classical columned hall with a coffered a

Scene from the Life of Alexander I

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century