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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Julius Caesar

Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1863

Pen and red wash drawing of four male figures in theatrical costumes with hats, ruffs and striped breeches.

Figures in Theatrical Costumes

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of satyrs, putti, a goat and an urn beneath trees in a garden setting.

Satyrs Preparing for a Festival

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing figure in a costume with plumed hat, ruffled collar and puffed breeches.

Fabio Costumed as a Doctor

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a standing man in a long coat, beret and ruffled collar, hands clasped at his waist.

Crepin's Master

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Sketch in red chalk and grey wash of a seated older man and a standing man raising his hat, labeled Voltaire and Piron.

Voltaire and Piron

Claude Gillot, n.d.

Standing Gentleman, three-quarter length profile facing right

Anne-Louis Girodet, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a nude man reclining on a draped divan, head tilted back, one arm hanging over the cushion.

Male Nude Reclining on a Divan

Anne-Louis Girodet, ca. 1793

Brown and white drawing of a helmeted warrior and a boy mourning a nude man on a bier, with armour and an altar behind.

The Mourning of Pallas

Anne-Louis Girodet, ca. 1790-93

Grey wash drawing of a armoured man before a seated council, with gold rings spilling from a vessel under classical columns.

Hannibal Before the Senate in Carthage

Etienne Pierre Adrien Gois, 1798-99

Pen and watercolor drawing of a ruined stone gateway with a seated monk in the foreground.

Monk Seated Before a Ruined Gateway

François Marius Granet, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a grotesque ornament with a fringed swag, scrolls, foliage, and a repeated looped band below.

Grotesque ornament comprising a swag and a repeated band

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink ornament sheet with garlands, urns, a fret band, a grotesque mask and strapwork panels.

Three sections; uppermost with a Term and garlands; middle section geometric band; bottom section grotesques and stra…

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink drawing of a female term on a pedestal with dogs, a winged creature, and ornamental scrollwork.

Female Term, seated figure, and fantastical creature (recto); Satyr and study of a woman and child (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Brown ink drawing of a tinker mending a leaking copper pot labeled with political bills, while a bowing man looks on.

Design for an English Political Satire

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of an elderly woman in a headscarf, face tilted upward with deep wrinkles and open mouth.

Head of an Old Woman Looking Up

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1763

Red chalk drawing of a young girl with curled hair and a ribbon, gazing upward with a soft, expressive face.

Head of a Girl Looking Up

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a girl's head tilted downward, with loose curls and a sketched shoulder on cream paper.

Girl's Head

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a dining room scene: a woman raising a glass in anger while others restrain her, a dog and overturned ch

The Angry Wife

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, ca. 1785

Red chalk drawing of a reclining muscular male nude beside a pouring urn, with draped cloth and sketched figures above.

Reclining River God

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an interior with a seated woman, children, a kneeling figure, a dog and a crowd of onlookers.

Presentation of the Illegitimate Child

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a young woman seated on a chair, spinning with a distaff, wearing a lace shawl and draped skirt.

Bolognese Peasant Girl with a Distaff

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1755

Gray wash drawing of a seated woman in a straw hat holding a hand warmer beside a draped chair.

Florentine Woman Wearing a Butterfly Cap and Holding a Hand Warmer

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1755

Gray wash drawing of a farmer and young man with oxen and a plow on a country road, trees framing the scene, a dog in front.

A Farmer Entrusting the Plow to His Son

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, n.d.

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, dark off-shoulder dress, and blue ribbons against grey wash.

Portrait of a Lady

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a horse-drawn carriage with top-hatted men and bonneted women, a rider at left, and another carriage at

Driving in the Bois de Boulogne

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Wash drawing of a standing woman in a veil and dark ruffled gown with a tiered skirt, in loose brown tones.

A Lady with a Veil

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of sailors in tricorn hats among women in long skirts in an interior with an arched doorway.

Sailors and Women

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Gray wash drawing of two standing peasant women in full skirts and shawls against a tonal background.

Two Fat Peasant Women

Constantin Guys, 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of two gentlemen in dark coats flanking a woman in a striped gown holding a fan.

Two Gentlemen and a Lady

Constantin Guys, late 1850s--early 1860s?