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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Pen and ink drawing of an ornamental candelabra with grotesque figures, scrollwork and flamingo and winged figure studies at

Candelabra grotesque and studies of kneeling figures (recto); two sphinxes (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink drawing of grotesque ornaments with scrolls, cartouches, medallions, lion masks and a winged seated figure.

Grotesques Designs with Various Inscriptions (recto); Candelabra Grotesque and Two Putti Holding Flowers (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink drawing of a grotesque figure with a curling tail above bands of strapwork, scrolls and creature ornament.

Various Designs of Strapwork and Grotesque Figures (recto); Grotesques with Term Figures (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink drawing of two women above two satyrs playing horns, with a central ornamental mask cartouche.

Sheet with multiple Designs: Figurative Scene with Two Women (top) and Two Satyrs Playing Horns, Seated Back to Back…

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink drawing of grotesque creatures with scrolls and wings beside a candelabra ornament with a winged female figure.

Flemish Grotesque Creatures and a Candelabra Grotesque (recto); Candelabra Grotesques with Mask (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Brown ink frieze drawing of acanthus scrolls, hybrid creatures and a winged putto on a pale sheet.

Frieze Design with Acanthus Scrolls, Hybrid Creatures and a Winged Putto

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink drawing of a vertical grotesque ornament panel with a seated cat, two birds, scrolls and a mask.

Candelabra Grotesque with a Cat

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Pen and ink frieze design with grotesque figures, mythical beasts, scrollwork and ornamental vases on pale paper.

Design for a Frieze with Grotesques

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Drawing of a helmeted warrior and a nude youth with a lyre flanking a large shield, with two putti and wreaths above.

Allegory in Honor of Cardinal Richelieu

Charles Le Brun, 1641

Pencil sketch of a priest giving communion to a dying man while other clergy kneel among plague victims on the ground.

St. Charles Borromeo Giving Communion to the Plague-Stricken

Charles Le Brun, 17th century

Grey wash drawing in an oval of armed soldiers with raised swords and shields, a fallen figure below, and ships in the distan

The Relief of Candia

Charles Le Brun, 17th century

Red chalk drawing on tan paper showing a seated figure, a reclining figure with upturned head, and a foot study.

Two Muses

Charles Le Brun, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a grand procession with horsemen, elephants and a chariot entering a classical city with crowded terr

Alexander Entering Babylon

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a haloed kneeling man looking up at a winged angel descending through clouds with a sword.

David Chooses Three Days of Pestilence (II Samuel 24:10-17)

Valentin Lefèbvre, 17th century

Pale hatched pen drawing of a bearded man's head with tousled hair and downcast eyes, turned slightly to the side.

Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Graphite sketch of a standing male nude with head turned upward, torso rendered in fine diagonal hatching.

Study of a Figure

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Pencil study of a crouched seated male nude with head bowed and arms wrapped around knees, drawn in fine hatching.

Study of a Figure

Alphonse Legros, 1888

Pale sketch of a seated veiled woman with a child peering over her shoulder, with loose hatched shading on cream paper.

Figures from "The Deluge" of Michelangelo

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Pencil study of a classical male torso with hatched shading on cream paper, by Alphonse Legros.

Torso of the Belvedere

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Head of an Irish Girl

Alphonse Legros, 1888

Study of Two Figures

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Study of a Head of a Man

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Head of a Woman

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, head turned, with loose hatching around the figure.

Head of a Gamekeeper

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man's head, bald, looking downward, with dense diagonal hatching across the face.

Head of a Beadle

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Head of a Quarryman

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Grey wash drawing of a bearded, laurel-crowned man and a turbaned woman seated together on clouds.

Jupiter and Ceres

Antoine François Callet, ca. 1777

Pencil drawing of a young girl's face with wavy shoulder-length hair, seen frontally on cream paper.

Head of a Girl

Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911

Charcoal drawing of a male nude seen from behind, with studies of a head and hands at upper right.

Back View of a Male Nude

Henri Lehmann, 1859

Charcoal drawing of a hooded figure in a draped cloak seen from behind, with smaller cloaked studies at the sides.

Back View of a Male Figure Wearing a Cloak

Henri Lehmann, 1859