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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,208 works

Grey wash drawing of a reconstructed Roman temple above and a street view of ruins and a church facade below.

A Reconstruction of the Aerarium (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Print of nude figures struggling in a flood beside a boat, ruined classical buildings, and a distant town.

The Deluge

Jan van Scorel, ca. 1524

Engraving of a seated woman bathing as a servant holds a cup and a man watches from a balcony, with a bridge and town behind.

David and Bathsheba, from "Scenes from the Old Testament"

Ink and wash drawing of two obelisks, one in the Vatican and one on the Esquiline, with a papal medallion and classical ornam

A View of Two Obelisks, One in the Vatican and the Other on the Esqualine Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Pen and wash drawing of a nude man sprawled in front of a draped woman and a crowd of onlookers with raised hands.

The Raising of Lazarus

Jacques Bellange, ca. 1606-8

Pen and wash drawing of an ancient interior with a canopied bed, seated woman, standing man and incense burner on a tripod ta

A Scene from Ancient History

François Boitard

Grey wash drawing of a domed classical rotunda with columns, beside putti, a satyr, a goat and Roman coins.

A Reconstructon of an Undefined Building

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Red chalk drawing of a nude boy kneeling with both arms raised toward the upper right.

Seated Nude Boy

Edmé Bouchardon

Ink and wash drawing of a standing man in a large cloak with a small naked figure perched on his head.

Man Wearing a Large Cloak and a Small Naked Man on His Head

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1637-40

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical frame with a statue, bust, Roman coins, and Latin inscriptions on a banner.

Adumbration of Capitoline Hill

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Brown chalk drawing of a kneeling sculptor gazing at a nude woman stepping from a pedestal, with cherubs floating in clouds a

Pygmalion and Galatea

François Boucher

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining nude male figure seen from behind, leaning on an urn.

Reclining River God

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, 1694-1715

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.

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman with white highlights, one leg extended and a cloth draped across her lap.

Seated female nude

François Boucher, 1742

Drawing of a seated male nude with arms outstretched, modeled in white chalk on blue paper, signed Louis de Boullogne, 1704.

Seated Male Nude

Louis de Boullogne the Younger, 1704

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

Pen and brown ink drawing of nude men in combat, one raising a sword over a fallen figure, with figure studies around.

Combat of Nude Men, after Raphael

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1823

Engraving of a witch riding an animal skeleton with nude men, a goat, horn-blowing boy, and monstrous creatures in tall grass

Lo Stregozzo: a female witch riding on an animal skeleton, preceded by two men and a boy on a goat blowing on a horn,…

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1515-25

Pen and ink study of a seated male nude with an extended arm, drawn on pale paper.

Seated Male Nude with Open Book

Pedro Duque Cornejo, ca. 1700-50

Pen and ink sketch of nude warriors struggling in battle, one bending forward and others raising spears, on tan paper.

Battle Scene with a Prisoner Being Bound, after Raphael

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1823

Black chalk sketch of a long-haired river god with raised arm beside a reclining male figure among clouds.

River God and Another Male Figure

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 18th century

Small etching of a seated nude woman seen from behind, head turned over her shoulder, on a wide white paper sheet.

Seated Nude Seen from Behind

Berthe Morisot, 1889

Brown ink drawing of a nude woman kneeling by a cross, raising a torch amid clouds, with faint sketches at left.

The Figure of Religion (recto/verso)

Eugène Delacroix, 1820-21

Pencil sketch of a nude woman seated with one arm raised high, hair flowing, and the words Liberté pour tous written below.

Liberté pour tous

Engraving of nude and draped muses with musical instruments and putti in a wooded landscape, by Antonio Fantuzzi.

Muses at the Foot of Mount Parnassus

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1540-45

Ink and wash drawing of Christopher Columbus in an oval frame, surrounded by navigational instruments, allegorical figures an

Christopher Columbus

Jean-Baptiste Dedéban, 1805-49

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

Engraving of a crowded classical sacrifice scene with a flaming altar, nude figures, bearded priests and a large tree.

The Sacrifice

Antonio Fantuzzi, 1542

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

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