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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

506 works

Engraving of a couple kissing in a kitchen by a hearth while a servant kneels nearby and a figure stands in the doorway.

On ne s'avise jamais du tout, from "Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de…

Jean-Baptiste Patas, 1795

Pencil drawing of a grand stage interior with a coffered ceiling, arched colonnades, classical columns and ornate balustrades

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Interior with Coiffered Ceiling

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Engraving of a family seated at a dining table in an interior, with a servant holding a book and a bed at left.

A Family Saying Grace

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1609

Engraved interior scene of a man handing a letter to a woman beside a harpsichord, with a seated woman reading.

Le Billet Doux

Nicolas de Launay, 1778

Engraving of a woman beating a kneeling man in a room with a fireplace, a rooster and hen, and a curtained bed.

The Husband-Beater

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Pen drawing of an architectural elevation with Corinthian columns, pediments, arched and rectangular niches, and a molded cor

St. Peter's, drum, interior, elevation (recto) St. Peter's, drum, pedestal, section (verso)

Etienne Dupérac, early to mid-16th century

Etching of the choir and carved stalls of St George's Chapel, Windsor, with a large Gothic window at the end.

Choir and stalls in St George's Chapel, Windsor

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1660

Watercolor interior of a billiard room with a green table, fireplace, framed paintings, lamps and a flower arrangement by a w

Interior of the billiard room at Lupton House, Devonshire, designed by George Wrightwick for Sir J.B.Y. Buller

Reid Turner, 1838

St. Peter's, dome and drum, interior section and elevation, and labeled details (recto); St. Peter's, moulding profil…

Etienne Dupérac, early to mid-16th century

Etched view of the Gothic iron screen and carved tomb of Henry VII in a church interior, with heraldic crest and inscription.

Tomb of Henry VII (from Francis Sandford, "Genealogical History of the Kings of England,"1677)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Pen and grey wash drawing of a theatrical stage set with a vaulted ceiling, classical columns, and receding arches.

Design for Stage Set

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Engraved gallery interior with statues, workers unrolling a tapestry, courtiers and dogs, with a caption and coat of arms bel

Colbert Visiting the Gobelins

Sébastien Leclerc I, ca. 1665

Brown wash drawing of clergy in vestments carrying a reliquary bust through a vaulted church interior with kneeling figures.

Scene 36: Reception of the heart and head of the Blessed Father Dom Jean de la Barrière, brought from Rome to his Abb…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Watercolor design of an ornate interior with gilded arches, painted ceiling figures, and a green damask wall panel.

Design for an Interior, possibly a Theater

V. S. Léon, ca. 1860-80

Watercolor of a man reclining in a study beside a laid breakfast table, with a black dog, crossed swords on the wall.

A Bachelor in His Study (The Sportsman's Breakfast)

J. Buttfield, late 19th century

Watercolor title page with stone archway, classical urn column and overgrown trees, lettered Lea Castle plans and elevations.

Title Page to a Group of Plans, Elevations and Scenic Interiors of Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Containing a View of N…

John Carter, 1816

Watercolor interior showing a woman in a pink gown reclining on a sofa in a striped room beside a flower vase.

Woman in Pink Reclining on a Canape

Theodore Lebrun, 1819

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic cathedral interior with a gilded seated king statue, altar, candelabra and draped banners.

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with a Statue of King Louis I and an Altar placed at Front

Charles Percier, 1815

Watercolor interior of a Gothic bower with stained glass windows, a seated woman in white, and a framed portrait on the wall.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, View in Bower, looking North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor design of a decorated room with painted ceiling, yellow wall panels, two fireplaces, and a central arched red door

Design for a room with two fireplaces

John Dibblee Crace, ca. 1860

Watercolor drawing of an ornate gothic interior elevation with a seated king statue in a central niche, candelabra, and heral

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with a Statue of King Louis I

Charles Percier, 1815

Watercolor interior of a picture room with a Gothic vaulted ceiling, framed paintings on walls, and arched doorways.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Picture Room, Looking West

John Carter, ca. 1816

Etched interior of a vaulted temple with relief panels, a central altar, and small figures on the stone floor.

Interior view of the ancient Temple of Bacchus, now the church of S. Urbano, two miles from Rome..., from Vedute di R…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a Gothic-style interior with draped canopies and a central statue of a seated king.

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with a Statue of King Louis II

Charles Percier, 1815

Watercolor of a Gothic library interior with a seated reader, bookcases, a globe, and tall arched windows.

Lea Castle, View in the Library, Looking East

John Carter, ca. 1816

Engraving of Christ crowned with thorns, struck by soldiers in an arched interior with onlookers and dogs on a tiled floor.

Christ Crowned with Thorns from The Passion

Israhel van Meckenem, n.d.

Etching of a vaulted Roman ruin interior with receding arches, rubble, and small figures working in the foreground and an ope

The so-called Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli. Interior with two figures in the opening of an arch above. (Veduta interna…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1764

Grey wash drawing of a medieval-style great hall with timber vaulted ceiling, arcade, fireplace and figures in period dress.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, View in the Great Hall, Looking West

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor of a long columned interior with draped windows, chandeliers, and a nursemaid with children on a blue carpet.

Interior, Leningrad?

Charles de Brocktorff, ca. 1825

Etching of a vaulted ancient temple interior with relief panels, an altar, and small figures on the stone floor.

The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of S. Urban, interior (Veduta interna dell antico Tempio di Bacco, or…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1767