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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

506 works

Watercolor of a vaulted ante-room with a hanging chandelier, a statue in a central niche, and arched doorways.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, View in Ante-room, Looking North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor design of a Gothic Revival drawing room with fan vaulted blue ceiling, red curtains, tapestries and a red sofa.

Design for the Decoration of the Drawing Room at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire

John Gregory Crace, ca. 1850

Etched trade card of Samuel P. Avery's Fine Art Room showing a shopkeeper with a couple among paintings and sculpture.

Trade Card for Samuel P. Avery--Fine Art Room

George Cruikshank, 1873

Watercolor interior of a Gothic ante-saloon with a vaulted, painted ceiling, arched recesses, a tiled floor, and a central do

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Ante-saloon, Looking North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor drawing of an ornate interior with a coffered ceiling, Corinthian columns, framed paintings and a carved cabinet.

Interior with coffered ceiling and Corinthian order applied to walls

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pencil drawing of a cottage porch with an open door, latticed windows, a flower bowl, and a church spire in the distance.

A Cottage Porch

Francis Seymour Haden, 1838-1910

Grey wash drawing of an Egyptian-style interior with lotus columns, sphinx statues, hieroglyphic friezes and a central firepl

Design for an Egyptian-style Interior

Gaetano Landi, 1810

Watercolor design of an ornate room with a central fireplace, painted wall panels, red drapery, and a coffered ceiling.

Interior: Fireplace wall

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pencil drawing of a cottage parlour seen through an open door, with a leaded window, a bowl on a table, and a rug.

A Cottage Parlour

Francis Seymour Haden, 1838-1910

Etching of a vaulted Roman bath chamber with a round basin, hanging lamp, arched niches and a skeleton on the floor.

View of Pompeii (Altra veduta della Stanza dove si preparava il Bogno Caldo . . . )

Francesco Piranesi, n.d.

Watercolor interior with a seated mother and child, children, two men in period dress, a canopy bed and tapestried walls.

Scene with Family and Guest in Seventeenth-Century Interior

Joseph Nash, 1825-78

Etching of a columned interior with domed vault, central altar, and small figures in period dress on the floor.

S. Constanza (erroneously callled Temple of Bacchus) (Veduta interna del Sepolcro di S. Constanza, fabbricato da Cost…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate theatre interior with a decorated dome, tiered balconies, curtained boxes and a stage.

Interior of a Theatre

David Roberts, 1796-1864

Engraved 18th-century interior of a man in a satin robe attended by servants, with gentlemen and a dog nearby.

The Morning Toilet (La Petite Toilette), from "Le Monument du Costume"

Pietro Antonio Martini, 1745-97

Watercolor interior design of a 19th-century sitting room with yellow sofas, a fireplace, columns and French doors.

Design for interior

Charles de Brocktorff, ca. 1830

Watercolor interior of the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, London, showing Corinthian columns, a coffered vault, and small figu

Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, London

Auguste Charles Pugin, 1795-1825

Engraved longitudinal section of Saint Peter's Basilica showing its large central dome, smaller domes, columns and arches.

Longitudinal Section Showing the Interior of Saint Peter's Basilica as Conceived by Michelangelo (published in 1569),…

Etienne Dupérac, 1551, 1558-61

Engraving of a kneeling man before a turbaned ruler at a draped table, with courtiers watching from a balcony behind.

Joseph Interpreting Pharaoh's Dreams

Lucas van Leyden, 1512

Watercolor interior of the Saloon at Brighton Pavilion with chandeliers, gold drapes and chinoiserie wall panels.

The Saloon, Brighton Pavilion

Auguste Charles Pugin, ca. 1826

Etching of a colonnaded Roman-style hall with Corinthian columns, statues in niches, and small figures on steps.

Colonnaded hall according to the custom of the ancient Romans, and niches adorned with statues (Sala all'uso degli an…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Watercolor interior of a gothic-style drawing room with a vaulted ceiling, fireplace, framed paintings and blue sofas.

Drawing Room of Lea Castle, Looking West

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor and pen drawing of a Gothic church interior with an ornate carved altarpiece, tall columns, and wooden pews.

Interior of Saint Severin Church in Erfurt

Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1855

Etching of a grand sculpture gallery with arches, coffered vaults, a wide staircase, statues in niches, and small figures.

Large sculpture gallery built on arches and lit from above... (Galleria grande di Statue, la cui struttura è con Arch…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Engraving of a reclining man and standing woman in an elegant 18th-century interior with canopy bed and cupid sculpture.

La Carquois Épuisé (The Empty Quiver)

Pierre Antoine Baudouin, 1775

Pencil drawing of an ornate sitting room with a ceiling medallion, fireplace, mirror, chairs, and fluted columns.

Design for a Sitting Room

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Watercolor of a 19th-century drawing room with a harp, a seated woman in white, and French doors opening onto a mountain view

"Drawing Room of the Plas. Spa"

Julien Muère, 1838

Etching of a family interior: a standing young man and a bearded older man at a table, two women by a window with ships outsi

The Parable of the Prodigal Son: The Departure No. 1

James Tissot, 1882

Pen and wash drawing of a Gothic interior with pointed arch windows, a carved chair, and a woman reading in a long gown.

Design for a Gothic Interior

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Etching of a family interior with two bearded older men by a tiled stove, a seated woman, a girl with a cat, and chickens on

The Jewish Family Sitting Around the Stove

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1817

Engraved interior with a standing woman at a writing desk and a seated man on a sofa, with framed paintings and a sleeping do

A Femme avare galant Escroc, from "Contes et nouvelles en vers par Jean de La Fontaine. A Paris, de l'imprimerie de P…

Jacques Aliamet, 1795