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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Architectural elevation drawing of a symmetrical classical building with central pedimented entrance and iron railing, in gre

Design for the Collège de France, Paris: Elevation of Court Front Showing Entrance Screen

Jean François Chalgrin, ca. 1772

Grey wash drawing of a stone building with arched doorways and a tiled roof, partly hidden by trees and an iron gate.

View of the Palazza Madama, Rome (?)

Charles Michel Ange Challe, mid-18th century

Grey ink and wash drawing of an imagined piazza with an obelisk, classical columns, a great arch and a domed building.

An Architectural Capriccio; a View Through a Great Arch with an Obelisk in a Piazza in the Middle Distance

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 18th century

Grey ink and wash drawing of a Parisian-style building facade with a crowd, framed by allegorical figures and a banner readin

Drawing for title page "Le Petit Journal"

Hubert Clerget, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a horse buggy on a road, seated figures, arched buildings and distant mountains.

Landscape Prospect with a Buggy and a Herd of Goats

Giuseppe Zocchi, 1711-67

Watercolor interior of a salon with red curtains, gilt mirror, console table and red upholstered chairs.

Interior of a Small Salon

Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux, mid-19th century

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a pavilion elevation and octagonal ceiling plan with a clock dial and roof trusses.

Plan of the Roof and Section of a Pavilion in the Gardens of the Château de Saint-Cloud (recto); Study for the Exteri…

Pierre Contant d'Ivry, 1750

Brown wash drawing of a seated young woman beside a tree, with a distant village and path in the landscape.

Seated Girl in a Landscape

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1722-88

Painted ornamental frieze with floral garlands, a central oval portrait of a woman with a basket, and scrollwork.

Design for a Tapestry Seat of a Sofa

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1721

Architectural drawing of a classical facade with arched openings, flanked by sectioned wings showing interior rooms and roof

Design for the Collège de France, Paris: Elevation of Court Front with Traverse Sections Through Side Court Wings

Jean François Chalgrin, ca. 1772

Architectural elevation drawing of a classical building with arcaded ground floor and a cut-away section showing interior flo

Design for the Collège de France, Paris: Elevation of the Wings of the Court with a Transverse Section through Main F…

Jean François Chalgrin, ca. 1772

Architectural elevation drawing of a rusticated entrance with three arched doorways, columns, urns and stepped brick terraces

Architectural Design for a Rusticated Entrance

Degana, 1760

Watercolor elevation of a symmetrical two-story palace facade with central portico, balustrade and brick chimneys.

Elevation for a Palace Façade

Degana, 1770

Ink and wash ground floor plan of a palace with labeled rooms, an oval vestibule, a central salon, and a scale bar.

Ground Plan for a Palace

Degana, n.d.

Architectural floor plan of a palace upper level in grey ink, showing rooms, a central oval hall, and staircases with a scale

Ground Plan for Second Floor of a Palace

Degana, n.d.

Ink and wash design of a triumphal arch with a quadriga, beside ships and walls, with a ground plan below.

Design for Colossal Triumphal Arch Surmounted by a Quadriga

Jean Charles Delafosse, 18th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a rococo-style chimney-piece with a central shell cartouche and carved scroll legs.

Drawing for a Chimney-piece

Delorme, ca. 1850

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man in a long coat and cap playing flute beside a music stand, with handwritten dedication.

Flutist

Charles Édouard Delort, 1880

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a standing man in a tricorn hat and fur-trimmed coat, shown in three-quarter view.

Man Standing in Three-Quarter View Facing Left

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1702-88

Brown ink and wash drawing of five women in classical dress grouped among rocks and trees in a landscape.

Five Young Women in a Landscape

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1702-88

Pen and wash drawing of kneeling figures praying before a burning altar, with a bearded figure in clouds above.

The Sacrifice of Noah

Lazzaro Baldi, 1642-1703

Woman in Half-Length, Profile View Facing Left and Reading a Piece of Paper Signed "Catarina"

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1702-88

Portrait of a Man

George Dance, 1796

Brown ink and wash drawing of three dancing nymphs and a satyr in energetic poses with flowing drapery.

Three Dancing Nymphs and a Satyr

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1702-88

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded prophet in a turban and robes, standing in a narrow niche holding a book.

Standing Prophet in a Niche, Holding a Book

Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66

Grey wash drawing of a stone wall beneath dark trees with a muddy path in the foreground.

Landscape with a rock wall, perhaps in Westmorland

Peter De Wint, 1800-1849

Watercolor of a woman in a pink gown and feathered hat standing beside a stone archway and garden wall.

The Rendezvous

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Watercolor of a woman in a green shawl holding a miniature beside an ornate vase and gilded pedestal in an interior.

The Miniature

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Watercolor of an elderly man in a red coat reading a book beside a statue, carved pedestal, and lute in an ornate room.

The Amateur

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Pen and wash drawing of a cavalry battle on a plain, with a distant city and a hilltop town beyond.

A Cavalry Battle before a City

Francesco Simonini, 1686-ca. 1755