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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Gray wash drawing of a rococo design with acanthus scrolls, a reclining laurel-crowned woman, sleeping children, and a rooste

Design for Rear Decoration of a Coach

Agostino Letterini, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative frieze with oval cartouches alternating with nude winged putti above a molded base.

Design for a Decorated Frieze with Alternation of Cartouches and Winged Putti

Luzio Romano, 16th century

Four Studies of Recumbent Female Nudes (Galatea)

Carlo Maratti, ca. 1713

Brown ink and wash drawing of a slumped nude figure held up by two winged angels, with a bearded figure at upper left.

Design of Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels a Saint

Marco Marchetti, 1553-88

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental panels with interlaced knotwork, scrolling foliage and stylized flowers in grey wash.

Design for Panels (Textile?) Decorated with Moresque and Knotwork Ornament

Master F, ca. 1525-40

Pen and grey wash perspective drawing of an Italian street with palazzo facades, columns, balconies and a distant tower.

Perspective Design for a Stage Set of an Italian Cityscape

Antonio Mauro II, 1784-97

Pen and ink sketches of a funeral monument, niche, helmet, entablature, and a draped female statue on paper.

Sketches of a Funeral Monument, a Niche with Statues, a Helmet in the Shape of a Human Head, an Entablature and a Fem…

Michelangelo, n.d.

Pen and wash design of a church dome with columns, rococo cartouches, floral garlands and a radiant cherub.

Design for Part of a Church Ceiling with a Dome

Faustino Trebbi, 1735-1817

Pen and watercolor design for a masonry fountain with putti spouts, a scrolled cartouche and a mask at the top, against a sto

Design for a Fountain at a Street Corner Decorated with Putti Heads, a Coat of Arm and a Gargoyle Head on the Top

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1735-1817

Ink and wash drawing of a classical ceiling design with a central dome, coffered rosettes, garlands and an oculus.

Architectural Design for a Ceiling with a Dome

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1755-1817

Design of a Perspective projection for an Urn

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a foreshortened ceiling corner with columns, urns, putti and garlands, in ornate Baroque style.

Foreshortened View of a Ceiling Corner Decorated with Columns, Urns and Putti Handing Garlands

Agostino Mitelli, 1609-60

Pen drawing of three scrolled console brackets and an ornate console with a satyr head and putti on a light paper.

Design for Three Consoles Decorated with Foliage and Volutes and a Console with a Satyr Head Surmounted by Three Huma…

Agostino Mitelli, 1609-60

Pencil drawing of ornamental cartouches with scrolls, shells, garlands and an urn on a pedestal.

Design for Cartouches Decorated with Sea-Shells, Garlands, Foliage, Volutes and Urns

Agostino Mitelli, 1609-60

Pencil drawing of floral scrollwork ornaments on the left and a half cartouche with laurel and a lion on the right.

Left Part of the Drawing: Floral Ornaments; Right Part of the Drawing: Half Cartouche Decorated with Leaves, Arms and…

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Pencil drawing of an ornate teapot with fluted body, leaf-carved spout and handle, and scrolled footed base.

Design for a Tea Pot Removed from the Factory Record Book

Haviland & Co., 1850

Gouache design of a gold pendant with a pink fish head, blue and pink leaves, and curling gold scrollwork on grey paper.

Design for a Pendant

Eugène Grasset

Hand-colored print of New York harbor from Brooklyn Heights, with paddle steamers, sailing ships and city buildings along the

View of New York from Brooklyn Heights

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1849

Engraved auricular cartouche with grotesque figures, putti, a lion mask and fruit garlands within a strapwork frame.

Auricular Cartouche with Figures within a Strapwork Frame, from "Veederley Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertim…

Cornelis Floris II, 1556

Grey wash architectural drawing of a multi-tiered columbarium with rows of arched niches, a central dome, and a scale bar.

Section (Interior Elevation) of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a columbarium with rows of arched niches and a central dome, with a scale bar below.

Elevation of the Interior of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash drawing of two rectangular boxes in elevation with two handwritten scale bars labeled in Italian at the bottom.

Elevations and Plans of Two Boxes

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Brown ink and wash drawing of a grid of repeated semicircular niches with stepped bases on a wall, with a scale bar below.

Elevation of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash plan of a Roman tomb with circular niches, an Italian title, and a palmi romani scale bar.

Plan of the Tomb of the Liberti di Augusto, Rome

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Pen and wash drawing of a steep rocky cliff with foliage and a hazy distant horizon at the left edge.

Study of the Side of a Rocky Cliff; Verso: Dam on a Mountain Stream

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, 1600-1605

Sepia print of a garden with a stone terrace, staircase, tall cypress trees, and small seated figures near lion sculptures.

La Jeu de la Palette

Richard de Saint-Non, 1766

Drawing of an angel restraining an old bearded man above a blindfolded young man on an altar beside a tree.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Willem van Mieris, 1694

Brown wash drawing of a nude youth carried skyward by an eagle through clouds, with drapery streaming behind him.

Jupiter and Ganymede

Joseph Heintz the Younger, 1626

Pen and brown wash design for an arched sepulchral monument with statues above and a bas relief panel below, dated 1826.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument Divided in Two Parts with Bas Relief Surmounted by Statues and Foliate Decoration Below

Guiseppe Colignon, 1826

Pen and wash elevation drawing comparing the Column of Antoninus Pius and the Column of Trajan with spiral reliefs.

Elevation of Column of Antoninus Pius and Elevation of Column of Trajan

Antonio Visentini, 1688-1782

Brown wash architectural plan of a Roman tomb with surrounding niches, captioned in Italian, with a palmi scale bar.

Plan of a Tomb, Rome

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Grey wash drawing of a classical garden gate with a pediment and arch, framing a distant domed palazzo down a path.

Elevation of a Garden Gate Showing a Palazzo or Villa in the Distance

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash drawing of a vaulted stone archway with steps above a ground plan of a water channel and lake.

Canalization of the Mouth of the Sasso Vino into the Lake of Castel Gandolfo: Perspective and Plan

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Architectural section drawing of the Tempio della Speranza with arched niches, circular windows and grey wash shadows.

Three Sections of the Tempio della Speranza

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash architectural plan of a circular temple with a central rotunda and rectangular portico, labeled Tempio della Spe

Plan of the Tempio della Speranza

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash plan of a circular building with niches, projections, and an entrance block, with a scale bar above.

Unlabeled Plan of the Tempio della Speranza

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Grey wash drawing of a ruined round temple with arched doorways, oval windows and stone steps in an overgrown landscape.

Perspective of a Rendering Round Temple in Ruins (probably Tempio della Speranza)

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Brown ink and wash elevation of a garden facade with three arched openings and Corinthian pilasters, inscribed Villa Madama.

Garden Elevation of the Villa Madama, Rome

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Architectural drawing with a plan and two elevations of a villa with arches, columns, statues and a Palmi scale bar.

Plan, Section and Exterior Elevation of a Villa

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Brown wash architectural drawing of a columbarium section with rows of niches, curved arches and a stepped wall, with a scale

Section of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Two architectural section drawings of a columbarium with rows of niches, arches, and cross-hatched brick walls in brown wash.

Two Sections of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Pen and wash floor plan of a hall with scalloped alcoves, an Italian inscription, and a numbered scale bar.

Plan of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Architectural elevation drawing of a two-story palace facade with columns, arched windows, and a steep mansard roof.

Two-Story Façade of a Palace with a Mansard Roof

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash floor plan of a symmetrical building with staircases, a colonnade, and a graduated scale bar.

Plan

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Grey wash architectural section drawing of a palace interior with a central dome, arched windows and a pointed gothic arcade.

Section of a Palace

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Grey wash drawing of a vaulted Gothic stone interior with columns, a staircase, and wooden gates, possibly a stage design.

Design for a Stage Set

Giovanni Maria Quaglio I, 1700-65

Brown ink and wash drawing of a semicircular stage with allegorical statues in niches and an equestrian group.

Design for a Garden Fête with a Semi-circular Wall and Statues in Niches

Francesco Allegrini

Ink and grey wash elevation drawing of a three-story palace facade with columns, arched windows and a balustrade.

Design for Palace Façade

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a classical facade with a central arched entrance, columns, and rusticated stonework.

Elevation Design for the Entrance to Orti Farnesiani by Vignola

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Design for the Entrance of the Loggia of the Villa of Pope Julius

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a tall interior doorway with stepped frame, cornice, and scale bar below.

Design Elevation for an Interior Door in the Loggia of Pope Julius [III.]

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash architectural section of a loggia with three arched vaults, Ionic pilasters, and a central doorway, with an Ital

Section of the Loggia in the Villa of Pope Julius [III.]

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a villa side wall with arched bays, pilasters, and a ground plan with scale bar below

Side Elevation of the Villa of Pope Julius [III.]

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a villa gate with two pillars topped by urns, flanking a balustrade with fleur-de-lis medal

Gate of Villa Belvedere in Frascati

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Pen and wash architectural elevation of a classical villa gate with a central arch, urn, scrolls, and a Roman palm scale.

Gate of the Villa Patritii [Patritj]

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a three-storey villa with arched central balconies and a scale bar below.

Design of the Side Elevation for the Casino of the Villa Patritj [Patritii] at Porta Pia

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Pen and ink drawing of a left-side cartouche with a winged griffin at top and curling acanthus scrolls below.

Left Half of a Cartouche with Griffin and Acanthus Scroll

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Pen drawing of a symmetrical classical facade with a pediment, columns, a central arch, and decorative cartouches.

Design for a Façade

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a monumental portal with columns, a radiating arch, and a balustraded top.

Portone del Palazzo di Carbogniani

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Watercolor cross-section of a majolica kiln with labeled chambers, a worker feeding firewood, and hills in the background.

Section of a Kiln for the Production of Majolika

Pietro Bandiera, ca. 1796

Cutaway drawing of a workshop with two seated craftsmen, shelves of labelled boxes, and water-powered machinery below.

Project for the New Buildings Erected in the Year 1796 behind the Cemetries of St. Peter

Pietro Bandiera, 1796

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornamental cartouche with a winged griffin, grotesque masks and fruit garlands.

Design for a Cartouche with a Coat of Arms containing a Griffin

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Grey wash drawing of an ornamental oval cartouche with banners, drums, leaves and a crown, with an empty central field.

Design for Cartouche with Banners, Drums, Leaves and a Woman's Head with Tiara

Carlo Bianconi, 1732-1802

Pen and ink design of a cartouche with winged sirens, a mask, and a fleur-de-lis coat of arms.

Design for a Cartouche flanked by winged Sirens with a Coat of Arms containing a Fleur-de-Lis

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Pen and ink drawing of a heraldic shield with fleur-de-lis and roses, an owl, books, leaves, a vase and a snake.

Drawing of a Decorated Coat of Arms surrounded by Books, Owl, Leaves, Vase and a Snake

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Pen and ink design of a heart-shaped cartouche with blank center, scrolled frame and hanging floral garlands.

Design for a Cartouche with Hanging Garlands

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Brown ink and wash drawing of a Baroque stage set with a canopied throne, kneeling crowd, columns and a garden view.

Design for a Stage Set: Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba under a Baldacchino, with Fantastical Architecture and a…

Carlo Galli Bibiena, 1728-78

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate baroque church interior with columns, arches, and a scrolled ceiling, partly unfinished.

Framed Unfinished Design of a Baroque Church Interior

the Younger Giovanni Maria Galli Bibiena, before 1769

Ink and wash drawing of a baroque catafalque design with a ground plan, an obelisk with sphinxes, and ornate scrollwork.

Half elevation and half ground plan for a catafalque for Margherite Louise d'Orleans, Granduchess of Tuscany (1645-1721)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1721

Ink and grey wash drawing of a catafalque, with a ground plan on the left and an ornate elevation with statues and flaming ur

Half Elevation and Half Ground Plan for a Catafalque for a Duke

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Ink and wash ground plan of an oval catafalque with a ring of columns and cross-shaped projections on a cream sheet.

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for a Prince of Lorraine

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash ground plan of a circular catafalque with concentric rings, cross-shaped supports and ornamental cartouches.

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for an electress of Bavaria

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Ink and wash drawing of a baroque catafalque, with a half ground plan at left and an ornate half elevation with statues and c

Half Ground Plan and Half Elevation for a Catafalque for Duke Francesco of Parma (1694-1727)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1727

Pen and grey wash architectural drawing of a catafalque, with ground plan on the left and elevation with statues and urns on

Half Elevation and Half Ground Plan for a Catafalque for an Electress Palatine

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and grey wash drawing splitting a domed floor plan and an ornate catafalque elevation with statues and urns.

Half Plan and Half Elevation for a Catafalque for an Electress Palatine

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Ink and wash drawing of a half plan and half elevation of an ornate funeral catafalque with obelisk and figures.

Half Ground Plan and Half Elevation of a Catafalque for Cosimo III dei Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642-1723)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Architectural drawing of a funeral catafalque with ground plan at left and ornate elevation with draped statues at right.

Half Elevation and Half Ground Plan for Catafalque for Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1731)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1731

Ink and wash drawing of a catafalque, with a ground plan on the left and an ornate elevation with obelisks and figures on the

Half Ground Plan, Half elevation for a Catafalque for a Duchess de Berri

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Architectural drawing of a catafalque, left half showing a floor plan and right half an ornate elevation with candelabra and

Half Plan and Half Elevation for a Catafalque for Margarita Louisa, Gran Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1721)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1721

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate baroque catafalque with a crown on a central casket, statues, candelabra, and scrollwork.

Elevation of a Catafalque with a royal Crown surmounting the Casket

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Ink and grey wash ground plan of an octagonal catafalque with stepped platforms and a cross-shaped central layout.

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for a Duke of Wolfenbüttel-Brunswich, probably Anton Ulrich (d. 1714)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash drawing of a catafalque: a ground plan at left and an ornate Rococo elevation with candelabra and a statue at ri

Half Ground Plan and Half Elevation of a Catafalque, surmounted by a royal Crown

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Ink and wash ground plan of a symmetrical catafalque with a central square, curved colonnades and corner pavilions.

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for the regent of France, Philip, Duke d'Orleans (1674-1723)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1723

Ink and wash ground plan of an octagonal catafalque with a central dais, projecting arms and stepped outer outlines.

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for a Duke de Berri, probably Charles, Duke de Berri, Grandson of Louis XIV, and 3rd son…

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Ground plan drawing of a symmetrical catafalque with a central square, concentric circles, corner pavilions and octagonal pro

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1729)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1729

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornate baroque catafalque with a crown, draped canopy, statues and flaming urns.

Elevation of a Catafalque with royal Crown and Order of the Golden Fleece, for a Duke of Lorraine, probably Leopold (…

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, around 1729

Ink and wash ground plan of a symmetrical catafalque with a central square hall, curved tiered seating and circular columns.

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for the King of Sardinia, Vittorio Amedeo (d. 1732)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1732

Pen and wash ground plan of a centralized catafalque with diagonal arms and scalloped outer edge on cream paper.

Ground Plan for a Catafalque

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash ground plan of a catafalque with a square centre, concentric circular tiers, and columns at the corners.

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for a Duchess of Hanover, probably Sophia (1630-1714), the mother of George I of England

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Architectural drawing of a baroque catafalque in half elevation and half section, with statues, flaming urns and a coffered d

Half Elevation and Half Section of Catafalque for a Duchess of Hanover, probably Sophia (1630-1714)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Ink and wash ground plan of a diamond-shaped catafalque with columns and niches, drawn on pale paper within a black border.

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for Louis I, King of Spain (reigned only a few months, died 1724)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1724

Ink and grey wash ground plan of a symmetrical catafalque with a central circular platform and corner pavilions.

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for Louis, Dauphin of France, d. 1711

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1711

Ink and grey wash ground plan of a catafalque with a central circle, concentric rings, and four diagonal ramps with corner co

Ground Plan for a Catafalque for Frederick Augustus I, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony (1694-1733)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1733

Ink and wash ground plan of a symmetrical octagonal catafalque with radiating arms and surrounding columns.

Ground Plan for the Catafalque for Louis XIV (d. 1715)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1715

Ink and wash ground plan of a circular funeral catafalque with radiating columned bays and a scale bar in Vienna feet.

Ground Plan of a Catafalque for Francis Lewis of Newburg, Archshop of Mainz (died Breslau 1732)

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1732

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rolling valley with hedgerows and fields framed by trees, receding to a distant horizon.

Underriver-The Golden Valley

John Linnell, ca. 1833