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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Pastel drawing of a sunset with rays of light through clouds above dark hills and trees.

Sunset

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1850

Ink and wash sketch of a mounted rider under a parasol amid robed figures and a crowd along arched street walls.

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, 1832-33

Pencil sketch of a hooded rider on horseback surrounded by turbaned attendants, with a parasol above and city buildings behin

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1855-56

Graphite sketch sheet by Delacroix showing studies of heads, an arm, a foot, and facial profiles on tan paper.

Head, Shoulder, and Foot, Studies for "Scenes from the Chios Massacres"

Eugène Delacroix, 1823

Red and grey chalk drawing of a flayed male torso showing exposed musculature, arms raised, head tilted back.

Ecorché: Torso of a Male Cadaver

Eugène Delacroix, 1828?

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with several figure studies of reclining, struggling and draped figures by Delacroix.

Figure Studies for the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon

Eugène Delacroix, 1833-35

Graphite sketch sheet with studies of draped women and heads, drawn as preparation for a Lamentation composition.

Studies of the Virgin and Holy Women for "The Lamentation"

Eugène Delacroix, 1842-43

Watercolor interior of a room with green velvet chairs, coffered ceiling, bookcases, lace-curtained windows and a potted palm

Interior of a Smoking-Room or Club-Room

A. Fix, 1878

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures, including a cardinal in red, viewing a painting in a vaulted cloister corridor.

A Cardinal Examining a Painting in a Cloister

François Marius Granet, first half 19th century

Jewelry Design

Eugène Grasset, n.d.

Ink and wash design for a funeral monument with draped allegorical women, a skull, a trumpeting angel and an inscribed cartou

Design for a Funeral Ticket

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Pencil and chalk sketch of a curly-haired young boy in a blue tunic with a ruffled collar, holding a ball.

Sketch of a Young Boy

Eugène-Ernest Hillemacher, 1857

Watercolor design of a wall with a white peacock, tall cranes, and sunflowers in blue and green tones.

Design for a wall decoration with peacock, cranes, and sunflowers for the restaurant in Hotel Langham (Paris)

Emile Hurtré, 1896-98

Graphite sketch of two seated draped men holding scrolls and a nude upper torso with raised arm.

Study of Figures

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a Chinese vase with a ring handle, cloud and fret patterns, and a lion-mask motif on a pale background.

A Chinese Vase

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, mid-19th century

Pencil sketch of an engraver in a broad hat working at a table in a cluttered workshop with shelves and a candle.

An Engraver

Edouard Jeanmaire, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a monumental fountain elevation with a bearded river god statue in a central niche.

Design for a Monumental Fountain

A. Le Canu, 1750-70

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with an oval painted sky, floral garland, medallions and ornate red and gray border

Design for Ceiling: Gallery of Château de Magnitot (recto); Decorative Design (verso)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with blue panels, gold scrollwork, and a central monogram medallion.

Design for Dining Room Ceiling, Hôtel de Behague

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1870

Two watercolor designs for a Pompeian-style bathroom wall decorated with ceramic tiles, showing scrolls, medallions and a cla

Design for ceramic tile decoration of a bathroom in "Pompeian" manner (possibly for Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorative ceiling panel with a brown molded frame, red scrollwork, and a cloudy blue sky opening.

Ceiling design for Salon d'Entrée, Hôtel de Monsieur de Juigne, Paris, 1867

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Watercolor design sheet showing a blue coffered ceiling with gilded rosette above a red and blue scrolled wall ornament.

Designs for Ceiling and Wall Decoration for Monsieur Lecomte de la Grange

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Painted design for a wall panel with a putto medallion, a putto playing with dogs, and red, blue and gold borders.

Design for Wall Decor Painted with Putti and Dogs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, before 1889

Watercolor design of a decorated wall with three medallions, classical figures, gilded frieze and garlands in blue, red and d

Painted Wall Decor Featuring Three Medallions

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of painted wall decor with red central panel, blue side panels, swans and trompe l'oeil vases.

Painted Wall Decor Featuring Thin Column with a Pair of Swans and Trompe L'Oeil Vases at Base

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of muscular smiths forging a shield at an anvil while a woman watches from the left.

Venus Watching Vulcan and Cyclops Forge Armor for Mars

Raymond de La Fage, late 17th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ornate rococo stage set with an arch, fountains, stairs and a distant landscape.

Study for a Stage Set

Jacques de Lajoüe, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a classical palace rotunda with columns, a fountain, statues, and two cloaked figures in the foreground.

Study for the Rotunda of a Palace

Jacques de Lajoüe, n.d.

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a Capuchin tabernacle with fluted columns, urns, and floral swags, dated 1787.

Plan and Elevation of the Capuchin Tabernacle of Luneville

Adrian La Touvenot, 1787

Brown wash design drawing of a tall classical candlestick with acanthus leaves, ram heads and a lion medallion on its base.

Design for a candlestick

Adolph-Jean LaVergne, 1839