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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

A Greyhound in Profile Facing Left

Virgilius Solis, 1549

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted soldier with a round shield and sword striding across a grassy landscape.

A Soldier Brandishing a Shield in a Landscape

Monogrammist GK, 1586

Gray wash drawing of a seated ruler on a throne with courtiers, a fire at right, in an ornate Rococo frame.

A Scene of Judgment

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Red chalk drawing of Roman rooftops, a domed church and a tall column above a stone bridge and grassy slope.

View of Rome

François Lemoyne, 1724

Head of a Bearded, Young Man in Profile Facing Right

Bronzino, 1545-55

The Archangel Gabriel Kneeling to the Right; Small Study of Head at Lower Left

Jacopo da Empoli, late 16th century

Grey wash drawing of crumbling Roman arches, columns and a pedimented doorway overgrown with shrubs.

View of Ancient Roman Ruins, an Arch and a Triangular-Pedimented Doorway

Filippo Mochi, 18th century

Pen and red chalk sketch of a man leaning on a staff beside a dog, with trees and landscape in the background.

Framed Sketch for a Man, a Dog and a Tree

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Watercolor design for a square ceiling with symmetrical scrollwork, a blue central oval cartouche, and floral corner rosettes

Design for Ceiling, Château de Cangé

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

Watercolor design for a decorative ceiling with an octagonal central panel, scrolled borders and foliate ornament in pink, gr

Ceiling design, Castle Blayney

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

Black and white trade card with ornate scroll border reading LACHAISE, Peintre, Faubourg St. Denis 170.

Trade Card

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, January 1835

Watercolor design for a painted wall with a seated female figure, wheat sheaves, pheasants in a landscape, and floral borders

Design for Painted Wall Decoration for a Bakery

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

Watercolor design for a ceiling showing a painted sky, flowered balustrade, and ornate yellow scrollwork border.

Design for Ceiling

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

Pen and ink drawing of a table end pier with scrolls, a central eagle emblem, and seated sphinx figures at the base.

Design for the End Pier of a Table

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1537-91

Engraving of Apollo seated on Parnassus with muses and laurel-crowned poets, with cherubs holding wreaths above.

Apollo sitting on Parnassus surrounded by the muses and famous poets

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1517-20

Engraved frieze of a bacchanal with Silenus supported by revelers, satyrs, a reclining woman and a Priapus statue.

A Bacchanal, Silenus supported by two bacchants in the centre, at right a female satyr reclining on a bed and another…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-13

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ and twelve apostles at a long table, a dog and basket in the foreground, arched wind

The Last Supper

Hendrick Goltzius, 1585

Engraving of a seated bare-chested man holding a laurel branch, with two draped women, a tree, and a classical building behin

The Man with a Laurel Branch

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Watercolor design of a red gallery wall with framed paintings, a console table in an arched niche, and an ornate patterned ce

Design for Gallery Elevation and Ceiling, Hôtel Cottier

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Pope Paul III in a Skullcap

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Painted design for a gallery ceiling with pink and tan scrollwork, a central ornamental panel, and floral garlands on green.

Design for Gallery Ceiling, Hôtel Cottier

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1879

Watercolor design for an arched ceiling with lavender field, orange and green scrollwork, and garland-decorated border.

Design for Ceiling, Hôtel Cottier

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1879

Pencil drawing of ornamental ceiling designs with scrollwork, foliate motifs and circular medallions for Hôtel Cottier.

Three Designs for Ceilings, Hôtel Cottier

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1879

Watercolor design for a decorative ceiling with a central rosette, scrolled foliage, and gilded geometric borders.

Design for a Study Ceiling

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

Pencil and watercolor design of a lunette ceiling with cherubs holding pink and green garlands and drapery.

Design for Ceiling with Cherubs

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

Watercolor design of a tiered interior wall bay with columns, a heraldic doorway, an angel, and a robed figure.

Design for a Bay of a Side Wall, Château de Béhourt

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

Watercolor design for a church altar with pink marble columns, a painted Virgin surrounded by cherubs, and a gilded tabernacl

Design for Altar

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

Watercolor elevation of an altar design with pink marble columns, a central door, and a painted angel above the entablature.

Side View of Design for Altar

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

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central ivy garland medallion, blue field, and corner flower bouquets in a brown frame

Design for Bathroom Ceiling, Hôtel Cahen d'Anvers

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

Watercolor design for a decorative cove with cherubs, flower garlands, a classical bust medallion, and urns, labeled Hôtel de

Design for Cove, Hôtel Cahen d'Anvers

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

Watercolor design of a cloud-filled sky with flying cupids, hummingbirds and floral vines inside a gilded frame.

Design for Salon Ceiling, Hôtel Candamo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1873

Watercolor design elevation of a decorated interior wall with double doors, a blue floral niche, and a painted frieze.

Design for Wall Elevation, Hôtel Candamo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1873

Watercolor design of an ornamental ceiling panel with violet and gold scrollwork and a central fan motif.

Design for Grand Salon, Ground Floor, Hôtel Candamo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1873

Ink and watercolor architectural design of a coffered arch framing a classical niche and garden view above a balustrade.

Design for Stable Arches, Hôtel Candamo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1873

Watercolor design of an ornate hanging plaque lettered SULTAN, suspended by chains beneath scrolled ornamental brackets on a

Design for Decorated "Sultan" Plaque for Stable Wall, Hôtel Candamo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1873

Watercolor design of a Gothic pointed-arch stained glass window with ornamental tracery and a heraldic shield above.

Design for Elevation of Window, Saint Clotilde

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

Watercolor of a Gothic church interior with a robed altar boy in the foreground and ribbed vaulted ceilings above.

View of Interior with Figures, Saint Clotilde

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

Watercolor design of a Gothic Revival altar with a crucifix, starry blue vault, radiating light and a dove above.

Design for Altar, Saint Clotilde

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

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling corner with scrollwork, strapwork panels, and red, green and purple decoration.

Design for Dining Room Ceiling, Château de Cangé

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

Colored design drawing of a decorated salon ceiling with rose and gold bands, interlaced ornament, and flower motifs.

Design for Salon Ceiling, Château de Cangé

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

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central panel of putti on clouds, surrounded by blue and gold ornamental borders.

Design for Ceiling with Putti, Hôtel of Doctor Cranchi

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1872

Watercolor design of a painted coffered ceiling with pink, blue and brown panels and gilded arabesque ornament.

Design for Dining Room, Hôtel de Doctor Cranchi

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1872

Colored design drawing of a coffered dining room ceiling with ornate strapwork, heraldic shields, and a central octagonal pan

Design for Dining Room Ceiling, Neudeck

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

Vertical sheet of painted decorative border designs with scrollwork, fleur-de-lis and zigzag motifs in blue, pink and gold.

Design for Ceiling at Fontainebleau

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Watercolor design of a decorated room wall with a blank gilt frame, teal and violet walls, and gilded cornice ornament.

Design for Elevation of the Duchess of Newcastle's Bedroom, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Engraved print of an ornate acanthus-leaf capital with a Latin inscription reading Rome in Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura.

Capital decorated with Acanthus Leaves from the Church of Sant' Agnese fuori le mura, from "Speculum Romanae Magnific…

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of a classical altar with columns, a niche holding a standing nude statue, and a carved pediment above.

The Altar of Eros, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Colored design for a salon ceiling with lavender scrollwork, gilded medallions, blue figures and red painted panels.

Design for Ceiling of Grand Salon, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Engraving of a classical niche with a small nude statue of Jupiter between fluted columns beneath an arched pediment.

The Altar of Jupiter in the Oldest Temple on the Capitol, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of a Roman triumphal arch with three passageways, columns, relief panels, and a cherub holding a banner above.

The Arch of Constantine, Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Watercolor design of a trompe l'oeil ceiling with blue sky, circling birds, peacocks, cherubs and fruit garlands in an ornate

Design for Trompe l'Oeil Stairway Ceiling, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Design drawing of a ceiling with a sky-filled oval panel, flying birds, floral garland, and pastel coffered borders.

Design for Grand Salon Ceiling, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Watercolor design of a domed ceiling with lilac arabesque scrollwork and a gold and white moulded border.

Design for Ceiling of the Duchess of Newcastle's Petit Salon, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central scrolled medallion, pink and green ornament, and a brown molded frame.

Design for Ceiling, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Engraving of an artist's studio with bearded men and students drawing by candlelight beside classical statues and vessels.

Baccio Bandinelli in his studio holding a statuette of Venus, students sketching from a model by candlelight

Agostino Veneziano, 1531

Decorative ceiling design with pink scrollwork, blue oval medallions of relief figures, and gilded borders.

Design for Bedroom Ceiling, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Engraving of the Apollo Belvedere statue, a nude male figure with draped cloth, standing in an arched niche.

Apollo Belvedere, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Watercolor design of an arched doorway with vines and trellis opening to sky, flanked by red and gold ornamental panels.

Design for Coffered Ceiling

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

Pen and ink drawing sheet with ornamental designs, wall paneling layout and a military trophy panel with helmet and weapons.

Nine Miscellaneous Designs for the de la Rochejaqulein Family

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

Sheet of five ornamental designs: a rococo pastoral scene, a decorative panel, a paneled door, a coat of arms, and a floor pa

Five Miscellaneous Designs for the de la Rochejaquelein Family

Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, second half 19th century

Pencil and ink sheet with eight ornamental designs: a greyhound, heraldic crests, scrollwork borders and putti.

Eight Miscellaneous Designs for the de la Rochejaquelein Family

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

Pencil studies of heraldic shields, scrollwork, fleurs-de-lis, monograms and putti arranged across a sheet of tan paper.

Seven Miscellaneous Designs for the de la Rochejaquelein Family

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

Two side-by-side designs of paneled doorways in blue and gold, one with an urn overdoor and one with a garland medallion.

Two Designs for Doorways with Alternate Overdoor Decoration

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

Pen and wash drawing of a Moorish-style ceiling design with green and purple arabesques, rosettes and decorative borders.

Ceiling Design in Moorish Style for the de la Rochejaquelein Family

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

Pen and wash design of a white double door with gilt moldings and an overdoor panel of cupids carrying a violin.

Design for Single Door and Overdoor Panel with Cupids Bearing a Violin

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

Two watercolor ceiling designs with putti, allegorical figures, and ornamental scrollwork on a blue-grey mount.

Two Designs for Ceiling with Putti and Allegorical Figures of the Arts

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

Watercolor design of a wall with paired paneled doors and an ornate central panel with scrollwork and a landscape medallion.

Design for a Pair of Doors Joined by an Ornamental Panel

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

Two watercolor designs for ornamental panels, one with a lettered cartouche and figures, one with a seated trident figure in

Two Designs for Ornamental Panels

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

Watercolor design of a salon ceiling with red and blue striped bands, blue scrolling foliage and gilded central panel.

Design for Ceiling, Château de St. Aubin

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

Watercolor design elevation of a painted interior wall with arched fireplace, panelled doors and ornamental frieze.

Design for Painted Wall Paneling, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Painted architectural design with a coffered ceiling, an arched niche with flowers, and red wall panels with garlands.

Design for Elevation of Gallery Bay, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Ornamental ceiling design with blue scrolling vines, red blossoms, and green floral borders in a stepped frame, 1875.

Islamic Ceiling Design for Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875

Watercolor design for a wall with a double door under an arched pediment, painted panels and a decorative frieze.

Design for Wall Paneling, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Colored design drawing of a Pompeiian-style wall with ceiling panel, columns, garlands, urns and a central candelabrum motif.

Design for Wall Paneling and Ceiling in Pompeiian Style, The Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Watercolor design elevation of a classical interior wall with paneled double doors, a column, red drapery, and an arched gard

Design for Elevation of Ceiling and Wall, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Design drawing of a decorative ceiling with a sky opening, flowering trellis, classical medallions and garlands in pastel ton

Design for Ceiling, Bedroom of Mme de Marconnoy

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

Colored design drawing of a gothic chapel altar with stained glass windows, heraldic crest and ornate scrollwork.

Design for Altar and Chapel, Farnborough

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Watercolor design of an arched window with gold frame, scrolling purple foliage border, and a gilded chalice motif.

Design for Arched Window, Farnborough

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Pen and watercolor design for a decorated archway with ceramic-themed panels, shields, and foliage in red, blue, and gold.

Design for Decorated Archway, Monaco Pavillion

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1878

Engraving of a chaotic battle with armored horsemen, fallen soldiers, chariots, and a burning city in the background.

Battle with a Cutlass

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Watercolor design of a chimney piece with a heraldic coat of arms above a grey mantel against a red wall.

Design for Chimney Piece, Château du Duc de Meternick, Johannisburg

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

Watercolor design drawing of paneled double doors with blue neoclassical garlands, urns, and a ribbon frieze above.

Design for Bedroom Doors, Hôtel de Jagan

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

Etching of a skeleton above a row of thistles, lilies and flowers, with daisies at the base, framed by a thin border.

Frontispiece for "Les Fleurs du Mal"

Félix Bracquemond, 1857

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with octagonal panels, classical figure medallions and ornamental borders in blue, r

Design for Coffered Ceiling in Four Alternate Color Schemes, Empress Eugenie's Hotel

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

Pencil and wash design for a Chinese-style ceiling with stepped fretwork and floral medallions, drawn on cream paper.

Design for Ceiling in Chinois Style, Empress Eugénie's Hotel

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

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with floral garlands, fruit swags and gilded scrollwork in green and pink.

Design for a Painted Ceiling

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

Colorful design drawing of a painted ceiling with a central gold rosette, strapwork, acanthus foliage and rose panels.

Design for a Painted Ceiling with Strapwork and Foliage on a Rose Background

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

Design drawing of a red and gold coffered ceiling with geometric panels, floral motifs, and rosette ornaments.

Design for Coffered Ceiling in Red and Gold

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

Brown wash architectural design of a pediment with strapwork carving above a fluted frieze with acanthus motifs.

Design for Carved Wood Paneling and Molding Featuring Strapwork

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

Watercolor design for a decorative cove with flower garlands, acanthus scrolls, a central cartouche and urn finials.

Design for Cove Section

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

Watercolor design of a painted doorway with pediment, oval relief of cherubs, red and gold panels, and decorative friezes.

Pompeiian Design for Wall and Doorway

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

Engraving of three nude women embracing before palm fronds in an arched niche, with fountains on pedestals at each side.

The Three Graces, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Watercolor design of an ornate rococo interior corner with gilded scrollwork, flower garlands, and molding framing an empty f

Design for Hall Ceiling, Hôtel de Trévise

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

Architectural line drawing of a coffered ceiling with a central oval medallion, rosettes, and putti in the corners.

Design for Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling for Dining Room, Hôtel de Trévise

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Colored drawing of a Pompeian-style wall paneling design with framed panels, rosette medallion and leaf frieze.

Pompeiian Design for Paneling

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

Engraving of a nude young man pointing toward sunbeams beside a tree, and an old man reclining in grass at right.

An old man reclining on the ground at right; at left a naked younger man standing pointing toward the sun with and le…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27