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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Watercolor drawing of classical ruins with columns, a fountain with statues, arches and small figures in an oval frame.

Architectural Capriccio

Jean Henri Alexandre Pernet, ca. 1780-1800

Pencil design drawing of a bedroom with a draped canopy bed, cherub figures, swags, and panelled walls.

Design for a bedroom

Henri Perron, 19th century

Colored chalk drawing of a rococo cartouche entwined with yellow gourds, green leaves, pink tendrils and small orange flowers

Ornamental Design with Fruit and Flowers (recto); Flower Stalk with Leaves (verso)

Alexis Peyrotte, 18th century

Watercolor of a Dutch canal with a wooden bridge, thatched cottages, a woman with buckets, and a boatman under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Canal, Rijswijk

Jacob Maris, second half 19th century

Charcoal bust portrait of a woman in a dark hood and pince-nez, turned to the left against a shaded background.

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Pince-nez (Wife of the Artist)

Théodule Augustin Ribot, ca. 1875

Chalk drawing of a woman in a white bonnet and apron spinning flax at a wooden wheel against a dark background.

A Woman Spinning Flax

François Bonvin, 1861

Pen and ink design for an ornate cartouche showing a religious scene of figures beside a draped curtain.

Design for a Cartouche with a Religious Subject in the Central Compartment

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of soldiers in tall shakos marching through shallow water with rifles and knapsacks.

Soldiers Marching in Water

Charles-Henri Pille, 19th century

Drawing of an ornamental cartouche frame with winged putti, a crowned figure, and a woman holding a mirror around a blank pan

A Cartouche and Two Shields Surrounded by Allegorical Figures

Andrea Lilli, 1570-1631

Pencil landscape drawing of a seated shepherd by a tree with a dog, shrubs and a wide distant view, in a green border.

Landscape with Seated Shepherd and Dog

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Pen and watercolor design drawing of andirons with pine cone finials, fluted bases and acanthus scroll relief panels.

Design for Andirons

Jean Louis Prieur le Jeune, late 18th century

Grey wash drawing of the dead Christ reclining with a haloed head while a woman with long hair holds his foot.

The Dead Christ Mourned by the Magdalen Who Venerates the Wounds on His Feet

Fortunato Duranti, 1787-1863

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate altar with an oval cartouche, scrolled brackets, and a decorative frieze.

Design for an Altar

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Pen and ink architectural design sheet showing church interior elevations with arched niches, pilasters, and ornamental pedim

Design for a Church Interior

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Two dancers in feathered costumes and striped pleated skirts, one holding a fan, drawn in pen and watercolor on paper.

Drawing of Two 'Americans' for Ballet de la Douairière de Billebahaut

Daniel Rabel, 1626

Pen and wash drawing of an oval cartouche hung from a ribbon, with garlands, a tassel and classical moldings.

Design for Oval Cartouche

Gautier d'Agoty, 18th century

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a classical interior with a vaulted ceiling, pilasters, painted panels and an arched centra

Design for an Architectural Interior

Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette, n.d.

Pencil design drawing of a rococo ceiling with scrollwork cartouches, floral garlands, and sketched putti in the center.

Design for Ceiling

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pencil design drawing of an ornate ceiling with scrolling motifs, a central medallion, a putto and a balustrade below.

Designs for Ceiling

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pen and ink elevation drawing of an ornate paneled wall with fluted pilasters, urn-topped doors and a moulded frieze.

Design for Wall Panelling

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Ceiling design in watercolor showing a golden sunburst with a face at center, blue sky, clouds, and a flower-garland border.

Designs for Ceilings with Central Sunburst

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Watercolor ceiling design with soft clouds, two small birds, and a lattice border entwined with vines and purple flowers.

Designs for Ceilings with Clouds and Birds

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Watercolor design of an arched doorway with double doors, painted floral swags, and a blue classical medallion above.

Designs for Arched Doorway

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central rosette, blue arabesque panels, and layered floral and geometric borders.

Design for Ceiling with Plant and Arabesque Decoration

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a winged figure flying through radiating light above two crawling men.

Carl Ehrenswärd as Apollo, flying to inspect Sergel and Abilgaard

Johann Tobias Sergel, 1797

Sepia wash drawing of a seated man and a standing woman in a hilly landscape with a distant spire and birds.

Man and woman in a landscape (Faust and Marguerite)

Richard Parkes Bonington, ca. 1826-27

Pencil sketch of a classical triumphal arch with columns, sculptural groups, reliefs, and small figures in the foreground.

Study for a Triumphal Arch (recto); Alternate Study for a Triumphal Arch (verso)

Hubert Robert, ca. 1800

Three Designs for Helmets

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily faces the kneeling Virgin Mary beside a draped curtain.

Annunciation

Filippo Bellini, 1560-1600

Pen and ink study of a bearded prophet-like man in draped robes raising one arm, on a grey-toned sheet.

Study for the Prophet Jeremiah (recto); Studies of a Horse Seen from Below and of a Man Seated on a Chair, Probably a…

Henry Fuseli, 1764-70