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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Watercolor design of a Pompeian doorway with green curtain, paneled door, and a niche holding a classical statue.

Pompeiian Design for Doorway and Wall with Curtain (possibly for Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey)

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

Engraving of three nude women embracing before palm trees and fountains in an arched frame, after Marcantonio Raimondi.

The Three Graces, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-1534

Engraving of a lion hunt with armored men, horses, lions and a reclining nude woman beneath trees, with Latin text below.

The Lion Hunt, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-1534

Three engravings on one sheet: a pensive seated woman under an angel vision, a woman with a child, and a reclining nursing mo

Vision of St. Helena [Pensive Woman]

Marcantonio Raimondi, n.d.

Engraving of the Annunciation: a winged angel kneels before the Virgin in an arched interior, with a dove above and a landsca

Modern impression of the Adoration of the Magi who approach the Christ Child held by the Virgin

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-1534

Engraved bacchanal frieze with satyrs, revelers, a reclining woman, and a statue of Priapus among trees and curtains.

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

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-13

Engraving of a Roman triumph with a nude hero on armor, a woman holding a laurel wreath, soldiers and classical architecture.

The triumph of a Roman Emperor; a young naked hero stands at center on a pile of armor; a woman at right holds aloft…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510

Engraving of Saint Lawrence on a gridiron over a fire, with nude executioners, robed onlookers and arcaded architecture.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, after Bandinelli

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo mirror stand with scrolling ornament, a cherub and a stepped base.

Two Alternative Designs for a Mirror Stand

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and wash drawing of rococo mirror frames, candle sconces and a scroll bracket on pale paper.

Designs for Mirror Frames and Sconces

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Watercolor and ink design of a Rococo interior with putti on the ceiling, urns, arched doors and painted panels.

Design for an Opera Set, a Congress of Cupids

Carlo Zucchi the Younger, 18th century

Pen and wash design for a rococo mirror frame with putti, a female figure, a sphinx, and scrollwork around an empty central p

Design for Mirror Frame

Giovanni Battista Natali III, ca. 1720-40

Pen and brown ink drawing of two winged children holding an empty oval within an ornate frame with gryphon supports.

Drawing for a Memorial Tablet: Two Winged Children Holding an Empty Oval in a Frame with Gryphons

Federico Zuccaro, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of two rococo mirror frame designs with scrolling ornament and a scale bar along the bottom.

Two Alternative Designs for a Mirror or Screen with Family Coat of Arms

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and brown ink drawing of a Roman emperor in armor receiving a petition from an older man, with a seated attendant.

Drawing of a Roman Emperor Receiving a Petition

Federico Zuccaro, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of two theatrical costume designs, a man in puffed doublet and a woman in a gathered gown.

Drawings for Two Masquerade or Ballet Costumes ('Sospiri' and 'Baci')

Giovanni Battista Paggi, 1554-1627

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated bearded warrior in armor with a draped woman offering a laurel wreath.

Seated Warrior Between Two Figures

Giambattista Zelotti, 1546-78

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate Baroque interior with coffered ceiling, arched doorways, columns, and statues in niches.

Design for a Stage Set, Showing Right Half Only

Prospero Zanichelli, 1698-1772

Pen and wash study of a crowd of struggling figures beneath a colonnaded building, marked with a squaring grid.

Study for a Massacre of the Innocents

Domenico Passignano, 1580-1636

Pen and ink architectural drawing of an entrance portal with plan views above and paired pilasters with ornate capitals below

Entrance Portal: Plan and Elevation, Each Pier Consisting of Two Pilasters

Antonio Visentini, 1688-1782

Pen and ink drawing of a monument with a standing Madonna and Child, two putti, and a tiered base in an arched niche.

Design for a Wall Tomb or Monument (Recto); Smaller Variant Version with Half Length Madonna & Child on Crescent Moon…

Giovanni Francesco Penni, 1496-1528

Design for an Urn with Garland of Vegetables and Fruit and Medallion with Profile of a Caesar

Giovanni Francesco Penni, 1496-1528

Pen and brown ink drawing of three architectural ornament friezes with rococo scrollwork, putti, and sea creatures.

Drawing for Engraving in Raccolta di Vari Schizzi, Venice, after Angelo Rosis

Antonio Visentini, ca. 1747

Pen and wash elevation of a colonnade of six Ionic columns on a rusticated stone base with a dentil cornice.

Ionic Colonnade (6 Columns) on Rusticated Base

Antonio Visentini, 1688-1782

Pen and ink architectural drawing of a barrel-vaulted chapel with Corinthian columns, coffered ceiling and two putti above.

Design for an Elaborate Barrel-Vaulted Chapel

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi, 1481-1536

Pen and brown ink drawing of ornamental military trophies with helmets, armor, griffins, scrolls and a shield.

Designs for Ornamental Military Trophies (recto and verso)

Enea Vico, ca. 1540-70

Watercolor album page with furniture designs: a canopy bed, a table with winged sphinx supports, a floor plan, and a scroll-a

Designs for Furniture

Pierre Antoine Bellangé, ca. 1800-40

Red chalk vignette of a huntress with spear, hunting dog, stag head, and two putti within a rococo cartouche.

Vignette Illustrating Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata" (X:78)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1745

Pencil drawing of a nude male figure with raised bound arm, looking upward beside a tree trunk and drapery.

Nude Figure

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1720

Brown ink drawing in a circle of a dragon head, a long-beaked bird, and a grimacing human mask.

Two Beasts and a Human Mask within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Pen and wash architectural design showing Gothic arches, oval medallions and putti in a ceiling decoration.

Design for the Ceiling Decoration in Vasari's House in Arezzo

Giorgio Vasari, 1531-74

Human Mask Looking to the Left within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Grotesque Winged and Bearded Head Looking to the Left within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Putto's Head Looking to the Right with a Shell Beneath the Chin within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Two Grotesque Heads Facing One Another within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Two Grotesque Heads Facing One Another and Touching Tongues Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Grotesque Head With a Large Ear and an Open Mouth Looking to the Right Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Small Grotesque Head Looking to the Left Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Ink drawing of a grotesque head with an open toothed mouth turned left, inside a thin circular frame.

Large Grotesque Head With an Open Mouth Looking to the Left Within a Frame

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Large Grotesque Head Being Strangled by its Own Hair

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Grotesque Head With a Bulging Forehead Looking to the Right Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Grotesque Head With a Large Eyebrow Looking to the Left Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Watercolor design of a blue and gilt ewer with a female mask handle and scrolled leaf-form spout, on a ruled sheet.

Design for a Gilt Bronze Ewer

George Heinrich von Kirn, ca. 1770-90

Saint Lawrence, left hand resting on a grill, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints)

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Watercolor of figures in a Roman tavern courtyard with musicians, benches, and painted sun and rooster motifs on the walls.

Interior of a Roman Inn

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1817

Pen and wash drawing of a papal coat of arms with tiara, Rococo scrollwork, and handwritten heraldic color annotations.

Coat of Arms of Clement XIII (Rezzonico)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1758-69

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a classical building facade with columns, entrance steps and a military trophy in the pedim

Design for the Façade of an Arsenal

C. Pompetti, 1837

Pen drawing of an ornate lidded silver tankard with a lion finial and engraved soldier figures on its body.

Preparatory Drawing for an Illustration of a Seventeenth-Century Dutch Tankard from the Demidov Collection

C. Prosdocimi, 1879

Architectural section drawing of a long hall with two tiers of pink columns, arched windows, niche statues and oval medallion

Longitudinal Section of Great Throne Room (Saint George's Hall), Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg

Giacomo Quarenghi, ca. 1776

Grey wash drawing of a theatrical stage set with columns, a coffered dome, statues, and a receding arched corridor.

Design for a Stage Set

Pietro Righini, 1688-1742

Brown ink drawing of an ornate altar frame design with a blank central panel, flanking statues, and a winged figure above.

Design for a Reredos or Frame and Setting for an Altar Painting

Pomarancio, 1552-1626

Vertical pilaster drawing with winged putti, a torch, a small temple model and reeds on a tan ground.

Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, 1595-1640

Brown wash drawing of a rustic kitchen interior with stone arches, barrels, a wooden table, and a staircase.

Design for a Stage Set Showing Interior of Rustic Kitchen ("Cucina Rustica")

Lorenzo Sacchetti, 1759-1829

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man gesturing to a kneeling woman beside a standing figure, with dark wash accents.

Abraham Dismissing Hagar

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate candlestick design with a tall candle, a figure medallion and a scrolled base.

Design for a Candlestick

Ottavio Strada, 1510-63

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tiered ornamental stand with reclining nudes, garlands, and a winged putto on top.

Design for an Inkstand

Ottavio Strada, ca. 1540-60

Brown ink drawing of an ornate tazza and a salt cellar with reclining figures, scroll handles and clawed feet.

Design for a Salt Cellar and Tazza

Ottavio Strada, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a funerary monument with a skeleton, scythe, hourglass, skulls and mourning winged figures.

Design for a Funerary Monument

Francesco Salviati, 1510-63

Brown ink drawing of an octagonal ceiling design with a central chariot scene and oval medallions of nude figures.

Design for an Octagonal Ceiling (or Dish?)

Ottavio Strada, 1510-63

Ink and wash drawing of a classical door frame with arched pediment, rosette pilasters and stepped moulded surround.

Drawing for a Door Frame

Lorenzo Sarti, 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a grinning satyr's head with curly hair, pointed ears, and swirling horns on paper.

Satyr's Head

Adamo Scultori, 1566-80

Pen and watercolor architectural drawing of a gallery with elevations, a wall section, and a floor plan with statue niches.

Plan "della nuova Galleria"

Giovanni Battista Silvestri, 1796-1873

Architectural elevations of a ballroom in pen and watercolor, with blue drapery, a statue, and an arched vault section.

Elevation "della nuova Galleria"

Giovanni Battista Silvestri, 1796-1873

Pen and grey wash drawing of classical architecture with seated women, putti, and clouded figures above a sunburst.

Drawing for a Frontispiece

Mauro Soderini, 1704-39

Pen and wash drawing of a winged angel in green drapery above a mass of falling figures among clouds.

Study for the Fall of Simon Maqus, S. Paolo Maggiare, Naples

Francesco Solimena, 1690

Brown wash drawing of an oval ceiling design with angels, clouds, and a nativity-like group of figures below.

Design for an Oval Ceiling with Four New Testament Scenes

Bartolommeo Tarsia, 1711-65

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate rococo cartouche with an empty oval center and scrolling acanthus ornament.

Design for Cartouche

Fortunato Tesi, 18th century

Brown ink and wash design sketch of a half cartouche with scrolling foliage and a carved mask at upper right.

Design for Half Cartouche with Mask

Fortunato Tesi, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of an ornate painted ceiling design with curved bands, scrollwork, and putti holding garlands.

One Quarter Design for a Painted Ceiling

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1730-66

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated female figure in clouds, a putto, a draped figure, and a boar on a title page.

Title Page

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded interior where a sick man lies on a bed surrounded by onlookers and columns.

Saint Anthony of Padua Healing a Sick Man (recto); Partial Figural Studies Based on the Composition on the Recto (verso)

Tiberio Titi, 1590-1600

Watercolor design for a rococo painted ceiling with a gilded central medallion, scrolls, musical instruments and floral urns.

Design for a Painted Ceiling

Giovanni Antonio Torricelli, 1716-81

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate candlestick or crucifix base with an urn, scrolls, winged putti and lion feet.

Design for Candlestick or for a Crucifix Base

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1540-47

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate candlestick with winged figures and a medallion scene at its base.

Design of a Candlestick with Winged Figures at Base Surrounding Scenic Medallion

Perino del Vaga, 1521-47

Pen and ink design sheet with grotesque figures, urns, scrolling foliage, birds and drapery for a wall decoration.

Design for a Grotesque Wall Decoration

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Pen and ink design sketch of a decorated wall with garlands, urns, a bird, medallions, and grotesque panels.

Design for Grotesque Wall Decoration

Perino del Vaga, early 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate palace interior with arched vaults, classical columns, and decorative scrollwork.

Design for a Stage Set: Highly Decorated Interior of a Palace

Giuseppe Valeriani, 1740-70

Pen drawing of ornamental scrollwork with a central putto and two figures riding dolphins over waves below.

Designs for Ornamental Motifs with Figures, Real and Imaginary Animals, and Coats of Arms of the Medici Grand Dukes

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Pen drawing of a tomb design with an oval portrait bust, scrolling ornament, skull mask and stepped pedestal base.

Design for a Tomb of Epitaph (recto); An Unfinished Variation of a Tomb or Epitaph (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a female head in an ornate scrolled helmet topped by a winged sphinx and plumes.

Design for a Helmet with a Sphinx presented in 3/4 View

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Two Studies for Helmet Designs Presented En Profil

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Design for a Helmet with an Elaborate Plume

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate two-handled vase with scrolled handles, oval bands, and a pedestal foot on a mounted sheet.

Outline of Design for a Vase with Two Handles

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown ink drawing of an ornate two-handled vase with scrolled handles, decorated cartouche, and footed base.

Outline of Design for a Two-Handled Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and blue wash drawing of a lidded ewer with scrolled handles and bull head masks on a footed base.

Design for a Ewer with Bull Heads under the Handles and Spout

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental frame with scrolling foliage, winged cherubs, and an empty central panel.

Design for a Carved or Openworked Frame with a Variant

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman and children watching a standing woman with a small dog in a garden.

The Education of a Dog

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate epitaph design with a pediment, urns, a medallion of two figures, and a blank tablet.

Design for an Epitaph

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash design for an architectural frame with a pediment, scrolled cartouche, and empty central panel.

Design for a Frame or Epitaph (recto); Caryatid Supporting a Frame (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate footed chalice with acanthus scrollwork on the cup and a lobed stem.

Design for a Chalice (recto); Design for the Base of a Vase (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate chalice with acanthus leaves, shell motifs and a scrolled stem.

Design for a Chalice with Acanthus and Shell Decoration

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink design sketch of an ornate lidded vessel with scrolling foliage on a footed base.

Design for a Vessel

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate vessel with two tritons blowing horns and a winged putto atop a pedestal.

Design for a Vessel with Two Tritons Blowing Horns and a Winged Putto on Top

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pencil and brown wash drawing of an ornate scrolling cartouche framing a faint sketched figure.

Design for a Cartouche

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design of a rococo cartouche with an Annunciation scene above and a robed figure with a staff below.

Design for a Cartouche with an Annunication above and a Kneeling Figure with Staff Below

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a pilaster ornament and a rococo cartouche with scrolling foliage on aged paper.

Designs for a Pilaster Ornament and Cartouche (recto); Design for a Window or a Wall Plaque (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725