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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Etching of four women with baskets walking along a rocky cliff edge, faces turned upward under a pale sky.

A Voice from the Cliffs

Winslow Homer, 1888

Engraving of a galleon in rough seas with a sea monster and mermaid, beside a walled harbor town under stormy clouds.

Landscape with a Ship and Jonah and the Whale

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraving of a river with a double-tiered arched bridge, sailing ships, rowboats, towers and a tall statue column.

Riverscape with a Double Bridge

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraved landscape with a tall obelisk, a hilltop castle, a river with boats, a windmill, and a large tree on the left.

River Valley with Obelisk

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraved river valley with a cliff castle, stone bridge, sailing ships, and a traveling couple in the foreground.

River Valley with a Traveling Couple

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraved landscape with a hilltop castle, windmill, village, river boats, and falconers on horseback in the foreground.

Mountain Landscape with Falconers

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Engraving of a landscape with two windmills, a haloed shepherd figure with sheep in the foreground, and village houses.

Landscape with Windmills and Christ as Good Shepherd

Lucas Gassel, ca. 1560-70

Colored architectural design of a Gothic altar chapel with pointed windows, scrollwork, a heraldic crest, and paneled walls.

Design for an Altar Chapel, Farnborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Pen and ink design of seven vertical arabesque panels with scrolls, urns, cherubs, and classical motifs on paper.

Design for Seven Vertical Panels of Arabesque Decoration, Farnsborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Watercolor design of an upper wall with heraldic eagle shields, gilded crowns, draped swags, and decorative friezes.

Design for Upper Wall Decoration, Farnborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Watercolor design of a radiating decorative dome interior with gilded rosettes, scrollwork panels, and winged beasts.

Design for the Interior Cupola of a Domed Chapel, Farnborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Pencil and wash design for a grand stairway with classical columns, painted panels, a seated woman and a peacock.

Ceiling and Cove Designs for Stairway, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Brown wash drawing of ornate ceiling and cove designs with classical figures, putti, garlands and architectural panels.

Ceiling and Cove Designs, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

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

Composite drawing sheet of ornamental ceiling and cove sketches, with a painted putto and flower urn, scrolls, and tile patte

Fifteen Sketches for Ceiling and Cove Designs, Hôtel Rothschild, Vienna

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

Watercolor elevation of a decorated gallery wall with arched windows, blue and red panels, and floral motifs.

Plan and Elevation of Gallery, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic chapel nave with pointed arches, stained glass windows, and a patterned blue wall.

Elevation of Nave, Chapelle des Catéchismes, Ste Clothilde, Paris

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

Watercolor design of a cloudy sky inside an ornate frame with floral garlands and scrolling acanthus decoration.

Ceiling Design for the Dining Room of the Duke d'Albe, Madrid

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

Watercolor design of an ornate arched wall niche with green, red and gold panels and a central rosette medallion.

Gallery Ceiling Design, Hôtel Cottier

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Pencil drawing of ornamental ceiling friezes with foliate scrolls, floral sprays, and monogram cartouches for Fontainebleau.

Ceiling Design for the "Salle des Cerfs", Fontainebleau

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

Pencil design sketch of a long decorative frieze with scrollwork, rosettes and cartouches on tan paper.

Design for Ceiling Decorations, Fontainebleau

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

Watercolor design of a decorated ceiling and wall panels with a central medallion, classical busts and winged figures in gold

Ceiling Design for Bedroom of Duchesse de Newcastle, Hôtel of Madame Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Watercolor design for painted coving with acanthus scrolls, a classical figure in the spandrel, and a gilded cornice above an

Design for Coving, Hotel de Trevise

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Watercolor design of an ornate intarsia-style ceiling with scrolling foliage, flower medallions and a red rosette centre.

Intarsia Ceiling Design for the Dining Room, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Gouache design for a pastel ceiling with oval central medallion, floral bouquets, classical figures and gilded moldings.

Ceiling Design

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

Watercolor design for an ornamental arched vault with floral garlands, gilded scrolls and a doorway below.

Design for Hôtel de Trevise, Paris

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

Drawing of a coffered ceiling design with red and gold arabesque panels and moulded geometric frames.

Design for Coffered Ceiling, Mme Païva's Chateau at Neudeck

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

Watercolor design of a circular domed ceiling with green scrollwork, lion heads and gilded moldings framed by purple bands.

Design for Domed Ceiling for Mme Païva's Chateau at Neudeck

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1877-84

Graphite drawing of a double acanthus fleuron with serrated leaves and scroll forms on cream paper.

Architectural Motif: Double Acanthus Fleuron

Georges Seurat, ca. 1875

Graphite study of four architectural rinceaux with scrolling leaves, flowers and berries on cream paper.

Architectural Motifs: Four Rinceaux

Georges Seurat, ca. 1875

Watercolor design for a vertical wall panel with a floral urn, songbirds, swags of foliage, and swan supports at the base.

Design for a Wall Panel

Henri Sallembier, n.d.

Pen and ink design drawing of a lidded vase with gadrooned base, garland swags and satyr masks, on pale paper.

Design for a Lidded Gadrooned Vase with Satyr Heads Holding Garlands

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate architectural alcove with carved figural supports, scrolled panels and an open archway.

Design for a Proscenium or Monumental Alcove

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate oval frame with scrolls and foliage, with red chalk marks.

Design for a Decorative Oval Frame (recto); Half sketch for a Decorative Oval Frame (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design of an ornate frame topped with a fan-shaped shell motif and scrolled brackets, with an empty central panel

Design for a Frame Decorated with a Shell Motif

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Donkey

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, 17th century

Sepia pen and wash drawing of mourners lowering a shrouded body into a stone tomb, with a fainting woman at right.

The Entombment, after Mantegna

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate arched proscenium or alcove with figural supports and drapery.

Design for a Proscenium or Alcove

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown wash drawing of a female term figure with a flame-like headdress on a tapering pedestal under an arch.

Design for a Term shaped like a Winged Female Figure

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink design sheet showing a bowl with scrolled handles and dancing putti above an oval plate with a central meda

Two Views of a Design for a Shallow (Drinking?) Bowl wih Handles

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design drawing of an arched entrance portal with paired columns, volute brackets and a heavy entablature.

Design for an Entrance Portal

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a face under an ornate shell headpiece with a large feathery plume, by Giovanni Battista Foggini.

View in 3/4 of a Design for a Headpiece Decorated with a Shell and Large Plume

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with Virgin, Christ child, angels and classical architecture.

The Adoration of the Shepherds (recto); Sketches (verso)

Maarten van Heemskerck, ca. 1532-37

Etching of a haloed bearded figure raising his hand before a crowd of sick and kneeling people in a town street.

Healing the Infirm (Jésus-Christ guérit plusieurs malades en Galilée)

Etching of Christ healing a paralytic lowered through a roof while a crowd watches, with a Latin caption below.

Healing the Paralytic (Jésus-Christ prouve en guérissant un paralytique, qu'il a le pouvoir de pardonner les péchés)

Pen sketch of a rider on a rearing horse inside a scrolling ornamental cartouche with a pedestal below.

Design for an Equestrian Statue in a Cartouche (recto); Sketches for a Frieze with Sea-Shells and Floral Ornament (ve…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Drawing of an ornate vase design with two eagle heads as handles, scrolling ornament and a fluted neck.

Design for Vase with Eagles

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink sketches of embroidery motifs on a page with dated labels, including floral sprigs, scrolls and garland designs.

Scrapbook of Designs for Embroidered Waistcoats

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, 1785

Pen and ink drawing of a winged cherub with scrolling ornament forming a console or capital beneath an entablature.

Design for a Console or Capital with a Cherub

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental niche top with a female bust, garland-bearing putti, scrolls and fluted pilasters.

Design for an Overdoor or the Top of a Niche with a Bust and Garland-bearing Putti

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an overdoor ornament with a bust, a reclining putto, a garland and scrolling cornice brackets.

Design for the Right Half of an Overdoor Decoration with a Bust

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash design of a sculptural ornament with an eagle, large volutes and acanthus leaves on a yellow ground.

Design for a Sculptural Ornament With an Eagle, Volutes and Leaves

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Etching of tall trees framing a path leading to a distant domed building under a hazy sky.

Environs de Rome

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1866

Sketch of a tree bent by wind, a figure walking across a field, and a cottage under a cloudy sky.

The Gust of Wind (Le Coup de Vent)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871

Grey sketch of bathers in a wooded landscape on a 1898 Cézanne exhibition announcement from Galerie Vollard.

Exhibition Announcement and Catalogue for a Cézanne show at the Galerie Vollard (May 9-June 10, 1898)

Paul Cézanne, 1898

Pen and wash drawing of African figures among palm trees, with elephants, tusks, a parasol and clay vessels.

Scene of Africa (Allegory?)

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of European men and turbaned figures trading near a stone pedestal, palm trees and boats.

Europeans Engaging in Commerce and Trade in Asia

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a Dutch street with a windmill, a stone city gate, strolling figures and a dog.

Entrance to The Hague from the South East

Jacob Elias La Fargue, 1750-76

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated woman with flowers and playful winged putti in a mythological scene.

Mythological Subject

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bacchanalian scene with a nude nymph, pouring attendants, playful putti, grapes and a classic

Bacchanalian Scene with Nymphs and Putti

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Watercolor battle scene with soldiers fighting near a ruined church and a burning farmhouse under smoky skies.

Battle Scene with Church at left

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Watercolor drawing of soldiers fighting near a brick church with a tall spire, smoke and trees in a village road.

Battle Scene with Church at right

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Drawing of a woman in a white headscarf and shawl, shown half-length with gray wash and red chalk accents.

Half-figure of a Woman

Jacob Matham, 1605

Pen and brown ink drawing of a helmeted nude warrior with a shield and a small winged child reaching toward him.

Mars and Cupid (recto); Female Standing Figure with a Helmet and a Shield (Bellona?) (verso)

Andrea Schiavone, 1501-63

Sketches of Sculptured Decoration. Entablatures and a Frieze with Human, Animal and Floral Ornaments

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of an ornamental ceiling corner with pilasters, moldings, and scrolling cartouches.

Design for the Corner of a Decorated Ceiling

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two curved ornamental cornice designs with scrollwork, volutes and small putti figures.

Two Designs for the Decoration of a Circular Frieze or Cornice

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Etching of a helmeted hero freeing a nude woman chained to rocks beside a sea monster, with a winged horse above.

Perseus Saving Andromeda

Giovanni David, 1775

Engraving of four musicians playing lute and cello around a table in a room with open windows, sheet music scattered on the t

Hearing

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a seated woman and attendant in an interior, with a man aiming a rifle from a window at right.

Sight

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of a couple on a terrace smelling flowers, with a formal garden and dogs beside a stone balustrade.

Smell

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a fashionable dinner scene with seated diners, a servant with a platter, a dog, and a tapestry behind.

Taste

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of a seated couple embracing by a fireplace while a servant draws a bed curtain in a richly furnished room.

Touch

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of a schoolmaster with a birch rod supervising boys at desks while girls play with marbles in a timber-beamed room.

The School Master

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635-38

Engraving of a surgeon bandaging a seated woman's arm in a richly furnished room, with a servant holding a basin and dogs on

The Surgeon

Abraham Bosse, 1632

Engraving of a seated woman having her shoe fitted by a kneeling shoemaker, with a couple at a table and French verses below.

The Shoemaker

Abraham Bosse, 1632-33

Etching of a barber shaving a seated man in a richly furnished bedroom with a canopy bed, window, and French verses below.

The Barber

Abraham Bosse, 1632-33

Engraving of a schoolmistress teaching young girls in a furnished room with a window, a dog, and a sweeping servant.

The School Mistress

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Watercolor fire screen design with rose garlands, a shield-shaped frame, and a picnic still life of cards, bottles, fruit and

Design for a Firescreen with Picnic Scene and Playing Cards

Eugène Charpentier, Late 18th century

Watercolor firescreen design of a table with roses in a vase, teapot, books, and a blue floral garland border.

Design for a Firescreen with a Table with a Vase of Flowers, Books, and Teapot

Eugène Charpentier, late 18th century

Pen and ink drawing of a man in an ornate feathered hat, lace cape and ruffled ballet costume, arm extended.

Male Figure in Ballet Costume

T Remy, 17th century

Pen drawing of sea gods with fish tails battling in rippling water among reeds, one blowing a horn, one wielding a sword.

Battle of the Sea Gods (right portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, before 1481

Engraved frieze of tritons, nymphs, sea horses and putti riding across waves.

Frieze with Tritons and Nymphs

Girolamo Mocetto, 1490-1530

Etching of a naiad beside an overturned urn pouring water, with a triton and sea figures rising from the waves and putti at l

Water, represented by a naiad seated at the base of a tree and resting her arm on a supine urn from which water flows…

Giulio Carpioni, 1640-60

Pen and ink drawing of putti, sea figures and clouds arranged around a central seated figure in water.

The Triumph of Amphitrite

Luca Cambiaso, ca. 1550-1580

Engraving of two sea gods with fish tails and four nude nymphs at a stone table under a tree, with doves flying overhead.

Two sea gods accompanied by four nymphs

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a large tree at right, a steep rocky cliff, a village, and a bridge over a river.

Mountainous Landscape

Denijs van Alsloot, ca. 1608-11 (?)

Engraving of a reclining bearded river god with cornucopia, a she-wolf and two infants, framed by a border of boats and anima

The Tiber, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, mid-16th century

Etching of a woman in a white nightgown leaning over a bed in a dark room, with a shadowy figure behind her.

Plate 36 from "Los Caprichos": A bad night (Mala noche)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching of a young draped model in a headscarf standing before a hatched dark background, by James McNeill Whistler.

The Model Resting (Draped Model)

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Drawing of a fir tree with tangled branches and a textured trunk, with open landscape and sky at the right.

A Fir Tree in the Forest of the Landes, Aquitane

René-Ernest Huet, 1909

Pen and ink study of a palm tree with a scaled trunk and arching fronds on aged paper.

Study of a Palm Tree (recto); Mountain Landscape (verso)

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635-40

Brown wash drawing of riders falling beneath a divine light beam, with angels in clouds above a city wall.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Ludovico Carracci, ca. 1587-89

Engraving of a giant fish with a horn-blowing rider and cherubs on sea creatures, with fountains and gabled buildings behind.

Fish Construction in Honor of the Entry of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand into Ghent in 1635

Anton van der Does, 1636

Hand-coloured print of a night fireworks display around an ornate waterside theatre, with crowds in boats watching.

A View of ye Grand Theatre & Fireworks erected on ye Water near ye Court at ye Hague (on Occasion of ye General Peace…

Robert Laurie, 1794

Etching with two oval scenes: books burning on steps, and a man pointing at a tablet in an archway, with a dog below.

The Expulsion of the Jesuits

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1761

Black trade card with white ornament showing dragons, rockets and a seated figure, advertising fireworks maker Ladislas Lukas

Trade card for Ladislas Lukassy Kunstfeuerwerker

Joseph Franz Kaiser, 19th century