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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Circular etching of a leaning tree, stone pedestal, and ruined arch in a landscape, with an inscription and coat of arms.

Fragments from ancient monuments, plate 1 from "Roman landscapes and ruins" (Paysages et ruines de Rome)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Evariste Boulay-Paty

Charles Meryon, 1861

Etched portrait of a man with curly hair, mustache and goatee in an overcoat, labeled Benjamin Fillon.

Benjamin Fillon, after a photograph

Charles Meryon, 1862

Pen and wash drawing of monks carrying a cross in procession below a standing Christ figure among clouds.

Members of a Monastic Order Carrying the Cross for Christ to Heaven

Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, n.d.

Colored lithograph of a columned building in flames with firefighters working a pump and a crowd watching on a city street.

Hanington's Dioramic Representation of the Great Fire in New York, Dec. 16 and 17, 1835. Now Exhibiting with Other Mo…

H. Sewell, 1836

Etching of an old brick house on Rector Street with laundry hanging above a shopfront and two children at left.

Old House in Rector Street, from "Scenes of Old New York"

Henry Farrer, 1870

Watercolor of two winged cherubs lifting a palm frond near a seated nude woman with flowers and arrows in a landscape.

Eros and Anteros with Psyche Looking at Them

Johannes Riepenhausen, 1810-60

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical battle scene with armed men, a nude figure, and a winged figure in clouds.

Allegory of the Battle at Selimbar (October 28, 1599)

Hans von Aachen, 1552-1616

Ink and wash drawing of a river flowing past a rocky cliff and tall trees, with a small waterfall and figure in the distance.

At Nunnery in Cumberland

Joseph Farington, August 20, 1786

Engraving of a Roman-style procession: armored soldiers with spears and palm fronds lead robed senators past a brick arcade.

The Triumph of Caesar: The Senators

Gian Marco Cavalli, ca. 1497

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with a nude figure in a river, angels in clouds, and onlookers.

Baptism of Christ

Hans Rottenhammer, late 16th-17th century

Sepia drawing of a farewell: a man in a boat, a grieving man, embracing women and children, with a domed interior scene above

"The Farewell"

Johannes Riepenhausen, late 18th-19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a ruined Roman temple with fluted columns and a pediment, standing in water with reeds and ducks.

Recto: Front Elevation of a Roman Temple in Ruins (inspired by Giuliano da Sangallo); Verso: Elevation of the Nave of…

Sangallo family, 1530-45

The Prix de Rome Winners of 1817: Léon Cogniet, Achille Michallon and Antoine Garnaud

Léon Cogniet, 1817

Line engraving of a battle scene with armored warriors, horsemen, and a fortified city on a hill.

Gates of Paradise

Feodor Ivanovich Kalmuk, 1798

Etching of an elderly bearded man with spectacles writing with a pen beside an easel, a window and a potted plant.

Portrait of Edwin Edwards

Félix Bracquemond, 1872

Brown wash drawing of two figures struggling against wind in a churchyard with gravestones, skull and Gothic church behind.

Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard

Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1775

Ink and wash design drawing for a square ornamented tile with a central radiating motif, zigzag border and blue corner rosett

Design for Ornamented Tile

Stuttgart Carl Faber, 19th century

Etching of a large tree on a hillside with two small figures standing beside it under a loosely drawn sky.

The Two Landscapes (Right Tree)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1630

Etching with sketch studies of hares, rabbits and a standing figure carrying a bundle, with dense cross-hatched shading.

Study with Brigands (Upper Section)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1633

Engraved print of three gentlemen in a garden with a wine table, greyhound, arbor, and cloudy sky.

Inigo Jones Esq., The Honorable Henry Fane, and Charles Blair Esq.

James Scott, 1865

Etching of a woman in a hat leaning on a wire fence, watching pheasants and birds on grass beneath trees.

In the Zoological Garden

Félix Bracquemond, ca. 1873

Brown ink and wash drawing of a forest scene with pines, birch trees, a stream, and grazing cattle.

Landscape with cattle in Weißbach on the Rhön

Carl Wagner, 1841

Etching of a man in doublet and hose speaking with a veiled woman in a long gown, with a cloaked man beside a doorway.

Promenade vénitienne (Venetian Promenade)

Félix Bracquemond, 1863

Circular ceiling design with three cherubs and a pink ribbon on a pale blue sky, framed by flowers and gold scrollwork.

Ceiling Design for the Pless Chateau, Silesia

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

Watercolor design of a geometric ceiling with red and gold ornamental panels framed in grey, labeled Hotel de Pless Berlin.

Design for Ceiling Decoration Hôtel de Pless, Berlin

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

Gold and red decorative ceiling design with coffered geometric panels filled with scrollwork ornament.

Design for the Decoration of the Ceiling in the Hôtel de Pless, Berlin, or the Chateau de Cangé in the Loire

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

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin and Christ child with Saint Anne, Saint John, and sketched studies around them.

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint John in a classical landscape; verso: The Holy Family with Saint Anne and S…

Karl Agricola, late 18th-19th century

Architectural elevation drawing of a decorated wall with a dove and cross medallion, arched doorway, and draped curtains.

Elevation of a wall decorated with the dove of the holy ghost

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

Pen drawing of an architectural wall elevation with a decorated arch, columns, drapery swags and a patterned frieze.

Elevation of a wall design, possibly for a chapel

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

Etching of an eagle perched on rocks, beak open, beneath a radiating sun and drifting clouds.

L'Assiette Républicaine

Félix Bracquemond, 1868

Watercolor design of wood paneling with a carved pediment, heraldic shield, and painted frieze of putti among trees.

Design for the decoration of a room with a large wood-paneled cupboard surmounted by the monogram: H

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Gouache wallpaper design of red latticework with quatrefoil panels of green foliage, thistles, yellow flowers and pink roses

Design for wallpaper featuring flowers and latticework

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for wallpaper with brown rococo scrollwork, shells, a white waterlily, cattails and green ivy.

Design for wallpaper featuring shells, waterlilies, and cattails

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor wallpaper design of intertwined brown branches with oak leaves, acorns, and small purple and pink flowers.

Design for wallpaper featuring oak leaves, acorns, and intertwined twigs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Painted design drawing of a vestibule with coffered vaulted ceiling, decorative wall panels and a glazed double door.

Design for the Vestibule of the Chateau de Lude (Sarthe)

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

Hand-colored print of a duck flying above snow-covered branches inside a circular frame.

Decoration for a Plate: A Duck flying over Snow-covered Branches

Félix Bracquemond, 1850-1914

Hand-colored print of a white egret flying above green bamboo branches inside a circular frame.

Decoration for a Plate: An Egret Flying Above Bamboo Branches

Félix Bracquemond, 1850-1914

Watercolor design for ceiling decoration with circular rosettes, a diamond lattice, and ornate scrolled borders in gold, pink

A design for the painted decoration of a ceiling or walls

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Drawing of a painted ceiling design with red and green panels, interlaced strapwork, scrolling rinceaux and grey moldings.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling in strapwork and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with scrollwork cartouche, Greek key borders and floral roundels in pink, blue and go

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling in with strapwork and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of an ornamental ceiling with a central blue and gold medallion, geometric bands and decorative border.

Design for the decoration of a pentagonal ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a ceiling with an oval trompe l'oeil coffered dome, floral garlands, and ornate gilded scrollwork border.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil painting of a coffered dome

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling decoration with an oval arabesque panel and scrolled cartouche above, in pastel tones.

Partial design for the decoration of a ceiling with an oval panel at center

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Drawing of a decorative ceiling design with blue patterned panels and a border of small painted red flower motifs.

Partial design for ceiling with a border of flowers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a decorated ceiling with ornamental panels and a central panel of painted clouds in a gold frame.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a central panel of painted clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a square blue filigree ceiling panel with a central rosette and stepped gray border.

Design for a ceiling paianted in filagree patterns

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Etching of seven women behind a low stone wall, one standing in the foreground resting her arms on a pillar.

Seven Women Seated Behind a Low Wall

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned emperor at a banquet between columns, with courtiers, a page, and a dog in the foreground.

Episode from the "Gesta Romanorum": The Emperor and the Page

Jörg Breu the Elder, 1500-1537

Watercolor design of a beamed ceiling with alternating blue floral-patterned panels, brown wood-grain beams and cream ornamen

Design for the decoration of a beamed ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with fretwork borders, bead moldings and scrolled corner ornaments in brown, pink a

Partial Design for the decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Engraving of a hooded beggar standing at a closed door, with a second figure at a distant doorway, inscribed with Flemish pro

One Begs in Vain at the Door of the Deaf, from Twelve Flemish Proverbs

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1568

Engraving of a scolding woman standing before a seated woman, with a rooster and hen and a broom in a round domestic interior

The Scolding Woman and the Cackling Hen

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1568

Circular engraving of a hooded figure being robbed by a man in a round sphere, with a windmill and carriage behind.

The Misanthrope Robbed by the World, from Twelve Flemish Proverbs

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1568

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with a central rosette and four corner panels of scrolling and geometric ornament.

Design for a coffered ceiling with alternative decorative patterns

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with blue scrolled panels and a red central panel with gold floral ornament.

Design for a coffered ceiling with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design of a paneled ceiling with a blue center, pink corner panels and gold moldings.

Design for a paneled ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with gilded strapwork, pine cone motifs, and a central rosette medallion.

Partial design for a ceiling painted in strapwork and pine cone motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pen and watercolor design for a paneled ceiling split into two decorative schemes with gold scrollwork and a central medallio

Design for a paneled ceiling with alternative decorations

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central rosette, green coffered grid, and scrolling ornamental friezes.

Alternative designs for the painted decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a paneled wall with double doors, a painted panel of ducks, and a landscape mural with gold border.

Elevation of a paneled wall with a mural or tapestry and a double doors surmounted by a painting of ducks

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Etching of the Flight into Egypt: a standing man, a kneeling woman with a child, a winged figure above a rocky cliff, and a p

Flight Into Egypt

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 1759

Allegorical Medal in Honor of Louis XIV

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a north elevation of a wood-sided house with a tall spire tower, porch, and gabled roofs.

Design for a House, North Elevation

W. Strong, ca. 1883