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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

820 works

White chalk drawing of two lily blossoms on a dark grey-green paper ground.

Floral Design

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a seated woman with a bow resting among hounds beneath a radiating sunburst and clouds.

Diana Resting with Her Hounds (recto); Flora Seated by a Vase with Two Harks on the Ground, after Jost Amman (verso)

Hermann Weyer, 1607 (verso)-ca. 1615 (recto)

Red chalk drawing of a decorative arch with a flower basket, floral swags, a putto head, a bird, and trophy objects.

Preparatory Study for Plate 41 in "Maisons de plaisance," Vol. II

Jacques-François Blondel, 18th century

Grey-toned drawing of a spray of Canterbury bells with bell-shaped flowers and buds on a dark olive background.

Spray of Canterbury Bells

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Grey pencil study of birds on a branch above sheet music, a flute, flowers and a cloth on a grassy bank.

Study for a Pastoral Scene

Jean Baptiste Huet, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a vertical ornamental jewelry design with a bow, flowers, scrolling leaves and a round medallion at the bas

Design for a Piece of Jewelry (Bracelet?)

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1730-50

Study sheet on grey paper with several white hollyhock blossoms, pink centers, yellow stamens, and a stem with buds.

White Hollyhocks

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Pen and gray wash drawing of a rococo corner ornament with scrolls, shells, flower-filled urns and foliage.

Design for the Corner of a Decoration (recto); Sketch of Monumental Building with Four Temple-Front Entrances (verso)

Jacques de Lajoüe, ca. 1730

Pencil sketch of a woman in a full gown standing in an elegant interior with a sofa, console table and doorway.

Study for "The Just Resentment," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737

A Study of Two White Lilies

Antoine Berjon, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of rococo ornamental panels with scrollwork, cherubs, and floral motifs within a green-bordered frame.

Design for plate 2, from "Orthographia"

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-mid-18th century

Pencil sketch of dancing couples and onlookers in an outdoor garden, with a musician at left and trees framing the scene.

Study for "The Mutual Agreement," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737

Ink drawing of a rococo decorative frame with flowers, feathers, leaves and scrollwork around handwritten German text.

Design for a Frame with Flowers, Feathers, Leaves, and Grapes

Johann Oktavian Salver, 1750-88

Pen and wash drawing of a heaped pile of armor, banners, a trumpet, chains and books under a cloudy sky.

The House of York

Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1796

Pen and wash drawing of a footed dish with a flower-shaped cover surrounded by foliage, with smaller studies below.

Design for Single Footed Dish with Cover Shaped like Flower and Foliage

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Pen and grey wash design of a rococo folding screen panel with scrolling ornament, shell motifs and a figure medallion at top

Design for a Folding Screen

Jacques de Lajoüe

Pen and brown ink ornamental design with cherubs, garlands, a floral urn, and scrollwork, framed by a double border.

Ornamental Design

Jacob Roer, ca. 1694

Pen and grey wash design for an oval platter showing tritons and sea nymphs battling around a central cartouche.

Design for a Platter with Battling Tritons and Sea Nymphs

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Watercolor still life of a bouquet of chrysanthemums in a dark vase on a wooden table against a grey wall.

Bouquet of Small Chrysanthemums

Léon Bonvin, 1862

Chalk drawing of two winged putti with a garland and flowers on tan paper, by François Boucher.

Winged Putti with Flowers

François Boucher, ca. 1750

Pen drawing of a man in period dress holding a flower, with a sword and shield, labeled MAY, in an oval frame.

The Month of May: An Elegant Man Holding a Flower and Lute

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Red chalk study of Zephyr and Flora with intertwined figures in an oval, overlaid with a squared transfer grid.

Zephyr and Flora

Etching of a classical amphitheater building framed by tall trees, with strollers on garden paths.

Amphitheater of the Botanical Gardens, Paris

Charles-François Daubigny, 1842

A Tahitian Woman with a Flower in Her Hair

Paul Gauguin, 1891-92

Etching of a cat on a windowsill reaching toward large carnation flowers, with a lattice window and garden behind.

Cat and Flowers, from "Les Chats"

Édouard Manet, 1869

Etched title page with the words Eaux-Fortes par Daubigny inside an oval wreath of wildflowers and grasses.

Wreath of Wildflowers, title for "Eaux-Fortes par Daubigny"

Charles-François Daubigny, 1851

Pen and ink drawing of grotesque ornaments with scrolls, cartouches, medallions, lion masks and a winged seated figure.

Grotesques Designs with Various Inscriptions (recto); Candelabra Grotesque and Two Putti Holding Flowers (verso)

Andrés de Melgar, ca. 1545-60

Etching of a woman in a black mantilla and dress holding a fan and a white flower against a speckled grey background.

Exotic Flower

Édouard Manet, 1868

Watercolor of a seated woman in red and black clothing on a grassy bank with daisies and butterflies.

Female Figure

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 19th century

Watercolor bouquet of white roses, pale lilacs, buds and green leaves against a grey background.

Flowers: Roses and Lilacs

Paul de Longpré, late 19th-early 20th century