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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Pen and grey wash drawing of two chained male atlantes supporting a cornice above an eagle, with draped fabric.

Design for a Decorated Console with Two Slaves on Top of an Eagle

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1782-1844

Pen drawing of figures hauling a boat ashore in a gale, with a wind-bent tree and a stone tower on the coast.

Beaching a Fishing Boat in a Gale

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770-79

Pen and gray wash drawing of six ornamental designs with urns, garlands, a nude figure in a medallion, and draped figures.

Six Designs for the Decoration of Rectangular and Horizontal reliefs

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1782-1844

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted warrior stripping armor from a fallen soldier among rocks, with a sword and shield nearby.

Stripping the Slain

John Hamilton Mortimer, ca. 1773

Pen and grey wash drawing of six ornamental designs with urns, scrolls, garlands and a laurel wreath in rectangular panels.

Six Designs for the Decoration of Rectangular Reliefs

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1782-1844

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate rococo frame enclosing a scene of a seated woman, a standing man, and a cherub above.

Design for a Sculptured Frame with Garlands and Statues and a Painting of Two Human Figures with Puttis inside the Frame

Carlo Borrelli, 1776

Pen drawing of a Gothic cathedral interior with tall columns, pointed vaults, kneeling figures and a processional cross.

Perspective of a Church's Interior

Pietro Bosio, 18th century

Pen and wash design of a Roman interior wall with columns, niche statues, painted landscape panels and an inscription below.

Design for a Painted Wall Decoration for Palazzo Massimo all'Aracoeli (Rome)

Basilio Briccio, 1683

Oval brown ink drawing of a stage set with an arched bridge, fountain, statues, columns and small figures.

Architectural Perspective for a Stage Set with a Bridge, Statues and a Fountain in the Background and Human Figures i…

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1660-1710

Ink and wash drawing of a tiered church facade with statues in niches, columns, a pediment, and a central coat of arms.

Drawing for Buontalenti's Model for the Facade of S. Maria del Fiore of Florence

Cigoli, 1589

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of an armorial trophy with a plumed helmet, spears, shield and lion head.

Armorial Trophy

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Brown ink drawing of a central cuirass and helmet flanked by two ornate classical vases with relief figures.

Trophy with Two Vases and a Cuirass

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Pen and brown wash drawing of a draped central figure flanked by two ornate classical ewers with putti and a griffin.

Trophy with Two Ewers

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Brown ink drawing of two ornate vases flanking a draped trophy with a helmet, one with dancing figures in relief.

Trophy with Two Vases

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Pen and brown ink drawing of two ornate ewers with figural reliefs, scrolling handles and pedestal bases.

Two Designs for Ewers

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornate urns with serpent handles, garlands, putti and relief figures.

Two Urns Decorated with Human Figures, Animals and Garlands

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bearded man with raised arm standing over a fallen figure on the ground.

Study of Two Male Figures Fighting

Luca Cambiaso, mid-16th century

Brown and white drawing of a symmetrical ornamental panel with scrolls, satyrs, putti, monsters and a central human head.

Design for an Ornamental Panel with Rinceaux, Satyrs, Putti, Monsters and a Human Head

Giulio Campi, 1535-45

Gray wash drawing of a recumbent lion with a curled mane resting its head over a rectangular stone pedestal.

Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion

Antonio Canova, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketches of grotesque wall ornaments with a central male figure, horses, masks and candelabra designs.

Sketches for Grotesque Wall Decorations

Girolamo da Carpi, 1501-56

Pen and ink sheet with studies of muscular nude figures and several bearded male heads in different profiles.

Studies of Nudes and Human Heads (recto and on the verso)

Agostino Carracci, 1557-1602

Pen and wash drawing of a pyramidal funeral catafalque with classical columns, pediment, allegorical figures and a winged fig

Drawing of a Catafalque for Philip II of Spain, 1598

Alessandro Casolani della Torre, 1598

Pen and wash design of a church frieze with acanthus scrollwork, a seated putto, a Corinthian column and handwritten Italian

Design for Painted Corner and Frieze of the Choir in the Church of the Servi in Bologna

Giovanni Andrea Castelli, December 11, 1629

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornamental cartouche shaped as a horned monster head with scrolls and foliage.

Cartouche in the Form of a Horned Monster's Head in Near Profile View

Michelangelo Colonna, 1604-87

Pen and ink drawing of a cartouche design with scrolls, a fluted pilaster, and a small putto on grayish paper.

Two Alternative Designs for a Cartouche Decorated with a Frame, Statues, and Volutes

Michelangelo Colonna, 1624-87

Pen and ink design with scrolling cartouche ornament, a draped pilaster, and two putti on a pedestal.

Right and Part of the Left Half of a Design for a Cartouche

Michelangelo Colonna, 1624-87

Two pencil and watercolor sketches of five-light and four-light candelabras with blue and red accents and handwritten notes.

One of Twenty-Three Sheets of Drawings of Glassware (Mirrors, Chandeliers, Goblets, etc.)

Compagnia di Venezia e Murano, 1850-80

Catalogue sheet with watercolor drawings of white and colored Venetian glassware, numbered and priced in lira.

Specimens of White and Colored Glassware

Compagnia di Venezia e Murano, 1866-1880

Watercolor sheet of numbered Venetian glass goblets, decanters and vases with gold and blue decoration and handwritten prices

Specimens of Tinted Glassware with Decorations in Gold and Blue

Compagnia di Venezia e Murano, 1866-1880

Brown ink drawing of St. Michael flying over chained demons beneath God the Father and Christ among clouds and cherubs.

St. Michael Expurging Heresy

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669