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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Watercolor design drawing of an ornate fireplace grate with urn finials, scrolled supports, and lion medallions.

Design for Cast-iron Grate with Green Metal Surround

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, ca. 1814

Watercolor design of a curved cast-iron fireplace grate in a green scrolled surround, numbered 520.

Design for Cast-iron Grate, Elevation and Plan

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, 1814

Etching of a long colonnade with Corinthian columns and arches, a mounted rider and figures among scattered stone fragments.

Perspectival View, Temple of Isis

Jacques Androuet, 1551

Watercolor design drawing of a gate's top section with gilt finials, blue scrolls, a green arch and handwritten color notes.

Design for Top Portion of a Gate, Full-Size

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor design drawing of ornate church wall standards with scrolled brackets, branches, and a cornice behind them.

Designs for Church Wall Standards

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Ink and watercolor design sheet showing a wall bracket, a tall nave standard and a chancel standard for church lighting.

Designs for Church Lights: Wall Bracket, Nave Standard, Chancel Standard

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil sketch of a circular pierced metal ornament with tracery and a small doorhandle detail with handwritten notes.

Metal Doorhandle, Cloisters, Hereford Cathedral

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a Gothic tracery ornamental design with foliate scrolls and yellow wash accents.

Lock from Elaborate Dresson de Sacristy, now in the Hotel de Clugny

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate scrolled wall lantern on a bracket, labeled No 4 and £15, dated 1885.

Lamp Design for 27 Old Steyne, Brighton

Richardson Ellson & Co., 1885

Pen and brown ink drawing of a circular border with seated female figures, musical instruments and draped figures around an e

Design for a Circular Border with Nine Female Figures (the Muses?)

Luca Penni, 1525-35

Woodcut of a seated bearded man writing beside an eagle, while a crowned woman with a child appears in rays of light above.

The Virgin Appearing to Saint John, frontispiece to "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of the Holy Family with bearded saints under trees and two angels playing lute and bagpipe, dated 1511.

The Holy Family with Saints and Two Musical Angels

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of a seated woman in a canopied bed, a knight with raised sword, and a castle on a hill in the distance.

Illustration from "The Ritter von Turn"

Albrecht Dürer, 1493

Engraving of a peasant man in a cap and loose shirt yawning widely, framed in a decorative oval border.

A Peasant Yawning

Lucas Vorsterman

Watercolor design for a ornate ceiling with arches, central oculus, and two putti holding a flower garland.

Design for a ceiling with garland bearing putti

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

Brown ink and wash drawing in a circular medallion of three winged putti playing a cello, framed by a dark foliate border.

Medallion with putti holding a cello

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

Trompe l'oeil ceiling design with a golden urn of flowers and garlands in a molded niche against a blue sky.

Trompe l'oeil design for a ceiling

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

Two rosy putti seated on clouds, one holding a flower garland, framed in a blue scalloped cartouche.

Two putti on clouds

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

Two nude putti on pink clouds, one holding a leafy garland, within a blue and gold cartouche-shaped frame.

Two putti seated on clouds

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

Woodcut of two armored knights on ornate horses in a tournament, one with a raised lance and flying banners.

The Tournament on Horseback

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1517-18

Circular engraving of the Virgin and Child in a landscape, crowned by two angels above.

The Virgin and Child Crowned by Two Angels above a Landscape

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1504

Woodcut of a holy kinship group under trees, with cherub angels playing instruments in the foreground, dated 1511.

The Holy Kinship with Lute Playing Angels

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Etching of a large craggy rock formation with trees, a seated figure, and a thatched cottage under a cloudy sky.

The Large Rock

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Etching of a hamlet with wooden houses among rocks and pine trees, two figures by a stream, and a cloudy sky.

The Hamlet on Mountainous Ground

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Hand-colored caricature print of three men in top hats and coats on a waterfront, with speech balloons and a distant sailing

Three Loafers (Trois Originaux)

Alfred E. Baker, 1836-41

The Old Flemish Woman (La Vieille Flamande)

Pen and ink perspective drawing of a receding row of classical Doric columns under a projecting entablature.

Study for a Colonnade in Perspective

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi, ca. 1530

Pen drawing of a gothic-style sideboard table elevation with tracery frieze and carved legs, plus a plan of octagonal feet.

Sideboard Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1760-70

Engraving of blindfolded Cupid riding an eagle inside an oval medallion within a decorative rectangular frame.

Cupid Astride an Eagle

Jean Michel Liotard, 1715-96

Engraving of blindfolded winged Cupid seated on a sphere, holding a torch and arrow, inside an oval medallion with a Latin ti

Triumphant Cupid

Jean Michel Liotard, 1715-96

Engraving of an elderly bearded man and a young woman seated together, with a saddled horse, trees, and a castle in the backg

Ill-Matched Couple

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Round engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, mourning women, a skull, and rays of light around the figure.

The Crucifixion (Round) (copy)

Johannes Riepenhausen, n.d.

Circular engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ, haloed mourners, a kneeling woman and a skull at the cross base.

The Crucifixion (Round) (copy)

Carl Kappes, 1847

Circular engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, mourning figures, a kneeling woman, a skull, and a soldier.

The Crucifixion (Round) (copy)

Johannes Wierix, n.d.

Circular engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, mourners at his feet, a skull, and veiled women at right.

The Crucifixion (Round) (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Circular engraving of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, Mary in prayer at right, and a kneeling figure with a skull a

The Crucifixion (Round)

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1519

Etched caricature of a singing man in a cocked hat with musicians, a dog, and two snarling donkeys beside him.

A Medley of Musicians, or, Campbell's Concert

Circular engraving of three nude women before a bearded man holding an apple, with a fallen armored figure and castle behind.

Judgment of Paris

Alois Petrak, 19th century

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a fur hat and cloak, rendered in fine parallel hatching on a striped background.

Joachim Patinir

Aegidius Sadeler, n.d.

Etching of an old bearded man with tousled hair, head bowed and turned three-quarters right, shaded with dense crosshatching.

Bust of an Old Bearded Man Looking Down, Three-Quarters Right

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631

Polander Standing with Arms Folded

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630-40

Etching of a bound, crowned man surrounded by helmeted soldiers with spears and banners beneath a draped curtain.

Christ Before Pilate: The Large Plate (copy in reverse of center)

Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.

Etching of a man in a plumed hat and fur-trimmed cloak with a woman in a lace cap seated behind him.

Self-Portrait with Saskia

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1636

Etched portrait of a seated man in a tall hat and cloak beside a table with papers, in front of a large canvas.

Jan Asselijn, Painter (Krabbetje)

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1647

Sepia satirical print of crowded gallery visitors with caricatured faces viewing framed paintings on the walls.

An Exhibition

Philip James de Loutherbourg, January 29, 1776

Pen and wash drawing of Venus seated beside a sleeping Cupid on a bed beneath a curtain.

Venus and Sleeping Cupid

Hans Stutte, 1600-1625

Etched print of a crowded choir of wigged singers with open mouths, a conductor raising his arm above them.

A Chorus of Singers, or The Oratorio

William Hogarth, December 1732

Etching of a dressed monkey watering bare saplings in pots labeled OBIT, examining them through a magnifying glass.

Tailpiece to the Catalogue of Pictures Exhibited in Spring Garden

I Charles Grignion, May 7, 1761

Circular engraving of Circe raising a cup beside Ulysses' companions in a boat, with monstrous figures near her.

Circe drinking from a cup with the companions of Ulysses in a boat at left, a circular composition

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Caricature of a journalist striding over rocky ground holding a journal and a Johnson biography, with ruins and mountains beh

The Journalist, With a View of Auckinleck-or the Land of Stones (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First)

Thomas Rowlandson, May 15, 1786

Hand-colored caricature of a stout spectacled man in blue peering at a crowned figure in a red robe holding a scepter.

A New French Phantasmagoria

Thomas Rowlandson, 1803

Pen and ink caricature of a seated woman and two men, with books labeled The Right of Woman and The Duty of Man.

Melpomene in the Dumps, or Child's Play Defended by Theatrical Monarchs

Thomas Rowlandson, December 14, 1804

Circular watercolor of an obelisk, city walls, palm trees and ships on a bay, with a figure in pink in the foreground.

View of the Obelisk of Thutmosis III Seen from the Walls of Alexandria

Jan van Call, late 17th-early 18th century

Circular engraving of three nude women before a seated bearded man, with a helmeted figure holding a caduceus behind him.

Judgment of Paris (copy)

Barthel Beham, 16th century

Hand-colored satirical print of two gluttonous friars feasting on roast pig in a vaulted room with a skull and hourglass.

The Holy Friar

Thomas Rowlandson, May 6, 1807

Engraving of the Holy Family resting in a landscape with angels above, a young John the Baptist, rabbits and a distant villag

The rest of the Holy Family on their flight to Egypt

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Sepia drawing of a family in classical dress walking a path with children and a dog, with a seated reader in a vignette above

"The Return"

Johannes Riepenhausen, late 18th-19th century

Engraving of armored warriors and horses gathered before a canopy, with figures in helmets and draped cloaks.

Alexander welcoming Thalestris and the Amazons

Master FG, mid-16th century

Etching of a bacchanal scene with a reclining man, goat, kneeling woman with mirror, and statue on an altar among trees.

Bacchanal before an altar to the gods

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645

Etching of a reclining draped body with a kneeling man and bearded onlookers beside it, set against dense crosshatched shadow

Finding the bodies of Saints Peter and Paul (fragment)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1647-51

Pen drawing of five men in old German costume playing cards at a table in an inn, with a dog and a bird.

Five Men at a table in German Renaissance costume, playing cards in an inn

Paul Mila, 1825

Circular etching of two caryatid terms supporting cornices, a draped central pillar, and flanking architectural fragments, da

Two Terms, Two Cornices and a Pillar

Hugues Sambin, 1554

Green lathe-work medallion with radiating looped lines and scalloped border printed on pale paper.

Banknote motif: small circular ornament containing floral lathe work

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42

Engraved banknote motif with a large capital V inside an oval of fine lathe work, with a partial letter A at lower left.

Banknote motif: capital V within an oval containing basket-like lathe work

Cyrus Durand, ca. 1824-42