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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

820 works

Etching of a reclining nude woman on a bed, with a servant holding flowers and a black cat beside her.

Olympia (small plate)

Édouard Manet, 1867

Watercolor study of four striped tulips with stems and leaves, a butterfly and a grasshopper, labeled in Dutch.

Four Tulips: Boter man (Butter Man), Joncker (Nobleman), Grote geplumaceerde (The Great Plumed One), and Voorwint (Wi…

Jacob Marrel, ca. 1635-45

Painted bouquet of white and pink roses with green leaves and buds against a dark gradient background.

Flowers: Roses

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

Paul Gauguin's 1889 cover design: a woman embraced by a swan within a circle on yellow, with flowers and birds.

("Leda") Design for a Plate: Shame on Those Who Evil Think (Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense) ; cover illustration for the "…

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Etching of a pond edge with broad leaves, flowering plants, reeds, a large tree, and a rustic fence under a pale sky.

The Pond

Eugène Stanislas Alexandre Bléry, 1857

Pen and watercolor drawing of a fantastical garden with exotic plants, a thatched pavilion, a swing, and three small figures.

Fantastical Landscape with Exotic Plants and Three Figures

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1771

Brown ink and wash drawing of the wind god Zephyr embracing Flora amid billowing drapery and clouds.

Zephyr and Flora

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Two women hold hands on a cobbled street beside a donkey laden with flower baskets, with townspeople and a church in the back

The Flower Girl (La Petite Marchande de Fleurs)

Antoine Louis François Sergent Marceau, n.d.

Pen drawing of half a symmetrical ceiling design with strapwork, scrolls, and floral sprigs around a central panel.

One Half Design for a Ceiling with Floral and Strapwork Motifs (recto); Slight Scribbles (verso)

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, 1709-30

Pen and ink drawing of a horizontal rinceau frieze with scrolling leaves and blossoms, mounted with ruled borders.

Design of Rinceaux

Andrea Mantegna, 1470-1510

Brown wash drawing of a haloed child seated beside a reclining lamb, with lilies and a reed cross in a landscape.

Seated John the Baptist with a Lamb in a Landscape

Tommaso Minardi, 1787-1871

Black and white border design with praying winged angels, poppies and tulips around a blank central panel.

Praying Angels and Poppies (Border Design for Thomas Malory, "Le Morte d'Arthur," J. M. Dent 1893-94, Part III, book…

Aubrey Beardsley, by May 30, 1893

Pencil drawing of a draped woman with blossom beside a flowering tree, a ram, and crocuses at her feet.

The Month of March

Edward Burne-Jones, ca. 1866

Watercolor costume design of a figure with a flower wreath, yellow tunic, blue scrolled sash, and bouquet.

Costume for a Youth in Yellow and Blue

Charles Bianchini, n.d.

Pastel floral design on grey paper showing pale purple and blue blossoms, pink buds, and long blue-green leaves.

Floral Design

Jean François Bony, n.d.

Watercolor design for a round plate showing cyclamen flowers and mottled leaves within a fluted rim and geometric border.

Design for a Plate with Cyclamens

Amédée de Caranza, ca. 1877-85

Watercolor of a woman in a pink gown and feathered hat standing beside a stone archway and garden wall.

The Rendezvous

Attilio Simonetti, 1843-1925

Pen drawing of an ornamental vignette with a grotesque mask, two birds, scrolls and a banner reading Alph: Grecum.

Design for a Vignette Accompanying a Publication on the Greek Alphabet

Stefano Della Bella, 1630-64

Engraving of a haloed saint in a brown monastic habit holding lilies, standing in a stone niche.

Saint Anthony of Padua standing, lillies in his raised right hand, a book in his left, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Sa…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Pencil and wash design for a book cover titled Les Heures Claires, with Art Nouveau floral ornament and spine lettering.

Design for "Les Heures Claires" by Emile Verhaeren

Julia Eyckholt, after 1896

Jewelry Design

Eugène Grasset, n.d.

Engraving of a haloed female saint holding lilies, a book, and a heart with a crucifix, within a hatched border.

Saint Catherine of Siena standing holding flowers and book in her right hand, a heart and crucifix in her left, from…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Sepia drawing of an ornate urn on a pedestal with sphinxes, fruit swags, a satyr and putto relief, birds and flowers.

Wine Cooler or Vase on a Classical Pedestal

Aubert Henri Joseph Parent, ca. 1784

Colored chalk drawing of a rococo cartouche entwined with yellow gourds, green leaves, pink tendrils and small orange flowers

Ornamental Design with Fruit and Flowers (recto); Flower Stalk with Leaves (verso)

Alexis Peyrotte, 18th century

Ceiling design in watercolor showing a golden sunburst with a face at center, blue sky, clouds, and a flower-garland border.

Designs for Ceilings with Central Sunburst

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pen and wash elevation of a drawing room with garlands, cherubs, urns and paneled doors in soft brown and blue tones.

Design for Decoration of a Drawing Room

Giovanni Battista Maderna, 1758-1803

Oval drawing of a young woman in period dress carrying a rose basket on her head, with a cherub, urn and cypress trees.

Marton, ou la jeune bouquetière

Montbrian De Chateauvieux, 1787

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of flowers and curling rocaille scrolls in a diagonal decorative design.

Design with Flowers and Rocaille Ornaments

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, ca. 1760

Pen and watercolour study sheet with a large death's-head moth, gentian flower, cats, birds, a chicken and decorative borders

Studies of a Gentian, Moth, Birds, Cats, Interlacing Motif, and Greek Frets (recto); Ornamental Studies with Figures…

Giorgio di Giovanni, 1530-40

Pencil drawing of floral scrollwork ornaments on the left and a half cartouche with laurel and a lion on the right.

Left Part of the Drawing: Floral Ornaments; Right Part of the Drawing: Half Cartouche Decorated with Leaves, Arms and…

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century