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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Engraving of a winged old man with an hourglass on a chariot pulled by straining figures and stags, with a Latin inscription

The Triumph of Time on Fame, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Brown ink and wash drawing of three nude putti dancing across a shaded landscape with clouds.

Three Dancing Putti

Leonardo Scaglia, 1640-50

Engraving of Apollo in the clouds above a python on a forest road, with onlookers on both sides.

Stage set for the marriage of Ferdinand de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine in Florence in 1589; Apollo and the Python

Agostino Carracci, 1589-92

Brown ink and wash drawing of four nude putti grouped together on clouds against a pale sky.

Four Putti on Clouds

Leonardo Scaglia, 1640-50

Oil painting of the Last Supper: Christ at a central table with apostles in colorful robes around a platter of fish.

The Last Supper

Bartolomeo Schedoni, 1578-1615

Engraving of a skeleton with a scythe driving a bull-drawn chariot over fallen people, with fire and a castle behind.

The Triumph of Death on Time, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Brown ink and wash drawing of Cupid presenting Psyche to a gathering of gods in an oval frame, with a reclining nude and a ho

Cupid Presenting Psyche to the Gods

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1540-45

Engraving of a haloed figure among clouds with angels and trumpets, and a skeleton with a scythe on a hill below.

The Triumph of Eternity on Death, from "The Triumphs of Petrarch"

Engraving of a winged angel beside a young man, a bearded elderly man, and a veiled woman in a room with a curtain.

Tobias and the Archangel Raphael, from "The Story of Tobias"

Georg Pencz, 1543

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of a reclining nude child leaning on a sphere while an older child looks on.

The Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1485-1547

Engraving of Cupid tugging a satyr's hair while two nude women embrace under a tree, with a hilly landscape behind.

Omnia Vincit Amor

Agostino Carracci, 1599

Engraving of three winged angels seated at a table with Abraham bending toward them while a woman watches from a doorway.

The Three Angels Visiting Abraham, from "The Story of Abraham"

Pen and ink drawing of a row of standing figures in robes and armor, some holding scrolls, arranged in a frieze.

Vendor of Horoscopes

Ercole Setti, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a coastal landscape with framing trees, rocks, a tower, a sailboat and a distant island.

Coastal Landscape

Gherardo Cibo, 1512-1600

Red chalk sketch of winged cherubs on clouds in a curved ceiling compartment, with a dragon head in the upper right.

Preparatory Drawing of a Ceiling for Etching, after Boucher Drawing

Jean-Charles François, mid-18th century

Chalk drawing on blue paper of two winged figures arranged as spandrels above a large arch.

Two spandrels with winged figures

François Boucher, 18th century

Pen and wash design for a frieze with a central censer, two sphinxes, and symmetrical acanthus scrolls with blue ribbons.

Design for a Frieze with a Censer, Sphinxes and Acanthus Scrolls

Gilles Paul Cauvet, ca. 1760-80

Architectural elevation drawing of a symmetrical classical building with central pedimented entrance and iron railing, in gre

Design for the Collège de France, Paris: Elevation of Court Front Showing Entrance Screen

Jean François Chalgrin, ca. 1772

Grey wash drawing of a stone building with arched doorways and a tiled roof, partly hidden by trees and an iron gate.

View of the Palazza Madama, Rome (?)

Charles Michel Ange Challe, mid-18th century

Grey ink and wash drawing of an imagined piazza with an obelisk, classical columns, a great arch and a domed building.

An Architectural Capriccio; a View Through a Great Arch with an Obelisk in a Piazza in the Middle Distance

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a hilly landscape with a horse buggy on a road, seated figures, arched buildings and distant mountains.

Landscape Prospect with a Buggy and a Herd of Goats

Giuseppe Zocchi, 1711-67

Watercolor interior of a salon with red curtains, gilt mirror, console table and red upholstered chairs.

Interior of a Small Salon

Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux, mid-19th century

Brown wash drawing of a seated young woman beside a tree, with a distant village and path in the landscape.

Seated Girl in a Landscape

Francesco Zuccarelli, 1722-88

Painted ornamental frieze with floral garlands, a central oval portrait of a woman with a basket, and scrollwork.

Design for a Tapestry Seat of a Sofa

Charles-Antoine Coypel, 1721

Architectural drawing of a classical facade with arched openings, flanked by sectioned wings showing interior rooms and roof

Design for the Collège de France, Paris: Elevation of Court Front with Traverse Sections Through Side Court Wings

Jean François Chalgrin, ca. 1772

Architectural elevation drawing of a classical building with arcaded ground floor and a cut-away section showing interior flo

Design for the Collège de France, Paris: Elevation of the Wings of the Court with a Transverse Section through Main F…

Jean François Chalgrin, ca. 1772

Architectural elevation drawing of a rusticated entrance with three arched doorways, columns, urns and stepped brick terraces

Architectural Design for a Rusticated Entrance

Degana, 1760

Watercolor elevation of a symmetrical two-story palace facade with central portico, balustrade and brick chimneys.

Elevation for a Palace Façade

Degana, 1770

Ink and wash ground floor plan of a palace with labeled rooms, an oval vestibule, a central salon, and a scale bar.

Ground Plan for a Palace

Degana, n.d.

Architectural floor plan of a palace upper level in grey ink, showing rooms, a central oval hall, and staircases with a scale

Ground Plan for Second Floor of a Palace

Degana, n.d.