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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,455 works

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned emperor on a platform pointing to a cross in the sky, with soldiers and standards.

Vision of Constantine, copy after a drawing by Giacinto Gimignani

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

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

Engraving of a standing allegorical woman holding a banner with an eagle, with an obelisk and coat of arms beside her.

Charity, from "The Virtues"

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1552

Decorative design drawing of two intertwined swans among lily pads and yellow flowers, with dripping lines below.

Design for a Haircomb

Jacques Caillot, n.d.

Etching of Adam and Eve in a landscape, Eve offering fruit to Adam as a serpent coils in a tree above.

Adam and Eve

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1639

Oval drawing of a woman in a pale gown holding a dove beside a tree trunk, in soft tan and blue tones.

Isabella Hunter, Cousin of the Artist

John Downman, 1781

Engraving of the Argonauts' ship at sea with sea nymphs, allegorical figures and radiating clouds, in black and white.

Birth of the Dauphin, Toulouse, 1682: Capture of the Golden Fleece

Jacques LePautre, 1682

Etching of the Madonna holding the Christ child on her lap, with a bird flying above and a halo behind her head.

Madonna and Child with a bird

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1635-36

Circular watercolor design for a cupola showing Christ, the Virgin, God the Father, angels, prophets and putti among clouds.

Design for a Cupola with Old and New Testament Figures

Pietro de Angelis, 1720-1804

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

Etching of the Madonna seated with the infant Christ on her lap, a bird above and a curtain at left.

Madonna and Child with a bird, copy in reverse

Simone Cantarini, ca. 1635-36 or after

Engraving of Jupiter and Semele embracing with an eagle, a tree with a hanging tablet, and a winged putto with a thunderbolt.

Jupiter and Semele embracing, an eagle beneath them, a tree at right with a blank tablet hanging from a branch, a win…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Engraving of Jupiter with an eagle embracing Cupid on an arch, after Raphael's Villa Farnesina fresco.

Jupiter embracing Cupid after Raphael's fresco in the Chigi Gallery of the Villa Farnesina in Rome

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1517-20

Watercolor design of painted wall decor with red central panel, blue side panels, swans and trompe l'oeil vases.

Painted Wall Decor Featuring Thin Column with a Pair of Swans and Trompe L'Oeil Vases at Base

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Engraving of a draped woman returning from a hunt, carrying a boar and a stick with a hare and two ducks.

Woman returning from a hunt carrying a boar in her right hand and a stick on her left shoulder to which a hare and tw…

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Pencil sketch of a raven on a rail, with a separate study of a clawed foot and handwritten notes below.

A Raven Perched on a Rail

Charles Meryon, mid-19th century

Red chalk drawing of a rococo stucco design with a cartouche of small figures, scrollwork, and winged motifs.

Design for Stucco Decorations with a Cartouche at Left

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1725-40

Colored drawing of a pulpit design with a robed preacher, winged angel, cherub on clouds and crimson drapery.

Design for a Pulpit

Augustin Pajou, n.d.

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

Pen and ink design sheet showing rococo picture frame ornament, scrolling foliage, eagle heads and cornice mouldings.

Designs for a Picture Frame

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1730-40

Watercolor ceiling design with soft clouds, two small birds, and a lattice border entwined with vines and purple flowers.

Designs for Ceilings with Clouds and Birds

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a trompe l'oeil ceiling with Corinthian columns, ornate vault moldings, eagles and figures opening to

Design for a Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, ca. 1750-60

Pen and grey wash drawing of a symmetrical ornamental panel with an armored woman, putti, and scrolling decorative framing.

Study for an Ornamental Panel

Jean Bernard Toro, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a fox beside a glass vessel with fish, two herons, and a dead duck in a landscape.

Fox With Two Herons

Frans Snyders, ca. 1630-40

Pen and ink study on tan paper showing a landscape with a village, mountains, soldiers, a flying bird and decorative sketches

Studies

Rodolphe Bresdin

Etching of a child blowing a soap bubble beside a man holding a hat, a parrot perched on a chair, and a bowl on a table.

Soap Bubbles

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1799

Ink and wash drawing of an eagle fighting a coiled serpent, with a putto holding a banner and sun rays above.

Design with an Eagle Fighting with a Serpent and a Putto in the Sky Holding an Inscribed Banner

Pietro da Cortona, 17th century

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

Brown wash drawing of a haloed woman on an ornate chariot pulled by a winged bull, with a dove and procession of robed figure

Allegory of the Triumph of the Church

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, 16th century

Pen and watercolor design for a masonry fountain with putti spouts, a scrolled cartouche and a mask at the top, against a sto

Design for a Fountain at a Street Corner Decorated with Putti Heads, a Coat of Arm and a Gargoyle Head on the Top

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1735-1817