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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Gouache design for a pastel ceiling with oval central medallion, floral bouquets, classical figures and gilded moldings.

Ceiling Design

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

Watercolor design for an ornamental arched vault with floral garlands, gilded scrolls and a doorway below.

Design for Hôtel de Trevise, Paris

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

Drawing of a coffered ceiling design with red and gold arabesque panels and moulded geometric frames.

Design for Coffered Ceiling, Mme Païva's Chateau at Neudeck

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

Watercolor design of a circular domed ceiling with green scrollwork, lion heads and gilded moldings framed by purple bands.

Design for Domed Ceiling for Mme Païva's Chateau at Neudeck

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1877-84

Graphite drawing of a double acanthus fleuron with serrated leaves and scroll forms on cream paper.

Architectural Motif: Double Acanthus Fleuron

Georges Seurat, ca. 1875

Graphite study of four architectural rinceaux with scrolling leaves, flowers and berries on cream paper.

Architectural Motifs: Four Rinceaux

Georges Seurat, ca. 1875

Watercolor design for a vertical wall panel with a floral urn, songbirds, swags of foliage, and swan supports at the base.

Design for a Wall Panel

Henri Sallembier, n.d.

Pen and ink design drawing of a lidded vase with gadrooned base, garland swags and satyr masks, on pale paper.

Design for a Lidded Gadrooned Vase with Satyr Heads Holding Garlands

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate architectural alcove with carved figural supports, scrolled panels and an open archway.

Design for a Proscenium or Monumental Alcove

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate oval frame with scrolls and foliage, with red chalk marks.

Design for a Decorative Oval Frame (recto); Half sketch for a Decorative Oval Frame (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design of an ornate frame topped with a fan-shaped shell motif and scrolled brackets, with an empty central panel

Design for a Frame Decorated with a Shell Motif

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Donkey

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, 17th century

Sepia pen and wash drawing of mourners lowering a shrouded body into a stone tomb, with a fainting woman at right.

The Entombment, after Mantegna

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate arched proscenium or alcove with figural supports and drapery.

Design for a Proscenium or Alcove

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown wash drawing of a female term figure with a flame-like headdress on a tapering pedestal under an arch.

Design for a Term shaped like a Winged Female Figure

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink design sheet showing a bowl with scrolled handles and dancing putti above an oval plate with a central meda

Two Views of a Design for a Shallow (Drinking?) Bowl wih Handles

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design drawing of an arched entrance portal with paired columns, volute brackets and a heavy entablature.

Design for an Entrance Portal

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a face under an ornate shell headpiece with a large feathery plume, by Giovanni Battista Foggini.

View in 3/4 of a Design for a Headpiece Decorated with a Shell and Large Plume

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with Virgin, Christ child, angels and classical architecture.

The Adoration of the Shepherds (recto); Sketches (verso)

Maarten van Heemskerck, ca. 1532-37

Pen sketch of a rider on a rearing horse inside a scrolling ornamental cartouche with a pedestal below.

Design for an Equestrian Statue in a Cartouche (recto); Sketches for a Frieze with Sea-Shells and Floral Ornament (ve…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Drawing of an ornate vase design with two eagle heads as handles, scrolling ornament and a fluted neck.

Design for Vase with Eagles

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink sketches of embroidery motifs on a page with dated labels, including floral sprigs, scrolls and garland designs.

Scrapbook of Designs for Embroidered Waistcoats

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, 1785

Pen and ink drawing of a winged cherub with scrolling ornament forming a console or capital beneath an entablature.

Design for a Console or Capital with a Cherub

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental niche top with a female bust, garland-bearing putti, scrolls and fluted pilasters.

Design for an Overdoor or the Top of a Niche with a Bust and Garland-bearing Putti

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an overdoor ornament with a bust, a reclining putto, a garland and scrolling cornice brackets.

Design for the Right Half of an Overdoor Decoration with a Bust

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash design of a sculptural ornament with an eagle, large volutes and acanthus leaves on a yellow ground.

Design for a Sculptural Ornament With an Eagle, Volutes and Leaves

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Pen and wash drawing of African figures among palm trees, with elephants, tusks, a parasol and clay vessels.

Scene of Africa (Allegory?)

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of European men and turbaned figures trading near a stone pedestal, palm trees and boats.

Europeans Engaging in Commerce and Trade in Asia

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a Dutch street with a windmill, a stone city gate, strolling figures and a dog.

Entrance to The Hague from the South East

Jacob Elias La Fargue, 1750-76

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated woman with flowers and playful winged putti in a mythological scene.

Mythological Subject

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.