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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with blue panels, gold scrollwork, and a central monogram medallion.

Design for Dining Room Ceiling, Hôtel de Behague

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1870

Two watercolor designs for a Pompeian-style bathroom wall decorated with ceramic tiles, showing scrolls, medallions and a cla

Design for ceramic tile decoration of a bathroom in "Pompeian" manner (possibly for Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey)

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

Watercolor design of a decorated wall with three medallions, classical figures, gilded frieze and garlands in blue, red and d

Painted Wall Decor Featuring Three Medallions

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of muscular smiths forging a shield at an anvil while a woman watches from the left.

Venus Watching Vulcan and Cyclops Forge Armor for Mars

Raymond de La Fage, late 17th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ornate rococo stage set with an arch, fountains, stairs and a distant landscape.

Study for a Stage Set

Jacques de Lajoüe, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a classical palace rotunda with columns, a fountain, statues, and two cloaked figures in the foreground.

Study for the Rotunda of a Palace

Jacques de Lajoüe, n.d.

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a Capuchin tabernacle with fluted columns, urns, and floral swags, dated 1787.

Plan and Elevation of the Capuchin Tabernacle of Luneville

Adrian La Touvenot, 1787

Architectural ground plans in ink and pink wash for a monument and a guard building, with a toise scale bar and stepped paths

Project for the Monument de la Montagne, Orléans

Claude Mathieu Delagardette, ca. 1794

Pen and wash drawing of a curved garden monument topped by a crown, with a winged trumpeter, allegorical figures and relief p

Design for Garden Architecture

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a domed Corinthian temple section with coffered dome, chandeliers, statues and staircases.

Design for a Section of a Domed Corinthian Temple

Pierre Mathieu, 1769

Watercolor design of scrolling vines with dragons, birds and blue flowers in a horizontal ornamental band.

Allegory of Vices

Adolphe Alcan, 1870s?

Watercolor park scene with tall poplars, a stone staircase, a statue on a pedestal, and a woman walking a dog.

View of a Park

Louis Gabriel Moreau, n.d.

Watercolor landscape with a waterfall, herder and cattle beneath trees, and distant hills under a cloudy blue sky.

Shepherdess near a Waterfall

Louis Gabriel Moreau, n.d.

Watercolor landscape with a rider, sheep and dogs on a riverbank, ruins, a bare tree and rolling hills under cloudy skies.

Figures on a Country Road

Louis Gabriel Moreau, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of wind-bent trees on a hillside road, a river, a distant tower, and a stormy sky with patches of blue.

Windswept Landscape

Louis Gabriel Moreau, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a stone tower and farmhouse by a river, with figures, a dog, and steps on the right.

Farm House by a River with Figures

Louis Gabriel Moreau, 1765

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

Red chalk design of a decorative panel with a flutist on a pedestal under an arch, framed by scrollwork and garlands.

Design for a Decorative Panel with a Flutist (recto); Design for molding (verso)

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1700-20

Grey wash drawing of a classical scene with a winged figure, a tomb with a lion mask, and a flaming brazier between columns.

Classical Scene with a Tomb and Flaming Brazier

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1700-10

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

Side and front elevation drawings of a canopied bed with red and white drapery and carved wooden details.

Design for a Bed and Canopy

Charles Percier, 18th Century

Pencil design drawing of a bedroom with a draped canopy bed, cherub figures, swags, and panelled walls.

Design for a bedroom

Henri Perron, 19th century

Etching of Othello pushing away a kneeling woman in an interior, with a standing woman and draped curtain beside him.

"Away!": plate 7 from Othello (Act 3, Scene 4)

Théodore Chassériau, etched 1844, reprinted 1900

Etching of a boy walking between a woman and a bearded man with a staff, a dog below, and a rocky landscape behind.

Christ between his Parents, Returning from the Temple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654

Etching of a kneeling bearded saint praying before a crucifix beneath a large tree, with a domed church on the hill.

Saint Francis beneath a Tree, Praying

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1657

Etching of a crowded execution scene on a plain, with archers, horsemen, banners and ruined classical buildings.

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Jacques Callot, ca. 1632-33

Watercolor of a Dutch canal with a wooden bridge, thatched cottages, a woman with buckets, and a boatman under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Canal, Rijswijk

Jacob Maris, second half 19th century

Drawing of an ornamental cartouche frame with winged putti, a crowned figure, and a woman holding a mirror around a blank pan

A Cartouche and Two Shields Surrounded by Allegorical Figures

Andrea Lilli, 1570-1631

Pencil landscape drawing of a seated shepherd by a tree with a dog, shrubs and a wide distant view, in a green border.

Landscape with Seated Shepherd and Dog

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Pen and watercolor design drawing of andirons with pine cone finials, fluted bases and acanthus scroll relief panels.

Design for Andirons

Jean Louis Prieur le Jeune, late 18th century