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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Grey wash drawing of the dead Christ reclining with a haloed head while a woman with long hair holds his foot.

The Dead Christ Mourned by the Magdalen Who Venerates the Wounds on His Feet

Fortunato Duranti, 1787-1863

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate altar with an oval cartouche, scrolled brackets, and a decorative frieze.

Design for an Altar

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Pen and ink architectural design sheet showing church interior elevations with arched niches, pilasters, and ornamental pedim

Design for a Church Interior

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a classical interior with a vaulted ceiling, pilasters, painted panels and an arched centra

Design for an Architectural Interior

Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette, n.d.

Pencil design drawing of a rococo ceiling with scrollwork cartouches, floral garlands, and sketched putti in the center.

Design for Ceiling

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pen and ink elevation drawing of an ornate paneled wall with fluted pilasters, urn-topped doors and a moulded frieze.

Design for Wall Panelling

Charles Monblond, 19th century

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 grey wash drawing of a winged figure flying through radiating light above two crawling men.

Carl Ehrenswärd as Apollo, flying to inspect Sergel and Abilgaard

Johann Tobias Sergel, 1797

Sepia wash drawing of a seated man and a standing woman in a hilly landscape with a distant spire and birds.

Man and woman in a landscape (Faust and Marguerite)

Richard Parkes Bonington, ca. 1826-27

Pencil sketch of a classical triumphal arch with columns, sculptural groups, reliefs, and small figures in the foreground.

Study for a Triumphal Arch (recto); Alternate Study for a Triumphal Arch (verso)

Hubert Robert, ca. 1800

Three Designs for Helmets

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a palace facade with balconies and arches beside a large arcade in a street scene.

Street Scene with a Palace Façade and an Arcade

Fabrizio Galliari, 1707-94

Pen and grey wash drawing of a decorated wall design with an oval landscape medallion, putti, garlands, and reclining figures

Design Wall Elevation with Stucco and Painted Decorations

Luigi Garzi, 1708

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling with ornate scrollwork, medallions and a central scene of two figures in a landscape.

Design for a Ceiling with Decoration Related to Virgil's Sixth Canto

Felice Giani, 1778-1823

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

Pen and wash design of a decorative border with winged putti, a garlanded urn, scrollwork and a meander pattern.

Design for One-Quarter of a Ceiling Decoration

Leonardo Marini, 1730-97

Pen and wash drawing with four panels of putti working with heraldic shields, drapery and pedestals.

Four Sketches of Putti Hanging Coat of Arms

Carlo Marchionni, 1702-86

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 design drawing of a rococo canopy with scrolled cornice, central finial and swagged drapery.

Design for a Canopy (recto). Design for an Armchair (verso)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a palace wall with arched niches, columns, busts on pedestals, and ornate cornice.

Design for the Decoration of a Palace Interior

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1711-65

Pen and wash design for a rococo church ceiling with clouds, a cross, putti, scrollwork and religious medallions.

Design for a Church Ceiling

Vincenzo dal Rè, 1700-1762

Pen and wash elevation of a classical palace garden facade with a central dome, two flanking domed pavilions and arched openi

Design for the Garden Façade of a Palace

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, 1695-1766

Pen and grey wash drawing of an oval ornamental design with Passion scenes, a crucifixion, and winged putti around a blank ca

Design for a Silver Vessel with Scenes from the Passion of Christ

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, ca. 1600

Pen and wash drawing of a grand armory hall stage set with columns, coffered ceiling, armor trophies and statues.

Design for a Stage Set

Carlo Zucchi the Younger, ca. 1748-95

Ink sketches of figures in rain with umbrellas and an easel, above and beside a handwritten letter on folded paper.

Illustrated letter to M. Roland

Rosa Bonheur, 1840-99

Engraving of a woman pointing to a vision of the Virgin and Child in clouds while a kneeling man looks up, in a landscape.

Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl

Marco dell'Angolo del Moro, 1557-86

Pen and wash drawing on blue paper of a classical cavalry battle with rearing horses, armored riders and spears.

Classical Battle Scene; Verso: Peter and John Heal a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple

Bartholomeus Spranger, ca. 1590

Pen and wash drawing of a kneeling woman with a child before an armored figure on a pedestal, within a classical colonnaded h

Amya Petitioning Faustus for the Custody of Saint Mamas

Jean Cousin the Elder, ca. 1543

Grey wash drawing of a military convoy in disarray after an explosion, with fallen horses, soldiers, and an overturned carria

A Military Convoy Surprised by an Explosion

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Brown wash drawing of a woman holding a child on a terrace beside a sleeping dog, with an inscription beneath.

O Bella Giovane

Fortunato Duranti, n.d.