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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decorative ceiling design with grotesques, garlands, winged creatures and framed scenes.

Ceiling Design with Grotesques

Antonio Liverani, 19th century

Sepia wash drawing in lunette shape of three seated women with putti holding a laurel branch and a torch.

The Three Virtues (after Raphael)

Jan de Bisschop, ca. 1665

Ink and wash elevation of a neoclassical garden front with colonnade, arches, sphinx statues, and a sculpted pediment group.

Elevation for the Garden-Front of the Hotel de Brunoy, Faubourg St. Honoré, Paris

Etienne-Louis Boullée, ca. 1779

Ink and wash architectural floor plans of the Chateau of Marly with room labels and staircases, drawn by Ange Jacques Gabriel

Plans of the Ground and First Floors of the Chateau of Marly

Ange Jacques Gabriel, 1764

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a classical Paris townhouse facade with fluted Ionic columns and arched windows.

Façade of the Hôtel de Chavannes, Paris (recto); Plan of a Circular Room (verso)

Pierre Louis Moreau Desproux, 18th century

Watercolor design for a ceiling with an oval sky scene of clouds, figures and cherubs framed by ornate scrollwork.

Design for a Ceiling

Daniel Marot the Elder, ca. 1712

Watercolor of a towered castle on a cliff above a winding river valley with distant snowy mountains.

Chatel Argent and the Val d'Aosta from above Villeneuve

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1836

Watercolor of a hilltop fortress above a deep gorge with snowy Alpine peaks in misty blue distance.

The Fort of L'Esseillon, Val de la Maurienne, France

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1835-36

Watercolor design for a decorated salon ceiling with a central cloud medallion, gilded scrollwork and pastel panels.

Study for a Ceiling of a Salon in the Hôtel de Mazarin

François Joseph Belanger, ca. 1780

Red chalk drawing of mounted riders and tents in a camp, with a distant city and smoke under a pale sky.

Louis XIV at the Siege of Cambrai, Seen from the South-West (March 20-April 19, 1677)

Adam Frans van der Meulen, probably 1680s

Colored drawing of a neoclassical coffered ceiling with octagonal center, wreaths, garlands and rosettes on a blue-gray borde

Study for the Dining-Room Ceiling of the Bagatelle Pavilion

François Joseph Belanger, 1760-1818

Brown ink drawing of a palace garden with an arched gateway, fountains, colonnades, statues, and towers.

View of the Gardens of a Palace

Lodewijk Toeput, mid-16th-early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a river valley with conifers, a rocky cliff, and a jagged mountain range under a pale sky.

The Salzach Valley with a View of the Watzmann Massif in the Background

Frederik van Valkenborch, ca. 1595-1600

Pen and brown ink drawing of grotesque devils and a skeleton around bottles, with a Dutch inscription across the top.

Diablerie: A Satire on the Medical Profession

Andries Both, 1612-41

Grey wash drawing of a small house beside a river, framed by tall trees and reeds under a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with a House beside a River

Lucas van Uden, 17th century

Pen and brown ink sheet of figure studies, nude bodies, a winged putto and ornamental scrolls, by Vincenzo Tamagni.

Sheet of Figure Studies and Ornamental Motifs (recto and verso)

Vincenzo Tamagni, 1520-30

Brown ink drawing of an armored warrior standing beside a robed figure holding up a cloth, with a rocky landscape behind.

David Showing Saul the Tip of His Coat

Ferdinand Bol, 1636-41

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 drawing of a lamentation scene with Christ's body on the ground and many mourning figures in period dress.

The Lamentation

Jan de Beer, ca. 1500-20

Brown ink drawing of an imagined palace courtyard with a domed building, arcades, statues, obelisks, and small figures.

Architectural Fantasy

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a large pyramid with small temple facades at its base and sailboats on a waterfront at right.

Study of a Pyramid

Jacques-Louis David, n.d.

Ink and wash elevation of an ornate gallery wall with columns, painted panels, sculpted niches and paneled doors.

Design for a "Grande Galerie"

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1769

Red and black chalk sketch of an ornate classical pavilion with columns, steps, and small figures in the foreground.

Study for a Festival Machine

Laurent Hubert, 18th century

Ink and wash elevation of a long classical monument with colonnades, a central pyramid roof, and domed end pavilions.

Elevation of a Monument

Jean Jacques Huvé, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of rocky cliffs and palm trees, with riders and a distant domed city on the right.

Caucasian Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin

Architectural elevation drawing of the Hôtel de Montholon in Paris, showing a columned neoclassical facade with dormer window

Elevation of the Façade of the Hôtel de Montholon, Paris

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, 1785-86

Architectural drawing of two dining room sections with statues in niches, paneled doors, and draped windows, titled Hotel de

Longitudinal and Cross Sections of the Dining Rooms of the Hôtel de Montholon

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, 1785-86

Four colored architectural elevations of salon interiors with blue drapery, gilded paneling, doors, and fireplaces, titled Hô

Longitudinal and Cross Sections of the Salons of the Hôtel de Montholon

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, 1785-86

Hand-colored print of Kew Gardens with pine trees, strolling figures, a white Alhambra pavilion and a tall pagoda in the dist

A View in Kew Gardens of the Alhambra and the Pagoda

Heinrich Joseph Schütz, 1813

Pen and ink sketch sheet with horses, riders, elephants, an ox and two dancing figures, with handwritten notes.

Various Studies

Rodolphe Bresdin