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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Pen drawing of an oval mirror design with laurel wreath border, acanthus crest, and ornate rectangular base on paper.

Design for a Girandole Mirror, an Oval Resting on an Oblong Base, Terminated by Two Superimposed Circular Frond-motif…

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1775

Colored design drawing of a console table with fluted legs, urn finial, and a fan-shaped ornamental panel above.

Design for a Console Table

Robert Adam, second half 18th century

Neoclassical arched panel design with rosettes, Greek key borders, and a central medallion of a draped classical figure.

Design for a Panel

Robert Adam, 1748-92

Ink and wash drawing of a classical chimneypiece elevation with fluted frieze, dentil cornice and pilasters.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Robert Adam, second half 18th century

Sepia drawing of a Gothic Revival town hall with a central dome, clock tower and many spires, viewed straight on.

Competition Drawing for the Manchester Town Hall

Thomas Allom, 1866

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a gallery interior with arched windows, wall panels, and a floor plan with dimensions.

Mansion of Thomas Hope, Flemish Picture Gallery

H. Ansted, ca. 1824

Watercolor design of a gothic tower with spire flanked by domed pavilions and an arcaded gallery, with figures on a lawn.

Design for a Gothic "Belle Vue"

William Hurst Ashpitel, ca. 1800

Pencil sketch on aged paper with standing figures above and seated figures with a palm tree below.

Figure studies

Sr George Bickham, first half 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a monk embracing a robed clergyman at a dais, with monks standing along the wall and a scroll.

Scene 32: Supporters of the league pursue the Blessed Abbot to Rome; despite their calumnies his innocence is recogni…

Matthieu Elias, 1707

Watercolor drawing of a classical country house with a columned portico, statues on the roof, and obelisks along a gravel dri

East Front of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire

R. Blasson, 1790

Watercolor design of a repeating ornamental grid with yellow oval medallions, dancing figures, garlands and urns on pale pape

Design for ceiling decoration

Joseph Bonomi, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor frontispiece design with farmers, sheep, a cow, and a circular view of ploughing oxen in hilly countryside.

Design for a Frontispiece

Josiah Boydell, ca. 1793

Sepia drawing of soldiers scattering as a beam falls, a robed monk raises his hand, and a man lies wounded on a platform.

Scene 28: The Blessed Abbot having retired to the Château de Montaigu, soldiers of the league arrive to capture him a…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Architectural elevation drawing of a gallery with Corinthian columns, arched bays, statues in niches, and ornate relief panel

Section of a "Galerie dans le palais d'un souverain"

Charles Pierre Joseph Normand, ca. 1791

Colored ground plan of a Paris hotel and its symmetrical formal garden with parterres, walks and tree rows.

Ground Plan for the Hotel de la Rochefoucauld Doudeauville and its Garden, Paris

Jean Jacques Huvé, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide hat riding a tall giraffe with a saddle, with small figures and a fence below.

The Cameleopard, or a new hobby

William Heath, 1827

Graphite drawing of a seated woman in a draped gown and head covering, gazing downward, on cream paper.

Seated Woman

Edward Burne-Jones, 1864

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental heraldic design with angels, putti, garlands, crowns and several coats of arms among cl

Design of the Arms of the Princes of Europe

Edward Francis Burney, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pencil and watercolor west elevation of a Gothic Revival church with red brick, rose window, and tall bell tower with spire.

West Elevation of an Unidentified Church

William Butterfield, 19th century

Watercolor of a man reclining in a study beside a laid breakfast table, with a black dog, crossed swords on the wall.

A Bachelor in His Study (The Sportsman's Breakfast)

J. Buttfield, late 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a tall ornate candelabrum with lion-supported pedestal, putti, and garlands, with a scale bar below.

Design for a Monumental Candelabrum

James Byres, 1765

Drawing of robed monks carrying a bier with a draped body through a Gothic church interior toward a candlelit altar.

Feuillant monks carry the bier with the body of Jean de la Barrière

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Brown wash drawing of a deathbed scene with a standing cleric, a dying man in bed, kneeling monks and a crucifix on a wall.

Scene 33: The Blessed Abbot, near death, receives the blessing of the pope, who sends for this purpose Cardinal d'Oss…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Brown wash drawing of armored guards with halberds escorting a robed bald man through an arched doorway onto a cobbled street

The arrest of Jean de La Barrière by the League at Lombez

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Brown wash drawing of a body on display in a church interior, with clergy, guards with halberds and a crowd.

Scene 34: To satisfy the devotion of the people, they are forced to leave the Blessed Abbot's body on display for thr…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Pen and watercolor design of two draped women holding a child's hands in a garden, inside an octagonal blue-bordered frame.

Design for a Porcelain Platter

Leroux, 1777

Ink and grey wash drawing of a neoclassical domed mausoleum with columns, statues, and flanking urns among trees.

Design for a Mausoleum

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Watercolor design of a covered dish with a fish net pattern, koi fish, and water lilies, with a top view of the lid.

Design for a Covered Dish in the "Service au Filet" (Fish Net Ware), Maison J. Vieillard et Cie, Bordeaux

Amédée de Caranza, 1875-85

Pen and brown wash drawing of two women talking in an interior, one seated and one standing, with figures in a distant room.

Two Women Talking

Hans Weiner, late 16th-early 17th century

Drawn circular portrait of a man in a buttoned garment, framed by decorative scrollwork and inscribed lettering.

Portrait of Rinaldo Orsino, Archbishop of Florence (1474-1508)

Bernardino Capitelli, early 17th century