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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Watercolor design of an ornate intarsia-style ceiling with scrolling foliage, flower medallions and a red rosette centre.

Intarsia Ceiling Design for the Dining Room, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

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

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

Architectural Motifs: Four Rinceaux

Georges Seurat, ca. 1875

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 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

Sketch of a tree bent by wind, a figure walking across a field, and a cottage under a cloudy sky.

The Gust of Wind (Le Coup de Vent)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1871

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.

Watercolor battle scene with soldiers fighting near a ruined church and a burning farmhouse under smoky skies.

Battle Scene with Church at left

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Watercolor drawing of soldiers fighting near a brick church with a tall spire, smoke and trees in a village road.

Battle Scene with Church at right

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Engraving of four musicians playing lute and cello around a table in a room with open windows, sheet music scattered on the t

Hearing

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a seated woman and attendant in an interior, with a man aiming a rifle from a window at right.

Sight

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of a couple on a terrace smelling flowers, with a formal garden and dogs beside a stone balustrade.

Smell

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a fashionable dinner scene with seated diners, a servant with a platter, a dog, and a tapestry behind.

Taste

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of a seated couple embracing by a fireplace while a servant draws a bed curtain in a richly furnished room.

Touch

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of a schoolmaster with a birch rod supervising boys at desks while girls play with marbles in a timber-beamed room.

The School Master

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635-38

Engraving of a surgeon bandaging a seated woman's arm in a richly furnished room, with a servant holding a basin and dogs on

The Surgeon

Abraham Bosse, 1632

Engraving of a seated woman having her shoe fitted by a kneeling shoemaker, with a couple at a table and French verses below.

The Shoemaker

Abraham Bosse, 1632-33

Etching of a barber shaving a seated man in a richly furnished bedroom with a canopy bed, window, and French verses below.

The Barber

Abraham Bosse, 1632-33

Engraving of a schoolmistress teaching young girls in a furnished room with a window, a dog, and a sweeping servant.

The School Mistress

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Pen drawing of sea gods with fish tails battling in rippling water among reeds, one blowing a horn, one wielding a sword.

Battle of the Sea Gods (right portion of frieze)

Andrea Mantegna, before 1481

Engraved frieze of tritons, nymphs, sea horses and putti riding across waves.

Frieze with Tritons and Nymphs

Girolamo Mocetto, 1490-1530

Etching of a naiad beside an overturned urn pouring water, with a triton and sea figures rising from the waves and putti at l

Water, represented by a naiad seated at the base of a tree and resting her arm on a supine urn from which water flows…

Giulio Carpioni, 1640-60

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a large tree at right, a steep rocky cliff, a village, and a bridge over a river.

Mountainous Landscape

Denijs van Alsloot, ca. 1608-11 (?)

Engraving of a reclining bearded river god with cornucopia, a she-wolf and two infants, framed by a border of boats and anima

The Tiber, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Béatrizet, mid-16th century

Pen and ink study of a palm tree with a scaled trunk and arching fronds on aged paper.

Study of a Palm Tree (recto); Mountain Landscape (verso)

Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635-40