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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,711 works

Pencil drawing of an ornate baroque gateway with statues and scrolled pediment, a lamp post, and a distant domed tower.

The Zwinger, Dresden

Samuel Prout, ca. 1833

Watercolor interior of the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, London, showing Corinthian columns, a coffered vault, and small figu

Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, London

Auguste Charles Pugin, 1795-1825

Watercolor interior of the Saloon at Brighton Pavilion with chandeliers, gold drapes and chinoiserie wall panels.

The Saloon, Brighton Pavilion

Auguste Charles Pugin, ca. 1826

Pen sketch of a theatre stage with Gothic scenery and a figure painting, with a handwritten letter signed by Pugin below.

Letter with Sketch of Artist Painting Stage Scenery

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, March 1831

Pencil sketches on blue-grey paper showing a triangular truss, a gabled structure, and an arched timber frame.

Sketches for an Ecclesiastical Stall (recto and verso)

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1830-52

Design for a Corinthian Entablature for the Duke of Richmond, either for Richmond House, Whitehall, London, or Goodwo…

Thomas Hardwick, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil drawing of a classical rosette with acanthus leaves, petals and a central flower, with a scroll molding in the corner.

Study of a Classical Rosette

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pencil study of classical armor, helmets, shields and a winged dragon in a semicircular decorative frieze.

Study of Classical Ornament and Detail

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pencil drawing of a circular ceiling segment with a winged figure, garlands, acanthus scrolls, an urn and an SPQR tablet.

Segment of Circular Celing Vault, Palazzo Mattei, Rome

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pen drawing of two ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, cherubs, lions and winged horses.

Sketch of Two Friezes, Palazzo Mattei

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pencil drawing of a circular carved boss with a stylized face, leafy foliage above and scaled fish forms around it.

Boss from Chapter House, York

Eleanor Mercer, 1886

Pen drawing of bound Christ at a column, flanked by two kneeling praying figures, with scrolls and an arched architectural fr

Christ at the Column

Delli brothers, ca. 1440-70

Pen and wash drawing of an urn-shaped candelabrum with female busts, scrolling candle arms and a swag garland on a plinth.

Candelabrum in the form of an Urn Clasped by Carytides and Candle Branches

Henry Holland, 1760-1806

Watercolor botanical study of a rose, heartsease, sweet pea, garden pea, and orchid on a pale sheet of paper.

A Sheet of Studies of Flowers: A Rose, a Heartsease, a Sweet Pea, a Garden Pea, and a Lax-flowered Orchid

Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with reeds, with a town skyline, church tower and windmills in the distance.

View of Gouda Seen from the Southeast with the Janskerk in the Center

Abraham Rutgers, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of a blue and orange kingfisher with a long beak perched on a gnarled branch.

A Kingfisher on a Branch

Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 16th century

Pen and ink design drawing of a console table with a central lion mask, scrolled swags and animal legs ending in hooves.

Design for a table with a cat mask and goat legs

John Payne, 1600-40

Line drawing on tan paper of two bare lower legs with bent knees, and a study of an arm resting on a block.

Study of Lower Legs and an Arm

William Pitts, early to mid-19th century

Red chalk drawing of a fortified city with towers, domed buildings, and a rocky foreground with a fallen stone block.

View of Jerusalem with the Temple of Solomon

Philippe de Champaigne, 17th century

Brown wash drawing of travelers gathered beneath a rock arch with sandstone cliffs and pine trees in the background.

Travelers at the Rock Arch in the Uttewalder Grund

Johann Gottfried Jentzsch, 1804

Pencil drawing of a barefoot youth in a belted tunic, looking upward with open hands raised.

Standing Youth, Looking Up

Otto Speckter, 1820-71

Watercolor of a striped hot air balloon rising over a crowd, carriages, and houses at Lord's Cricket Ground, ca. 1839.

Balloon Ascending Near the Entrance to Lord's Cricket Ground, 1839

Robert Bremmel Schnebbelie, ca. 1839

Ink and grey wash drawing of a blacksmith with tongs at an anvil while an assistant raises a hammer in a smoky forge.

A Blacksmith

Thomas Rowlandson, 18th-19th century

Proposed Monument to John L. Carey of Baltimore

Samuel B. Wetherald, 1852-54

Brown ink and wash drawing of a workshop with craftsmen, hanging scale pans, copper pots and a kneeling man at a brazier.

The Maker of Scales

Jean-Michel Moreau, ca. 1763

Pen and wash drawing of fishermen hauling a sailing boat onto a sandy shore, with ships on the sea and a ruined tower.

Fisherfolk Hauling their Boat onto the Shore

Adam Willaerts, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of soldiers and figures gathered around a candle and table in an interior scene.

The Denial of St. Peter

Rudolf Meyer, 1620-38

Pen and ink drawing of a small house beside a wooden footbridge over a river, framed by tall trees and willows.

Landscape with a House near a Bridge over a River

Albert Meyeringh, n.d.

Colored design drawing of a large half panel sleigh in side view with scrolled dashboard and yellow and purple seat.

Half Panel Sleigh #3806

Brewster & Co., 1883

Grey wash drawing of the Madonna and Child crowned and haloed, surrounded by saints, angels and cherubs in clouds.

Madonna and Child Surrounded by Female Saints

Joseph Heintz the Younger, 1600-1678