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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pencil drawing of Achilles reaching toward the ghostly shade of Patroclus floating above him among clouds.

Achilles and the Shade of Patroclus

John Flaxman, 1793

Panoramic print of a city skyline with a military procession, cannons firing, tents, and soldiers across open fields.

Entry of Charles V into Munich, June 10, 1530

Sebald Beham, 16th century

Engraved aerial view of a Roman tournament with armored riders in a walled courtyard, crowds in galleries, and a palace with

Marriage of Annibale Altemps and Ortensia Borromeo, Rome, March 5, 1565, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Etienne Dupérac, 1565

Pen and brown wash drawing of a symmetrical altar design with God the Father, angels, cherubs and flanking statues.

Design for a "Quarantore" Decoration

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Pen and ink sketch sheet on blue paper with figure studies including a helmeted warrior, winged figures and seated men.

Sheet of Sketches

John Flaxman, 1793

Pencil sketch of a title page with a theatrical mask, lettering, and a draped figure with a staff beside a reclining figure.

Sketch for the Title-Page of an Edition of Aeschylus

John Flaxman, 1793

Etching of a river festival with fireworks, boats and crowds on bridges, framed by an ornate scrolling cartouche.

L'Eventail (The Fan)

Jacques Callot, 1619

Pencil drawing of Dante and Virgil in a wood of bare trees, with winged harpies and a figure in a trunk, from Inferno canto 1

Dante and Virgil in the Suicidal Wood (Inferno, Canto 13, verses 22-23)

John Flaxman, 1792-93

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in clouds above kneeling saints and angels, with a martyrdom scene behind.

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Peter, Saint Damasus, Saint Lawrence, and Saint Paul; the Martyrdom of Saint…

Federico Zuccaro, 1566-68

Red and black chalk sketch of a pointing young man beside a bishop in mitre and patterned cloak.

Saint John the Baptist and Saint Bernardo degli Uberti (after Andrea del Sarto's Vallombrosa Altarpiece)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Pencil sketch of classical female figures with flowing drapery and radiating light lines above cloud forms.

Morning: Pope's Odyssey, Book 12 (recto); Study for the final drawing (verso)

John Flaxman, 1792

Pencil drawing of Night and Sleep under a starry sky, with Jupiter in a chariot above, by John Flaxman.

Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter - "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven),…

John Flaxman, 1793

Pencil drawing of two armored warriors fighting with spear and shield beside a winged archer drawing a bow.

Illustration for "Seven Chiefs Against Thebes" (recto); Studies of Figures (verso)

John Flaxman, ca. 1794

Pen and ink drawing of two bearded seated figures with haloed heads and winged putti holding a tablet and scroll.

Decorative Group

Federico Zuccaro, 16th century

Grey wash drawing of a classical frieze with bearded men, draped women, nude youths, a horse and two lion heads.

Design for a Frieze, after a Roman Sarcophagus: The First Visit of Bacchus to Ariadne

John Flaxman, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash sketch of a kneeling woman embracing a standing figure in draped robes, with faint tree and figure studies at ri

Sheet of studies with female figure kneeling and embracing standing figure

John Flaxman, 1775-1826

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man in a robe gesturing toward a bound nude figure on a balcony, with onlookers and steps b

Ecce Homo

Federico Zuccaro, 1540/41-1609

Etching of a procession with horsemen and a carriage on a tree-lined road, smoke rising from gunfire, and a crowd of spectato

Entry of the Count of Thurn and Taxis into Hemissen

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1651

Etched print of a night fireworks display with rising rockets over a field, with a labelled diagram of devices below.

Fireworks on the Schiessplatz, Nuremberg, June 22, 1665

Georg Carl Hornung, after 1665

Etching of a hellmouth with a monstrous face, flying torch-bearing demons, a burning city, and a rowing boat on water.

The hellmouth, set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel, 1668

Engraving of the Argonauts' ship at sea with sea nymphs, allegorical figures and radiating clouds, in black and white.

Birth of the Dauphin, Toulouse, 1682: Capture of the Golden Fleece

Jacques LePautre, 1682

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing angel with clasped hands, with two cherubs partly visible at the edges.

A Standing Angel and two Cherubs

Federico Zuccaro, ca. 1566

Engraved plan and elevation of a classical fireworks machine with a central arch, royal arms, and sunburst, plus a ground pla

Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle: A Plan and Elevation of the Royal Fire-Works, London, 1749

George Vertue, ca. 1749

Brown ink drawing on blue paper of a crowded banquet with seated guests, a grand staircase, columns, and servants.

The Wedding Feast at Cana (after Paolo Veronese)

Federico Zuccaro, 1540-1609

Engraved night view of Paris festivities on the Seine, with fireworks, fountains, illuminated buildings and crowds in boats.

Marriage of Louise-Élisabeth of France and Don Philip of Spain, Paris, August 29, 1739

Jacques-François Blondel, 1740

Watercolor design of a neoclassical pavilion with columns, fountains and a rocky cascade for a 1781 fireworks display.

Design for the Fireworks Display in Paris for the Birth of the Dauphin in 1781

Louis Gustave Taraval, 1781

Engraving of a crowd watching fireworks over a city square at night, with a town hall, fountains and columns.

Birth of the Dauphin: The Crowd Watching the Fireworks on the Place de la Grève, Paris, January 21, 1782

Jean-Michel Moreau, 1782, reprinted ca. 1860

Engraving of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome with fireworks bursting from its towers over the Tiber and a crowd below.

The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Watercolor drawing of a formal garden with cypresses, a crowned monogram on a tiered pedestal, and decorative rosettes and gl

Coronation of the Czar Alexander I, Moscow, September 1801

Lieutenant-Captain Cheleyev, 1801

Engraved crowd of people in top hats and bonnets watching fireworks burst over trees on a night sky.

Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XII)

Winslow Homer, July 11, 1868

Colored bird's-eye print of the Brooklyn Bridge with fireworks, balloons, and sailing ships on the East River at night.

Bird's-Eye View of the Great New York and Brooklyn Bridge, and Grand Display of Fireworks on Opening Night...May 24,…

Monochrome print of a woman in a pale gown beside a pillar, with a chandelier and rows of lamps in a dark café interior.

Mademoiselle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paris

Edgar Degas, 1877-78

Portrait of a man

Thomas Frye (, 1760

Engraving of an ornate octagonal obelisk surrounded by fireworks and scrolled flames, with an allegorical relief on its base.

Festival for Saint Placidus, Messina, August 2, 1589: Fireworks Obelisk

Filippo Gotho, 1591

Engraving of an ornate baroque altar structure with a crowned Virgin on clouds, angels, saints, and skulls.

Il Fuoco Trionfante...della Traslatione della Miracolo...La Madona Del Fuoco...li xx di Ottobre MDCXXXVI

Floriano dal Buono, 1637

Red chalk drawing of a muscular nude man seen from behind, arms raised and extended, legs apart in a dynamic pose.

Standing Nude Man (recto); Three Studies of Soldiers (verso)

Taddeo Zuccari, 1550

Brown wash drawing of a mounted rider and procession before a city with towers and a harbor with a sailing ship.

Study for the Armistice between King Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V, fresco in the Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Standing Beggar

Jan Both, 17th century

Grey wash drawing of an open landscape with a herdsman, cows, grazing sheep, a leaning tree, and a pool under cloudy skies.

Open Landscape with Herdsman, Cows, and Sheep

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1785

Grey chalk drawing of a mountain landscape with a leaning tree, distant valley, buildings and a winding path.

Mountain Landscape with Figures and Buildings

Thomas Gainsborough, mid-to-late 1780s

Graphite drawing of a wooded landscape with a standing man, seated woman, dog, fence and small cottage.

Landscape with Figures

George Frost, 18th or early 19th century

Watercolor woodland scene of a peasant leading a horse and cart along a forest path beside a pond.

Woodland Scene with a Peasant, a Horse, and a Cart

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1760

Sepia drawing of a figure resting with a donkey on a path beside large trees, with horses in the distance.

A Rest by the Way (Open Landscape with Figures, Donkey and Horses)

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1780

Soft green wash landscape of a thatched cottage, grazing cows and sheep, and windswept trees under dramatic clouds.

Wooded Landscape with Cottage, Cows and Sheep

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1770

Watercolor of a river lined with old buildings, moored sailing boats with masts, and figures on the quay under a pale sky.

River at Norwich

Thomas Girtin, early 19th century

Watercolor of Easby Abbey ruins and a gabled cottage beside a still river under a cloudy sky.

Easby Abbey

Thomas Girtin, 19th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a white gown with red ribbons walking hand in hand with a child in blue ribbons.

Woman and Child

Kate Greenaway, 1883

Pencil portrait of a young man with curly hair, white collar and pink plaid cravat, on an octagonal tan sheet.

Portrait Head

George Henry Harlow, 1816

Red chalk drawing of many overlapping caricatured heads showing varied grimacing and shouting expressions.

Sheet of Studies of Heads

William Hogarth

Pencil sketch of a woman with long hair, head bowed, with faint figure studies beneath her on pale paper.

Head of a man and figure studies (recto). Minotaur with a maiden (verso)

Theodor Richard Edward von Holst, 1835-44

Sketch of a seated woman in flowing drapery, head resting on her hand beside a stone wall, in graphite on toned paper.

Study of a Seated Woman

John Hoppner, 1778-1810

Etched frontispiece with a winged figure striding over a Latin dedication panel while a screaming man recoils below.

Frontispiece for "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Watercolor drawing of a standing young man in a white turban and long cream cloak, against a soft blue and beige wash.

Son of the Tunisian Ambassador

Ozias Humphry, 1780

Bearded Man in Oriental Costume

Ozias Humphry, ca. 1780

A warrior facing left wearing a plumed hat and holding a cane, from "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Pen and brown ink study of a nude male figure reaching forward, with a smaller nude figure beneath him.

Studies of a Nude Male Figure

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and ink study of a nude standing man beside a robed figure raising a bowl, on brown paper.

The Baptism of Christ

Moncalvo, 16th century

Red chalk and ink drawing of Saint John the Baptist before Herod and Herodias, with soldiers and an arched doorway behind.

Saint John the Baptist before Herod and Herodias

Morazzone, 16th century

Grey wash drawing of a bearded robed figure preaching to helmeted soldiers beneath trees and clouds.

Saint John the Baptist (?) Preaching to a Group of Soldiers

Giovanni Battista Trotti, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of ancient galleys in battle, with rowers, armored warriors on decks, and a faint blue grid overlay.

Antique Naval Battle (recto); A Battle Scene (verso)

Lattanzio Gambara, ca. 1550-55

Etching of a turbaned man hauling a net while two figures sit behind him on rough ground under a cloudy sky.

A man pulling a net with two figures behind him, from "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Etching of a man leaning on a staff beside a seated boy and an older man in a cap, set on rocky ground.

Two men sitting and another man holding a staff kneeling on a rock, from "Figurine"

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1656-57

Engraved Nativity scene with the infant Christ in a basket, a crowd of adorants in a thatched stable, and an angel in clouds.

Nativity

Master IQV, ca. 1543

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate temporary monument with winged figures, banners, and trophies on a rocky base.

Temporary Structure in Celebration of the Birth of the Duc de Bourgogne (August 6, 1682)

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1650-1700