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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pencil and wash design for a book cover titled Les Heures Claires, with Art Nouveau floral ornament and spine lettering.

Design for "Les Heures Claires" by Emile Verhaeren

Julia Eyckholt, after 1896

Design drawing of a book cover with stylized roses, title lettering 'Les Heures d'Après Midi', and a spine label on tan paper

Design for "Les Heures d'Après Midi" by Emile Verhaeren

Julia Eyckholt, after 1896

Engraving of the dead Christ held by three winged angels, with a crown of thorns and a cross on a distant hill.

The Body of Christ Supported by Three Angels

Agostino Veneziano, 1516

Engraving of Pallas Athena in a crested helmet, standing on a globe with a spear and a decorated round shield.

Pallas Athena standing on a globe, a spear in her left hand, a shield in her right

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-27

Chalk study on grey paper of a male torso, a man's head with raised arm, and a female figure in drapery.

Studies for the Figure of a Centaur and a Nymph

Francesco Trevisani, 1708-17

Engraving of a bearded robed man on a cloud reading a book beside an ox, within a radiating halo.

Saint Luke

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Circular blue-grey drawing with a central female figure in a medallion surrounded by allegorical women and scrolling ornament

The Seven Virtues in a Roundel, with Faith at the Center

Jan Collaert I, mid-16th century

Grey wash drawing of a rocky mountain landscape with pine trees, a natural arch, and two travellers with laden horses on a ro

A Mountainous Landscape with Travellers on a Road

Jan van Aken, ca. 1650-55

Pastel drawing of a sunset with rays of light through clouds above dark hills and trees.

Sunset

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1850

Ink and wash sketch of a mounted rider under a parasol amid robed figures and a crowd along arched street walls.

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, 1832-33

Pencil sketch of a hooded rider on horseback surrounded by turbaned attendants, with a parasol above and city buildings behin

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1855-56

Graphite sketch sheet by Delacroix showing studies of heads, an arm, a foot, and facial profiles on tan paper.

Head, Shoulder, and Foot, Studies for "Scenes from the Chios Massacres"

Eugène Delacroix, 1823

Red and grey chalk drawing of a flayed male torso showing exposed musculature, arms raised, head tilted back.

Ecorché: Torso of a Male Cadaver

Eugène Delacroix, 1828?

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with several figure studies of reclining, struggling and draped figures by Delacroix.

Figure Studies for the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon

Eugène Delacroix, 1833-35

Graphite sketch sheet with studies of draped women and heads, drawn as preparation for a Lamentation composition.

Studies of the Virgin and Holy Women for "The Lamentation"

Eugène Delacroix, 1842-43

Watercolor interior of a room with green velvet chairs, coffered ceiling, bookcases, lace-curtained windows and a potted palm

Interior of a Smoking-Room or Club-Room

A. Fix, 1878

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures, including a cardinal in red, viewing a painting in a vaulted cloister corridor.

A Cardinal Examining a Painting in a Cloister

François Marius Granet, first half 19th century

Jewelry Design

Eugène Grasset, n.d.

Ink and wash design for a funeral monument with draped allegorical women, a skull, a trumpeting angel and an inscribed cartou

Design for a Funeral Ticket

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Pencil and chalk sketch of a curly-haired young boy in a blue tunic with a ruffled collar, holding a ball.

Sketch of a Young Boy

Eugène-Ernest Hillemacher, 1857

Watercolor design of a wall with a white peacock, tall cranes, and sunflowers in blue and green tones.

Design for a wall decoration with peacock, cranes, and sunflowers for the restaurant in Hotel Langham (Paris)

Emile Hurtré, 1896-98

Graphite sketch of two seated draped men holding scrolls and a nude upper torso with raised arm.

Study of Figures

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a Chinese vase with a ring handle, cloud and fret patterns, and a lion-mask motif on a pale background.

A Chinese Vase

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, mid-19th century

Pencil sketch of an engraver in a broad hat working at a table in a cluttered workshop with shelves and a candle.

An Engraver

Edouard Jeanmaire, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a monumental fountain elevation with a bearded river god statue in a central niche.

Design for a Monumental Fountain

A. Le Canu, 1750-70

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with an oval painted sky, floral garland, medallions and ornate red and gray border

Design for Ceiling: Gallery of Château de Magnitot (recto); Decorative Design (verso)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with blue panels, gold scrollwork, and a central monogram medallion.

Design for Dining Room Ceiling, Hôtel de Behague

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1870

Two watercolor designs for a Pompeian-style bathroom wall decorated with ceramic tiles, showing scrolls, medallions and a cla

Design for ceramic tile decoration of a bathroom in "Pompeian" manner (possibly for Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorative ceiling panel with a brown molded frame, red scrollwork, and a cloudy blue sky opening.

Ceiling design for Salon d'Entrée, Hôtel de Monsieur de Juigne, Paris, 1867

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Watercolor design sheet showing a blue coffered ceiling with gilded rosette above a red and blue scrolled wall ornament.

Designs for Ceiling and Wall Decoration for Monsieur Lecomte de la Grange

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Painted design for a wall panel with a putto medallion, a putto playing with dogs, and red, blue and gold borders.

Design for Wall Decor Painted with Putti and Dogs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, before 1889

Watercolor design of a decorated wall with three medallions, classical figures, gilded frieze and garlands in blue, red and d

Painted Wall Decor Featuring Three Medallions

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of painted wall decor with red central panel, blue side panels, swans and trompe l'oeil vases.

Painted Wall Decor Featuring Thin Column with a Pair of Swans and Trompe L'Oeil Vases at Base

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of muscular smiths forging a shield at an anvil while a woman watches from the left.

Venus Watching Vulcan and Cyclops Forge Armor for Mars

Raymond de La Fage, late 17th century

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ornate rococo stage set with an arch, fountains, stairs and a distant landscape.

Study for a Stage Set

Jacques de Lajoüe, 18th century

Red chalk drawing of a classical palace rotunda with columns, a fountain, statues, and two cloaked figures in the foreground.

Study for the Rotunda of a Palace

Jacques de Lajoüe, n.d.

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a Capuchin tabernacle with fluted columns, urns, and floral swags, dated 1787.

Plan and Elevation of the Capuchin Tabernacle of Luneville

Adrian La Touvenot, 1787

Brown wash design drawing of a tall classical candlestick with acanthus leaves, ram heads and a lion medallion on its base.

Design for a candlestick

Adolph-Jean LaVergne, 1839

Architectural ground plans in ink and pink wash for a monument and a guard building, with a toise scale bar and stepped paths

Project for the Monument de la Montagne, Orléans

Claude Mathieu Delagardette, ca. 1794

Colored design drawing of a symmetrical arabesque with cherubs, grapevines, scrolls, and three recumbent lions at the base.

Design for an Arabesque

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, ca. 1780-93

Pen and wash drawing of a curved garden monument topped by a crown, with a winged trumpeter, allegorical figures and relief p

Design for Garden Architecture

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Circular red chalk drawing of classical ruins, domed building and columns framed by trees, with small figures in the foregrou

Architectural Fantasy

Jean-Laurent Legeay, ca. 1785-90

Brown wash drawing of an ornamental urn on an inscribed pedestal beneath a tree, with small figures in a garden setting.

Frontispiece for a Suite of Vase Designs

Louis Joseph le Lorrain, mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged allegorical figure above banners, dolphins and cherubs in an ornate design.

Corner of the Ambassador's Staircase at Versailles (recto); Sketches of Figures and Dolphins (verso)

Pierre Lélu, n.d.

Pen drawing of a draped woman asleep in a curved chair beside a column and brazier, with a handwritten dedication below.

Vestal Maiden Asleep in a Chair

Louis-Hector Leroux, 1879

Pen and wash drawing of a domed Corinthian temple section with coffered dome, chandeliers, statues and staircases.

Design for a Section of a Domed Corinthian Temple

Pierre Mathieu, 1769

Pencil sketch of a raven on a rail, with a separate study of a clawed foot and handwritten notes below.

A Raven Perched on a Rail

Charles Meryon, mid-19th century

Watercolor design of scrolling vines with dragons, birds and blue flowers in a horizontal ornamental band.

Allegory of Vices

Adolphe Alcan, 1870s?

Watercolor park scene with tall poplars, a stone staircase, a statue on a pedestal, and a woman walking a dog.

View of a Park

Louis Gabriel Moreau, n.d.

Watercolor landscape with a waterfall, herder and cattle beneath trees, and distant hills under a cloudy blue sky.

Shepherdess near a Waterfall

Louis Gabriel Moreau, n.d.

Watercolor landscape with a rider, sheep and dogs on a riverbank, ruins, a bare tree and rolling hills under cloudy skies.

Figures on a Country Road

Louis Gabriel Moreau, n.d.

Watercolor landscape of wind-bent trees on a hillside road, a river, a distant tower, and a stormy sky with patches of blue.

Windswept Landscape

Louis Gabriel Moreau, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a stone tower and farmhouse by a river, with figures, a dog, and steps on the right.

Farm House by a River with Figures

Louis Gabriel Moreau, 1765

Brown ink drawing of a woman in a pleated 1830s gown beside a table with two feathered hats and handwritten notes.

Costume Design

called Numa Pierre-Numa Bassaget, 1836-37

Watercolor fashion drawing of a woman in a turban leaning on a sofa, with a man in a green coat and a child in a bonnet.

Fashion Drawing with a Woman Seated in a Chair with a Boy and Girl

called Numa Pierre-Numa Bassaget, 19th century

Red chalk drawing of a rococo stucco design with a cartouche of small figures, scrollwork, and winged motifs.

Design for Stucco Decorations with a Cartouche at Left

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1725-40

Red chalk design of a decorative panel with a flutist on a pedestal under an arch, framed by scrollwork and garlands.

Design for a Decorative Panel with a Flutist (recto); Design for molding (verso)

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1700-20

Ink and wash design drawing of an arched wrought-iron grille with a coat of arms, lattice, scrollwork and candle sconces.

Design for the Wrought-Iron Entrance Grille of a Chapel

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1700-1720

Grey wash drawing of a classical scene with a winged figure, a tomb with a lion mask, and a flaming brazier between columns.

Classical Scene with a Tomb and Flaming Brazier

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1700-10

Design for a Monument to a Military Leader

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1690-1740

Pen and ink design sheet showing rococo picture frame ornament, scrolling foliage, eagle heads and cornice mouldings.

Designs for a Picture Frame

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1730-40

Pen drawing of an ornate garden capriccio with statues, terraces, a satyr holding a shell basin, and classical columns.

Design for a Garden Capriccio

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, n.d.

Grey wash design drawing of a door panel with crossed torches, ribbons, roses and scrolled ornament framed by laurel.

Design for Door Paneling

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Watercolor design of a green scrolled monogram beneath a jeweled crown on a rose oval field, with French notes in the margin.

Design for a Monogram Surmounted by a Crown

Charles Monblond, 19th century