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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,431 works

Circular engraving of Saint Peter's Basilica with a large central dome, flanking towers and a mountain base.

Saint Peter's Basilica

Agostino Veneziano, 1517

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

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

Colored drawing of a pulpit design with a robed preacher, winged angel, cherub on clouds and crimson drapery.

Design for a Pulpit

Augustin Pajou, n.d.

Pen drawing of a triumphal procession with elephants, horses, torch bearers and classical architecture.

Triumph of Julius Caesar

Andrea Mantegna, Possibly late 15th or 16th century

Pencil design drawing of an ornate ceiling with scrolling motifs, a central medallion, a putto and a balustrade below.

Designs for Ceiling

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily faces the kneeling Virgin Mary beside a draped curtain.

Annunciation

Filippo Bellini, 1560-1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Entombment, with Christ's body held by mourners in an arched architectural setting.

Entombment

Maso da San Friano, 16th century

Ceiling design in watercolor showing a golden sunburst with a face at center, blue sky, clouds, and a flower-garland border.

Designs for Ceilings with Central Sunburst

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Ink and watercolor design of a rococo cupola with coffered ceiling, floral bouquets, urns and carved balustrades.

Design for a Cupola Decoration

Giovanni Antonio Torricelli, 1736-81

Monochrome drawing of a small hot air balloon drifting above layered clouds beneath a glowing moon in a dusky sky.

Drawing for an Illustration in "Voyages du Flandre"

Albert-Charles Tissandier, n.d.

Bearded Head, Looking Down to the Right

III Jacques de Gheyn, 1620-30

Architectural floor plan with a central rotunda, courtyard, and angled wings with labeled rooms, drawn in ink on paper.

Floor Plan for the Renovations of the Château de Rambouillet

Jean Augustin Renard, ca. 1783

Ink and wash drawing of a classical wine cooler with scroll handles, a central mask, and a fluted pedestal base.

Design for a Wine Cooler

Henri Auguste, 1770-1800

Circular pen and ink drawing of Christ being crowned with thorns by soldiers, with architecture and putti in background.

The Crowning with Thorns

Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1520-30

Circular drawing of an old bearded man by a hearth as a boy blows on the fire, with a street scene visible outside.

December: And Old Man Seated by a Hearth with a Young Man Blowing on the Fire

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, late 16th-mid 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of allegorical figures in ornate frames with a hilltop town in the distance, by Jacopo Zucchi, 1563.

Study for the Allegory of San Gimignano and Colle Val d'Elsa

Jacopo Zucchi, 1563

Design of a Perspective projection for an Urn

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a heraldic shield with fleur-de-lis and roses, an owl, books, leaves, a vase and a snake.

Drawing of a Decorated Coat of Arms surrounded by Books, Owl, Leaves, Vase and a Snake

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Brown ink and wash drawing of a rolling valley with hedgerows and fields framed by trees, receding to a distant horizon.

Underriver-The Golden Valley

John Linnell, ca. 1833

Etching of a rooster standing on a dunghill with hens and chicks, a jewel in the dirt, and a farmyard scene behind.

The Cock and the Precious Stone, from Aesop's Fables

Francis Barlow, ca. 1760

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornate urns with serpent handles, garlands, putti and relief figures.

Two Urns Decorated with Human Figures, Animals and Garlands

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a garden fountain with nude statues, a colonnade and seated figures in the foreground.

Susanna and the Elders

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

Pen and wash drawing of a sarcophagus design supported by two putti on plinths, with scrolled ornament and garlands.

Design for a Sarcophagus Supported by Putti for the Church of S. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, Florence

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted soldier with a round shield and sword striding across a grassy landscape.

A Soldier Brandishing a Shield in a Landscape

Monogrammist GK, 1586

Watercolor design for a square ceiling with symmetrical scrollwork, a blue central oval cartouche, and floral corner rosettes

Design for Ceiling, Château de Cangé

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

Pen and ink drawing of a table end pier with scrolls, a central eagle emblem, and seated sphinx figures at the base.

Design for the End Pier of a Table

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1537-91

Engraving of an artist's studio with bearded men and students drawing by candlelight beside classical statues and vessels.

Baccio Bandinelli in his studio holding a statuette of Venus, students sketching from a model by candlelight

Agostino Veneziano, 1531

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central ivy garland medallion, blue field, and corner flower bouquets in a brown frame

Design for Bathroom Ceiling, Hôtel Cahen d'Anvers

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

Pen and brown ink drawing of a Roman emperor in armor receiving a petition from an older man, with a seated attendant.

Drawing of a Roman Emperor Receiving a Petition

Federico Zuccaro, n.d.