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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Ink and wash drawing of an eagle fighting a coiled serpent, with a putto holding a banner and sun rays above.

Design with an Eagle Fighting with a Serpent and a Putto in the Sky Holding an Inscribed Banner

Pietro da Cortona, 17th century

Dog (A Foxhound Viewed from Behind)

George Stubbs, May 1, 1788

Mezzotint of a striped tiger stalking forward out of a dark cave, head turned toward the viewer.

A Tyger

John Murphy, 1790

Grayscale lithograph of a lioness and two cubs on a hillside, with a male lion and carcass in the foreground.

Lioness and Cubs

Antoine-Louis Barye, possibly 1832

Etching of a maned lion walking left across flat ground beneath a dark, cross-hatched sky.

Lion walking

Charles Courtry, 1866-97

Engraving of a maned lion seated on a rock ledge overlooking a sea, with a palm tree and hills in the distance.

A Lion (A Lion Resting on a Rock)

George Stubbs, May 1, 1788

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

Bust of a Man Facing Right

Dominique Vivant Denon, ca.1777-85

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a rocky mountain valley with a riverside village, watermills and a castle on a cliff.

Mountainous Landscape

Tobias Verhaecht, 1576-1631

Grey wash drawing of a man in a fur coat raising a dagger before two women on a couch in an ornate draped room.

Comme ils en étaient là, arrive l'oncle

Jean-Michel Moreau, ca. 1778

Pen and ink drawing of a standing male nude with curly hair holding drapery, shaded with fine hatching on blue paper.

Standing Male Nude

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1506

Watercolor still life of a watermelon, two pomegranates, a covered tureen and a jug on a yellow tabletop.

Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates

Paul Cézanne, 1900-1906

Pen and watercolour study sheet with a large death's-head moth, gentian flower, cats, birds, a chicken and decorative borders

Studies of a Gentian, Moth, Birds, Cats, Interlacing Motif, and Greek Frets (recto); Ornamental Studies with Figures…

Giorgio di Giovanni, 1530-40

Pen and wash design drawing of a rococo fountain niche with reclining figures, caryatids, and ornamental scrollwork.

Design for an Arabesque with Cupid and Psyche

Claude Gillot, 1720-40

Brown wash drawing of a haloed woman on an ornate chariot pulled by a winged bull, with a dove and procession of robed figure

Allegory of the Triumph of the Church

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, 16th century

Brown ink drawing of a reclining woman in a hammock with a standing navigator, ships, an anteater, and the word America.

Allegory of America

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, ca. 1587-89

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint with crozier above clouds and putti, with a city and smoking volcano below.

Saint Januarius Saving Naples from an Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Verso: Small sketch of similar scene

Anton Domenico Gabbiani, 1724

Grey ink and wash architectural section of a two-storied hall with an arched entrance, balcony balustrade and vaulted ceiling

Design for a Stage Set: Design in Section of a Two-Storied Entrance Hall (Recto). Elevation Design for a Monumental E…

Giovanni Battista Galliani, 1794

Ink and wash architectural section drawing of a multi-level house interior with vaulted rooms, a balcony, and a column at rig

Section of a House with Portico Seen at Right

Giovanni Battista Galliani, 1750-1850

Ink outline drawing of a classical palace interior with columns, arches, a staircase and statues, a theatrical stage design.

Outline Drawing: Stage Set Design for a Performance of "Iphigenia". Verso: Two Designs for Palace Interiors

Fabrizio Galliari, 1709-90

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate rococo mace design with two seated female figures, putti, and a tiara at its top.

Design for a Mace

Giovanni Giardini, 1646-1722

Pen and wash drawing of Vulcan's forge with smiths at an anvil and cupids, framed by an ornate oval rococo border.

Design (Full-Scale Working Drawing) for a Large Oval Silver Dish with Silver Gilt Border Showing Vulcan's Forge

Giovanni Giardini, 1646-1722

Pen and wash drawing of a footed drinking cup with a lobed bowl and two intertwined serpent handles.

Design for a Decorated Drinking Cup with Floriated Heads around Large Mouth, Intertwined Serpents as Handles

Giulio Romano, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a candlestick holder with a fluted cup, leafy stem and a base decorated with scrolls and fleur-de-lis.

Design for a Decorated Base of a Candlestick Holder

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of two candlesticks, one with a base of putti and one with a spiral-fluted pedestal.

Design for Two Candlesticks with decorated Bases

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate octagonal frame with cherub heads above a goblet stand with angel heads.

Design for a Sculptural Frame Decorated with Angel Heads, Volutes and Leaves (for a Ceiling ?); Design for a Base Dec…

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Grey ink and wash drawing of a vaulted stone fortress interior with arches, columns, steps and a hanging chain.

Design for a Stage Set Showing the Interior of a Fortress or Dungeon

Pietro Gonzaga, 1751-1831

Brown wash drawing of an altar design with a crucifix, candlesticks, putti in clouds, angels and hanging chandeliers.

Design for an Altar for Easter Week Celebrations Decorated with Putti and Chandeliers

Jacopo Guarana, 1783

Pen and brown ink elevation drawing of an ornamental fountain with arches, statues in niches, and a central ship sculpture.

Design after a Fountain in the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati

Giovanni Guerra, 1590-1600

Pen and brown wash design for a wall decoration with empty central panel, scrollwork, an eagle cartouche and reclining figure

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Coat of Arms of the Borghese Family

Giovanni Guerra, 1590-1618

Ink and wash drawing of a classical arcaded gallery with Corinthian columns, a triumphal arch, and a coffered ceiling.

Design for a Stage Set: Classical Arcaded Gallery with Triumphal Arch Motif

Paolo Landriani, 1757-1839

Black chalk portrait drawing of a woman with curled hair, feathered headdress and drop earring on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of a Woman

Ottavio Mario Leoni, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a rococo design with acanthus scrolls, a reclining laurel-crowned woman, sleeping children, and a rooste

Design for Rear Decoration of a Coach

Agostino Letterini, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative frieze with oval cartouches alternating with nude winged putti above a molded base.

Design for a Decorated Frieze with Alternation of Cartouches and Winged Putti

Luzio Romano, 16th century

Four Studies of Recumbent Female Nudes (Galatea)

Carlo Maratti, ca. 1713

Brown ink and wash drawing of a slumped nude figure held up by two winged angels, with a bearded figure at upper left.

Design of Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels a Saint

Marco Marchetti, 1553-88

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental panels with interlaced knotwork, scrolling foliage and stylized flowers in grey wash.

Design for Panels (Textile?) Decorated with Moresque and Knotwork Ornament

Master F, ca. 1525-40

Pen and grey wash perspective drawing of an Italian street with palazzo facades, columns, balconies and a distant tower.

Perspective Design for a Stage Set of an Italian Cityscape

Antonio Mauro II, 1784-97

Pen and ink sketches of a funeral monument, niche, helmet, entablature, and a draped female statue on paper.

Sketches of a Funeral Monument, a Niche with Statues, a Helmet in the Shape of a Human Head, an Entablature and a Fem…

Michelangelo, n.d.

Pen and wash design of a church dome with columns, rococo cartouches, floral garlands and a radiant cherub.

Design for Part of a Church Ceiling with a Dome

Faustino Trebbi, 1735-1817

Pen and watercolor design for a masonry fountain with putti spouts, a scrolled cartouche and a mask at the top, against a sto

Design for a Fountain at a Street Corner Decorated with Putti Heads, a Coat of Arm and a Gargoyle Head on the Top

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1735-1817

Ink and wash drawing of a classical ceiling design with a central dome, coffered rosettes, garlands and an oculus.

Architectural Design for a Ceiling with a Dome

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1755-1817

Design of a Perspective projection for an Urn

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a foreshortened ceiling corner with columns, urns, putti and garlands, in ornate Baroque style.

Foreshortened View of a Ceiling Corner Decorated with Columns, Urns and Putti Handing Garlands

Agostino Mitelli, 1609-60

Pen drawing of three scrolled console brackets and an ornate console with a satyr head and putti on a light paper.

Design for Three Consoles Decorated with Foliage and Volutes and a Console with a Satyr Head Surmounted by Three Huma…

Agostino Mitelli, 1609-60

Pencil drawing of ornamental cartouches with scrolls, shells, garlands and an urn on a pedestal.

Design for Cartouches Decorated with Sea-Shells, Garlands, Foliage, Volutes and Urns

Agostino Mitelli, 1609-60

Pencil drawing of floral scrollwork ornaments on the left and a half cartouche with laurel and a lion on the right.

Left Part of the Drawing: Floral Ornaments; Right Part of the Drawing: Half Cartouche Decorated with Leaves, Arms and…

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Pencil drawing of an ornate teapot with fluted body, leaf-carved spout and handle, and scrolled footed base.

Design for a Tea Pot Removed from the Factory Record Book

Haviland & Co., 1850

Gouache design of a gold pendant with a pink fish head, blue and pink leaves, and curling gold scrollwork on grey paper.

Design for a Pendant

Eugène Grasset

Hand-colored print of New York harbor from Brooklyn Heights, with paddle steamers, sailing ships and city buildings along the

View of New York from Brooklyn Heights

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1849

Engraved auricular cartouche with grotesque figures, putti, a lion mask and fruit garlands within a strapwork frame.

Auricular Cartouche with Figures within a Strapwork Frame, from "Veederley Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertim…

Cornelis Floris II, 1556

Grey wash architectural drawing of a multi-tiered columbarium with rows of arched niches, a central dome, and a scale bar.

Section (Interior Elevation) of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a columbarium with rows of arched niches and a central dome, with a scale bar below.

Elevation of the Interior of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash drawing of two rectangular boxes in elevation with two handwritten scale bars labeled in Italian at the bottom.

Elevations and Plans of Two Boxes

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Brown ink and wash drawing of a grid of repeated semicircular niches with stepped bases on a wall, with a scale bar below.

Elevation of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash plan of a Roman tomb with circular niches, an Italian title, and a palmi romani scale bar.

Plan of the Tomb of the Liberti di Augusto, Rome

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Pen and wash drawing of a steep rocky cliff with foliage and a hazy distant horizon at the left edge.

Study of the Side of a Rocky Cliff; Verso: Dam on a Mountain Stream

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, 1600-1605

Sepia print of a garden with a stone terrace, staircase, tall cypress trees, and small seated figures near lion sculptures.

La Jeu de la Palette

Richard de Saint-Non, 1766

Drawing of an angel restraining an old bearded man above a blindfolded young man on an altar beside a tree.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Willem van Mieris, 1694

Brown wash drawing of a nude youth carried skyward by an eagle through clouds, with drapery streaming behind him.

Jupiter and Ganymede

Joseph Heintz the Younger, 1626

Pen and brown wash design for an arched sepulchral monument with statues above and a bas relief panel below, dated 1826.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument Divided in Two Parts with Bas Relief Surmounted by Statues and Foliate Decoration Below

Guiseppe Colignon, 1826

Pen and wash elevation drawing comparing the Column of Antoninus Pius and the Column of Trajan with spiral reliefs.

Elevation of Column of Antoninus Pius and Elevation of Column of Trajan

Antonio Visentini, 1688-1782

Brown wash architectural plan of a Roman tomb with surrounding niches, captioned in Italian, with a palmi scale bar.

Plan of a Tomb, Rome

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Grey wash drawing of a classical garden gate with a pediment and arch, framing a distant domed palazzo down a path.

Elevation of a Garden Gate Showing a Palazzo or Villa in the Distance

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27