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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Etching of a bearded man with a lantern beside a pile of dead animals, a nude figure, a dog, and a tree.

Diogenes in search of an honest man

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645-47

Woodcut print of a standing nude, two embracing seated women, a reclining animal, and leafy foliage on cream paper.

Women, Animals, and Foliage

Paul Gauguin, 1898

Etching of timber centering and scaffolding for a bridge over a river, with workers, rowing boats and a distant church spire.

A view of part of the intended Bridge at Blackfriars, London

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1764

Etching of a workshop interior with a seated writer, a large clay jar, a brick furnace and a flaming vessel hanging above.

Plate 45, Volume II of "Antiquités de la Grande-Grèce"

Francesco Piranesi, ca. 1807

Watercolor ceiling design with radiating panels, birds, ribbon garlands, and floral medallions in blue, pink and gold.

Ceiling Design for the Boudoir, Ardgowan

J. S. Pearse, ca. 1868

Etching of a seated chained woman and standing figures beside a pile of bones, with bare trees and a cloudy sky.

Chained Woman and Other Figures Regarding a Pyre of Bones, from the "Capricci"

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1743

Watercolor and pencil design drawing of a desk with carved panels and plan views of portfolio compartments and a knee hole.

Design for desk and/or portfolio cabinet

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pencil sketch of two scrolling ornament designs on pale paper, one in a circular medallion, with handwritten notes reading 'n

Ornament Design

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pen sketch of ornamental door knockers, keyhole plates and mounts with handwritten location notes and measurements.

Door Knockers and Mounts from Rouen Cathedral, Goodwich Court, etc. (recto and verso)

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pen drawing of an ornamental border with scrolling foliage, a winged cherub, a unicorn and dolphin-like creatures.

Rinceau Border with Unicorn and Inlay on copper, Italian 18th century

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Symmetrical ochre and grey drawing of scrolling foliage and strapwork ornament framing a blank central arch.

Rinceau and Strapwork Ornament

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Gold-washed design drawing of two rectangular ornamental panels, one with strapwork and rosettes, one with scrolling foliage

Two Rectangular Ornaments with Strapwork, Foliage and an Eagle

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Watercolor design for two stained glass panels with draped swags, fern foliage, fish, and a mermaid medallion.

Window with marine motifs, design for Fishmongers’ Hall, London

John Dibblee Crace, 1898

Architectural drawing of a geometric library ceiling design with interlocking octagonal and cross-shaped panels in tan wash.

Ceiling design for the Library, Stuffynwood Hall, Derbyshire

John Gregory Crace, ca. 1857

Pen and wash drawing of a coffered ceiling with foliate rosettes in octagonal and quatrefoil panels, labelled Breakfast Room.

Ceiling design

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pencil drawing of a rococo ceiling design with a central oval medallion, garlands and ornate scrolled corner panels.

Rococo Style Ceiling Design

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Colored design drawing of an ornate ceiling with a central rose motif, fan supports at the corners, and heraldic shields.

Design for Ceiling with Two Portraits and Fan Supports at Corners

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Watercolor design of a Gothic Revival drawing room with fan vaulted blue ceiling, red curtains, tapestries and a red sofa.

Design for the Decoration of the Drawing Room at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire

John Gregory Crace, ca. 1850

Watercolor drawing of an ornate interior with a coffered ceiling, Corinthian columns, framed paintings and a carved cabinet.

Interior with coffered ceiling and Corinthian order applied to walls

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a dining room wall with red panels, a classical doorway and a painted Pompeian-style ceiling.

Dining Room Elevation in a Simplified Third Pompeian Style

John Gregory Crace, ca. 1870-90

Watercolor design of an ornate room with a central fireplace, painted wall panels, red drapery, and a coffered ceiling.

Interior: Fireplace wall

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a decorated gallery wall with a central arched doorway showing a garden and fountain.

Elevation and Cross-Section of of Gallery Wall

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of workmen unloading crates and framed paintings at a large arched building entrance in Paris.

Delivery Entrance of Palais des Beaux Arts at the Exposition Universelle of 1855

Eyre Crowe, 1855

Watercolor design of an art gallery interior with a shopkeeper greeting a couple among paintings and sculptures.

Design for Trade Card for Samuel P. Avery

George Cruikshank, 1873

Etched trade card of Samuel P. Avery's Fine Art Room showing a shopkeeper with a couple among paintings and sculpture.

Trade Card for Samuel P. Avery--Fine Art Room

George Cruikshank, 1873

Pencil sketch of a woman in a cloak speaking to a couple in period dress beside a large tree in a park.

In the Park

Thomas Dalziel, ca. 1859

Pen and ink drawing of a turreted Gothic Revival brick house with trees and a garden path, dated 1870.

Perspective elevation, Poles Hall, near Andover, Hampshire

T. W. Dawson, 1870

Drawing of illuminated manuscript initials with jeweled borders, a decorated letter O, and a block of black-letter Latin text

Illuminated Initial "O"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Six vertical strips of pale orange line drawings showing scrolling foliage and floral border ornament on a light sheet.

Six Border Designs

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Pen and ink title page design for The Court Journal with a heraldic crest, crowned lion, unicorn and banners.

Title page design for "The Court Journal"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62