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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pen and wash drawing of a winged angel in green drapery above a mass of falling figures among clouds.

Study for the Fall of Simon Maqus, S. Paolo Maggiare, Naples

Francesco Solimena, 1690

Brown wash drawing of an oval ceiling design with angels, clouds, and a nativity-like group of figures below.

Design for an Oval Ceiling with Four New Testament Scenes

Bartolommeo Tarsia, 1711-65

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate rococo cartouche with an empty oval center and scrolling acanthus ornament.

Design for Cartouche

Fortunato Tesi, 18th century

Brown ink and wash design sketch of a half cartouche with scrolling foliage and a carved mask at upper right.

Design for Half Cartouche with Mask

Fortunato Tesi, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of an ornate painted ceiling design with curved bands, scrollwork, and putti holding garlands.

One Quarter Design for a Painted Ceiling

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1730-66

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated female figure in clouds, a putto, a draped figure, and a boar on a title page.

Title Page

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1727-1804

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded interior where a sick man lies on a bed surrounded by onlookers and columns.

Saint Anthony of Padua Healing a Sick Man (recto); Partial Figural Studies Based on the Composition on the Recto (verso)

Tiberio Titi, 1590-1600

Watercolor design for a rococo painted ceiling with a gilded central medallion, scrolls, musical instruments and floral urns.

Design for a Painted Ceiling

Giovanni Antonio Torricelli, 1716-81

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate candlestick or crucifix base with an urn, scrolls, winged putti and lion feet.

Design for Candlestick or for a Crucifix Base

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1540-47

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate candlestick with winged figures and a medallion scene at its base.

Design of a Candlestick with Winged Figures at Base Surrounding Scenic Medallion

Perino del Vaga, 1521-47

Pen and ink design sheet with grotesque figures, urns, scrolling foliage, birds and drapery for a wall decoration.

Design for a Grotesque Wall Decoration

Perino del Vaga, 1501-47

Pen and ink design sketch of a decorated wall with garlands, urns, a bird, medallions, and grotesque panels.

Design for Grotesque Wall Decoration

Perino del Vaga, early 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate palace interior with arched vaults, classical columns, and decorative scrollwork.

Design for a Stage Set: Highly Decorated Interior of a Palace

Giuseppe Valeriani, 1740-70

Pen drawing of ornamental scrollwork with a central putto and two figures riding dolphins over waves below.

Designs for Ornamental Motifs with Figures, Real and Imaginary Animals, and Coats of Arms of the Medici Grand Dukes

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Pen drawing of a tomb design with an oval portrait bust, scrolling ornament, skull mask and stepped pedestal base.

Design for a Tomb of Epitaph (recto); An Unfinished Variation of a Tomb or Epitaph (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a female head in an ornate scrolled helmet topped by a winged sphinx and plumes.

Design for a Helmet with a Sphinx presented in 3/4 View

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Two Studies for Helmet Designs Presented En Profil

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Design for a Helmet with an Elaborate Plume

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate two-handled vase with scrolled handles, oval bands, and a pedestal foot on a mounted sheet.

Outline of Design for a Vase with Two Handles

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown ink drawing of an ornate two-handled vase with scrolled handles, decorated cartouche, and footed base.

Outline of Design for a Two-Handled Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and blue wash drawing of a lidded ewer with scrolled handles and bull head masks on a footed base.

Design for a Ewer with Bull Heads under the Handles and Spout

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental frame with scrolling foliage, winged cherubs, and an empty central panel.

Design for a Carved or Openworked Frame with a Variant

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman and children watching a standing woman with a small dog in a garden.

The Education of a Dog

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate epitaph design with a pediment, urns, a medallion of two figures, and a blank tablet.

Design for an Epitaph

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash design for an architectural frame with a pediment, scrolled cartouche, and empty central panel.

Design for a Frame or Epitaph (recto); Caryatid Supporting a Frame (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate footed chalice with acanthus scrollwork on the cup and a lobed stem.

Design for a Chalice (recto); Design for the Base of a Vase (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate chalice with acanthus leaves, shell motifs and a scrolled stem.

Design for a Chalice with Acanthus and Shell Decoration

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink design sketch of an ornate lidded vessel with scrolling foliage on a footed base.

Design for a Vessel

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate vessel with two tritons blowing horns and a winged putto atop a pedestal.

Design for a Vessel with Two Tritons Blowing Horns and a Winged Putto on Top

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pencil and brown wash drawing of an ornate scrolling cartouche framing a faint sketched figure.

Design for a Cartouche

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design of a rococo cartouche with an Annunciation scene above and a robed figure with a staff below.

Design for a Cartouche with an Annunication above and a Kneeling Figure with Staff Below

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a pilaster ornament and a rococo cartouche with scrolling foliage on aged paper.

Designs for a Pilaster Ornament and Cartouche (recto); Design for a Window or a Wall Plaque (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink drawing of a blank oval cartouche framed by palm fronds and curling scrolls.

Two Variants for a Cartouche with Palm Leave Decoration

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Graphite sketch of symmetrical rocaille scrollwork forming an ornamental cartouche on torn tan paper.

Design for a Rocaille Cartouche

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate rococo scrolled frame with foliage and a carved mask, on pale paper.

Design for the Frame of a Mirror or Fire Screen (recto); Various Sketches (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown wash drawing of a satyr and satyress lifting a tall vase on a scrolled pedestal.

Design for a Statue consisting of a Satyr and Satyress Lifting a Vase

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design sheet with a rococo shell frieze above two angled corner ornaments of scrolls and foliage.

Designs for the Decoration of a Frieze and Corner Motifs (recto); Design for Two Frames Decorated with Volutes, Garla…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink sketch of an ornamental frieze with scrolling acanthus leaves and a fan-shaped palmette on paper.

Design for a Frieze Decorated With a Palmette and Tendrils (recto); Two Designs for a Rosette (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate vase with scrolled handles and a hanging festoon garland.

Design for a Vase with Handles, Decorated with a Festoon

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate two-handled urn with acanthus scrolls, egg-and-tongue band, and fluted body on a pedestal.

Design for a Two-Handled Urn with Acanthus, Shell, and Egg-and-Tongue Motif

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of Baroque scrollwork ornament with urn and baluster details on a sheet with construction lines.

Design for the Crowning Decorations of a Gate (recto); Sketches of Stone Blocks with Measurements (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental panel with acanthus scrolls, a floral motif and part of an oval medallion.

Left Side of a Panel Decorated with Acanthus Scrolls and an Oval Medallion

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of an ornamental pedestal with scroll brackets and a central framed cartouche panel.

Design for a Pedestal (recto); Design for the Plan of a Monument (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate lectern with scrolling volutes, floral garlands, and a curved base.

Design for a Lectern (recto); Design for a Cartouche (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate niche fountain with flanking terms, putti, and a shell-shaped crown above a tiered basin.

Design for a Fountain in a Niche flanked by Terms

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative lidded urn with scrolled handles and a flower garland, with a smaller vase design at low

Two Designs for Vases (recto); Design for Candle Stick (?) (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate lidded vase with scrolling handles and foliate decoration on a pedestal base.

Design for a Vase with a Cross-section of its Neck (recto); Design for a Vase with studies of a Muscular Nude Male Fi…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown ink drawing of a dolphin-entwined vessel base with scrolling waves and sea forms on pale paper.

Design for the Base of a Vessel with Three Dolphins

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and brown wash drawing of a vessel base supported by two crouching satyr figures with raised arms.

Design for the Base of a Vessel with Two Satyrs

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and grey wash drawing of an oval basin supported by two male sirens with scrolling tails.

Table or Basin Supported by Male Sirens (recto); Sketch for the same subject (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design of a lion's head flanked by two putti on scrolled ornament, with grey wash shading.

Design for a Lion's Head flanked by Satyrs

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a tiered funerary monument with draped allegorical figures, flaming urns, and a cross-topped spire.

Design for a Funerary Monument

Ignaz Günther, ca. 1710-40

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with cherubs, scrolling stucco ornament and architectural frames.

Design for a Decorated Ceiling with Statues and Stucco

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a suspended censer with fluted bowl, winged cherub heads, and scroll chains.

Design for Suspended Censer

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a footed cup with a shell-shaped bowl and a large scrolling volute ornament.

Design for a Cup or Reliquary Composed of a Shell and S-Volute

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design of an ornate fountain with two lions spouting water beside a central garlanded urn and tiered basin.

Design for a Fountain with Two Water-Spouting Lions (recto); Sketch for Triumph of Galatea [?] (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of the sea nymph Galatea on a shell chariot drawn by two dolphins through swirling waves.

Galatea on her Chariot drawn by Dolphins

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Engraving of a bearded herm-like figure on a pedestal flanked by two horned grotesque figures and hanging torches.

Designs for Terms

Jean Mignon, ca. 1543-45

Engraving of a bearded man and a seated woman handling a monkey beside a tree, with a parasol on the ground.

The Five Senses

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of a woman in a flowing robe beside a birdcage and a parrot on a branch, with a bowl and umbrella in the garden.

The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Pen and ink sketch of a standing draped male figure with spear, surrounded by reclining figures on rocky ground.

New Book of Various Figures

François Boucher, 1751

Engraved print of a woman in layered robes holding a fan, standing in a garden with a pavilion and bridge.

Suite de Figures Chinoises. . . Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Engraved catalogue plate of a fluted cream jug (10497) and covered teapot (10498) with leaf-patterned bands.

Manufacturer's Catalogue of Silver Plated Ware

Matthew Boulton, ca. 1790

Gray wash drawing of a neoclassical candelabrum with two draped female figures holding laurel wreaths and a flaming urn.

Candelabrum with Two Victory Figures (for 'Ornamenti Diversi')

Giocondo Albertolli, ca. 1782