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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Brown and white drawing of a symmetrical ornamental panel with scrolls, satyrs, putti, monsters and a central human head.

Design for an Ornamental Panel with Rinceaux, Satyrs, Putti, Monsters and a Human Head

Giulio Campi, 1535-45

Pen and brown ink sketches of grotesque wall ornaments with a central male figure, horses, masks and candelabra designs.

Sketches for Grotesque Wall Decorations

Girolamo da Carpi, 1501-56

Catalogue sheet with watercolor drawings of white and colored Venetian glassware, numbered and priced in lira.

Specimens of White and Colored Glassware

Compagnia di Venezia e Murano, 1866-1880

Watercolor sheet of numbered Venetian glass goblets, decanters and vases with gold and blue decoration and handwritten prices

Specimens of Tinted Glassware with Decorations in Gold and Blue

Compagnia di Venezia e Murano, 1866-1880

Pencil drawing of grotesque masks, a bird-headed scroll and acanthus ornaments on a pale sheet.

Drawing of a Grotesque after a 16th-century Decorative Relief

Filippo Cretoni, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of grotesque ornament with putti, satyrs, vases and architectural niches in tiered rows.

Sketches of Grotesques

Giovanni Antonio Dosio, 1533-1609

Pen and watercolor design of an arched niche with a classical urn, laurel garland, and two putti beside a blank tablet.

Design for a Monument

Pietro Fancelli, 1764-1850

Grey-toned ornamental design drawing with white highlights showing a wall monument, balustrade, angels holding garlands and s

Ornamental Design for a Wall Monument Surmounted by a Balustrade with Human Figures, Angels Holding Garlands and Drap…

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

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 seated allegorical female figures on an ornate sculptural architectural design with columns and arche

Studies for a Sculpture with Figures of Prudence, Industry and Economy Supported by Slaves and an Oval Plaque with Ca…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a female face framed by ornate scrolls, acanthus leaves and curling tendrils in a decorative cartouche

Female Mask Surrounded by Tendrils

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a female face in a scrolled helmet topped by a winged dragon, on aged paper.

Design for a Helmet with a Dragon Presented in Frontal View

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate cartouche flanked by a bearded man, a laurel-crowned youth in armor, and four putti.

Drawing of Cartouche with Bearded Man Left, Young man crowned with Laurels Right, and Four Putti

Battista Franco Veneziano

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

Gray wash drawing of a seated ruler on a throne with courtiers, a fire at right, in an ornate Rococo frame.

A Scene of Judgment

Johann Melchior Füssli, ca. 1730

Head of a Bearded, Young Man in Profile Facing Right

Bronzino, 1545-55

The Archangel Gabriel Kneeling to the Right; Small Study of Head at Lower Left

Jacopo da Empoli, late 16th century

Grey wash drawing of crumbling Roman arches, columns and a pedimented doorway overgrown with shrubs.

View of Ancient Roman Ruins, an Arch and a Triangular-Pedimented Doorway

Filippo Mochi, 18th century

Pen and red chalk sketch of a man leaning on a staff beside a dog, with trees and landscape in the background.

Framed Sketch for a Man, a Dog and a Tree

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Watercolor design for a painted wall with a seated female figure, wheat sheaves, pheasants in a landscape, and floral borders

Design for Painted Wall Decoration for a Bakery

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

Engraving of Apollo seated on Parnassus with muses and laurel-crowned poets, with cherubs holding wreaths above.

Apollo sitting on Parnassus surrounded by the muses and famous poets

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1517-20

Engraved frieze of a bacchanal with Silenus supported by revelers, satyrs, a reclining woman and a Priapus statue.

A Bacchanal, Silenus supported by two bacchants in the centre, at right a female satyr reclining on a bed and another…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-13

Engraving of a seated bare-chested man holding a laurel branch, with two draped women, a tree, and a classical building behin

The Man with a Laurel Branch

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Pope Paul III in a Skullcap

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Pencil drawing of ornamental ceiling designs with scrollwork, foliate motifs and circular medallions for Hôtel Cottier.

Three Designs for Ceilings, Hôtel Cottier

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1879

Watercolor of a Gothic church interior with a robed altar boy in the foreground and ribbed vaulted ceilings above.

View of Interior with Figures, Saint Clotilde

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

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central panel of putti on clouds, surrounded by blue and gold ornamental borders.

Design for Ceiling with Putti, Hôtel of Doctor Cranchi

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1872

Engraving of a Roman triumphal arch with three passageways, columns, relief panels, and a cherub holding a banner above.

The Arch of Constantine, Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

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

Two watercolor ceiling designs with putti, allegorical figures, and ornamental scrollwork on a blue-grey mount.

Two Designs for Ceiling with Putti and Allegorical Figures of the Arts

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