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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Watercolor design of a wall with paired paneled doors and an ornate central panel with scrollwork and a landscape medallion.

Design for a Pair of Doors Joined by an Ornamental Panel

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

Two watercolor designs for ornamental panels, one with a lettered cartouche and figures, one with a seated trident figure in

Two Designs for Ornamental Panels

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

Watercolor design of a salon ceiling with red and blue striped bands, blue scrolling foliage and gilded central panel.

Design for Ceiling, Château de St. Aubin

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

Colored design drawing of a Pompeiian-style wall with ceiling panel, columns, garlands, urns and a central candelabrum motif.

Design for Wall Paneling and Ceiling in Pompeiian Style, The Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Colored design drawing of a gothic chapel altar with stained glass windows, heraldic crest and ornate scrollwork.

Design for Altar and Chapel, Farnborough

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Engraving of a chaotic battle with armored horsemen, fallen soldiers, chariots, and a burning city in the background.

Battle with a Cutlass

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Watercolor design of a chimney piece with a heraldic coat of arms above a grey mantel against a red wall.

Design for Chimney Piece, Château du Duc de Meternick, Johannisburg

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

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with octagonal panels, classical figure medallions and ornamental borders in blue, r

Design for Coffered Ceiling in Four Alternate Color Schemes, Empress Eugenie's Hotel

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

Watercolor design for a decorative cove with flower garlands, acanthus scrolls, a central cartouche and urn finials.

Design for Cove Section

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

Engraving of a nude young man pointing toward sunbeams beside a tree, and an old man reclining in grass at right.

An old man reclining on the ground at right; at left a naked younger man standing pointing toward the sun with and le…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of a lion hunt with armored men, horses, lions and a reclining nude woman beneath trees, with Latin text below.

The Lion Hunt, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-1534

Three engravings on one sheet: a pensive seated woman under an angel vision, a woman with a child, and a reclining nursing mo

Vision of St. Helena [Pensive Woman]

Marcantonio Raimondi, n.d.

Engraved bacchanal frieze with satyrs, revelers, a reclining woman, and a statue of Priapus among trees and curtains.

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

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-13

Engraving of a Roman triumph with a nude hero on armor, a woman holding a laurel wreath, soldiers and classical architecture.

The triumph of a Roman Emperor; a young naked hero stands at center on a pile of armor; a woman at right holds aloft…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510

Engraving of Saint Lawrence on a gridiron over a fire, with nude executioners, robed onlookers and arcaded architecture.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, after Bandinelli

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520

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.

Pen and wash drawing of two theatrical costume designs, a man in puffed doublet and a woman in a gathered gown.

Drawings for Two Masquerade or Ballet Costumes ('Sospiri' and 'Baci')

Giovanni Battista Paggi, 1554-1627

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated bearded warrior in armor with a draped woman offering a laurel wreath.

Seated Warrior Between Two Figures

Giambattista Zelotti, 1546-78

Pen and ink drawing of a monument with a standing Madonna and Child, two putti, and a tiered base in an arched niche.

Design for a Wall Tomb or Monument (Recto); Smaller Variant Version with Half Length Madonna & Child on Crescent Moon…

Giovanni Francesco Penni, 1496-1528

Pen and brown ink drawing of ornamental military trophies with helmets, armor, griffins, scrolls and a shield.

Designs for Ornamental Military Trophies (recto and verso)

Enea Vico, ca. 1540-70

Red chalk vignette of a huntress with spear, hunting dog, stag head, and two putti within a rococo cartouche.

Vignette Illustrating Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata" (X:78)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1745

Grotesque Head With a Large Ear and an Open Mouth Looking to the Right Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Small Grotesque Head Looking to the Left Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Watercolor of figures in a Roman tavern courtyard with musicians, benches, and painted sun and rooster motifs on the walls.

Interior of a Roman Inn

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1817

Pen and wash drawing of a papal coat of arms with tiara, Rococo scrollwork, and handwritten heraldic color annotations.

Coat of Arms of Clement XIII (Rezzonico)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1758-69

Pen drawing of an ornate lidded silver tankard with a lion finial and engraved soldier figures on its body.

Preparatory Drawing for an Illustration of a Seventeenth-Century Dutch Tankard from the Demidov Collection

C. Prosdocimi, 1879

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man gesturing to a kneeling woman beside a standing figure, with dark wash accents.

Abraham Dismissing Hagar

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Pen and wash drawing of a funerary monument with a skeleton, scythe, hourglass, skulls and mourning winged figures.

Design for a Funerary Monument

Francesco Salviati, 1510-63

Pen and grey wash drawing of classical architecture with seated women, putti, and clouded figures above a sunburst.

Drawing for a Frontispiece

Mauro Soderini, 1704-39

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