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33,907 works

Pencil design for painted wall and ceiling decoration with scrollwork panels, floral medallions, and a decorative frieze.

Design for the painted decoration of a rooms walls and ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a painted cloudy sky framed by roses and colorful ornamental scrollwork.

Design for a ceiling painted with trompe l'oeil clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a square blue filigree ceiling panel with a central rosette and stepped gray border.

Design for a ceiling paianted in filagree patterns

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with gilded oak leaf bands and a central oval of pink and blue scrolling foliage.

Design for a ceiling decorated with bands of oak leaves and a central panel of scrolls and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor elevation of an Italianate interior with composite columns, upper loggia, ornate pediment and marbled wall panels.

Elevation of an Italianate interior, including steps and an upper loggia decorated in composite columns

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Grey wash design drawing of an ornate ceiling with an oval central medallion, radiating coffers and floral trophies in the co

Design for a ceiling with trophies and a trompe l'oeil coffers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Composite sheet of pencil drawings of an interior, a potted plant, figure studies, an ornamental cartouche and a painted frie

Seven drawings,including four decorative motifs and two scenes of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and ink drawing of four decorative motifs: an arched panel, a heraldic shield, and two half-round ornaments with figur

Four decorative motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a blue and gold ceiling with oval medallions, scrolling filigree panels and ornate corner decoration.

Design for a ceiling painted in filagree designs

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

Engraving of God gesturing toward Eve rising beside the sleeping nude Adam, with a tree trunk and rocky ground.

The creation of Eve who emerges from behind Adam

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1530-70

Engraving of mourners lowering Christ's body into a stone tomb, with three crosses on a hill and a rocky landscape behind.

The entombment of Christ, the crosses on Calvary visble in left background

Giulio Bonasone, 1563

Engraving of the seated Virgin holding the infant Christ, who reaches toward a small bird beneath a tree.

Virgin and Child seated beneath a tree

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1560

Engraving of men and youths with donkeys in a landscape, one man lifting a cup from a grain sack while others react.

Joseph's cup being discovered in Benjamin's sack of grain

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Saint Mark seated and writing with a winged lion beside him in a stone interior.

Saint Mark writing his Gospel, a winged lion at the right

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Etching of two hunters with a boar, playful cupids, a reclining figure by a fountain, and a wooded landscape.

Meleager and Atalanta

François Chauveau, 1643

Engraving of a hooded monk in chains standing on a stone pedestal inscribed with the name John Mata.

The Blessed John Mata

Nicolas Pitau, n.d.

Engraving of a bearded bishop with mitre and crosier holding an open book, standing on a pedestal labelled S. Augustinus.

St. Augustine

Nicolas Pitau, n.d.

Engraving of the prophet Elias standing on a pedestal, holding an open book, with a quill and inscription plaque below.

The Prophet Elias

Nicolas Pitau, n.d.

Engraving of Jesus Christ as Savior of the World, standing on a pedestal, raising one hand and holding an orb with a cross.

Jesus Christ

Engraved print of a hooded monk statue on a bracket, with an inscription plaque reading S. Stephanus Grandi Mon.

St. Stephanus Girandi

Conrad Lauwers, 17th century

Engraving of The Last Supper: Christ at center of a long table with apostles, twisted columns and a background footwashing sc

The Last Supper

Giovanni Battista Mazza, ca. 1580

Engraving of a standing monk in a hooded robe on a stone pedestal inscribed S. Dominicus, with a dog holding a torch.

St. Dominic

Engraved print of a standing robed saint holding keys and a tiara, on a carved pedestal with an inscribed plaque.

St. Peter Celestine

Engraving of Saint John the Baptist standing with a cross staff and a lamb beside him on an inscribed pedestal.

St. John Baptist

Engraving of St. Basil the Great as a bearded bishop holding a book, standing on a stone bracket with an inscription.

St. Basil the Great

Engraving of St. Genevieve with a halo, holding a staff and book, with cherubs and a city skyline below.

St. Genevieve

Gilles Rousselet, n.d.

Etching of two nude women bathing by a fountain while a crowned king watches from a classical balcony above.

David Watching Bathsheba Bathe

de la Court, n.d.

Lithograph of a woman in a nightgown seated in an armchair by a window, looking at a full moon over rooftops.

O Lune!... Inspire-moi ce soir quelque petite pensée..., from Les Bas-Bleus, published in "Le Charivari"

Honoré Daumier, February 28, 1844

Lithograph of a standing man and seated woman in a room with rain falling past the window, by Honoré Daumier.

We are approaching mid-November when the weather starts getting nasty, from 'The countryside gentlemen,' published in…

Honoré Daumier, November 28, 1864

Engraving of St. Scholastica kneeling in prayer with a crucifix, a dove above, a crozier and bed in a timbered room.

St. Scholastica

Gilles Rousselet

Engraving of the Holy Family with young John the Baptist and a lamb beside a large tree and stone pedestal.

Holy Family with St. John

William Faithorne the Elder, 1655-72

Engraving of Mercury flying above a temple as Cupid aims below, while draped women gather flowers in a wooded landscape.

Mercury and Herse

François Jourd'heuil, n.d.

The Children's Nurse Josephine

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Study of Thirteen Heads

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1770

Etched study sheet with several heads of older men, a milkmaid milking a cow, and a reclining goat.

Study of Six Heads and a Milkmaid

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, 1816

Etching of elegantly dressed diners seated at a draped table under a tree, with servants attending in an outdoor garden setti

Elegant Repast

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1770

Etching of the Holy Family with children, a lamb and rooster, a seated Virgin at left and a bearded man seen from behind at r

Holy Family with St. John the Baptist

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 18th century

Etching of seven women behind a low stone wall, one standing in the foreground resting her arms on a pillar.

Seven Women Seated Behind a Low Wall

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 18th century

Watercolor drawing of a large palace with towers behind trees, a weir across a river, and half-timbered houses.

View of the Dessau Castle from the East

Heinrich Olivier, 1820

Aquatint frieze of classical figures in procession, a pig, an altar and laurel branches on a dark ground with ornamental bord

Frieze with Antique Motifs

Louise Pithoud, ca. 1791

Pen and gray wash drawing of a market scene with figures handling large fish in the foreground and figures in the background.

Market Scene

Matthäus Gundelach, late 16th-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a river valley with a castle on a cliff, a winding road, and a distant town with church spires.

View of the Rhine and Remagen from the North (?)

Ernst Fries, 1815-33

Profile Portrait of Miss Wieling

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, late 18th-19th century

Pencil drawing of a seated female nude seen from behind, leaning on one arm, legs extended over a stone base.

Seated Female Nude Seen from the Back

Samuel Amsler, 1819

Pen and wash drawing of classical warriors and women in a tumultuous interior scene, with a doorway at right.

Scene from the Iliad

Michael Martin Drölling, 1815

Pen drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a walled city, surrounded by disciples waving palm fronds and angels above.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Gustav Ferdinand König, 1841

Red and black chalk study of a kneeling man in a draped cloak, head turned upward, on blue-grey paper.

Study of a Kneeling Man; verso: Cropped Study of a Standing Man in a Cloak

Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1788-1853

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling man, a bearded standing man, and a seated woman holding fruit before classical column

Allegory of Fecundity (?)

Gérard de Lairesse, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a classical scene with soldiers, grieving women and a fallen figure before a long city wall.

The Surviving Horatian

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, first half 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of a seated youth beside a large eagle, with two peacocks and a fruit basket below.

Jupiter, disguised as an eagle, with Ganymede, and a sketch of two peacocks

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a standing man in a white Roman toga beside a patterned curtain and small side table.

Standing Roman

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1875-90

Ritratti di alcuni Ostrogotti

Joseph François Foulquier, 1768

Red chalk drawing of a wooded path with a large tree at left, a small figure walking, and a cottage among trees.

Wooded Landscape

Friedrich August Brand, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a shadowed wooded ravine with a creek flowing toward a bright waterfall beneath overhanging trees.

Wooded Landscape with a Creek

Christoph Nathe, 1770-1806

Brown wash drawing of an ivy-framed landscape with figures, a thatched hut, and a distant bay under a hazy sky.

Grape Harvest at the Gulf of Naples

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1770-1825

Grey wash drawing of centaurs by a pond beneath tall, twisting trees with hills in the distance.

Centaurs at a Pond

Friedrich Preller the Elder, 1824-78

Watercolor of a forest stream with a small waterfall, a leaning mossy tree, and several figures resting on the banks.

Landscape with Waterfall

Friedrich Christian Klass, late 18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a large tree with two seated travelers, a walking figure on a path, and a distant town.

Landscape with Wayfarers

Ferdinand Kobell, 1740-99

Grey wash drawing of rocky landscape with ruins, a windswept pine, a thatched cottage and pale cliffs under cloudy sky.

Landscape with a ruin near Mödling

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1796

Grey wash drawing of an idealized landscape with cliffs, a waterfall, grazing cows, a lake, and a distant temple.

Ideal Landscape with a Shepherd and Cows

Johann Christian Klengel, 1770-1824

Pen drawing of a colonnaded hall with a fountain, two standing men in robes and armor, and ornate decorative borders.

Three Scenes from the Life of the Prophet Daniel

Jost Amman, 1564

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned emperor at a banquet between columns, with courtiers, a page, and a dog in the foreground.

Episode from the "Gesta Romanorum": The Emperor and the Page

Jörg Breu the Elder, 1500-1537

Watercolor elevation of a decorated interior wall with a mirror above a fireplace, flanked by two painted panels with figures

Elevation of an interior wall decorated with a chimney piece surmouted by a mirror and flanked with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor study of a flowing-robed female figure with pink drape in a circle, beside a panel of cherubs among clouds.

Two designs for the decoration of ceilings with figures in clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil design for a decorative panel with a pastoral scene, rococo scrolls, garlands, and a trellis arch over seated figures

Design for a panel painted with a pastoral scene and rococco motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Tall decorative door design with gilded panels, a dancing woman with a tambourine, and a lower roundel of ducks among flowers

Design for a decorated door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a gilded ceiling with rococo scrollwork, a central rosette, and a small painted panel of two seated fig

Design for a ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Ink and wash drawing of a curved ornamental border with scrolls, foliage and a central mask, beside a pencil study.

Design for decorative border

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Horizontal ceiling border design with rococo cartouches, putti on the left and reclining figures in a landscape on the right.

Design for the decorative border around a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Ochre-ground design drawing of a ceiling border with scrolling foliage and a putto carrying a basket of flowers at center.

Design for decorative border to a ceiling with a putto carrying a basket of flowers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Half-circle ceiling design with gold rococo scrollwork, acanthus leaves, floral garlands and small painted cherubs.

Partial design for a circular ceiling decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil elevation drawing of a decorated interior wall with double doors, ornamental panels, and classical urn and putti friez

Elevation of an interior showing a paneled wall and double doors decorated in rococco sty.e

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with painted clouds framed by a gilded rococo scroll border with floral accents.

Design for the decoration of aceiling with painted clouds and a pierced border

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a diamond-patterned coffered ceiling with red and blue panels, scrollwork, rosettes and painted initials.

Design for a coffered ceiling with painted initials: SRI (?)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Colored design of a coffered ceiling with blue, red and pink panels decorated with arabesques and masks.

Alternate designs for the decoration of a coffered ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design of a beamed ceiling with alternating blue floral-patterned panels, brown wood-grain beams and cream ornamen

Design for the decoration of a beamed ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling border with Greek key bands, scrolling foliage, purple flowers, and an empty central

Partial design for the painted decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with fretwork borders, bead moldings and scrolled corner ornaments in brown, pink a

Partial Design for the decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Drawing of a coffered ceiling design with ornamental panels, rosettes and scrollwork in brown ink on ochre wash.

Design for a decorated ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Etching of ancient Roman ruins at Cumae, with tall stone arches, overgrown trees, and small figures among the broken masonry.

Ruines de Cumes

Pierre Quentin Chedel, 18th century

Etching of elegant figures in a garden with a boat, nude statue on a pedestal, and cherubs in clouds above.

The Isle of Cythera

Jérôme-François Chantereau, ca. 1750

Oval etching of a seated nude woman by a stream beneath trees, with draped cloth and hatched landscape background.

Nymph at a Bath

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 1744

Etching of a seated female nude in an oval frame, with drapery, trees, and a bow and quiver at the left.

Diana at the Bath

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 1744

Etching of a ruined stone tower and wall beside a tall poplar and leafy trees on a rocky bank.

Rustic Landscape

duc de Chartres Louis Philippe Joseph, 18th century

Etching of a ruined stone arch and broken column among shrubs and cypress trees in a rustic landscape.

Rustic Landscape with Stone Monument

duc de Chartres Louis Philippe Joseph, 18th century

Etching of a stone mason in a hat chiseling a block of stone beside a column, with a garden wall and trees behind.

Stone Mason at Work

duc de Chartres Louis Philippe Joseph, 1762

Etching of a man in a powdered wig and lace cuffs, resting his head on his hand while reading a large sheet at a table.

Portrait of a Man Reading

Dominique Vivant Denon, 18th-early 19th century

Etching of a young man in a cap reading and writing at a table beside a barred window and shelves with vases.

Young Man Writing and Reading from Large Volume at His Left

Dominique Vivant Denon, n.d.

Etching of two women conversing on a grassy bank by a stream, with a dog and trees in the background.

Two Women in a Landscape

Dominique Vivant Denon, 18th-early 19th century

Etching of a grazing cow beside a tree under storm clouds, with a shaft of light over flat fields and a distant spire.

Landscape with Storm

Dominique Vivant Denon, 18th-early 19th century

Etched sheet of many sketched heads in wigs and turbans, plus a seated man in a coat at lower right.

Sketches of Voltaire at Age Eighty-One

Dominique Vivant Denon, 1775

Etching of a woman in a headscarf nursing an infant on a stool, with baskets and household objects around them.

Mother and Child

Jacques François Amand, 18th century

Engraving of Adam and Eve beside a tree in a forest paradise, surrounded by horses, lions, deer, dogs, camels and swans.

Adam and Eve in Paradise

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1631

Chalk drawing of a bearded man's head turned upward to the right, with white highlights on grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Man, Looking up to the Right

Bartolomeo Schedoni, ca. 1595-1615

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve by a tree with a serpent, surrounded by animals including a parrot, cat and bull.

Adam and Eve

Johannes Wierix, 1566

Engraving of God joining nude Adam and Eve beneath a fruit tree, with a crowd and banners in an arched background.

The Marriage of Adam and Eve, from The Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, ca. 1540-55