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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Watercolor design for painted coving with acanthus scrolls, a classical figure in the spandrel, and a gilded cornice above an

Design for Coving, Hotel de Trevise

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Graphite study of four architectural rinceaux with scrolling leaves, flowers and berries on cream paper.

Architectural Motifs: Four Rinceaux

Georges Seurat, ca. 1875

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate architectural alcove with carved figural supports, scrolled panels and an open archway.

Design for a Proscenium or Monumental Alcove

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design of an ornate frame topped with a fan-shaped shell motif and scrolled brackets, with an empty central panel

Design for a Frame Decorated with a Shell Motif

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Sepia pen and wash drawing of mourners lowering a shrouded body into a stone tomb, with a fainting woman at right.

The Entombment, after Mantegna

Rembrandt van Rijn, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a face under an ornate shell headpiece with a large feathery plume, by Giovanni Battista Foggini.

View in 3/4 of a Design for a Headpiece Decorated with a Shell and Large Plume

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Etching of a haloed bearded figure raising his hand before a crowd of sick and kneeling people in a town street.

Healing the Infirm (Jésus-Christ guérit plusieurs malades en Galilée)

Etching of Christ healing a paralytic lowered through a roof while a crowd watches, with a Latin caption below.

Healing the Paralytic (Jésus-Christ prouve en guérissant un paralytique, qu'il a le pouvoir de pardonner les péchés)

Pen sketch of a rider on a rearing horse inside a scrolling ornamental cartouche with a pedestal below.

Design for an Equestrian Statue in a Cartouche (recto); Sketches for a Frieze with Sea-Shells and Floral Ornament (ve…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a winged cherub with scrolling ornament forming a console or capital beneath an entablature.

Design for a Console or Capital with a Cherub

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash design of a sculptural ornament with an eagle, large volutes and acanthus leaves on a yellow ground.

Design for a Sculptural Ornament With an Eagle, Volutes and Leaves

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Grey sketch of bathers in a wooded landscape on a 1898 Cézanne exhibition announcement from Galerie Vollard.

Exhibition Announcement and Catalogue for a Cézanne show at the Galerie Vollard (May 9-June 10, 1898)

Paul Cézanne, 1898

Pen and wash drawing of African figures among palm trees, with elephants, tusks, a parasol and clay vessels.

Scene of Africa (Allegory?)

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of European men and turbaned figures trading near a stone pedestal, palm trees and boats.

Europeans Engaging in Commerce and Trade in Asia

Pieter Jacobsz. van Laer, early 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a Dutch street with a windmill, a stone city gate, strolling figures and a dog.

Entrance to The Hague from the South East

Jacob Elias La Fargue, 1750-76

Red and black chalk drawing of a seated woman with flowers and playful winged putti in a mythological scene.

Mythological Subject

Gérard de Lairesse, n.d.

Drawing of a woman in a white headscarf and shawl, shown half-length with gray wash and red chalk accents.

Half-figure of a Woman

Jacob Matham, 1605

Pen and brown ink drawing of a helmeted nude warrior with a shield and a small winged child reaching toward him.

Mars and Cupid (recto); Female Standing Figure with a Helmet and a Shield (Bellona?) (verso)

Andrea Schiavone, 1501-63

Sketches of Sculptured Decoration. Entablatures and a Frieze with Human, Animal and Floral Ornaments

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of two curved ornamental cornice designs with scrollwork, volutes and small putti figures.

Two Designs for the Decoration of a Circular Frieze or Cornice

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Etching of a helmeted hero freeing a nude woman chained to rocks beside a sea monster, with a winged horse above.

Perseus Saving Andromeda

Giovanni David, 1775

Engraving of four musicians playing lute and cello around a table in a room with open windows, sheet music scattered on the t

Hearing

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a seated woman and attendant in an interior, with a man aiming a rifle from a window at right.

Sight

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of a couple on a terrace smelling flowers, with a formal garden and dogs beside a stone balustrade.

Smell

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638

Engraving of a fashionable dinner scene with seated diners, a servant with a platter, a dog, and a tapestry behind.

Taste

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of a seated couple embracing by a fireplace while a servant draws a bed curtain in a richly furnished room.

Touch

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraving of a surgeon bandaging a seated woman's arm in a richly furnished room, with a servant holding a basin and dogs on

The Surgeon

Abraham Bosse, 1632

Engraving of a seated woman having her shoe fitted by a kneeling shoemaker, with a couple at a table and French verses below.

The Shoemaker

Abraham Bosse, 1632-33

Etching of a barber shaving a seated man in a richly furnished bedroom with a canopy bed, window, and French verses below.

The Barber

Abraham Bosse, 1632-33

Engraving of a schoolmistress teaching young girls in a furnished room with a window, a dog, and a sweeping servant.

The School Mistress

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1638