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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Design drawing of a paneled ceiling, with a corner in color showing gilded moldings, blue and red panels, and grotesque ornam

Design for a paneled ceiling to be painted in grotesque motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorative panel with a heraldic shield, crown, stag head, floral garland and scrolled frame.

Design of a decorative panel featuring hunting trophies, a shield, and a crown

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for an arched painted ceiling with blue ground, rose scrollwork ornament and brown-red border.

Partial design for painted ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Blue rinceaux scroll design on a peach ground with a central rosette medallion and foliate borders.

Partial design for a decorative panel painted in rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with gilded strapwork, pine cone motifs, and a central rosette medallion.

Partial design for a ceiling painted in strapwork and pine cone motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pen and watercolor design for a paneled ceiling split into two decorative schemes with gold scrollwork and a central medallio

Design for a paneled ceiling with alternative decorations

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pencil elevation drawing of a dining room with a carved buffet, mirror, vases and draped window curtains.

Elevation of a dining room with a carved buffet and window draperies

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central rosette, green coffered grid, and scrolling ornamental friezes.

Alternative designs for the painted decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Design drawing of a coffered ceiling with a painted sky opening filled with flying birds and fruit medallions.

Design for a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil sky filled with birds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor elevation of a paneled wall with double doors, a painted panel of ducks, and a landscape mural with gold border.

Elevation of a paneled wall with a mural or tapestry and a double doors surmounted by a painting of ducks

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Etching of a rocky forest clearing with a large boulder, fallen log, bare tree, and a small figure by the stone.

Simplicius in der Waldeinöde, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of a moonlit ruined château with figures below, beside an ex libris bookplate with ships, music and a violin.

The Owl's Château

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1867-98

Three painted design studies for ornamental room borders with floral bouquets, gilded scrolls and red medallion patterns.

Three designs for painted borders to decorate a room

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Painted design for a paneled ceiling with a central cherub group, bird panels, floral garlands, and gilded ornamental borders

Design for a paneled ceiling painted with putti, birds, and floral motifs on tracing paper; mounted on wove paper

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Etching of an old bearded man and a young girl reading a book together in a forest hut surrounded by trees and rocks.

Simplici Schreibstunde, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Design drawing for a coffered ceiling with a central putto cartouche, red and black panels, bird scenes and gilded ornament.

Design for a ceiling painted with grotesque motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Etching of a wounded centaur rearing on a grassy plain while nude hunters with spears pursue it under a cloudy sky.

Verfolgter Centaur, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Watercolor design for a paneled ceiling with ornate moldings, floral medallions, and green painted accents.

Design for a paneled ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Four painted decorative border designs with putti, floral garlands, scrollwork, urns and swan medallions on a pale ground.

Four designs for painted borders to decorate a room

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of two painted panels: a blue rosette on gold and an ornate white monogram on red, in a wooden frame.

Two alternative designs for the painted decoration of a panel (one with the intertwined initials CL)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Two watercolor designs for a paneled ceiling with gold scrollwork, rosettes, and blue and red painted panels.

Two designs for paneled ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Loose etching of a seated woman in a bonnet bent over sewing, her hands raised, on a pale empty ground.

The Maid Sewing (Bonne Femme Cousant)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of a stone church with a bell tower and cemetery cross under a cloudy sky, with two figures in the foreground.

The Jobourg Church

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1887

Etching of a flock of geese crossing a field toward a wooden gate, with two figures and bare trees under a hazy sky.

Geese

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of large thatched cottages behind a wooden fence, with a cart and stone wall at right under a cloudy sky.

Large Thatched Cottages (Les Grandes Chaumières)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of a coastal landscape with a ruined chapel, steep cliffs, a distant sea and a sailboat under a dramatic sky.

Saint-Michel à L'Estre

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1881

Etching of a rainy Paris quay with pedestrians, horse carriages, gas lamps and smoking chimneys under a hazy sky.

Winter Morning on the Quay, Paris

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1883

Etching of two figures under an umbrella walking a rain-soaked path toward a gabled country house with a small dog.

Country Neighbors (Les Voisins de Campagne)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of thatched cottages with smoking chimneys, a flock of geese in the foreground, and a cloudy sky.

Small Thatched Cottages (Les Petites Chaumières)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1878

Etching of a woman in a long dark gown beside three white swans in a misty landscape with trees and birds.

Lady of the Swans

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879

Etching of a figure with gear wading across shallow water under a dark, cloudy sky with birds flying overhead.

The Seascape Painter (Le Peintre de marine)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of a rainy country road with a figure under an umbrella, a small dog, and a gabled house behind a garden fence.

The Country Neighbors (Les Voisins de Campagne)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of a winged genius with a lyre and torches on a cloud, inside an oval frame, labeled Genie de la Poësie.

Genie de la Poësie

Madame la Marquise de Pompadour, 18th century

Engraved print of a woman in an elaborate feathered ballet costume holding a fan, with a landscape behind her.

Costume of an Indian Woman from the Ballet "Triumph of Love" (Habit d'Indienne du balet du Triomphe de l'amour)

Juan Dolívar, 1681-92

Engraved costume design of a man in an ornate plumed helmet and embroidered tunic holding a spear in a formal garden.

Costume of Endymion from the Ballet "Triumph of Love" (Habit d'Andimion du balet du 'Triomphe de l'amour)

Jean Bérain, ca. 1681

Etching of anthropomorphic butterflies and insects at a dressing table in a rococo interior, with the caption La Toilette.

The Toilet (La Toilette), from Essai de Papilloneries Humaines par Saint Aubin

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, ca. 1756-60

Architectural elevation drawing of a classical facade with pediment, columns and tall windows, titled Lyceum of Natural Histo

Lyceum of Natural History, New York (front elevation)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Etching of a snowy Paris street with horse carriages, dogs, pedestrians, and an advertising kiosk, with small scenes in the m

Winter in Paris, or Paris in the Snow

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879

Etching of people with umbrellas walking on a wooden pier under a stormy sky with gulls, a mast and a smoking chimney.

A Pier in England (Une Jetée en Angleterre)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879

Etching of horse-drawn cabs waiting on a rainy city quay beside tall buildings and a lamp post, with pedestrians.

Winter Morning on the Quai de l'Hôtel-Dieu (Cabstand)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1876

Etching of a rainy Paris quay with horse carriages, tall buildings, a street lamp and pedestrians reflected on wet pavement.

Winter Morning on the Quai de l'Hôtel Dieu

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1876

Etching of a snowy Paris street with carriages, pedestrians, dogs, and a kiosk, with small sketches along the left edge.

Winter in Paris, or Snow in Paris

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879

Etching of two figures with an umbrella and lantern walking down a dark, rainy stone street at night.

Midnight Revel (Le Réveillon)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, second half 19th century

Etching of an ornate jeweled tiara on a decorated stand, with cherub heads and a distant dome around it.

The Tiara

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1888

Etching of ghostly robed figures drifting through a stormy sky above a distant city, with a crowd and a bird in the foregroun

Spirits of Dead Cities (Les Esprits des Villes Mortes)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of Place Pigalle showing an omnibus with passengers, pedestrians, umbrellas and stone steps in a Parisian street scen

Place Pigalle in 1878

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of a busy London street with a clock tower, horse carriages and pedestrians, framed by small sketches of ships and a

Westminster Bridge, or Westminster Clock Tower

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Graphite drawing of a bearded man's head and shoulders, gazing directly forward, on grey-toned paper.

Head of a Bearded Man

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, ca. 1820-25

Etching of a wet Parisian quay with pedestrians, horse carriages, lamp posts, tall buildings and a smoking chimney under a cl

Winter Morning on the Quays

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Engraving of five women in a decorated interior with a fireplace, a lute and a sleeping dog, with German verse below.

The Foolish Virgins Conversing

Abraham Aubry, mid to late 17th century

Engraving of Jupiter and Callisto: two embracing women on rocks, a cupid drawing a bow, and cherubs at left.

Jupiter and Callisto

Pierre Milan, 1537-40

Engraved anatomical study of several male legs and feet in different poses, rendered in fine cross-hatched lines.

Five Legs and Three Feet

Luca Ciamberlano, 17th century

Etching of Lot seated drinking with his two daughters in a cave, a city burning in the distance.

Lot and His Daughters

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etching of a seated man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe holding a staff, with a classical building behind him.

Chef des Eunuques (head of the Eunuchs), from the series "Caravane du Sultan à la Mecque..." (Caravan of a Sultan Goi…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1748

Etched landscape of a country road lined with windswept trees, a fence, and distant houses under an open sky.

Landscape after Dürer

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, n.d.

Engraving of visitors in period dress gathered by a bed where a sick person lies, with a child and a caption below.

Visiting the Sick

Engraving of well-dressed people in a colonnade giving clothes to a ragged family with children, with a verse caption below.

Clothing Beggars

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Etching of a funeral procession of robed clergy and cloaked mourners crossing a cobbled courtyard before a church, with child

Burying the Dead

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Engraving of a woman welcoming pilgrims in cloaks and a turban at a stone doorway, with a garden and trees behind.

Lodge the Pilgrims

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Engraving of a couple in period dress with a cupid beside a fountain and formal garden, with French verse below.

Youth

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Etched frontispiece with two cherubs holding a garland above classical columns and a tablet reading Theologicarum ac Cardinal

Frontispiece to "The Theological and Cardinal Virtues"

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraving of an allegorical figure of Faith seated with a cross and open book, a dove above, under classical columns.

Faith, from "The Virtues" (Les Vertus)

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraving of a woman standing on an anchor in rough sea, gazing up at light breaking through clouds.

Hope

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraving of a robed woman holding an infant, with a child and a cherub beside her under a tree, Latin text below.

Charity, from "The Virtues" (Les Vertus)

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraving of a woman carrying a broken column over her shoulder, with a landscape and Latin inscription below.

Fortitude, from "The Virtues" (Les Vertus)

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraving of a standing woman with a mirror beside a tree, with a distant town and cloudy sky behind her.

Prudence, from "The Virtues" (Les Vertus)

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraving of the allegorical figure Justice holding a sword and scales, with a city of towers and spires behind her.

Justice, from "The Virtues" (Les Vertus)

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Etching of a standing woman holding a goblet beside a tree, with a distant town and a Latin inscription below.

Temperance, from "The Virtues" (Les Vertus)

Abraham Bosse, 1636

The Arts and Sciences Honoring Their Protector Charles-Theodore, Count Palatine

Joseph Fratrel, 1777

Etching of the Flight into Egypt: a standing man, a kneeling woman with a child, a winged figure above a rocky cliff, and a p

Flight Into Egypt

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 1759

Engraving of Moses receiving the tablets of the law amid clouds, angels blowing trumpets, and putti, dated 1773.

Moses on Sinai (Le tables de Loi judaique)

Simon Julien, 1773

Engraving of a bearded old man kneeling by an open tomb with skeletal remains under a large tree, with a town on a hill.

Jacob, from "Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta...Anachoretarum"

Jan Sadeler, 1593-94

Engraving of a bearded hermit kneeling at a cave entrance with a rosary, beside a waterfall and palm trees.

Onofrius, from "Solitudo Sive Vitae Patrum Eremicolarum"

Jan Sadeler, 1585-86

Engraving of Saint Euphrosyne kneeling with a cross and open book, flanked by two figures, dense cross-hatched lines.

Sancta Euphrolyna, from "Female Hermits"

Abraham Bloemaert, 1600-1633

Engraving of a well-dressed man giving water to a crowd of poor people beside a fountain, with a building and landscape behin

Giving Drink to the Thirsty

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Engraving of elegant visitors entering a stone prison hall where ragged prisoners sit near barred windows and a jailer.

Visiting Prisoners, from "Acts of Mercy" (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde)

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Engraving of an armed allegorical figure labeled La Vertu, with spear and shield, inside an ornate oval frame, by Abraham Bos

Virtue: Athena

Abraham Bosse, 1637

Engraved horizontal frieze with clasped hands over an anchor, a dove, flanking cherubs, and scrollwork ornament.

Frieze of Ornament with Clasped Hands and Anchor

Abraham Bosse, 1625-76

Engraving of an interior with two women, a man aiming a gun at a window, and a small dog, captioned VISUS, LA VEUE.

Sight, from "The Five Senses" (Les Cinq Sens)

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

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

Smell, from "The Five Senses" (Les Cinq Sens)

Abraham Bosse, 1635-38

Engraved title page with an allegorical figure offering crowns to two kneeling kings beside a central text cartouche.

Title-page: De la Monarchie du Verbe incarné

Abraham Bosse, 1638

Engraving of an angel handing an open book to kneeling Saint John, with a ship at sea and city buildings beyond.

The Angel Gives Saint John the Book to Eat, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of a crowned woman with wings beside a crowned dragon, with angels and stars above in an arched frame.

The Woman Clothed with the Sun, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an enthroned pair in an arched frame, surrounded by a crowd of saints with palms and a kneeling man below.

An innumerable Multitude which Stands before the Throne, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of a winged angel writing in a book in an arcaded interior, with a dragon below and the Trinity above.

The Revelation of Saint John the Evangelist, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an enthroned God above a lamb and angels, with kneeling crowned figures and a city below in an arched frame.

Saint John Summoned to Heaven, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an angel with a sword among armored soldiers and horsemen, with trumpeting angels and a seated figure above in a

The Angel sounding the Sixth Trumpet, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an angel above a measuring scene, with two figures measuring a temple and a burning city and dragon below.

The Measurement of the Temple, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of Saint Michael fighting a dragon, with angels in the clouds above and a walled city below.

Saint Michael and the Dragon, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of armed winged angels beside a crowd, with a cross and divine figure in clouds above a city.

Four Angels holding back the Winds, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an apocalyptic scene with Christ and angels above and tormented figures in flames below.

A Star Falls and makes Hell Open, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of the Deposition: Christ being lowered from the cross by ladder, mourners below, two thieves on crosses, a city be

The Deposition

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of four horsemen riding through clouds under an angel, with fallen figures below, in dense black line work.

Saint John sees the Four Horsemen, from the Apocalyspe

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of an apocalyptic scene with an enthroned figure, seven trumpeting angels, an altar, fire and fallen bodies below.

The Opening of the Seventh Seal, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Engraving of a kneeling man before a haloed figure with keys and a sword, surrounded by lit candlesticks and clouds.

Saint John sees Seven Gold Candlesticks, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet, n.d.

Etched plate of rococo ornament with scrolling foliage, a central cartouche, putti, griffins and garlands, from Orthographia.

Plate 8, from "Orthographia"

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-mid-18th century