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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,466 works

Watercolor design sheet showing a blue coffered ceiling with gilded rosette above a red and blue scrolled wall ornament.

Designs for Ceiling and Wall Decoration for Monsieur Lecomte de la Grange

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

Painted design for a wall panel with a putto medallion, a putto playing with dogs, and red, blue and gold borders.

Design for Wall Decor Painted with Putti and Dogs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, before 1889

Watercolor design of painted wall decor with red central panel, blue side panels, swans and trompe l'oeil vases.

Painted Wall Decor Featuring Thin Column with a Pair of Swans and Trompe L'Oeil Vases at Base

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Brown wash design drawing of a tall classical candlestick with acanthus leaves, ram heads and a lion medallion on its base.

Design for a candlestick

Adolph-Jean LaVergne, 1839

Colored design drawing of a symmetrical arabesque with cherubs, grapevines, scrolls, and three recumbent lions at the base.

Design for an Arabesque

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, ca. 1780-93

Brown wash drawing of an ornamental urn on an inscribed pedestal beneath a tree, with small figures in a garden setting.

Frontispiece for a Suite of Vase Designs

Louis Joseph le Lorrain, mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged allegorical figure above banners, dolphins and cherubs in an ornate design.

Corner of the Ambassador's Staircase at Versailles (recto); Sketches of Figures and Dolphins (verso)

Pierre Lélu, n.d.

Pen drawing of a draped woman asleep in a curved chair beside a column and brazier, with a handwritten dedication below.

Vestal Maiden Asleep in a Chair

Louis-Hector Leroux, 1879

Pencil sketch of a raven on a rail, with a separate study of a clawed foot and handwritten notes below.

A Raven Perched on a Rail

Charles Meryon, mid-19th century

Brown ink drawing of a woman in a pleated 1830s gown beside a table with two feathered hats and handwritten notes.

Costume Design

called Numa Pierre-Numa Bassaget, 1836-37

Watercolor fashion drawing of a woman in a turban leaning on a sofa, with a man in a green coat and a child in a bonnet.

Fashion Drawing with a Woman Seated in a Chair with a Boy and Girl

called Numa Pierre-Numa Bassaget, 19th century

Ink and wash design drawing of an arched wrought-iron grille with a coat of arms, lattice, scrollwork and candle sconces.

Design for the Wrought-Iron Entrance Grille of a Chapel

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1700-1720

Design for a Monument to a Military Leader

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1690-1740

Pen and ink design sheet showing rococo picture frame ornament, scrolling foliage, eagle heads and cornice mouldings.

Designs for a Picture Frame

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1730-40

Pen drawing of an ornate garden capriccio with statues, terraces, a satyr holding a shell basin, and classical columns.

Design for a Garden Capriccio

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, n.d.

Grey wash design drawing of a door panel with crossed torches, ribbons, roses and scrolled ornament framed by laurel.

Design for Door Paneling

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Watercolor design of a green scrolled monogram beneath a jeweled crown on a rose oval field, with French notes in the margin.

Design for a Monogram Surmounted by a Crown

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Scrapbook page with pencil and ink studies of canopied beds, drapery, griffin ornament and garland swags.

Scrapbook containing Drawings and Prints of Architecture, Interiors, Furniture and Other Objects

André Marie Chatillon, ca. 1804-10

Watercolor drawing of classical ruins with columns, a fountain with statues, arches and small figures in an oval frame.

Architectural Capriccio

Jean Henri Alexandre Pernet, ca. 1780-1800

Colored chalk drawing of a rococo cartouche entwined with yellow gourds, green leaves, pink tendrils and small orange flowers

Ornamental Design with Fruit and Flowers (recto); Flower Stalk with Leaves (verso)

Alexis Peyrotte, 18th century

Head of a Bearded Man

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1518-19

Woodcut of St. John the Baptist seated with a lamb, a cross-topped staff, and a radiant halo behind his head.

St. John the Baptist Holding the Lamb

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1517

Black and white print of Christ on the cross with the Virgin and Saint John standing on either side, a skull at the base.

Christ on the Cross flanked by the Virgin and Saint John

Dürer-School, ca 1530-1540

Engraving of a bearded penitent man kneeling beside a lion among rocky cliffs and pine trees, with a distant castle.

Saint Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1496

Engraving of a kneeling man feeding pigs at a trough in a village yard with gabled houses and a barn behind.

The Prodigal Son

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1496

Engraving of the Virgin Mary seated and nursing the Christ Child, both with radiating halos, against hatched grass and sky.

The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child

Albrecht Dürer, 1519

Woodcut of Christ kneeling before an angel with a chalice while disciples sleep nearby and soldiers approach in the distance.

Christ on the Mount of Olives, from The Large Passion

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1497-99

Etching of Abraham entertaining angels at a table with bread and a ewer, a servant, and a doorway with a landscape beyond.

Abraham Entertaining the Angels

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656

Etching of a bearded elderly man in a turban gesturing to a standing boy carrying wood, with rocky ground and trees.

Abraham and Isaac

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645

Etching of the Supper at Emmaus showing a bearded figure at a table with radiant light, companions, and an elderly woman at l

The Supper at Emmaus

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1654