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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,466 works

Charcoal bust portrait of a woman in a dark hood and pince-nez, turned to the left against a shaded background.

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Pince-nez (Wife of the Artist)

Théodule Augustin Ribot, ca. 1875

Chalk drawing of a woman in a white bonnet and apron spinning flax at a wooden wheel against a dark background.

A Woman Spinning Flax

François Bonvin, 1861

Pen and ink design for an ornate cartouche showing a religious scene of figures beside a draped curtain.

Design for a Cartouche with a Religious Subject in the Central Compartment

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of soldiers in tall shakos marching through shallow water with rifles and knapsacks.

Soldiers Marching in Water

Charles-Henri Pille, 19th century

Two dancers in feathered costumes and striped pleated skirts, one holding a fan, drawn in pen and watercolor on paper.

Drawing of Two 'Americans' for Ballet de la Douairière de Billebahaut

Daniel Rabel, 1626

Pen and wash drawing of an oval cartouche hung from a ribbon, with garlands, a tassel and classical moldings.

Design for Oval Cartouche

Gautier d'Agoty, 18th century

Watercolor design of an arched doorway with double doors, painted floral swags, and a blue classical medallion above.

Designs for Arched Doorway

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central rosette, blue arabesque panels, and layered floral and geometric borders.

Design for Ceiling with Plant and Arabesque Decoration

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pen and ink study of a bearded prophet-like man in draped robes raising one arm, on a grey-toned sheet.

Study for the Prophet Jeremiah (recto); Studies of a Horse Seen from Below and of a Man Seated on a Chair, Probably a…

Henry Fuseli, 1764-70

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer topped by Neptune on a sea-horse chariot, with scrolled handle and pedestal.

Design for a Ewer with Neptune on his Chariot

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate funerary monument with arched niche, staircases, candles and a crowned statue.

Designs for a Funerary Monument with Stairs (recto); Various Funerary Monument Designs (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink sketch of rococo console tables, a niche, and a funerary monument with candlesticks on aged paper.

Sheet with Various Designs for Tables and a Funerary Monument

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink sheet with designs for ornate archways, baldachins, and decorative columns with scrollwork and drapery.

Designs for Archways and Baldachins with Caryatids and Coats of Arms (recto); Design for a Monument with Statues of P…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of baroque urn designs, arched niches with scrollwork, and a columned altar study on pale paper.

Studies for Coffee Urns, Arched-top Altars, and an Altar Project for the Baptistery of Florence Cathedral (recto); St…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a two-tiered church facade with pilasters, pediment, central niche, and a red heraldic cros

Design for the Façade of Santi Faustino e Giovita, Rome

Carlo Fontana, 1652-1725

Pen and ink design for an ornate carved mirror frame over a mantel, with scrolls and a shell crest, dated 1742.

Design for a Carved Mirror Frame Surmounting a Mantle (Trumeau)

Domenico Silvestro Giannotti, 1742

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate urn with garland handles, putti and lion relief, and a fluted pedestal.

Design for a Vase (recto); Sketch of Small Vase (verso)

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, ca. 1752

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a symmetrical church façade with a pediment, columns, niche statues and central doorway

Design for a Church Façade

Giuseppe Jarmorini, 1732-1816

Pen and watercolor design of a palace interior with green drapery, gilded garlands, an oval frame and a console table.

Design for a Palace Interior

Leonardo Marini, 1730-97

Pen and wash architectural design of an arched altarpiece niche beneath a garlanded dome with rococo cartouches.

Architectural Design with an Altarpiece Framed in a Niche and Surmounted by a Dome

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1755-1817

Ink and wash design for a Baroque altar in a niche with Corinthian columns, rococo frame and radiant emblem above.

Designs for an Altar in a Niche

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1755-1817

Pen and grey wash drawing of three rococo ornamental wall panels with scrollwork, an urn of flowers, and a cherub face.

Design for a Portable Screen

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Etching of a seated nude man among classical ruins, with rising flames and a statue on a column behind him.

The Righteous Man

Giovanni David, ca. 1775

Brown ink drawing of Saint Lawrence with a halo, holding a book and palm, standing beside a gridiron on a grid-ruled sheet.

Saint Lawrence

Bartolomeo Cesi, 1619

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate rococo palazzo interior with arched niches, draped curtains, and large mirrors.

Design for a Stage Set: Interior of a Palazzo Decorated with Large Mirrors and Console Tables

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and grey wash design of a vaulted stage interior with a grand stairway, columns and a gallery.

Design for a Stage Set: Groin-Vaulted Stairway Leading to a Gallery with Another Stairway to a Second Story at Left (…

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and gray wash drawing of a stage set with a staircase, balustrade, classical columns and a gallery of connected barrel va

Design for a Stage Sets: Anteroom with Stairs Leading to a Gallery Composed of a Series of Connected Barrel Vaults

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and gray wash drawing of rococo ornament with draped canopy, scrollwork, clouds and pilasters.

Ornament Design with Alternate Suggestion (recto). Variant Ornament Design with Alternate Suggestion (verso)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Brown ink drawing of a tiered architectural altar with a central niche, flanking seated figures, and a winged figure at top.

Design for an Altar Erected for the Holy Week

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1750-66

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural altar design with columns, a statue niche, and a figure atop the pediment.

Design for the Left Half of an Altar

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1750-66