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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,956 works

Pen and ink design for a neoclassical ceiling or wall panel with an oval medallion, garlands, and urn motifs.

Design for a Ceiling

Robert Adam, 1745-1800

Drawing of an ornate chimney piece with acanthus scrolls, a central female figure with putti, and fluted Corinthian pilasters

Chimney Piece

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Pencil drawing of a symmetrical cross-shaped ornament with four oval cartouches, scrolls, foliage and a central rosette.

Ornament in the Shape of a Cross

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Brown ink drawing of several standing figures in heavy draped robes and veils, some seen from behind.

Group of Draped Figures

Antonello da Messina, 1460

Grey wash drawing of an ornate architectural frame with scrolling foliage and molded borders on an irregular sheet.

Design for a Frame

Sir William Chambers, 1743-1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a neoclassical chimneypiece with rosette corner ornaments and a labeled hearth below.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Sir William Chambers, 1740-96

Ink and wash elevation design for a chimneypiece with fluted columns, a carved bust, and handwritten dimension notes.

Design for a Chimneypiece (recto); Sketches for Column Bases (verso)

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a partial chimneypiece design with rosette frieze and Ionic pilaster on pale paper.

Partial Design for a Chimneypiece

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Architectural elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scrolled brackets, carved frieze, and dimension notes.

Design for a Chimneypiece for Somerset House, Strand, London

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1776-86

Grisaille drawing of a woman with a flower wreath before a mirror held by a winged-helmet figure, with irises beside her.

The Mirror of Venus, or L'Art et Vie (Art and Life)

Walter Crane, ca. 1890

Etching of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis with Ionic columns, a bell tower, a street with figures and a cart, and a cloudy sky

The so-called Temple of Fortuna Virilis (now Church of S. Maria Egizziaca) (Veduta del Tempio della Fortuna Virile)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1758

Watercolor of a ship's aft deck with cable machinery, winches, rigging and crew members under a cloudy sky.

Deck of Great Eastern, Aft: the Paying-out Machinery

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Sailors struggle with a tangled cable on a ship deck at night, lit by lanterns, with rigging and smokestack in the dark backg

A Night Scene. The Cable Entangled and Nearly Broken, July 18th, 1866

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Drawing of anchored sailing ships and a settlement by hills, seen from a steamship deck with men at the railing.

The Settlement and Church of Heart's Content, Newfoundland

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Night seascape of a steamship with tall masts and smoke, sailing through rough waves under a moon behind clouds.

The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865 on the Night of August 26th, 1866

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Watercolor of a ship's deck with winches, rigging, a large sail and crew working toward the bow, with open sea beside it.

The Picking-up Machinery in the Bows of the Great Eastern

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a two-masted ship and sailboats in a calm harbor below hills and a row of coastal houses at dusk.

Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of a Newfoundland village with wooden houses, fences, pigs, chickens, and a tall telegraph pole.

First Telegraph House at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, 1866

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Crowd of men cheering and tossing hats outside white wooden houses, with a telegraph tower in the background.

September 8th at Heart's Content, the day of the successful termination of the work of laying, recovering, completing…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Watercolor of a large steamship with tall masts and flags on choppy sea, with other vessels and stormy clouds beyond.

Telegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a steamship deck with rigging, flags, smokestack, crew at work, and the open sea beyond.

View Looking Aft from the Port Paddle-box on the Deck of the Great Eastern: Showing the Trough for the Cable, etc.

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of ships at anchor in a moonlit bay, with a bright glow and a fire on the hills at right.

The Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Etching of crumbling Roman brick ruins with arches and trees, with small figures among the remains under a cloudy sky.

Hadrian's Villa: The Piazza d'Oro (Piazza of Gold) (Veduta degli Avanzi della Circonferenza delle antiche Fabbriche d…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1776

Etching of ruined Corinthian columns and carved frieze beside a Roman street with houses, trees, figures and animals.

The Temple of Vespasian and Titus (Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Etching of the Pyramid of Caius Cestius beside the Porta San Paolo city gate in Rome, with ruins and figures on a road.

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius, with the Porta S. Paolo and adjoining road (Veduta del Sepolcro di Cajo Cestio), from "…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1755

Engraved landscape of a castle above trees, with a shepherdess and goats, a man with a dog, and a fisherman by a stream.

Sieben Gegenden aus Salzburg und Berchtesgaden Geordnet nach den sieben Tagen der Woche, verbunden durch zwey allegor…

Ferdinand Olivier, 1823

Pencil drawing of a stone church with a crenellated square tower and pinnacles, showing a proposed restoration of Holy Trinit

Proposed Restoration of the Church of the Holy Trinity and St. Mary, Old Clee, Lincolnshire

James Fowler, 1876-77

Engraved print of Michelangelo's Last Judgment with nude figures rising from graves and a boatman in a skiff at lower right.

Resurrection of the Dead (lower left section of the Last Judgment)

Niccolò della Casa, 1548

Engraving of nude angels carrying a large cross and a laurel wreath through clouds, with a crowd of saints below.

Angels Carrying the Cross with Saints below (upper left section of the Last Judgment)

Niccolò della Casa, 1548

Engraving of muscular angels carrying a pillar among clouds, with a crowd of figures reaching upward below.

Angels Carrying Pillar with Saints Below (upper right section of the Last Judgment)

Niccolò della Casa, 1548

Engraving of Christ as judge on a cloud, surrounded by saints and crowds of nude figures in the Last Judgment.

Christ as Judge Surrounded by Saints (upper central section of the Last Judgment)

Niccolò della Casa, 1548

Engraved Last Judgment composite with trumpeting angels, nude figures and devils dragging souls downward, with a crowded boat

Trumpeting Angels and Damned Souls Being Pulled Down by Devils (lower center and right section of the Last Judgment)

Niccolò della Casa, 1548

Contribution Receipt of the Special American Hospital in Paris for Wounds of the Face and Jaw

Auguste Rodin, 1916

Engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth I holding an orb and scepter, wearing a crown and large ruff, with Latin text.

Queen Elizabeth I

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1592

Etching of an Egyptian-style architectural design with sacred animals above, seated figures, sphinxes, and distant pyramids.

Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e G…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769

Engraving of a warrior seizing an elderly man at an altar while women flee and a youth lies dead in a burning colonnaded hall

The Sack of Troy-Pyrrhus Killing Priam

Pierre Lombart, before 1654

Hand-colored sketch of a man in a green coat leaning over a woman in a white dress with blue trim in a room.

Design for "Hooking and Eyeing," a wood engraving published in "Punch" (recto); Sketch of two women and a man (verso)

John Leech, 1851

Watercolor elevation of a symmetrical Tudor-style cottage with gabled wings, columned veranda and lattice balcony, by Humphry

Design for a Cottage Ornée in the Tudoresque Style

Humphry Repton, late 18th-early 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of a classical stone gateway with central arch, flanked by lodges and a large tree beside a drive.

Entrance to Laxton in Northamptonshire

Charles Randle, 1825

Watercolor design of a wall with a central hunting medallion, flanking arched panels of fruit and still life, and gilt orname

Design for Decorative Panels with Hunting Scenes Inset

J. S. Pearse, 1854

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate throne design with a draped canopy, scalloped arch, columns and stepped dais.

Design for a Throne (recto); Recumbent Figure (verso)

William Pitts, 1805-40

Pencil sketch of classical figures: a draped woman, cherubs on clouds, a helmeted warrior and a reclining figure with a shiel

Scene with Classical Figures

William Pitts, 1805-40

Pencil design for an ornamental frieze with a shell, scrolling acanthus leaves and a bearded satyr's head.

Design for Ornamental Frieze with Shell, Foliage and Satyr's Head (recto); Figural Studies (verso)

William Pitts, 1805-40

Group of Sea Nymphs

William Pitts, 1805-40

Pen drawing of an ornate bed alcove design with swagged curtains, putti, and scrolling foliate ornament.

Design for Bed Alcove (recto); Studies for Statues and Carvings on Bed (verso)

William Pitts, 1805-40

Pencil drawing of an ornate baroque gateway with statues and scrolled pediment, a lamp post, and a distant domed tower.

The Zwinger, Dresden

Samuel Prout, ca. 1833

Watercolor interior of the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, London, showing Corinthian columns, a coffered vault, and small figu

Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, London

Auguste Charles Pugin, 1795-1825

Watercolor interior of the Saloon at Brighton Pavilion with chandeliers, gold drapes and chinoiserie wall panels.

The Saloon, Brighton Pavilion

Auguste Charles Pugin, ca. 1826

Pen sketch of a theatre stage with Gothic scenery and a figure painting, with a handwritten letter signed by Pugin below.

Letter with Sketch of Artist Painting Stage Scenery

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, March 1831

Pencil sketches on blue-grey paper showing a triangular truss, a gabled structure, and an arched timber frame.

Sketches for an Ecclesiastical Stall (recto and verso)

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1830-52

Design for a Corinthian Entablature for the Duke of Richmond, either for Richmond House, Whitehall, London, or Goodwo…

Thomas Hardwick, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil drawing of a classical rosette with acanthus leaves, petals and a central flower, with a scroll molding in the corner.

Study of a Classical Rosette

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pencil study of classical armor, helmets, shields and a winged dragon in a semicircular decorative frieze.

Study of Classical Ornament and Detail

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pencil drawing of a circular ceiling segment with a winged figure, garlands, acanthus scrolls, an urn and an SPQR tablet.

Segment of Circular Celing Vault, Palazzo Mattei, Rome

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pen drawing of two ornamental friezes with acanthus scrolls, cherubs, lions and winged horses.

Sketch of Two Friezes, Palazzo Mattei

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Pencil drawing of a circular carved boss with a stylized face, leafy foliage above and scaled fish forms around it.

Boss from Chapter House, York

Eleanor Mercer, 1886

Pen drawing of bound Christ at a column, flanked by two kneeling praying figures, with scrolls and an arched architectural fr

Christ at the Column

Delli brothers, ca. 1440-70

Pen and wash drawing of an urn-shaped candelabrum with female busts, scrolling candle arms and a swag garland on a plinth.

Candelabrum in the form of an Urn Clasped by Carytides and Candle Branches

Henry Holland, 1760-1806

Mezzotint of a lion attacking a white horse in a rocky, wooded landscape, with trees framing the scene.

The Lion and Horse

Benjamin Green, November 1, 1777

Engraved longitudinal section of Saint Peter's Basilica showing its large central dome, smaller domes, columns and arches.

Longitudinal Section Showing the Interior of Saint Peter's Basilica as Conceived by Michelangelo (published in 1569),…

Etienne Dupérac, 1551, 1558-61

Engraved elevation of Saint Peter's Basilica showing its large dome, flanking smaller domes and colonnaded facade.

Elevation Showing the Exterior of Saint Peter's Basilica from the South as Conceived by Michelangelo (published in 15…

Etienne Dupérac, 1558-61

Engraving of Leda reclining nude beside a swan with spread wings, with two putti and an egg in the background.

Leda and the Swan

Cornelis Bos, 1544-66

Watercolor botanical study of a rose, heartsease, sweet pea, garden pea, and orchid on a pale sheet of paper.

A Sheet of Studies of Flowers: A Rose, a Heartsease, a Sweet Pea, a Garden Pea, and a Lax-flowered Orchid

Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with reeds, with a town skyline, church tower and windmills in the distance.

View of Gouda Seen from the Southeast with the Janskerk in the Center

Abraham Rutgers, 17th century