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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,350 works

Engraving of a Roman triumphal arch with three passageways, columns, relief panels, and a cherub holding a banner above.

The Arch of Constantine, Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Engraving of the Apollo Belvedere statue, a nude male figure with draped cloth, standing in an arched niche.

Apollo Belvedere, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Pencil studies of heraldic shields, scrollwork, fleurs-de-lis, monograms and putti arranged across a sheet of tan paper.

Seven Miscellaneous Designs for the de la Rochejaquelein Family

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

Pen and wash design of a white double door with gilt moldings and an overdoor panel of cupids carrying a violin.

Design for Single Door and Overdoor Panel with Cupids Bearing a Violin

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

Watercolor design of a salon ceiling with red and blue striped bands, blue scrolling foliage and gilded central panel.

Design for Ceiling, Château de St. Aubin

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

Painted architectural design with a coffered ceiling, an arched niche with flowers, and red wall panels with garlands.

Design for Elevation of Gallery Bay, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Ornamental ceiling design with blue scrolling vines, red blossoms, and green floral borders in a stepped frame, 1875.

Islamic Ceiling Design for Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875

Colored design drawing of a Pompeiian-style wall with ceiling panel, columns, garlands, urns and a central candelabrum motif.

Design for Wall Paneling and Ceiling in Pompeiian Style, The Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Colored design drawing of a gothic chapel altar with stained glass windows, heraldic crest and ornate scrollwork.

Design for Altar and Chapel, Farnborough

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Watercolor design of an arched window with gold frame, scrolling purple foliage border, and a gilded chalice motif.

Design for Arched Window, Farnborough

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Watercolor design drawing of paneled double doors with blue neoclassical garlands, urns, and a ribbon frieze above.

Design for Bedroom Doors, Hôtel de Jagan

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

Etching of a skeleton above a row of thistles, lilies and flowers, with daisies at the base, framed by a thin border.

Frontispiece for "Les Fleurs du Mal"

Félix Bracquemond, 1857

Design drawing of a red and gold coffered ceiling with geometric panels, floral motifs, and rosette ornaments.

Design for Coffered Ceiling in Red and Gold

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

Engraving of three nude women embracing before palm fronds in an arched niche, with fountains on pedestals at each side.

The Three Graces, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Architectural line drawing of a coffered ceiling with a central oval medallion, rosettes, and putti in the corners.

Design for Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling for Dining Room, Hôtel de Trévise

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Engraving of a nude young man pointing toward sunbeams beside a tree, and an old man reclining in grass at right.

An old man reclining on the ground at right; at left a naked younger man standing pointing toward the sun with and le…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-27

Engraving of three nude women embracing before palm trees and fountains in an arched frame, after Marcantonio Raimondi.

The Three Graces, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-1534

Three engravings on one sheet: a pensive seated woman under an angel vision, a woman with a child, and a reclining nursing mo

Vision of St. Helena [Pensive Woman]

Marcantonio Raimondi, n.d.

Engraving of the Annunciation: a winged angel kneels before the Virgin in an arched interior, with a dove above and a landsca

Modern impression of the Adoration of the Magi who approach the Christ Child held by the Virgin

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-1534

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo mirror stand with scrolling ornament, a cherub and a stepped base.

Two Alternative Designs for a Mirror Stand

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and wash drawing of rococo mirror frames, candle sconces and a scroll bracket on pale paper.

Designs for Mirror Frames and Sconces

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and wash design for a rococo mirror frame with putti, a female figure, a sphinx, and scrollwork around an empty central p

Design for Mirror Frame

Giovanni Battista Natali III, ca. 1720-40

Ink and wash drawing of two rococo mirror frame designs with scrolling ornament and a scale bar along the bottom.

Two Alternative Designs for a Mirror or Screen with Family Coat of Arms

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated bearded warrior in armor with a draped woman offering a laurel wreath.

Seated Warrior Between Two Figures

Giambattista Zelotti, 1546-78

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate Baroque interior with coffered ceiling, arched doorways, columns, and statues in niches.

Design for a Stage Set, Showing Right Half Only

Prospero Zanichelli, 1698-1772

Pen and wash study of a crowd of struggling figures beneath a colonnaded building, marked with a squaring grid.

Study for a Massacre of the Innocents

Domenico Passignano, 1580-1636

Pen and ink architectural drawing of an entrance portal with plan views above and paired pilasters with ornate capitals below

Entrance Portal: Plan and Elevation, Each Pier Consisting of Two Pilasters

Antonio Visentini, 1688-1782

Pen and ink drawing of a monument with a standing Madonna and Child, two putti, and a tiered base in an arched niche.

Design for a Wall Tomb or Monument (Recto); Smaller Variant Version with Half Length Madonna & Child on Crescent Moon…

Giovanni Francesco Penni, 1496-1528

Pen and brown ink drawing of three architectural ornament friezes with rococo scrollwork, putti, and sea creatures.

Drawing for Engraving in Raccolta di Vari Schizzi, Venice, after Angelo Rosis

Antonio Visentini, ca. 1747

Pen and ink architectural drawing of a barrel-vaulted chapel with Corinthian columns, coffered ceiling and two putti above.

Design for an Elaborate Barrel-Vaulted Chapel

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi, 1481-1536