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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,354 works

Engraving of mythological figures: a nude piper, a standing lyre player, and a crowned seated figure beside a woman, under a

The Competition of Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas

Giulio Sanuto, 1562

Engraving of Saint Lawrence on a fiery gridiron, held by soldiers, with an angel above offering a palm branch.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Lucas Vorsterman, 1621

Drawing of a Corinthian capital with a winged horse and winged lion flanking a central crown above a fluted shaft.

The British Order: Elevation of a Capital and Part of the Fluted Shaft

James Adam, 1762

Watercolor costume design of a Franciscan monk in a grey hooded robe and rope belt, pointing to the left.

Brother Richard, a Franciscan Monk; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera Company, 1897

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Costume design of a medieval duke in purple velvet robe, jeweled crown and chainmail sleeves, with handwritten caption.

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Costume design sketch of a praying woman in a pale gown, with a smaller figure at left wearing a tunic inscribed with flames.

Joan of Arc; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera Company, 1897

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Brown wash drawing of clergy in vestments carrying a reliquary bust through a vaulted church interior with kneeling figures.

Scene 36: Reception of the heart and head of the Blessed Father Dom Jean de la Barrière, brought from Rome to his Abb…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Engraving of a haloed youth gesturing among seated and standing scholars in a columned temple interior, with an inscription b

Christ Disputing in the Temple

Orazio de Santis, 1568-77

Grey wash drawing of a risen Christ with a banner standing over a skeleton, beside chained women in an arcaded hall.

Christ Saving Eve

Hans Jakob Nüscheler the Elder, 1595-1654

Drawing of a man resting beside a dog under a huge gnarled oak tree, with small figures working in the misty distance.

A Man Resting Under a Tree

Egbert van Drielst, n.d.

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in fur-trimmed cloak with his hand on a skull, hourglass beside him.

Portrait of Joannes Neyen, General of the Order of Franciscan Friars, Ambassador in Trier

Jan Müller, 1608

Pencil and wash drawing of a Gothic building elevation above a site plan with botanic garden and professors houses.

A. J. Davis, Scrapbook V

Alexander Jackson Davis, n.d.

Pencil architectural sections of a library showing stacked floors, staircases, columns, and a cupola, labeled Chapel Hill, N.

A. J. Davis, Scrapbook VII

Alexander Jackson Davis, 19th century

Watercolor architectural drawing of a neoclassical university design with columned facade, central tower, and floor plan belo

A. J. Davis, Scrapbook IV

Alexander Jackson Davis, n.d.

Pen drawing of an oval mirror design with laurel wreath border, acanthus crest, and ornate rectangular base on paper.

Design for a Girandole Mirror, an Oval Resting on an Oblong Base, Terminated by Two Superimposed Circular Frond-motif…

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1775

Neoclassical arched panel design with rosettes, Greek key borders, and a central medallion of a draped classical figure.

Design for a Panel

Robert Adam, 1748-92

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a gallery interior with arched windows, wall panels, and a floor plan with dimensions.

Mansion of Thomas Hope, Flemish Picture Gallery

H. Ansted, ca. 1824

Pencil sketch on aged paper with standing figures above and seated figures with a palm tree below.

Figure studies

Sr George Bickham, first half 18th century

Brown wash drawing of a monk embracing a robed clergyman at a dais, with monks standing along the wall and a scroll.

Scene 32: Supporters of the league pursue the Blessed Abbot to Rome; despite their calumnies his innocence is recogni…

Matthieu Elias, 1707

Watercolor design of a repeating ornamental grid with yellow oval medallions, dancing figures, garlands and urns on pale pape

Design for ceiling decoration

Joseph Bonomi, mid-18th-early 19th century

Sepia drawing of soldiers scattering as a beam falls, a robed monk raises his hand, and a man lies wounded on a platform.

Scene 28: The Blessed Abbot having retired to the Château de Montaigu, soldiers of the league arrive to capture him a…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Colored ground plan of a Paris hotel and its symmetrical formal garden with parterres, walks and tree rows.

Ground Plan for the Hotel de la Rochefoucauld Doudeauville and its Garden, Paris

Jean Jacques Huvé, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide hat riding a tall giraffe with a saddle, with small figures and a fence below.

The Cameleopard, or a new hobby

William Heath, 1827

Graphite drawing of a seated woman in a draped gown and head covering, gazing downward, on cream paper.

Seated Woman

Edward Burne-Jones, 1864

Pen and wash drawing of a tall ornate candelabrum with lion-supported pedestal, putti, and garlands, with a scale bar below.

Design for a Monumental Candelabrum

James Byres, 1765

Drawing of robed monks carrying a bier with a draped body through a Gothic church interior toward a candlelit altar.

Feuillant monks carry the bier with the body of Jean de la Barrière

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Brown wash drawing of a deathbed scene with a standing cleric, a dying man in bed, kneeling monks and a crucifix on a wall.

Scene 33: The Blessed Abbot, near death, receives the blessing of the pope, who sends for this purpose Cardinal d'Oss…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Brown wash drawing of armored guards with halberds escorting a robed bald man through an arched doorway onto a cobbled street

The arrest of Jean de La Barrière by the League at Lombez

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Brown wash drawing of a body on display in a church interior, with clergy, guards with halberds and a crowd.

Scene 34: To satisfy the devotion of the people, they are forced to leave the Blessed Abbot's body on display for thr…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Poster of a man with a boater hat and racket beside a seated woman in a plumed hat, with issue contents listed at right.

Philadelphia Sunday Press, May 26, 1895

George Reiter Brill, 1895