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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,354 works

Philadelphia Sunday Press, June 9, 1895

George Reiter Brill, 1895

Poster for the Philadelphia Sunday Press showing a woman in a blue hat with autumn leaves and green striped background.

Sunday Press, October, 1896

George Reiter Brill, 1896

Poster of a red-haired woman writing with a quill beside text advertising the Philadelphia Sunday Press and a battleship Olym

Philadelphia Sunday Press, May 24th

George Reiter Brill, 1896

Etching of a sleeping shepherd under a wooden shelter with sheep, and a figure driving cattle over a distant hill.

The Sleeping Shepherd; Early Morning

Samuel Palmer, 1857

Watercolor design of a covered dish with a fish net pattern, koi fish, and water lilies, with a top view of the lid.

Design for a Covered Dish in the "Service au Filet" (Fish Net Ware), Maison J. Vieillard et Cie, Bordeaux

Amédée de Caranza, 1875-85

Two-color poster of a hooded monk seated on books labeled Philistine, Roycroft and JDB, with burning books beside him.

The Philistine, Books to Burn

William Wallace Denslow, 1898

Etching of a herdsman with cattle and a dog on a forest path, with a bright sunburst shining through tall trees.

The Herdsman's Cottage, or Sunset

Samuel Palmer, 1850

Poster of a figure in tricorn hat with sword beside fireworks and a flag, advertising a Philadelphia Sunday Press Washington

Philadelphia Sunday Press, July 5

George Reiter Brill, 1896

Poster for the Philadelphia Sunday Press showing a woman in a red hat and striped dress beside bare branches, with feature li

Philadelphia Sunday Press, November 15

George Reiter Brill, second half 19th century

Black and white poster of a nude laurel-crowned man holding a torch, beside a shield with stars and stripes, titled Scribner'

Scribner's The Last Quarter-Century in America

Kenyon Cox, 1895

Poster with two cyclists beside bicycles, a route map from Constantinople to Peking, and text promoting Across Asia on a Bicy

The Century, Across Asia on a Bicycle, May

A. W. B. Lincoln, 1894

Engraved architectural floor plan of a symmetrical complex with a central circular hall, colonnades, courtyards and a lettere

Plan of a spacious and magnificent College designed after the ancient gymnasia of the Greeks and the baths of the Rom…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Etching of a huge wheel and stone blocks inside a vaulted imaginary prison, with tiny figures dwarfed by the architecture.

The Giant Wheel, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Etching of a vast vaulted staircase with arches, railings, trophies and small figures in an imaginary prison interior.

The Staircase with Trophies, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Engraving of bearded men and helmeted soldiers gathered around a central figure holding out a vessel, with spears and a ewer

Embriaco Rejecting the Spoils, from "Forme Picturarum Archetypae"

Lorenzo Lorenzi, 1774

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man with a bald head, hands clasped over a book, wrapped in a draped cloak.

Portrait of Samuel Palmer

Charles West Cope, 1884

Watercolor interior of a Gothic bower with stained glass windows, a seated woman in white, and a framed portrait on the wall.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, View in Bower, looking North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor interior of a picture room with a Gothic vaulted ceiling, framed paintings on walls, and arched doorways.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Picture Room, Looking West

John Carter, ca. 1816

Grey wash drawing of a medieval-style great hall with timber vaulted ceiling, arcade, fireplace and figures in period dress.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, View in the Great Hall, Looking West

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor and pencil view of a Gothic-vaulted dining room with framed paintings, a fireplace, and a long table.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Dining Room Looking South

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor of a vaulted ante-room with a hanging chandelier, a statue in a central niche, and arched doorways.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, View in Ante-room, Looking North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor interior of a Gothic ante-saloon with a vaulted, painted ceiling, arched recesses, a tiled floor, and a central do

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Ante-saloon, Looking North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor drawing of a domed saloon with arched stained-glass windows, pink sofa, framed paintings and patterned carpet.

Lea Castle, Worcestershire, Saloon, Looking North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Ink drawing of a newsboy handing The Chicago Herald scroll to a plumed-hat woman, with decorative scrollwork and caption.

The Chicago Herald, American Posters of the Turn of the Century

William Wallace Denslow, ca. 1895

Engraving of a woman in a white headdress at a Gothic doorway and a young man in a cloak on steps below.

Anne Page and Slender (Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, Scene 1)

the elder Samuel William Reynolds, 1829

Study Sheet with a Portrait of Carl Julius Senff and Two Italian Women Walking

August Ferdinand Hopfgarten, 19th century

Pen and ink study of angels above a crowd of figures receiving alms, with a classical urn at right, on tan paper.

Saint Elisabeth of Portugal Giving Alms to the Poor

Daniel Gran, 1710-57

Pen and wash drawing of Susanna seated nude with two elders beside her under a tree, a city and spire behind.

Susanna and the Elders

Augustin Medow, 1622-60

Pen and grey wash design for an altar showing the Pietà in an arched niche under a classical pediment with angels above.

Pietà (Design for an Altar)

Peter Candid, ca. 1590-1600

Pen and wash drawing of an architectural altar design with two winged angels seated on a cornice beneath a pediment.

Design for an Altar or Monument with Angels and Other Figures

Peter Candid, late 16th century