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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,354 works

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic cathedral interior with a gilded seated king statue, altar, candelabra and draped banners.

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with a Statue of King Louis I and an Altar placed at Front

Charles Percier, 1815

Watercolor drawing of an ornate gothic interior elevation with a seated king statue in a central niche, candelabra, and heral

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with a Statue of King Louis I

Charles Percier, 1815

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a Gothic-style interior with draped canopies and a central statue of a seated king.

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with a Statue of King Louis II

Charles Percier, 1815

Colorful poster showing figures in historic dress walking past pine trees toward the sea, with a sailing ship offshore.

Prang and Co. Holiday Publications

Louis Kinney Harlow, 19th-20th century

Etching of towering stone arches framing a distant piazza with a column, hanging ropes, and small figures on balconies.

The Grand Piazza, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Etching of vast vaulted prison arches and staircases with smoke rising in the center and small figures below.

The Smoking Fire, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Etching of a vast vaulted prison with hanging chains, stairs and an inscribed title tablet reading Invenzioni di Carceri.

Title Page, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Watercolor drawing of an ornate covered urn with an eagle finial on a blue and gold pedestal, against a gray-green background

Drawing of Clinton Vase

Thomas Fletcher, ca. 1824-25

Pencil drawing of a three-piece tea service with ornate scrollwork, acanthus leaves, and shell motifs on a light paper ground

Nicholas Biddle tea service

Thomas Fletcher, ca. 1838

Pencil design drawing of a classical water pitcher with acanthus scrollwork, leaf-decorated base, and scrolled handle on pape

Design for a water pitcher

Thomas Fletcher, ca. 1835

Pen and ink drawing of a standing nude female figure with curly hair and draped cloth, dated 1711.

Study of a Female Figure (Venus)

François Boitard, 1711

Pen and ink drawing of a nude male figure holding an ornate urn, with French proportion notes along the right side.

Study of a Male Figure Holding a Vessel (Apollo)

François Boitard, ca. 1711

Etching of a skeletal death figure striding across a city square while carrying a child on its back.

Death carrying a child, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Engraving of ornate classical armor: a Medusa-faced shield, a hunt-decorated shield, a helmet and a sword.

Parti in grande restaurati de' Trofei de Ottaviano Augusto (Restored detail of the Trophy of Octavian Augusto)

Francesco Piranesi, ca. 1753

Design for an Oval Mirror, Surmounted by an Urn and Draped with Neoclassic Swags

Sir William Chambers, 1740-96

Ink and watercolor design of a neoclassical chimneypiece with laurel wreaths, urn panels and an Ionic capital beside a dark f

Design for a Chimneypiece, possibly for Melbourne House (now Albany), Piccadilly, London

Sir William Chambers, 1771-75 (?)

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a tapered pedestal with carved foliage panel and a dashed outline above, with scale bar.

Design for a Pedestal, for Richmond House, Whitehall, London

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1760

Pen and ink design drawing of a ceiling with an oval center, wreaths, rosettes and scrolling foliage border.

Design for a Ceiling, an Oblong with an Oval Center

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Pen drawing of a circular ceiling design with laurel garlands and urns, above a rectangular panel with Greek key border.

Design for a Ceiling, Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire (Half plan)

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1769

Pen and watercolor design with pink and green panels showing classical urns, scrolls, medallions and winged figures.

Design for a Ceiling

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Pen and wash design for a ceiling segment with laurel garlands, scrollwork, an oval cartouche, and two winged figures.

Design for Segment of an Octagonal Ceiling; Gower House, Whitehall, London

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1766-74

Ink and wash plan of an ornamental ceiling with a central oval medallion, garlands, and pink-tinted panels.

Half Plan of a Ceiling with an Oval Center and Semicircular Ends

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Ink and wash design for an ornate pier-glass frame with acanthus border, sphinx, flower garlands and urn.

Design for a Pier-glass for Adderbury House, Oxfordshire, for the Duke of Buccleuch

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1768

Pen and wash design for a wall girandole with cockerel-head branches, arrows, rosettes and hanging chains.

Design for a Girandole Composed of Three Clasping Arrows and Candle-branches Terminating in Cockerel Heads

Sir William Chambers, 1743-97

Pen and wash drawing of ceiling and wall ornament details labeled Villa Madama, St. Peter's and Madonna del Popolo.

Details of Ceilings, Villa Madama, St. Peter's and Madonna del Popolo

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1750-55

Drawing of a circular ceiling vault with ornate scrollwork, figures and a central rosette, with smaller detail studies below.

Ceiling Vault of Palazzo Mattei, Rome

Sir William Chambers, 1750-59

Design for a Chimneypiece, Incorporating a Portrait of George III

Sir William Chambers, 1760-69

Architectural drawing of two fireplace designs with caryatid figures, urn, and side profiles on a pale sheet.

Designs for Two Chimney-pieces in Lord Viscount Charlemont's Casino at Marino, Dublin

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1758-59

Architectural drawing of a chimney-piece with a pediment, bust, garland swags, and side elevation, in grey wash.

Design for a Chimney-piece, for Thomas Hollis of Lincoln's Inn, London

Sir William Chambers, after 1754

Pen and grey wash design drawing of a classical chimneypiece with an urn, candelabra, garland and medallion relief.

Design for a Chimneypiece in the Eating-room, Danson Park, Kent

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1773