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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,355 works

Pen and ink architectural study of a tiered monument with columns, niches with figures, and reclining statues above an arch.

Architectural Study

Michelangelo, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a Gothic tomb with a recumbent effigy, canopy of tracery and rows of carved standing figures.

Monument of Bishop Mays, Hereford Castle AD1516

Charles Barry, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a tall clocktower with two clock faces, pinnacles, and a spire on cream paper.

Clocktower

Charles Barry, 1840

Watercolor drawing of the ruined Roman Forum with a tall Corinthian column, an arch, and small figures among stone steps.

View of the Roman Forum, unexcavated

Charles Barry, 1840

Watercolor ceiling design with a central circular opening, floral garlands, scrolling foliage, and a small vignette of two bi

Ceiling Design with Center Cut Out

J. S. Pearse, 1854-68

Pen and brown ink drawing of a plumed landsknecht soldier in a flowing cloak holding a pole, standing on a ground line.

Landsknecht

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, early 16th century

Etching of a bearded older man in three-quarter view with a smaller sketched head study below.

Victor Hugo (three-quarter view)

Auguste Rodin, 1885

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical frontispiece with classical figures, flowers, putti and open books inscribed La Grammaire

Design for a Frontispiece

Bernard Picart, 1720

Engraved print of an ancient marble vase with satyr masks on a pedestal, with inset detail drawings of handle and leaves.

Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Pi…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Etched engraving of an ornate ancient marble candelabrum with swan-headed supports and a figure holding a bowl atop.

Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Pi…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Watercolor design of a Gothic baptismal font in a pointed-arch niche between two grey columns, with carved finials.

Design for baptismal font set between paired Purbeck marble columns

Auguste Charles Pugin, late 18th-early 19th century

Etching of an imaginary prison-like interior with crisscrossing walkways, cranes, arches, and tiny figures along the railings

Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive inventate, ed incise da Giambatista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano fra gli…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761-1809

Major General Charles Lee

Alexander Hay Ritchie, 1860

Engraving of a bearded bagpiper in a turban leaning against a tree and playing bagpipes, dated 1514.

The Bagpiper

Albrecht Dürer, 1514

Etching of a standing man in a plumed hat before a crowded Italian street with buildings and onlookers.

Le Captain ou L'Amoureux, from "Les Trois Pantalons pièces appélees Les Trois Acteurs" (The Three Pants also called t…

Jacques Callot, ca. 1618-20

Etching of a skeletal Death figure striding over a ledge carrying an infant, with a town and small skeleton in the background

Death Carrying an Infant, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etching of a kneeling shepherd with sheep under a palm tree, beside two turbaned bearded men and a child.

Shepherd with Two Magicians, from "Scherzi"

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-57

Watercolor of three men in period costume talking on a dirt road under a cloudy sky, one with a tartan sash and feathered bon

Quentin Durward and the disguised Louis XI (recto); Study of male figure (verso)

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825-26

Pencil drawing of a carved wood dining room door with foliate upper panels, fluted lower panels, and flanking pilasters.

Carved Wood Door for Dining Room, Leighton Hall

John Gregory Crace, ca. 1854

Colored design drawing of an arched stained glass window with floral scrollwork panels and patterned borders.

Design for Stained Glass Windows

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Design drawing of a blue coffered ceiling with six gilded medallions holding classical figures, with a cornice detail above.

Carved and Painted Ceiling with Six Figural Medallions, for Cleish Castle

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pencil design sheet with grid of ceiling panels showing skies, niches, putti medallions and draped standing figures in orname

Design for Panelled Ceiling with Figures and Carving

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with a central quatrefoil medallion, diagonal lettered ribbons and green and rust fo

Design for a Coffered and Painted Ceiling in Rust and Olive Green, with a Quatrefoil Motif

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Costume Design for Lady with a Fan

Basil Crage, 1890-99

Brown ink design of a helmeted charioteer driving horses, framed by blank banners and a striped decorative border.

Design for Trade Card [The Sun Life Assurance Society]

Walter Crane, 1880-89

Pencil drawing of a large gnarled tree with spreading branches above rocks and grass on pale paper.

Study for Three Trees

John Crome, January 12, 1812

Pencil sketch in three horizontal bands of Chinese figures: seated officials, musicians with drums, dancers, and garden scene

Three Friezes of Chinese Figures

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, 1800-1856

Decorated manuscript-style border with flowers, birds, a dog and Latin text, framing a faint pencil nativity sketch.

Decorated Border with Nativity Scene

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Floral border design with white jasmine blossoms, green leaves, a ladybug and a blue butterfly around a blank center.

Floral Border Design

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Illuminated initial letter with a robed saint holding a crozier, framed by blue, red and gold foliate ornament.

Illuminated Initial "N"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62