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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,707 works

Composite sheet of pencil drawings of an interior, a potted plant, figure studies, an ornamental cartouche and a painted frie

Seven drawings,including four decorative motifs and two scenes of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and ink drawing of four decorative motifs: an arched panel, a heraldic shield, and two half-round ornaments with figur

Four decorative motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a blue and gold ceiling with oval medallions, scrolling filigree panels and ornate corner decoration.

Design for a ceiling painted in filagree designs

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

Watercolor drawing of a large palace with towers behind trees, a weir across a river, and half-timbered houses.

View of the Dessau Castle from the East

Heinrich Olivier, 1820

Pen and gray wash drawing of a market scene with figures handling large fish in the foreground and figures in the background.

Market Scene

Matthäus Gundelach, late 16th-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a river valley with a castle on a cliff, a winding road, and a distant town with church spires.

View of the Rhine and Remagen from the North (?)

Ernst Fries, 1815-33

Profile Portrait of Miss Wieling

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, late 18th-19th century

Pencil drawing of a seated female nude seen from behind, leaning on one arm, legs extended over a stone base.

Seated Female Nude Seen from the Back

Samuel Amsler, 1819

Pen and wash drawing of classical warriors and women in a tumultuous interior scene, with a doorway at right.

Scene from the Iliad

Michael Martin Drölling, 1815

Pen drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a walled city, surrounded by disciples waving palm fronds and angels above.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Gustav Ferdinand König, 1841

Red and black chalk study of a kneeling man in a draped cloak, head turned upward, on blue-grey paper.

Study of a Kneeling Man; verso: Cropped Study of a Standing Man in a Cloak

Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1788-1853

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling man, a bearded standing man, and a seated woman holding fruit before classical column

Allegory of Fecundity (?)

Gérard de Lairesse, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a classical scene with soldiers, grieving women and a fallen figure before a long city wall.

The Surviving Horatian

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, first half 19th century

Ink and wash drawing of a seated youth beside a large eagle, with two peacocks and a fruit basket below.

Jupiter, disguised as an eagle, with Ganymede, and a sketch of two peacocks

Nicolai Abildgaard, mid-18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a standing man in a white Roman toga beside a patterned curtain and small side table.

Standing Roman

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1875-90

Red chalk drawing of a wooded path with a large tree at left, a small figure walking, and a cottage among trees.

Wooded Landscape

Friedrich August Brand, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a shadowed wooded ravine with a creek flowing toward a bright waterfall beneath overhanging trees.

Wooded Landscape with a Creek

Christoph Nathe, 1770-1806

Brown wash drawing of an ivy-framed landscape with figures, a thatched hut, and a distant bay under a hazy sky.

Grape Harvest at the Gulf of Naples

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1770-1825

Grey wash drawing of centaurs by a pond beneath tall, twisting trees with hills in the distance.

Centaurs at a Pond

Friedrich Preller the Elder, 1824-78

Watercolor of a forest stream with a small waterfall, a leaning mossy tree, and several figures resting on the banks.

Landscape with Waterfall

Friedrich Christian Klass, late 18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a large tree with two seated travelers, a walking figure on a path, and a distant town.

Landscape with Wayfarers

Ferdinand Kobell, 1740-99

Grey wash drawing of rocky landscape with ruins, a windswept pine, a thatched cottage and pale cliffs under cloudy sky.

Landscape with a ruin near Mödling

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1796

Grey wash drawing of an idealized landscape with cliffs, a waterfall, grazing cows, a lake, and a distant temple.

Ideal Landscape with a Shepherd and Cows

Johann Christian Klengel, 1770-1824

Pen drawing of a colonnaded hall with a fountain, two standing men in robes and armor, and ornate decorative borders.

Three Scenes from the Life of the Prophet Daniel

Jost Amman, 1564

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned emperor at a banquet between columns, with courtiers, a page, and a dog in the foreground.

Episode from the "Gesta Romanorum": The Emperor and the Page

Jörg Breu the Elder, 1500-1537

Watercolor elevation of a decorated interior wall with a mirror above a fireplace, flanked by two painted panels with figures

Elevation of an interior wall decorated with a chimney piece surmouted by a mirror and flanked with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor study of a flowing-robed female figure with pink drape in a circle, beside a panel of cherubs among clouds.

Two designs for the decoration of ceilings with figures in clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil design for a decorative panel with a pastoral scene, rococo scrolls, garlands, and a trellis arch over seated figures

Design for a panel painted with a pastoral scene and rococco motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Tall decorative door design with gilded panels, a dancing woman with a tambourine, and a lower roundel of ducks among flowers

Design for a decorated door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a gilded ceiling with rococo scrollwork, a central rosette, and a small painted panel of two seated fig

Design for a ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97