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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Sheet with eight pencil and watercolor designs for a decorative ceiling, including coffered panels, floral motifs and scrollw

Eight designs for a ceiling

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

Watercolor design of an ornate interior wall with putti, flower garlands, fluted pilasters and a central doorway.

Design for wall panels with putti and flower garlands

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

Watercolor design for a decorative ceiling with putti, floral garlands, teal medallions and a pale blue sky center.

Design for a ceiling with trompe l'oeil balustrade and putti

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

Pencil and watercolor design of an interior wall with fluted columns, framed panels and a curved top decorated with putti.

Design for wall panels with putti and flowered garlands

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

Design for an arched ceiling with a painted cloudy sky, flying birds, gilded frame, flower garlands and a central medallion.

Deign for a ceiling a a trompe l'oeil sky

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

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a painted sky oval, floral medallions, gilded garlands and pastel borders.

Design for a ceiling of trompe l'oeil sky

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

Design drawing of a gilded ceiling with an oval center of sketched putti holding ribbons and painted floral panels.

Design for a ceiling with ribbon bearing putti

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

Watercolor design for a domed ceiling with a rosette center, painted balustrade, floral garlands and blue sky panels.

Design for a ceiling with trompe l'oeil balustrade

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

Watercolor design for a ornate ceiling with arches, central oculus, and two putti holding a flower garland.

Design for a ceiling with garland bearing putti

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

Four framed lavender wash designs of putti representing music, painting, sculpture and architecture on one sheet.

Designs featuring the allegories of the arts

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

Sepia design panel of winged putti among clouds inside a gilded rococo frame with scrolled cartouches.

Design with putti

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

Brown wash drawing of winged cupids, one drawing a bow at a target while others kneel and sit around him.

Design of putti at play

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged putti playing on a seesaw beside a classical urn with doves, set in a scrolled frame.

Putti at play

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

Decorative design panel with gilded scrollwork, a blue cherub in an oval medallion, and a garland of colorful flowers.

Design fo the Allegory of the Arts

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

Brown ink and wash drawing in a circular medallion of three winged putti playing a cello, framed by a dark foliate border.

Medallion with putti holding a cello

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of six circular ornamental medallion designs with scrolls, foliage and emblems.

Six designs set in medallions

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

Pencil drawing of a globe, telescope, scrolls and laurel leaves arranged within a circular medallion on a blank sheet.

Allegory of the Liberal Arts (Astronomy)

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

Trompe l'oeil ceiling design with a golden urn of flowers and garlands in a molded niche against a blue sky.

Trompe l'oeil design for a ceiling

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

Two rosy putti seated on clouds, one holding a flower garland, framed in a blue scalloped cartouche.

Two putti on clouds

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

Two nude putti on pink clouds, one holding a leafy garland, within a blue and gold cartouche-shaped frame.

Two putti seated on clouds

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

Painted decorative panel with a gilded urn, roses, foliage, a perched bird and red drapery in a trompe l'oeil niche.

Trompe l'oeil design of birds and flowers

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

Painted trompe l'oeil panel showing a ewer, clarinet and shell on red drapery within a brown frame.

Trompe l'oeil design of ewer and clarinet

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

Watercolor design of a paneled double door with gold scrollwork and a red medallion beneath a patterned pink frieze.

Design for a door

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

Pen and wash design of a symmetrical ornamental ceiling with scrolled panels, a central medallion, and classical moldings.

Design for Half of a Ceiling Decoration, Fontainbleau

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Pen and grey wash design for a decorated ceiling with an oval central panel of sketched putti and ornate scrolled borders.

Design for a ceiling: the Grand Salon

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

Watercolor design elevation of a rococo interior with gilded paneling, arched mirror, painted cherub scenes, and a white fire

Design for wall panels, mirror, and fire mantle

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

Brown wash drawing of a hillside with trees and two small figures under a pale sky.

Landscape with Trees and Figures

Herman van Swanevelt, 1600-1665

Oval grey wash drawing of the Immaculate Virgin standing on a serpent with a palm branch, cherubs and a winged figure below.

The Immaculate Virgin

Johann Georg Bergmüller, 18th-mid 18th century

Grey wash drawing of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a kneeling Christ, cherubs above and angels at left.

The Baptism of Christ

Joseph Esperlin, 1725-75

Pen and wash drawing of a robed saint rising on clouds, surrounded by putti and angels.

Saint Augustine on Clouds Surrounded by Angels

Johann Jacob Eybelwieser, 1667-1744