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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Architectural drawing of a composite order column with acanthus capital, fluted shaft, and frieze showing a bull and two figu

Composite Order from Rome

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Pen and wash drawing of a tomb design with a tiered base, garland relief, inscription D.O.M., and seated figures on top.

Design for a tomb

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Brown ink and wash design of God the Father seated on clouds in a niche with a winged putto holding a globe.

Design for a sculptural group with God the Father in a niche

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Ink and wash sketch of a winged figure with a scythe on a globe, flanked by a bearded man and reclining putti.

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument with a reclining figure, a portrait bust atop a pedestal, and scrolled ornament

Design for a sepulchral monument with a portrait bust (recto); Design for a reliquary (?) (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a sepulchral monument with an urn and two flanking figures on a scrolled base.

Design for a sepulchral monument with two figures

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a winged old man with a scythe and hourglass, draped in grey cloak, on red chalk paper.

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time (recto); Design for a sepulchral monument (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pencil and red chalk sketch of two winged figures seated on a ledge above a plinth, part of a monument design.

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time (recto); Design for a column (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man reading on a scroll-decorated architectural ledge, with a carved mask below.

Design for a sepulchral monument with a seated prophet or philosopher (recto); Sketches (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk wash of a sepulchral monument design showing a seated figure with a scythe and ornate scro

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time (recto); Architectural sketch and fragment of a letter (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink design sheet for a sepulchral monument with an urn, scrolled cartouche, portrait medallion and two seated figures

Design for a sepulchral monument (recto); Design for a monument (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Ink and red chalk design for a tomb monument with a winged figure on top and seated and reclining figures at its sides.

Design for a sepulchral monument (recto); Fragment of a letter and notes (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a monument design: a bull's head between two winged putti holding drapery, above a lion mask.

Design for a monument (recto); Architectural sketches (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and brown ink design for a sepulchral monument with two kneeling figures and cherubs above a scrolled base.

Design for a sepulchral monument with Mary Magdalen and Saint Jerome (recto); Sketch (counterproof) and writing exerc…

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a draped sepulchral monument with a cross finial, a sarcophagus, and a seated figure beside it.

Design for a sepulchral monument in the form of a pulpit (recto); Fragment of a text (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a classical altar design with columns, curved pediment, draped curtain, and a winged putto.

Design for an altar

Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument with a reclining figure, oval portrait bust, urn, and draped base.

Design for a sepulchral monument with a portrait bust

Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen, 1673

Pen and wash drawing of a reliquary design with two cherubs holding palm fronds above a cartouche and scrolled pedestal.

Design for a reliquary

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Architectural elevation drawing of Gothic Alumni Hall facade at Yale College with towers, tracery windows and a doorway.

Proposal for Raising by 15 feet, Alumni Hall, Yale College, New Haven (elevation of facade)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1881

Watercolor elevation of a two-story villa with a veranda among trees, with colored floor plans below.

Villa for David Codwise, near New Rochelle, NY (project; elevation and four plans)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Architectural floor plan in ink showing dining room, library, parlour, hall and a circular portico on a tan sheet.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1836

Watercolor architectural drawing of a neoclassical house front and flank elevations with Corinthian columns and Greek key fri

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (front and side elevations)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Watercolor floor plan of a house with portico, veranda, parlor, dining room and a second floor library.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (revised plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1836

Pen and ink floor plan of a house with drawing rooms, dining room, office and front hall, labeled 1835.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (client's plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Graphite and white chalk portrait drawing of a man in a curled powdered wig, on blue-grey paper.

William Pitt the Elder

William Hoare, ca. 1754

Watercolor of a shaded road beside a steep rocky cliff with dense trees, figures on the path, and a distant building.

A View near the Arco Scuro, looking towards the Villa Medici, at Rome

Francis Towne, 1785

Pen and brown wash drawing of Old St. Paul's Cathedral in London seen from the east, showing its rose window and central towe

Old St. Paul's Cathedral, London, seen from the East

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1656-58

Brown ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with a kneeling king offering a gift to the Christ child in an oval frame.

The Adoration of the Magi

Theodoor van Thulden, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a stone watermill beside a river with a wooden footbridge, ducks, trees and figures on the banks.

Watermill near Maastricht

Valentijn Klotz, 1670

Red and black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a tall hat, looking to the side.

Head of a Bearded Man in a Hat

Adriaen van Ostade, ca. 1650