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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,459 works

Watercolor elevation of a paneled wall with double doors, a painted panel of ducks, and a landscape mural with gold border.

Elevation of a paneled wall with a mural or tapestry and a double doors surmounted by a painting of ducks

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Etching of the Flight into Egypt: a standing man, a kneeling woman with a child, a winged figure above a rocky cliff, and a p

Flight Into Egypt

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, 1759

Allegorical Medal in Honor of Louis XIV

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a north elevation of a wood-sided house with a tall spire tower, porch, and gabled roofs.

Design for a House, North Elevation

W. Strong, ca. 1883

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate fireplace grate with urn finials, scrolled supports, and lion medallions.

Design for Cast-iron Grate with Green Metal Surround

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, ca. 1814

Watercolor design of a curved cast-iron fireplace grate in a green scrolled surround, numbered 520.

Design for Cast-iron Grate, Elevation and Plan

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, 1814

Etching of a long colonnade with Corinthian columns and arches, a mounted rider and figures among scattered stone fragments.

Perspectival View, Temple of Isis

Jacques Androuet, 1551

Watercolor design drawing of a gate's top section with gilt finials, blue scrolls, a green arch and handwritten color notes.

Design for Top Portion of a Gate, Full-Size

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor design drawing of ornate church wall standards with scrolled brackets, branches, and a cornice behind them.

Designs for Church Wall Standards

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Ink and watercolor design sheet showing a wall bracket, a tall nave standard and a chancel standard for church lighting.

Designs for Church Lights: Wall Bracket, Nave Standard, Chancel Standard

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil sketch of a circular pierced metal ornament with tracery and a small doorhandle detail with handwritten notes.

Metal Doorhandle, Cloisters, Hereford Cathedral

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a Gothic tracery ornamental design with foliate scrolls and yellow wash accents.

Lock from Elaborate Dresson de Sacristy, now in the Hotel de Clugny

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate scrolled wall lantern on a bracket, labeled No 4 and £15, dated 1885.

Lamp Design for 27 Old Steyne, Brighton

Richardson Ellson & Co., 1885

Pen and brown ink drawing of a circular border with seated female figures, musical instruments and draped figures around an e

Design for a Circular Border with Nine Female Figures (the Muses?)

Luca Penni, 1525-35

Woodcut of a seated bearded man writing beside an eagle, while a crowned woman with a child appears in rays of light above.

The Virgin Appearing to Saint John, frontispiece to "The Apocalypse"

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of the Holy Family with bearded saints under trees and two angels playing lute and bagpipe, dated 1511.

The Holy Family with Saints and Two Musical Angels

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of a seated woman in a canopied bed, a knight with raised sword, and a castle on a hill in the distance.

Illustration from "The Ritter von Turn"

Albrecht Dürer, 1493

Engraving of a peasant man in a cap and loose shirt yawning widely, framed in a decorative oval border.

A Peasant Yawning

Lucas Vorsterman

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

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

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

Woodcut of two armored knights on ornate horses in a tournament, one with a raised lance and flying banners.

The Tournament on Horseback

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1517-18

Circular engraving of the Virgin and Child in a landscape, crowned by two angels above.

The Virgin and Child Crowned by Two Angels above a Landscape

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1504

Woodcut of a holy kinship group under trees, with cherub angels playing instruments in the foreground, dated 1511.

The Holy Kinship with Lute Playing Angels

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Etching of a large craggy rock formation with trees, a seated figure, and a thatched cottage under a cloudy sky.

The Large Rock

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Etching of a hamlet with wooden houses among rocks and pine trees, two figures by a stream, and a cloudy sky.

The Hamlet on Mountainous Ground

Allart van Everdingen, mid-17th century

Hand-colored caricature print of three men in top hats and coats on a waterfront, with speech balloons and a distant sailing

Three Loafers (Trois Originaux)

Alfred E. Baker, 1836-41

The Old Flemish Woman (La Vieille Flamande)