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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pencil sheet of figure studies including a nude boy playing a flute, a reclining male figure, and isolated arms and legs.

Studies of a Boy Playing the Flute; verso: Studies of Seated Man

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1811-89

Pencil studies on paper of a seated nude woman with raised arms, plus smaller sketches of a torso and draped figures.

Studies of a Sitting Woman; verso: Studies of Men

Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann, 1811-89

Lithograph of a palace on a river bank with sailboats, a rowboat, and trees along the right edge under a cloudy sky.

Le Palais de S.A.I. Le Prince Grand duc Michel a Hamenny-Ostrof, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impéria…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of a palace colonnade across a lake at Tsarskoye Selo, with rowboats and figures on a railed landing and a large t

La Colonnade du Palais a Tzarskoé-Sélo, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St. Pe…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of a gabled ivy-covered villa with a carriage and riders on a drive, flanked by a large tree and garden trellises.

Le Cottage D'Alexandrie près de Péterof, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St. P…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Lithograph of a domed café pavilion in a summer garden, with trees and well-dressed figures strolling along a gravel path.

Le Café au Jardin d'été à St. Pétersbourg, from "Vues pittoresques des palais & jardins impériaux aux environs de St.…

J. Meyer, ca. 1850

Sepia engraving of a coastal bay with sailing ships, tall trees, grazing cattle, and figures on the shore.

Rape of Europa

Richard Earlom, 1776

Brown ink landscape of a towered castle on a rocky headland above a harbor with a sailing ship and figures.

Landscape, after Claude

Johan Baptist Stuntz, ca. 1811

Sepia print of a rocky coast with trees, a cave arch, figures by the water, a small boat, and a distant town.

Landscape

Johann Nepomuk Strixner, ca. 1811

Engraved landscape with classical ruins, an aqueduct, grazing animals, and figures by a river beneath tall trees.

Landscape with Roman Ruins

William Miller, 1820-82

Pen drawing of a garden grotto under a terrace with statues in niches, fountains, a pergola and trees.

Grotto under a Terrace

Jean-Baptiste-Cicéron Lesueur, 1817

Etching of a crowd storming a stone fortress tower amid smoke, with fallen figures, a cannon, and a raised white flag.

The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 (Prise de la Bastille le 14 juillet 1789)

Charles Thévenin, 1790

Engraved pastoral landscape with dancing figures under tall trees, grazing cattle, a stone bridge, and a distant valley.

Dance Under the Trees (Landscape with Rural Dance)

Claude Lorrain, 1742

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a classical garden façade with fluted columns, arcades and a balustrade.

Design for the Garden Façade of the Palais Royal

Victor Louis, 1781

Watercolor design of a classical rotunda with colonnades, a rocky fountain, and figures in a garden framed by trees.

Project for a Fête Decor

Louis Pierre Baltard, n.d.

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a neoclassical public building with arched colonnade, sculpted frieze and seated sphinxes.

Project for a Public Monument

Alexandre Théodore Brongniart, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bacchanal with revelers, putti and baskets of grapes gathered around a wine vat.

Bacchanal: Arrival at the Wine Vat

Joseph-Marie Vien, ca.1755

Engraving of St. George lancing a dragon while a princess watches from a hill and a walled town appears at right.

St. George and the Dragon; Designs for Goldsmiths

Israhel van Meckenem, 1470-1503

Engraved coastal landscape with tall trees, a columned temple, sailing ships, and figures boarding a rowboat at the shore.

Coast View with the Embarkation of Carlo and Ubaldo

Pierre Charles Canot, 1744

Etching of a harbor with stone towers, sailing ships, a donkey rider, walking figures and large trees.

Coast Scene with an Artist

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Etching of dancing figures on a path before a winged figure, with a ruined temple and trees in a classical landscape.

Time, Apollo and the Seasons

Claude Lorrain, 1662

Etching of a pastoral landscape with tall trees, a stone bridge, cattle, walking figures, and distant hills.

Rebecca and Eliezer

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1638-41

Etching of a pastoral scene with dancing figures beneath a large tree, goats at left and seated onlookers at right.

The Country Dance

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1637

Etching of villagers dancing in a clearing beside a large tree, with goats and seated onlookers in the foreground.

The Country Dance (Large Plate)

Claude Lorrain, ca. 1637

Title page of Los Proverbios with decorative lettering, a crowned coat of arms, and the date Madrid 1864.

Title page for "Los Proverbios" (Disparates)

Francisco Goya, 1864

Etching of a man lunging forward with a pole while figures stoop before a dark crumbling wall under a night sky.

Cruel Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Etching of a line of figures in loose sack-like garments with ruffled collars against a dark background.

Men in Sacks, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Etching of a figure flung upward while a large horse rears on a rocky ground under a dark sky.

The horse abductor, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Etching of distorted dancing figures in ruffled costumes, flailing arms and swirling skirts against a dark background.

Merry Folly, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published 1864)

Etching of a man strapped to large bat-like wings flying in a dark sky, with other flyers and a parachute figure nearby.

A Way of Flying, from "The Disparates" (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-16 (published 1864)