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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,938 works

Etching of flat-bottomed boats moored on a calm river bank beside tall trees, with open fields in the distance.

Bachots au bords de la Seine

Félix Bracquemond, 1858

Etching of a rainy city street with pedestrians under umbrellas, diagonal rain lines, and a small decorative vignette at lowe

Decoration for a Plate: Rain

Félix Bracquemond, 1870

Etching of cranes wading by a pond among tall grasses, one bird flying overhead, with a ribbon reading UN ETANG at lower left

Decoration for a Plate: A Pond

Félix Bracquemond, 1870

Hand-colored print of a cat peering down at a red crab beside water, within a circular frame.

Decoration for a Plate: A Cat Hunting a Crab

Félix Bracquemond, 1850-1914

Two ink drawings of an ornate grand foyer with draped curtains, columns, a statue, chandeliers, and a heraldic crest.

Two Views of a Grand Foyer

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a painted vaulted ceiling with floral garlands, scrolling foliage, a griffin and a bird.

Designs for the painted decoration of a vaulted ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing for a painted ceiling with scrollwork, star bursts and filigree in lilac, cream and turquoise within a brown f

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling with bursts and filagree

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central blue and white chinoiserie scene of a pagoda and palm tree, framed by gilded m

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a Chinese blue and white design

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Ornamental ceiling design with blue central panel, mauve scrollwork, gilded frame and corner urns on ochre ground.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with urns, swags, and portrait medallions in the four corners

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a rinceaux ceiling with lavender scrolls, central rosette and brown moulded border on blue-green paper.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling in rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil design drawing of an ornate ceiling or wall with strapwork, scrolls and a central medallion in a moulded frame.

Design for the decoration of a wiling with strapwork and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a decorated wall with blue and ochre patterned panels separated by grey pilasters and marbled wainscotin

Design for decoration of a wall with painted panels separated by pilasters

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor ceiling design with interlaced strapwork border and central filigree medallion flanked by star motifs.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a border of strapwork and a central filagree medallion

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pastel watercolor design of a decorative ceiling corner with circular medallions, scrolling foliage, and green and pink ornam

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with circular medallions

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for an octagonal ceiling with gilded rinceaux scrollwork in pink, blue and yellow, framed by brown moldings

Design for the decoration of a hexagonal ceiling with rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Engraving of a Holy Family: a seated woman with an infant, a man leaning on a ruined column, and an obelisk in the distance.

Holy Family

Claude Cherpignon, n.d.

Engraving of elegant 18th-century figures in a wooded landscape, with a seated woman holding a fan and French verse below.

La Jeunesse indifférente

Nicolas Dupin, 1778-87

Engraving of the Virgin and Christ Child with playful winged angels carrying fruit and garlands beside a classical column.

The Virgin and Christ Child Served by Angels

Laurent de La Hyre, 1640

Watercolor of the Watzmann mountain peaks above blue foothills under a pale sky.

The Watzmann (recto); Sketch of Sankt Bartholomä on the Königssee (verso)

August Heinrich, 1820-22

Engraved print of a haloed saint, bishop, knights and harpist in a wooded landscape with a church in the distance.

The Introduction of the arts in German by Christianity

Eugen Eduard Schäffer, 1839

Watercolor design of a balustrade with an awning in Moorish pattern, hanging flower baskets, urns, and a sky backdrop.

An Outdoor Balustrade Overhung with an Awning in Moorish Style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of an ornate gilded interior wall with a fireplace, framed landscape paintings, and a decorated door.

Design for the decoration of a wall punctuated by a fireplace and a door and hung with gold-framed pictures

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a paneled room wall with double doors, rococo cartouches, vases, fruit garlands and lattice frieze.

Design for a room with double doors decorated with garlands of fruit and flowers, scrolls, and lattice work

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor ceiling design with two putti on clouds in a central oval, surrounded by flower garlands and gilded ornament.

Design for a painted ceiling with putti on clouds in a central oval

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a room wall with carved wood paneling, a double door, inset paintings, and green patterned wallpaper.

Design for a room with wood panels inset with paintings and a heavily-carved double door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with gilded moldings, putti, masks and griffins in red, blue and gold panels.

Partial design for the decoration of a ceiling in geometric panels painted with putti, masks., and griffins

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a library fireplace with a heraldic crest, crown, gold monogram wall pattern, and ornate mantel.

Design for the decoration of the fireplace in the library of the Chateau de Mouchy

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

Design drawing of a beamed ceiling with rows of blue panels painted with scrolling foliage and star motifs.

Design for a beamed ceiling with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil design drawing of three gothic pendentives with scrolled floral ornament, rosettes, and arched lattice windows below.

Designs for decorated pendentives

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Sheet with eight painted design studies for decorative borders in red, green, blue and gold, with scrolls, arches and flowers

Eight designs for decorative borders

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97