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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,749 works

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

Engraving of Raphael's Sistine Madonna showing the Virgin and Child on clouds with two saints and two cherubs below.

The Sistine Madonna

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, n.d.

Watercolor design of a patterned blue and red awning with scalloped edges over an arched wooden door in a stone wall.

Design for an awning over a door, in Moorish style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

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 for a decorated ceiling with putti, garlands, and gilded ornament, with a lunette detail below.

Design for the decoration of an oval ceiling with putti and garlands; with a detail of a lunette

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

Two watercolor wall designs with double doors: upper with floral urn and birds, lower with cherubs and blue medallions.

Two Designs for the decoration of walls pierced by pairs of double doors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a ceiling with an oval trompe l'oeil coffered dome, floral garlands, and ornate gilded scrollwork border.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil painting of a coffered dome

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

Watercolor and ink design of three tiers of ornate wall paneling with pilasters, heraldic shields, and gilded moldings.

Designs for three windowed storeys

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

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

Pencil and wash design elevation of a chimney-piece with arched mirror, paneled door, and oval portrait medallion.

Design for treatment of a chimney-piece and adjacent door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Two tall decorative panel designs with scrolling foliage and quatrefoil medallions in pink, yellow, red and green on a brown

Designs for two panels painted in rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil design for hunting lodge panels showing a dog's head, scrollwork, and a boar with a spear and horn.

Two designs for panels to decorate a hunting lodge

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a door with Chinese-style panels, bird vignettes, flowering branches, and a gold dragon in the central

Design for the decoration of a door with Chinese motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Drawing of an ornate garden pavilion with glazed doors and stone urns, set in a dense green forest with a gravel path.

A garden pavilion in a forested landscape

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a gilded ceiling frame with an arched opening showing a blue sky with clouds.

Partial design for a decorated ceiling painted with clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a neoclassical stone pedestal with swags, fluted columns, a classical figure medallion, and an urn finia

Design for an ornamented stone pedastal surmounted by an urn

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with painted clouds, pink roses and vines above a patterned gold border and moulded frame.

Design for a ceiling painted with clouds and flowering vines

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a painted cloud ceiling with ornate moldings, a dark scrolled border, and a red wall panel.

Design for a ceiling painted with clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a coffered ceiling with rosette panels and a blue sky with clouds in a curved opening, framed by ornate mol

Design for a coffered ceiling with a central oval painted in clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing with red scrolled panels, a hanging fish, a fruit still life in an oval frame, and a gray wash mirror area.

Design for panels framing a mirror decorated with scrolls and clusters of fish and vegetables

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a painted ceiling with a central circular panel showing clouds and three flying ducks.

Design for a carved and painted ceiling with clouds and ducks in the central circular panel

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Brown ink and wash drawing of Hermes and Venus seated under a tree with a Cupid in the foreground.

Hermes, Venus, and Cupid in a Landscape

Peter Bruck, early 17th century

Engraved print of a bearded robed saint standing on a pedestal, looking upward, with an inscription plaque and hanging lanter

St. Peter Nolscus

Nicolas Pitau, n.d.

Engraving of St. Francis, a hooded friar with a rope belt, arms outstretched, standing on an inscribed stone pedestal.

St. Francis

Nicolas Pitau, n.d.

Engraving of bearded St. Anthony standing barefoot in a hooded cloak, holding a bell staff, on a stone pedestal.

St. Anthony

Nicolas Pitau, n.d.

Engraved title page with two angels holding a banner over a pastoral landscape with a church, shepherds and sheep.

Title Page for "Porticus Religiosa"

Nicolas Pitau, n.d.

Decorative ceiling design with gilded scrolls, fruit swags, and pastel foliate motifs in a stepped frame.

Partial design for the decoration of a ceiling with scrolls and swags of fruit

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling border with green and pink scrollwork and a band of flowers and foliage.

Partial design for the decoration of a ceiling with scrollwork and a border of ribbons and berries

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Engraving of the Adoration showing the infant Christ in a manger with Mary, Joseph, a shepherd, an ox and classical ruins.

Adoration

François Chauveau, n.d.

Colored design drawing of a coffered ceiling with red panels, white scrolling rinceaux, and a central pale green panel.

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling in strapwork and rinceaux

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

Ornamental ceiling design with interlaced purple strapwork, gold outlines, and green scrolling foliage on blue-grey ground.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with strapwork

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with foliate borders and an ornate oval central medallion in orange, blue and cream.

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

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling decoration with an oval arabesque panel and scrolled cartouche above, in pastel tones.

Partial design for the decoration of a ceiling with an oval panel at center

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for an arched painted ceiling with blue center, green and orange corners, and white filigree scrollwork.

Designs for a painted ceiling with filagree borders

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a vestibule ceiling with painted panels, Greek key borders, rosettes and classical figure medallions in was

Design for the decoration of the ceiling of a vestibule in painted panels with roman key borders

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor elevation of an ornate interior with a marble fireplace, gilded putti, red wall panels, and a balcony with iron ra

Elevation of an interior with a chimneypiece surmounted by a mirror and a second floor balcony

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor elevation of a paneled interior with double doors, a relief medallion, and a gilded three-globe wall sconce.

Elevation of a paneled interior with double doors and gaslight sconces

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and wash design for a bath house plaque with the word BAINS, floral urn, swags and a side elevation study.

Design for an ornamental plaque for a bath house

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and watercolor design for an ornamental panel with interlaced strapwork and blue-gray foliate scrolls.

Design for a panel ornamented with strapwork and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Engraving of a kneeling haloed nun receiving a flower crown and cross from religious figures, with a dove and angels above.

The Vision of St. Theresa

II Antonius Wierix, 1570-1604

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with blue rosettes, gold scrollwork, and pink and grey moulded borders.

Partial design for a painted ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Drawing of a decorative ceiling design with blue patterned panels and a border of small painted red flower motifs.

Partial design for ceiling with a border of flowers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a framed decorative panel with a central rosette medallion, scrollwork and pastel ornamental borders.

Design for a framed panel with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a ceiling cove with blue scrollwork, pink rose garlands, a flower frieze, and a blue lower wall panel.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling cove and moulding

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of two ornamental panels with gold, red and blue scrollwork borders separated by a brown band.

Designs for painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Ornamental design for a ceiling panel with gilded borders, blue fields, and white scrolling foliage around a central rosette.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with lavender field, quatrefoil motifs, and scrolling foliate borders in peach and ye

Partial design for the painted decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central floral medallion, geometric fret lines and brown lattice panels on cream groun

Partial design for ceiling decorated in chinese motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a decorated ceiling with ornamental panels and a central panel of painted clouds in a gold frame.

Design for the decoration of a ceiling with a central panel of painted clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Two watercolor designs for painted ceiling coves with gold cartouches holding blue ovals, one red-pink and one green.

Two designs for the painted decoration of ceiling coves with cartouches

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil drawing of a partial ceiling design with diagonal lattice, star rosettes, and a framed corner molding.

Partial design for the decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil elevation of a room wall with ornate scrollwork pilaster, wainscot panels, and a decorated doorway.

Elevation of a room with designs for the decoration of walls and wainscot

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97