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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,938 works

Engraving of St. Paul preaching to a crowd in a vaulted stone amphitheatre with statues in niches, by Bellanger, 1749.

St. Paul Preaching in Athens

Jean Achille Bellanger, 1749

Collage of eleven pen and pencil designs for interior decoration, including ornaments, a capital, ceiling studies and floral

Eleven designs for the painted decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and ink designs for interior decoration with ceiling patterns, scrolling ornament, wall paneling and a small lyre-play

Ten designs for the decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Sheet of twenty-two ornamental design studies for painted interior decoration, with scrollwork, foliage, and panel patterns.

Twenty-two designs for the painted decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Collage of thirteen ornamental design studies for interior decoration, with scrolls, foliage, animals and painted bands.

Thirteen designs for the painted decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pen and wash sheet of eight decorative studies for painted interiors, including ceiling layouts, friezes, a heraldic cartouch

Eight designs for the painted decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil drawing of eleven interior decoration designs, including a coffered ceiling corner with scrolls and a central medallio

Eleven designs for the decoration of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a painted ceiling corner with gilded scrollwork, a medallion, roses, vines and a cloudy blue sky.

Partial design for ceiling decoration with clouds and roses

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a painted ceiling with gilded scrollwork, a central rose bouquet and floral swags along the border.

Design for the painted decoration of a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil canopy and roses

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design of a paneled wall with three painted landscapes of trees, gilded moldings and a floral cartouche above.

Elevation of a paneled interior decorated with painted landscapes and coves with cartouches and flowers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil drawing of a curved ceiling cornice with a trompe l'oeil balustrade and sketched floral garlands.

Partial design for a ceiling decorated with a trompe l'oeil balustrade

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and wash design for a ceiling with a decorated border of balustrade, moldings, corner rosettes and foliage.

Design for a ceiling to be decorated with a trompe l'oeil balustrade

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil drawing of an ornate L-shaped ceiling border with scrollwork, acanthus leaves, a medallion and garlands.

Partial design for a ceiling with an ornate border

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil drawing of a decorative ceiling border with scrolling foliage, garlands and floral sprigs by Jules-Edmond-Charles Lach

Partial design for a ceiling with alternative patterns for the borders

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a painted cloudy sky framed by roses and colorful ornamental scrollwork.

Design for a ceiling painted with trompe l'oeil clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with gilded oak leaf bands and a central oval of pink and blue scrolling foliage.

Design for a ceiling decorated with bands of oak leaves and a central panel of scrolls and rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Grey wash design drawing of an ornate ceiling with an oval central medallion, radiating coffers and floral trophies in the co

Design for a ceiling with trophies and a trompe l'oeil coffers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil and ink drawing of four decorative motifs: an arched panel, a heraldic shield, and two half-round ornaments with figur

Four decorative motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a blue and gold ceiling with oval medallions, scrolling filigree panels and ornate corner decoration.

Design for a ceiling painted in filagree designs

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

Engraving of God gesturing toward Eve rising beside the sleeping nude Adam, with a tree trunk and rocky ground.

The creation of Eve who emerges from behind Adam

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1530-70

Engraving of men and youths with donkeys in a landscape, one man lifting a cup from a grain sack while others react.

Joseph's cup being discovered in Benjamin's sack of grain

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Saint Mark seated and writing with a winged lion beside him in a stone interior.

Saint Mark writing his Gospel, a winged lion at the right

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Etching of two hunters with a boar, playful cupids, a reclining figure by a fountain, and a wooded landscape.

Meleager and Atalanta

François Chauveau, 1643

Etched study sheet with several heads of older men, a milkmaid milking a cow, and a reclining goat.

Study of Six Heads and a Milkmaid

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, 1816

Etching of elegantly dressed diners seated at a draped table under a tree, with servants attending in an outdoor garden setti

Elegant Repast

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 1770

Etching of the Holy Family with children, a lamb and rooster, a seated Virgin at left and a bearded man seen from behind at r

Holy Family with St. John the Baptist

comte de Caylus Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, 18th century

Watercolor drawing of a large palace with towers behind trees, a weir across a river, and half-timbered houses.

View of the Dessau Castle from the East

Heinrich Olivier, 1820

Aquatint frieze of classical figures in procession, a pig, an altar and laurel branches on a dark ground with ornamental bord

Frieze with Antique Motifs

Louise Pithoud, ca. 1791

Pen and gray wash drawing of a market scene with figures handling large fish in the foreground and figures in the background.

Market Scene

Matthäus Gundelach, late 16th-17th century

Grey wash drawing of a river valley with a castle on a cliff, a winding road, and a distant town with church spires.

View of the Rhine and Remagen from the North (?)

Ernst Fries, 1815-33