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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,938 works

Pencil drawing of a seated female nude seen from behind, leaning on one arm, legs extended over a stone base.

Seated Female Nude Seen from the Back

Samuel Amsler, 1819

Pen and wash drawing of classical warriors and women in a tumultuous interior scene, with a doorway at right.

Scene from the Iliad

Michael Martin Drölling, 1815

Pen drawing of Christ riding a donkey into a walled city, surrounded by disciples waving palm fronds and angels above.

The Entrance of Christ into Jerusalem

Gustav Ferdinand König, 1841

Pen and brown ink drawing of a kneeling man, a bearded standing man, and a seated woman holding fruit before classical column

Allegory of Fecundity (?)

Gérard de Lairesse, mid-17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a classical scene with soldiers, grieving women and a fallen figure before a long city wall.

The Surviving Horatian

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, first half 19th century

Ritratti di alcuni Ostrogotti

Joseph François Foulquier, 1768

Red chalk drawing of a wooded path with a large tree at left, a small figure walking, and a cottage among trees.

Wooded Landscape

Friedrich August Brand, mid-18th-early 19th century

Brown wash drawing of a shadowed wooded ravine with a creek flowing toward a bright waterfall beneath overhanging trees.

Wooded Landscape with a Creek

Christoph Nathe, 1770-1806

Brown wash drawing of an ivy-framed landscape with figures, a thatched hut, and a distant bay under a hazy sky.

Grape Harvest at the Gulf of Naples

Christoph Heinrich Kniep, 1770-1825

Grey wash drawing of centaurs by a pond beneath tall, twisting trees with hills in the distance.

Centaurs at a Pond

Friedrich Preller the Elder, 1824-78

Watercolor of a forest stream with a small waterfall, a leaning mossy tree, and several figures resting on the banks.

Landscape with Waterfall

Friedrich Christian Klass, late 18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of rocky landscape with ruins, a windswept pine, a thatched cottage and pale cliffs under cloudy sky.

Landscape with a ruin near Mödling

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer, 1796

Grey wash drawing of an idealized landscape with cliffs, a waterfall, grazing cows, a lake, and a distant temple.

Ideal Landscape with a Shepherd and Cows

Johann Christian Klengel, 1770-1824

Watercolor elevation of a decorated interior wall with a mirror above a fireplace, flanked by two painted panels with figures

Elevation of an interior wall decorated with a chimney piece surmouted by a mirror and flanked with painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor study of a flowing-robed female figure with pink drape in a circle, beside a panel of cherubs among clouds.

Two designs for the decoration of ceilings with figures in clouds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil design for a decorative panel with a pastoral scene, rococo scrolls, garlands, and a trellis arch over seated figures

Design for a panel painted with a pastoral scene and rococco motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a gilded ceiling with rococo scrollwork, a central rosette, and a small painted panel of two seated fig

Design for a ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Horizontal ceiling border design with rococo cartouches, putti on the left and reclining figures in a landscape on the right.

Design for the decorative border around a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Ochre-ground design drawing of a ceiling border with scrolling foliage and a putto carrying a basket of flowers at center.

Design for decorative border to a ceiling with a putto carrying a basket of flowers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Half-circle ceiling design with gold rococo scrollwork, acanthus leaves, floral garlands and small painted cherubs.

Partial design for a circular ceiling decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling with painted clouds framed by a gilded rococo scroll border with floral accents.

Design for the decoration of aceiling with painted clouds and a pierced border

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Design drawing of a diamond-patterned coffered ceiling with red and blue panels, scrollwork, rosettes and painted initials.

Design for a coffered ceiling with painted initials: SRI (?)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Colored design of a coffered ceiling with blue, red and pink panels decorated with arabesques and masks.

Alternate designs for the decoration of a coffered ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling border with Greek key bands, scrolling foliage, purple flowers, and an empty central

Partial design for the painted decoration of a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Drawing of a coffered ceiling design with ornamental panels, rosettes and scrollwork in brown ink on ochre wash.

Design for a decorated ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1840-97

Etching of ancient Roman ruins at Cumae, with tall stone arches, overgrown trees, and small figures among the broken masonry.

Ruines de Cumes

Pierre Quentin Chedel, 18th century

Etching of elegant figures in a garden with a boat, nude statue on a pedestal, and cherubs in clouds above.

The Isle of Cythera

Jérôme-François Chantereau, ca. 1750

Etching of a ruined stone tower and wall beside a tall poplar and leafy trees on a rocky bank.

Rustic Landscape

duc de Chartres Louis Philippe Joseph, 18th century

Etching of a ruined stone arch and broken column among shrubs and cypress trees in a rustic landscape.

Rustic Landscape with Stone Monument

duc de Chartres Louis Philippe Joseph, 18th century

Etching of a stone mason in a hat chiseling a block of stone beside a column, with a garden wall and trees behind.

Stone Mason at Work

duc de Chartres Louis Philippe Joseph, 1762