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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,937 works

Watercolor design for a Baroque ceiling with an oval sky panel of cherubs and red and green decorative borders.

Design for a ceiling in Baroque style with a central panel in trompe l'oeil

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Colored design drawing of a paneled ceiling with a central octagon, putti, birds, and floral ornament in pastel tones.

Design for a paneled ceiling painted with putti, birds, and floral motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a wall with tan paneling, red cornice, and blue panels with pink scrollwork ornament.

Design for woodwork and painted panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorative panel with a heraldic shield, crown, stag head, floral garland and scrolled frame.

Design of a decorative panel featuring hunting trophies, a shield, and a crown

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design for an arched painted ceiling with blue ground, rose scrollwork ornament and brown-red border.

Partial design for painted ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Blue rinceaux scroll design on a peach ground with a central rosette medallion and foliate borders.

Partial design for a decorative panel painted in rinceaux

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Pencil elevation drawing of a dining room with a carved buffet, mirror, vases and draped window curtains.

Elevation of a dining room with a carved buffet and window draperies

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Design drawing of a coffered ceiling with a painted sky opening filled with flying birds and fruit medallions.

Design for a ceiling with a trompe l'oeil sky filled with birds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Etching of a rocky forest clearing with a large boulder, fallen log, bare tree, and a small figure by the stone.

Simplicius in der Waldeinöde, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Etching of a moonlit ruined château with figures below, beside an ex libris bookplate with ships, music and a violin.

The Owl's Château

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1867-98

Three painted design studies for ornamental room borders with floral bouquets, gilded scrolls and red medallion patterns.

Three designs for painted borders to decorate a room

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Design drawing for a coffered ceiling with a central putto cartouche, red and black panels, bird scenes and gilded ornament.

Design for a ceiling painted with grotesque motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Etching of a wounded centaur rearing on a grassy plain while nude hunters with spears pursue it under a cloudy sky.

Verfolgter Centaur, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

Watercolor design for a paneled ceiling with ornate moldings, floral medallions, and green painted accents.

Design for a paneled ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Four painted decorative border designs with putti, floral garlands, scrollwork, urns and swan medallions on a pale ground.

Four designs for painted borders to decorate a room

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Watercolor design of two painted panels: a blue rosette on gold and an ornate white monogram on red, in a wooden frame.

Two alternative designs for the painted decoration of a panel (one with the intertwined initials CL)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Two watercolor designs for a paneled ceiling with gold scrollwork, rosettes, and blue and red painted panels.

Two designs for paneled ceiling with painted decoration

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Etching of a stone church with a bell tower and cemetery cross under a cloudy sky, with two figures in the foreground.

The Jobourg Church

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1887

Etching of a flock of geese crossing a field toward a wooden gate, with two figures and bare trees under a hazy sky.

Geese

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of large thatched cottages behind a wooden fence, with a cart and stone wall at right under a cloudy sky.

Large Thatched Cottages (Les Grandes Chaumières)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of a coastal landscape with a ruined chapel, steep cliffs, a distant sea and a sailboat under a dramatic sky.

Saint-Michel à L'Estre

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1881

Etching of a rainy Paris quay with pedestrians, horse carriages, gas lamps and smoking chimneys under a hazy sky.

Winter Morning on the Quay, Paris

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1883

Etching of two figures under an umbrella walking a rain-soaked path toward a gabled country house with a small dog.

Country Neighbors (Les Voisins de Campagne)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of thatched cottages with smoking chimneys, a flock of geese in the foreground, and a cloudy sky.

Small Thatched Cottages (Les Petites Chaumières)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1878

Etching of a woman in a long dark gown beside three white swans in a misty landscape with trees and birds.

Lady of the Swans

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879

Etching of a figure with gear wading across shallow water under a dark, cloudy sky with birds flying overhead.

The Seascape Painter (Le Peintre de marine)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of a rainy country road with a figure under an umbrella, a small dog, and a gabled house behind a garden fence.

The Country Neighbors (Les Voisins de Campagne)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1860-98

Etching of a snowy Paris street with horse carriages, dogs, pedestrians, and an advertising kiosk, with small scenes in the m

Winter in Paris, or Paris in the Snow

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1879

Etching of horse-drawn cabs waiting on a rainy city quay beside tall buildings and a lamp post, with pedestrians.

Winter Morning on the Quai de l'Hôtel-Dieu (Cabstand)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1876

Etching of a rainy Paris quay with horse carriages, tall buildings, a street lamp and pedestrians reflected on wet pavement.

Winter Morning on the Quai de l'Hôtel Dieu

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1876