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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,744 works

Engraving of a king with courtiers touring a scientific hall with armillary sphere, skeleton, and formal garden views.

Louis XIV Visiting the Royal Academy of Sciences

Sébastien Leclerc I, 1671

Engraved allegorical title page with a portrait of Louis XIV, ceremonial scenes, and a Paris river view.

The Reception of Louis XIV at the Hôtel de Ville on the Occasion of his Recovery, January 30, 1687

Sébastien Leclerc I, 1687

Woodcut of the Nativity with the Virgin kneeling by the infant, angels above and a star in the sky.

The Nativity, from The Life of the Virgin, Latin Edition, 1511

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Woodcut of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt, with Mary riding a donkey through palms while angels appear in the clouds abo

The Flight into Egypt, from The Life of the Virgin, from the Latin Edition

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Watercolor of two women in 1860s crinoline dresses and a child in an orange blouse, set before a green garden backdrop.

Illustration for a French fashion magazine

Hélöise Leloir, ca. 1862

Watercolor of a woman in a burgundy dress with fashionably dressed children holding rackets and a hoop beside a stone pedesta

Fashion illustration, no. 2224

Jules David, July 1885

Hand-colored 1888 fashion plate showing five women wearing elaborate hats with ribbons, bows, and lace.

Ladies' Hats, No. 4671, from "Journal des Demoiselles"

Paul Deferneville, April 1, 1888

Pencil drawing of a classical landscape with tall trees, draped figures by a fountain, and a building beside water.

Classical Landscape with Women at a Fountain

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a warrior in a plumed helmet driving a chariot pulled by horses, with a bearded guide and a shield at the s

Composition from the "Tragedies of Aeschylus," plate 17 (recto); Goddess statue from "The Suppliants," plate 7 (verso)

John Flaxman, 19th century

Etching of fishermen hauling a heavy net of fish from a rocking boat under a cloudy sky over a choppy sea.

Miraculous Draught of Fish

Pieter Soutman, 1595-1657

Pen drawing of a tall rectangular mirror with an arched pediment and garlands, set above a side table with an urn motif.

Design for a Rectangular Mirror over a Side Table

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil design drawing of an ornate oval mirror with candle sconces above a side table with figural legs.

Design for an Oval Mirror over a Side Table

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Brown ink and wash drawing of a gnarled tree with twisting branches and feathery foliage on pale paper.

Study of a Tree

Jacob de Gheyn II, late 16th-early 17th century

Etching of Neptune with trident among sea gods, tritons, sea creatures and flying putti above the waves.

The Realm of Neptune, from "Drawing Book"

Frederick Bloemaert, 1650-56

Engraving of a woman giving food to beggars on a checkered terrace while a couple watches from a doorway.

Feeding the Hungry, from "Acts of Mercy" (Les Oeuvres de Miséricorde)

Abraham Bosse, 1635

Engraved view of a ceremonial hall with richly dressed men seated in tiered rows beneath a draped canopy.

Seating Arrangement of the Chevaliers of the Order of the Holy Spirit

Abraham Bosse, 1634

Engraving of a grand banquet hall with two long tables of seated diners in plumed hats and attendants walking the central ais

Banquet of the Chevaliers of the Holy Spirit

Abraham Bosse, 1634

Engraved frontispiece of a king knighting a kneeling nobleman with a sword, surrounded by courtiers under a draped canopy and

Frontispiece to Pierre d'Hozier's "Les noms surnoms qualitez armes et blasons des chevaliers de l'Ordre du Sainct Esp…

Abraham Bosse, 1634

Engraved print of chevaliers and soldiers marching in order across a palace courtyard, with lettered groups and arcaded build

Order of the Chevaliers Marching at Fontainebleau in May 1633

Abraham Bosse, 1634

Narrow drawing of a pilaster with stacked grotesque candelabra, scrollwork and small masks in brown ink and wash.

Design for a Pilaster with Two Candelabra Grotesques and Three Masks

Giuseppe Salviati, ca. 1540-60

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Le Blanc

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1750

Portrait of Madame de Pompadour (Madame Le Normant d'Estiolles)

Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1764

Engraving of a seated woman with a book, attended by a winged trumpeter with a wreath and playful putti before a classical te

Portrait of Madame de Pompadour

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, ca. 1745

Portrait of David Garrick

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1764

Le Marquis de Marigny

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1752

Le Marque Scipion Maffei

Le Seur, Professeur de Mathématiques á la Sapience, a Rome

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, 1750

Engraving of the Holy Family with a kneeling Saint John the Baptist at right, set beside a palm tree and rocky landscape.

Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist who kneels at the right

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Pencil drawing of a tall cabinet in front and end elevation, with a decorative pediment, drawer pulls and paneled doors.

Design for a Cabinet

W. Strong, 1883

Pencil drawing of the south elevation of a Victorian house with a tall conical tower and gabled roofs.

Design for a House, South Elevation

W. Strong, ca. 1883

Pencil architectural drawing of a Victorian house front elevation with a turret, porch, and two floor plans.

Design for a House, Front Elevation and Plans

W. Strong, ca. 1883

Pencil drawing of a wood-clad house rear elevation with gabled dormers, a chimney, and a spire, dated January 1883.

Design for a House, Back Elevation

W. Strong, ca. 1883

Pencil drawing of a north elevation of a wood-sided house with a tall spire tower, porch, and gabled roofs.

Design for a House, North Elevation

W. Strong, ca. 1883

Ink and wash design drawing of a fireplace with ornate scrolled mantel, hob grate with baluster bar, and plan view below.

Design for a Cast-iron Hob Grate in Ormolu

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, 1814

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate fireplace grate with urn finials, scrolled supports, and lion medallions.

Design for Cast-iron Grate with Green Metal Surround

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, ca. 1814

Grey wash design drawing of a fireplace with winged griffins on pedestals, acanthus scrolls, and a central baluster.

Design for Cast-iron Grate in Rococo Style with Putti Fire Dogs

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, ca. 1814

Watercolor design of a fireplace with a cast-iron grate, perforated fire basket, and green ornamental border.

Design for Cast-iron Grate with Eagles Grasping Snakes

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, ca. 1814

Watercolor design of a curved cast-iron fireplace grate in a green scrolled surround, numbered 520.

Design for Cast-iron Grate, Elevation and Plan

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, 1814

Ink and wash drawing of a fireplace design with a cast-iron grate, putto-topped fire dogs, and an ornate urn above.

Design for a Cast-iron Grate

Benjamin Dean Wyatt, ca. 1814

Pen drawing of a symmetrical neoclassical ceiling design with a central circular medallion, scrolls, garlands and urn panels.

Design for an Oblong Ceiling with an Oval Centre

James Wyatt, 18th-19th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of a wooded river landscape with a stone bridge, a tower, and large framing trees.

Ancient buildings next to water in the woods (recto); A variation of the same landscape in reverse (verso)

Robert Adam, 1740-55

Watercolor design elevation of a Gothic-style white marble chimney piece with carved overmantel and flanking pilasters.

Design for a Chimney Piece in a "Jacobethan" style, for the Drawingroom at Grendon Hall, Warwickshire

Joseph Potter, 1825

Grey wash drawing of a vaulted Gothic hall with a draped catafalque, gilded coffin, candles and attendants.

Vaulted Interior with Catalfalque, Coffin and Attendants

Robert Mackreth, 1822

Etched interior of a laboratory with men in period dress around a table, shelves of jars, a furnace, and a garden view.

Laboratoire dans le Jardin Royale des Plantes

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Watercolor of a crowded early 1800s salon with harp and piano performers, a flute player, and an audience in period dress.

A Concert

Granddaughters of Dr. Samuel Parr, 1820-30

Two young women in a period room, one writing at a table and one sewing by a window, with framed prints on the walls.

Two young women writing and sewing in an interior at Hatton, Warwickshire

Granddaughters of Dr. Samuel Parr, 1820-30

Watercolor interior of a drawing room with seated women, a table with books, and many framed portraits on the walls.

Drawing Room at Hatton, Warwickshire

Granddaughters of Dr. Samuel Parr, 1820-30

Watercolor interior with green curtains, portraits on walls, a woman reading, a woman writing, and two seated men.

An interior at Hatton, Warwickshire

Granddaughters of Dr. Samuel Parr, 1820-30

Pen and ink sketch of a kneeling Virgin, a standing St Peter, and small studies of seated figures and a child.

Sketches of Figures of the Virgin Kneeling,St Peter Standing,Seated Allegorical Figures of Faith and Charity, and Chi…

Simone Ferrucci, 1487

Grey wash drawing of a symmetrical foliage frieze with scrolls, ivy leaves, and bellflowers inside a double-ruled border.

Design for Frieze of Foliage

Thomas Pether, 1770-79

Pen and watercolor drawing of a tiered crystal chandelier with a crown finial, gilt bands and cascading drops.

Large Chandelier at Carlton House, Pall Mall

Edmund Thomas Parris, 19th century

Blue watercolor of an anthropomorphic kingfisher in a tailcoat fishing with a rod beside a pond and reeds.

Kingfisher

Linley Sambourne, late 19th century

Pencil and wash drawing of a triangular pediment with a seated armoured woman holding a spear, flanked by putti.

Design for a Pediment

Bouget, ca. 1700

Pen and gray wash drawing of a crowd in 1750s fashion, with a stout man with a cane in the foreground before a classical buil

Taste a la Mode in the Year 1753

Louis Pierre Boitard, 1753

Etched almanac page with paired scenes of courtly figures, a child, putti and an obelisk fountain within ornate scrolled fram

Almanach for 1639: Louis XIII and Anne of Austria entrusting the Kingdom and the Heir Apparent to the Virgin

Abraham Bosse, 1638

Engraving of a seated king on a dais receiving kneeling officials, with courtiers and military scenes in the background.

Louis XIII Listens to the Provost of the Merchants of Paris on December 23, 1628

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Engraving of a family dining at a table with a man raising a glass, a dog, a canopied bed and a window, with French verses be

Virility

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraved title page with a draped curtain, putti, a bearded mask, a fruit garland and a border of theatrical masks.

Title Page: Comedies of Terence (Publii Terentii Comœdiae)

Abraham Bosse, 1642

Engraving of the Virgin on a cloud with angels, while a king and queen kneel in prayer before her beneath a crown.

Almanach for 1639: Louis XIII and Anne of Austria Entrusting the Kingdom and the Prince under the Protection of the V…

Abraham Bosse, 1639

Woodcut of an allegorical scene: a throned figure before a walled city, three walkers, a fountain, and a crowd below.

Tabula Cebetis

David Kandel, 16th century

Engraving of Venus embracing Adonis beneath trees, with Cupid between them and a lion at the lower right.

Venus and Adonis, from "The Story of Adonis"

Philips Galle, ca. 1579

Etching of a long colonnade with Corinthian columns and arches, a mounted rider and figures among scattered stone fragments.

Perspectival View, Temple of Isis

Jacques Androuet, 1551

Pen and watercolor architectural drawing of a spire top cross with lead cap, with north and south elevations and handwritten

Design for a Cross Supported by Lead Roof Cap, for Belleaw Church

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor design drawing of a gate's top section with gilt finials, blue scrolls, a green arch and handwritten color notes.

Design for Top Portion of a Gate, Full-Size

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880