New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,741 works

Watercolor design drawing of a floral church bracket with side elevation and plan views, labeled with scale.

Design for Floral Brackets for a Church

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil and watercolor design of an ornamental iron gate with elevation and plan views and handwritten dimension notes.

Design for an Iron Gate, Elevation and Plan

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor design drawing of wall light brackets showing side and front elevations in brown, blue, gold and red.

Design for Church Lights or Standards

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pen and watercolor design drawing of an iron gate with scroll work, annotated with bar sizes and hinge notes.

Design for a Church Gate

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Colored design drawing of a tall ornate church light stand with branching arms, beside a small trefoil plan view.

Design for Church Lights

Richardson Ellson & Co., 1877

Colored design drawing of an ornate church lamp standard with a domed lantern and a small circular plan diagram.

Designs for [Gas?] Lights for a Church

Richardson Slade & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor and ink design of an ornate gilded column light in elevation with a semicircular plan view below.

Design for Proposed Column Lights, St. Jude's Church, Southsea

Richardson Ellson & Co., 1877

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate multi-light standard with plan views of its head beside it.

Designs for Nave Standards, St. Jude's Southsea

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor design drawing of ornate church wall standards with scrolled brackets, branches, and a cornice behind them.

Designs for Church Wall Standards

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Ink and watercolor design sheet showing a wall bracket, a tall nave standard and a chancel standard for church lighting.

Designs for Church Lights: Wall Bracket, Nave Standard, Chancel Standard

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Colored design drawing of a suspended church light fixture with a pink globe, brass fittings, and scroll arms, with a plan be

Design for [Gas?] Lights for a Church

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Colored design drawing of a church wall lantern in side and front elevations with gothic arches and a scrolled bracket.

Design for a Church Wall Lantern, Front and Side Elevations

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil rubbings of ornate metal scrollwork and a key-like fitting, with handwritten notes on a pale sheet.

Rubbings of Metalwork

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor and pencil design sheet for a church wall lantern with a blue dome, gilded trim, and side elevation bracket.

Designs for a Church Wall Lantern

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil sketch of scrolled ornamental ironwork inside an arched window or shutter frame, with handwritten labels.

Ornamental Ironwork on a Window or Shutter

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Ink drawing on blue paper of a wrought iron street lamp with scrolled arms and a lantern, with handwritten annotations.

A Metal Street Lamp, Boulevard St. Martin

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil sketch of a circular pierced metal ornament with tracery and a small doorhandle detail with handwritten notes.

Metal Doorhandle, Cloisters, Hereford Cathedral

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil drawing of an ornamental brass lock plate with scrollwork, birds, rosettes, and a central keyhole.

Ornamental Brass Lock, 1579

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pencil drawing of two symmetrical ornamental panels with scrollwork and oval cartouches showing a crown and a flower urn unde

Ornament Designs on Two Panels, the Central Cartouches Decorated with Tents

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a Gothic tracery ornamental design with foliate scrolls and yellow wash accents.

Lock from Elaborate Dresson de Sacristy, now in the Hotel de Clugny

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate scrolled wall lantern on a bracket, labeled No 4 and £15, dated 1885.

Lamp Design for 27 Old Steyne, Brighton

Richardson Ellson & Co., 1885

Ink design drawing of an ornate wall-mounted lantern with scrolled bracket and a circular plan view of the mount.

Wall-mounted Lamp Design

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1885

Etching of Saint Bruno kneeling in prayer beside books, a skull and a crucifix in a dark cave, with a halo.

Saint Bruno

Jean Bernard Restout, 1764

Engraving of a woman holding a pear beside fruit and a tree, with a hunting scene in the background landscape.

Earth, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Engraved portrait of a man in a tall hat beside a cannon, with a burning tower and fireworks in the background.

Fire, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1630

Engraving of a curled-wig man beside a dolphin fountain pouring water, with ships on the sea behind him.

Water, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1630

Pencil and chalk drawing of a nude woman seated by a fountain with attendants and a reclining cherub in a garden.

Bathsheba at the Bath

Antoine Pesne, 1750

Engraving of a woman in lace-trimmed dress holding out her hand to a bird, with birds flying and hunters in a landscape behin

Air, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Engraving of a 17th-century interior with women cooking at a fireplace, a laid dining table, and children carrying a plate.

Winter, from "The Four Seasons" (Les Quatre Saisons)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1637

Engraving of a seated couple in a columned interior with a cupid and fruit basket, a formal garden fountain visible beyond.

Spring, from "The Four Seasons" (Les Quatre Saisons)

Abraham Bosse, 1635-37

Engraving of a armored man with a club beside a lion and rooster, with a battle scene and chariots in the sky behind him.

Declaration of War on Spain by Louis XIII: The King as Hercules

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of a hermit reading beside a hut as water flows into a barrel, with a village and storm clouds in the background.

Ammon, from "Solitudo Sive Vitae Patrum Eremicolarum"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1585-86

Grey wash drawing of Moses kneeling before a burning bush as a figure points, with sheep grazing in the landscape beyond.

Moses and the Burning Bush

Gerard Hoet, n.d.

A Seated Woman in Profile

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a heavy draped robe, looking upward, with hatched shading.

A Draped Bearded Man Looking Up

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, n.d.

Engraving of a bearded hermit reading beneath a tree by a cliff and waterfall, with a monk and distant town in the landscape.

Epiphanius, from "Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta...Anachoretarum"

Maerten de Vos, 1593-94

Engraving of the ship Argo passing between rocky cliffs, a lyre player at the stern and a rower beside him, amid waves.

Symplegades

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Design drawing of a cylindrical crystal jar with floral pattern, silver-plated cover and finial, on an oval tray with handles

Design for a Crystal Jar with a Silver-Plated Base and Cover

Elkington & Co., ca. 1890-1910

Red chalk drawing of a crowned woman holding a laurel branch and scepter, with faint obelisk and pyramid sketched behind her.

Cleopatra

Claude Vignon, 1647

Woodcut broadside showing mounted police charging a crowd with sabers, with newspaper columns of text below.

Cover of the 'Gaceta Callejera' reporting on the continuation of anti-reelection riots

José Guadalupe Posada, 1892

Etching of a gentleman in a plumed hat and fur-trimmed cape, seen from behind, on a terrace above a garden landscape.

Gentleman in a Cape and Plumed Hat Seen from the Back

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Etching of a gentleman in a plumed hat seen from behind, pointing toward a chateau with a gate and trees.

Gentleman Seen from the Back Pointing towards a Chateau

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Engraving of a gentleman seen from behind in a plumed hat, pointing toward a landscape with a castle, bridge and river.

Gentleman Seen from the Back Indicating a Landscape

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Woodcut of a kneeling bearded man with a scourge beside a curtain, candles, and an altar in an interior.

The Penitent

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Illuminated page with the poem The Bridge of Sighs, a falling woman in lavender above an arch and kneeling figures near a ros

The Bridge of Sighs

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Illuminated calligraphic poem with painted floral border, celestial globe and banner reading Another Year of Life Has Flown.

Another Year of LIfe Has Flown

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Watercolor of an Arcadian landscape with a stone arch, a statue, figures on steps, and a boat on a lake.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Diana

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Pencil drawing of soldiers with raised swords attacking infants beside a seated draped woman, with a crowd in the background.

Massacre of the Innocents

Willem van Mieris, late 17th-mid 18th century

Drawing with three panels showing a bird's-eye city perspective, a blank center, and a plan labeled commercial and residentia

Design and Plan for a City Bisected by Train Tracks

Robert Adams, ca. 1900

Grey pencil and wash design for a stage set showing an arched frame of tree trunks, palms and rocks around an open centre.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1825-90

Pencil drawing of a plain with a hilltop town on the right and tall trees on the left, with faint grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Caricature of a Man Pointing by Gianlorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Pencil and wash drawing of a multi-arched bridge with timber trusses and a stone tower building at left.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1840-90

Pencil drawing of a stage backdrop with palm trees, a stone column, and distant pyramids over a grid.

Design for a Stage Set: Backdrop of Tropical Landscape

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Watercolor stage set design with red and gold curtains, a arched proscenium, classical columns, and cherubs above a central c

Design for a Stage Set: Casino de St. Etienne

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown wash drawing of robed clerics, kneeling monks and a woman in an interior, one monk holding out an unrolled plan.

Scene 31: Foundation of a second Feuillant monastery in Rome, dedicated to Saint Bernard, in 1594, thanks to the gene…

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Sepia drawing of a robed monk gesturing to a kneeling man as clergy stand along a columned interior wall.

Jean de La Barrière blessing a cardinal

Matthieu Elias, 1706

Brown wash drawing of a man in period dress meeting a monk at a desk in a plain room, with a second monk by the door.

Scene 25: Fatally wounded, King Henry III informs the Blessed Abbot of his condition and recommends himself to his pr…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Brown wash drawing of the Holy Family in an interior: haloed mother holding child, bearded man reading a book beside them.

The Holy Family in an Interior

E. La Touche, early 19th century

Woodcut of Adam and Eve nude in a forest beside a serpent in a tree, with animals around them.

The Fall of Man, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1510

Woodcut of the Nativity: the infant Christ in a manger attended by Mary, Joseph, an angel, and kneeling shepherds under a sta

The Nativity, from "The Little Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Lithograph of a smiling woman in a lace bonnet and dark gown, holding white fabric near a latticed window.

Mrs. Page (Merry Wives of Windsor)

Louis Haghe, April 5, 1826

Engraving of an elderly bespectacled man in an armchair reading a book beside an hourglass, titled Pantaloon, 1799.

Pantaloon: "The Sixth Age Shifts into the Lean and Slippered Pantaloon" (Shakespeare, As You Like It)

William Bromley, 1799

Woodcut of a bound figure at a column being whipped by two men, with turbaned onlookers under an arched colonnade.

The Flagellation, from "The Small Passion"

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1509