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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Engraving of a winged skeleton holding an open book surrounded by emaciated figures, kneeling mourners and scattered skeletal

Skeletons

Agostino Veneziano, 1518

Pencil and wash design for a book cover titled Les Heures Claires, with Art Nouveau floral ornament and spine lettering.

Design for "Les Heures Claires" by Emile Verhaeren

Julia Eyckholt, after 1896

Design drawing of a book cover with stylized roses, title lettering 'Les Heures d'Après Midi', and a spine label on tan paper

Design for "Les Heures d'Après Midi" by Emile Verhaeren

Julia Eyckholt, after 1896

Engraving of the dead Christ held by three winged angels, with a crown of thorns and a cross on a distant hill.

The Body of Christ Supported by Three Angels

Agostino Veneziano, 1516

Engraving of Pallas Athena in a crested helmet, standing on a globe with a spear and a decorated round shield.

Pallas Athena standing on a globe, a spear in her left hand, a shield in her right

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1520-27

Chalk study on grey paper of a male torso, a man's head with raised arm, and a female figure in drapery.

Studies for the Figure of a Centaur and a Nymph

Francesco Trevisani, 1708-17

Engraving of a bearded robed man on a cloud reading a book beside an ox, within a radiating halo.

Saint Luke

Agostino Veneziano, ca. 1514-36

Circular blue-grey drawing with a central female figure in a medallion surrounded by allegorical women and scrolling ornament

The Seven Virtues in a Roundel, with Faith at the Center

Jan Collaert I, mid-16th century

Grey wash drawing of a rocky mountain landscape with pine trees, a natural arch, and two travellers with laden horses on a ro

A Mountainous Landscape with Travellers on a Road

Jan van Aken, ca. 1650-55

Pastel drawing of a sunset with rays of light through clouds above dark hills and trees.

Sunset

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1850

Ink and wash sketch of a mounted rider under a parasol amid robed figures and a crowd along arched street walls.

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, 1832-33

Pencil sketch of a hooded rider on horseback surrounded by turbaned attendants, with a parasol above and city buildings behin

Study for "The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage"

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1855-56

Graphite sketch sheet by Delacroix showing studies of heads, an arm, a foot, and facial profiles on tan paper.

Head, Shoulder, and Foot, Studies for "Scenes from the Chios Massacres"

Eugène Delacroix, 1823

Red and grey chalk drawing of a flayed male torso showing exposed musculature, arms raised, head tilted back.

Ecorché: Torso of a Male Cadaver

Eugène Delacroix, 1828?

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with several figure studies of reclining, struggling and draped figures by Delacroix.

Figure Studies for the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon

Eugène Delacroix, 1833-35

Graphite sketch sheet with studies of draped women and heads, drawn as preparation for a Lamentation composition.

Studies of the Virgin and Holy Women for "The Lamentation"

Eugène Delacroix, 1842-43

Watercolor interior of a room with green velvet chairs, coffered ceiling, bookcases, lace-curtained windows and a potted palm

Interior of a Smoking-Room or Club-Room

A. Fix, 1878

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures, including a cardinal in red, viewing a painting in a vaulted cloister corridor.

A Cardinal Examining a Painting in a Cloister

François Marius Granet, first half 19th century

Jewelry Design

Eugène Grasset, n.d.

Ink and wash design for a funeral monument with draped allegorical women, a skull, a trumpeting angel and an inscribed cartou

Design for a Funeral Ticket

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

Pencil and chalk sketch of a curly-haired young boy in a blue tunic with a ruffled collar, holding a ball.

Sketch of a Young Boy

Eugène-Ernest Hillemacher, 1857

Watercolor design of a wall with a white peacock, tall cranes, and sunflowers in blue and green tones.

Design for a wall decoration with peacock, cranes, and sunflowers for the restaurant in Hotel Langham (Paris)

Emile Hurtré, 1896-98

Graphite sketch of two seated draped men holding scrolls and a nude upper torso with raised arm.

Study of Figures

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a Chinese vase with a ring handle, cloud and fret patterns, and a lion-mask motif on a pale background.

A Chinese Vase

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, mid-19th century

Pencil sketch of an engraver in a broad hat working at a table in a cluttered workshop with shelves and a candle.

An Engraver

Edouard Jeanmaire, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a monumental fountain elevation with a bearded river god statue in a central niche.

Design for a Monumental Fountain

A. Le Canu, 1750-70

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with an oval painted sky, floral garland, medallions and ornate red and gray border

Design for Ceiling: Gallery of Château de Magnitot (recto); Decorative Design (verso)

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

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with blue panels, gold scrollwork, and a central monogram medallion.

Design for Dining Room Ceiling, Hôtel de Behague

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1870

Two watercolor designs for a Pompeian-style bathroom wall decorated with ceramic tiles, showing scrolls, medallions and a cla

Design for ceramic tile decoration of a bathroom in "Pompeian" manner (possibly for Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey)

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

Watercolor design of a decorative ceiling panel with a brown molded frame, red scrollwork, and a cloudy blue sky opening.

Ceiling design for Salon d'Entrée, Hôtel de Monsieur de Juigne, Paris, 1867

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867