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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Brown ink drawing of a reclining woman in a hammock with a standing navigator, ships, an anteater, and the word America.

Allegory of America

called Stradanus Jan van der Straet, ca. 1587-89

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint with crozier above clouds and putti, with a city and smoking volcano below.

Saint Januarius Saving Naples from an Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Verso: Small sketch of similar scene

Anton Domenico Gabbiani, 1724

Grey ink and wash architectural section of a two-storied hall with an arched entrance, balcony balustrade and vaulted ceiling

Design for a Stage Set: Design in Section of a Two-Storied Entrance Hall (Recto). Elevation Design for a Monumental E…

Giovanni Battista Galliani, 1794

Ink and wash architectural section drawing of a multi-level house interior with vaulted rooms, a balcony, and a column at rig

Section of a House with Portico Seen at Right

Giovanni Battista Galliani, 1750-1850

Ink outline drawing of a classical palace interior with columns, arches, a staircase and statues, a theatrical stage design.

Outline Drawing: Stage Set Design for a Performance of "Iphigenia". Verso: Two Designs for Palace Interiors

Fabrizio Galliari, 1709-90

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate rococo mace design with two seated female figures, putti, and a tiara at its top.

Design for a Mace

Giovanni Giardini, 1646-1722

Pen and wash drawing of Vulcan's forge with smiths at an anvil and cupids, framed by an ornate oval rococo border.

Design (Full-Scale Working Drawing) for a Large Oval Silver Dish with Silver Gilt Border Showing Vulcan's Forge

Giovanni Giardini, 1646-1722

Pen and wash drawing of a footed drinking cup with a lobed bowl and two intertwined serpent handles.

Design for a Decorated Drinking Cup with Floriated Heads around Large Mouth, Intertwined Serpents as Handles

Giulio Romano, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a candlestick holder with a fluted cup, leafy stem and a base decorated with scrolls and fleur-de-lis.

Design for a Decorated Base of a Candlestick Holder

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of two candlesticks, one with a base of putti and one with a spiral-fluted pedestal.

Design for Two Candlesticks with decorated Bases

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate octagonal frame with cherub heads above a goblet stand with angel heads.

Design for a Sculptural Frame Decorated with Angel Heads, Volutes and Leaves (for a Ceiling ?); Design for a Base Dec…

Giulio Romano, early 16th century

Grey ink and wash drawing of a vaulted stone fortress interior with arches, columns, steps and a hanging chain.

Design for a Stage Set Showing the Interior of a Fortress or Dungeon

Pietro Gonzaga, 1751-1831

Brown wash drawing of an altar design with a crucifix, candlesticks, putti in clouds, angels and hanging chandeliers.

Design for an Altar for Easter Week Celebrations Decorated with Putti and Chandeliers

Jacopo Guarana, 1783

Pen and brown ink elevation drawing of an ornamental fountain with arches, statues in niches, and a central ship sculpture.

Design after a Fountain in the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati

Giovanni Guerra, 1590-1600

Pen and brown wash design for a wall decoration with empty central panel, scrollwork, an eagle cartouche and reclining figure

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Coat of Arms of the Borghese Family

Giovanni Guerra, 1590-1618

Ink and wash drawing of a classical arcaded gallery with Corinthian columns, a triumphal arch, and a coffered ceiling.

Design for a Stage Set: Classical Arcaded Gallery with Triumphal Arch Motif

Paolo Landriani, 1757-1839

Black chalk portrait drawing of a woman with curled hair, feathered headdress and drop earring on blue-grey paper.

Portrait of a Woman

Ottavio Mario Leoni, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a rococo design with acanthus scrolls, a reclining laurel-crowned woman, sleeping children, and a rooste

Design for Rear Decoration of a Coach

Agostino Letterini, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative frieze with oval cartouches alternating with nude winged putti above a molded base.

Design for a Decorated Frieze with Alternation of Cartouches and Winged Putti

Luzio Romano, 16th century

Four Studies of Recumbent Female Nudes (Galatea)

Carlo Maratti, ca. 1713

Brown ink and wash drawing of a slumped nude figure held up by two winged angels, with a bearded figure at upper left.

Design of Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels a Saint

Marco Marchetti, 1553-88

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental panels with interlaced knotwork, scrolling foliage and stylized flowers in grey wash.

Design for Panels (Textile?) Decorated with Moresque and Knotwork Ornament

Master F, ca. 1525-40

Pen and grey wash perspective drawing of an Italian street with palazzo facades, columns, balconies and a distant tower.

Perspective Design for a Stage Set of an Italian Cityscape

Antonio Mauro II, 1784-97

Pen and ink sketches of a funeral monument, niche, helmet, entablature, and a draped female statue on paper.

Sketches of a Funeral Monument, a Niche with Statues, a Helmet in the Shape of a Human Head, an Entablature and a Fem…

Michelangelo, n.d.

Pen and wash design of a church dome with columns, rococo cartouches, floral garlands and a radiant cherub.

Design for Part of a Church Ceiling with a Dome

Faustino Trebbi, 1735-1817

Pen and watercolor design for a masonry fountain with putti spouts, a scrolled cartouche and a mask at the top, against a sto

Design for a Fountain at a Street Corner Decorated with Putti Heads, a Coat of Arm and a Gargoyle Head on the Top

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1735-1817

Ink and wash drawing of a classical ceiling design with a central dome, coffered rosettes, garlands and an oculus.

Architectural Design for a Ceiling with a Dome

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1755-1817

Design of a Perspective projection for an Urn

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a foreshortened ceiling corner with columns, urns, putti and garlands, in ornate Baroque style.

Foreshortened View of a Ceiling Corner Decorated with Columns, Urns and Putti Handing Garlands

Agostino Mitelli, 1609-60

Pen drawing of three scrolled console brackets and an ornate console with a satyr head and putti on a light paper.

Design for Three Consoles Decorated with Foliage and Volutes and a Console with a Satyr Head Surmounted by Three Huma…

Agostino Mitelli, 1609-60