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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Pen and brown ink drawing of ornamental military trophies with helmets, armor, griffins, scrolls and a shield.

Designs for Ornamental Military Trophies (recto and verso)

Enea Vico, ca. 1540-70

Watercolor album page with furniture designs: a canopy bed, a table with winged sphinx supports, a floor plan, and a scroll-a

Designs for Furniture

Pierre Antoine Bellangé, ca. 1800-40

Red chalk vignette of a huntress with spear, hunting dog, stag head, and two putti within a rococo cartouche.

Vignette Illustrating Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata" (X:78)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1745

Pencil drawing of a nude male figure with raised bound arm, looking upward beside a tree trunk and drapery.

Nude Figure

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1720

Brown ink drawing in a circle of a dragon head, a long-beaked bird, and a grimacing human mask.

Two Beasts and a Human Mask within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Pen and wash architectural design showing Gothic arches, oval medallions and putti in a ceiling decoration.

Design for the Ceiling Decoration in Vasari's House in Arezzo

Giorgio Vasari, 1531-74

Human Mask Looking to the Left within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Grotesque Winged and Bearded Head Looking to the Left within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Putto's Head Looking to the Right with a Shell Beneath the Chin within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Two Grotesque Heads Facing One Another within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Two Grotesque Heads Facing One Another and Touching Tongues Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Grotesque Head With a Large Ear and an Open Mouth Looking to the Right Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Small Grotesque Head Looking to the Left Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Ink drawing of a grotesque head with an open toothed mouth turned left, inside a thin circular frame.

Large Grotesque Head With an Open Mouth Looking to the Left Within a Frame

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Large Grotesque Head Being Strangled by its Own Hair

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Grotesque Head With a Bulging Forehead Looking to the Right Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Grotesque Head With a Large Eyebrow Looking to the Left Within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727

Watercolor design of a blue and gilt ewer with a female mask handle and scrolled leaf-form spout, on a ruled sheet.

Design for a Gilt Bronze Ewer

George Heinrich von Kirn, ca. 1770-90

Saint Lawrence, left hand resting on a grill, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints)

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Watercolor of figures in a Roman tavern courtyard with musicians, benches, and painted sun and rooster motifs on the walls.

Interior of a Roman Inn

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1817

Pen and wash drawing of a papal coat of arms with tiara, Rococo scrollwork, and handwritten heraldic color annotations.

Coat of Arms of Clement XIII (Rezzonico)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1758-69

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a classical building facade with columns, entrance steps and a military trophy in the pedim

Design for the Façade of an Arsenal

C. Pompetti, 1837

Pen drawing of an ornate lidded silver tankard with a lion finial and engraved soldier figures on its body.

Preparatory Drawing for an Illustration of a Seventeenth-Century Dutch Tankard from the Demidov Collection

C. Prosdocimi, 1879

Architectural section drawing of a long hall with two tiers of pink columns, arched windows, niche statues and oval medallion

Longitudinal Section of Great Throne Room (Saint George's Hall), Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg

Giacomo Quarenghi, ca. 1776

Grey wash drawing of a theatrical stage set with columns, a coffered dome, statues, and a receding arched corridor.

Design for a Stage Set

Pietro Righini, 1688-1742

Brown ink drawing of an ornate altar frame design with a blank central panel, flanking statues, and a winged figure above.

Design for a Reredos or Frame and Setting for an Altar Painting

Pomarancio, 1552-1626

Vertical pilaster drawing with winged putti, a torch, a small temple model and reeds on a tan ground.

Two Pilaster with White Putti on Tan Ground

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, 1595-1640

Brown wash drawing of a rustic kitchen interior with stone arches, barrels, a wooden table, and a staircase.

Design for a Stage Set Showing Interior of Rustic Kitchen ("Cucina Rustica")

Lorenzo Sacchetti, 1759-1829

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man gesturing to a kneeling woman beside a standing figure, with dark wash accents.

Abraham Dismissing Hagar

Andrea Sacchi, 1599-1661

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate candlestick design with a tall candle, a figure medallion and a scrolled base.

Design for a Candlestick

Ottavio Strada, 1510-63