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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Pen and wash drawing of a tiered funerary monument with draped allegorical figures, flaming urns, and a cross-topped spire.

Design for a Funerary Monument

Ignaz Günther, ca. 1710-40

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ceiling design with cherubs, scrolling stucco ornament and architectural frames.

Design for a Decorated Ceiling with Statues and Stucco

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a suspended censer with fluted bowl, winged cherub heads, and scroll chains.

Design for Suspended Censer

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a footed cup with a shell-shaped bowl and a large scrolling volute ornament.

Design for a Cup or Reliquary Composed of a Shell and S-Volute

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink design of an ornate fountain with two lions spouting water beside a central garlanded urn and tiered basin.

Design for a Fountain with Two Water-Spouting Lions (recto); Sketch for Triumph of Galatea [?] (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and ink drawing of the sea nymph Galatea on a shell chariot drawn by two dolphins through swirling waves.

Galatea on her Chariot drawn by Dolphins

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Engraving of a bearded herm-like figure on a pedestal flanked by two horned grotesque figures and hanging torches.

Designs for Terms

Jean Mignon, ca. 1543-45

Engraving of a bearded man and a seated woman handling a monkey beside a tree, with a parasol on the ground.

The Five Senses

François Boucher, 1720-70

Engraving of a woman in a flowing robe beside a birdcage and a parrot on a branch, with a bowl and umbrella in the garden.

The Four Elements

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, 1738-49

Pen and ink sketch of a standing draped male figure with spear, surrounded by reclining figures on rocky ground.

New Book of Various Figures

François Boucher, 1751

Engraved print of a woman in layered robes holding a fan, standing in a garden with a pavilion and bridge.

Suite de Figures Chinoises. . . Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. d'Azaincourt

Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Hoüel, 1755-76

Engraved catalogue plate of a fluted cream jug (10497) and covered teapot (10498) with leaf-patterned bands.

Manufacturer's Catalogue of Silver Plated Ware

Matthew Boulton, ca. 1790

Gray wash drawing of a neoclassical candelabrum with two draped female figures holding laurel wreaths and a flaming urn.

Candelabrum with Two Victory Figures (for 'Ornamenti Diversi')

Giocondo Albertolli, ca. 1782

Sepia drawing of a rocky river landscape with fishermen, a ruined castle on a cliff, and distant mountains.

Landscape with Fishermen

Gaspard Dughet, 17th century

Red chalk study of four robed saints on a gridded sheet, with a bearded elder and a figure holding a staff.

Study of Four Saints

Antonio da Correggio, 1525-34

Pen and gray wash drawing of a seated woman, putti, a crown and lambs above an ornate cartouche, with a dove above.

Cartouche with a Crown, the Virgin (?) and the Holy Ghost, and Four Putti

Johann Matthias Kager, early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a foreshortened ceiling corner with putti, garlands, scrollwork and a seated figure, with blue sky.

A Foreshortened View of a Ceiling Corner Decorated with Statues, Putti and Garlands

Luigi Garzi, n.d.

Painted river landscape with a fisherman standing in a rowboat beside rocks, framed by dense trees under a cloudy sky.

A wooded river landscape with a fisherman in a boat

the younger Benjamin Barker, 1826

Hand-coloured drawing titled Loi Lunaire, 1856, with a Napoleon medallion, a tripod brazier and a crescent moon in an ornate

Lunar Law

Charles Meryon, 1856

Ink and blue wash sheet of caricatured theatre performers with title lettering Les Jocrisses de L'Amour, signed Luc Leguey 18

Les Jocrisses de L'Amour

Luc Leguey, 1897

Pen and brown wash drawing of a musical trophy with a lyre, crossed wind instruments, leaves, and ribbon bows.

Musical Trophy

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pencil and white chalk drawing on blue paper of farm tools, a scythe, shears and a rake, arranged around a gourd and trellis.

Harvest Trophy

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a central anchor with crossed swords, laurel branches and ribbons inside an octagonal frame.

Devise with Anchor

Charles Monblond, 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of the Virgin with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, on a pinkish tan ground.

Virgin Adoring the Christ Child with Saint John the Baptist (recto); The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist (verso)

Agnolo del Mazziere, ca. 1500-1515

Red chalk drawing of a seated prelate in a cape and cap, hands resting in his lap, on a cream sheet.

Seated Prelate

Alexandre Laemlein, 1830-71

Red chalk drawing of a standing woman seen from behind, arms outstretched in loose sleeves and a flowing robe.

Back View of Standing Woman

Alexandre Laemlein, 1830-71

Red chalk sketch of several draped figures kneeling and bent in supplication, with hooded heads and hands.

Four Figures Kneeling in Supplication

Alexandre Laemlein, 1830-71

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling robed figure with heavy draped cloth folds on grey paper.

Kneeling Prelate

Alexandre Laemlein, 1830-71

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling robed figure with flowing drapery and a cushion, with a loose study at upper left.

Kneeling Prelate Holding a Cushion

Alexandre Laemlein, 1830-71

Red chalk drawing of two kneeling figures in draped garments, one with clasped hands, on grey paper.

Two Kneeling Figures

Alexandre Laemlein, 1830-71