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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Etched frontispiece with a title cartouche, draped curtain, scrollwork, medallions, and a small classical ruin in the backgro

Frontispiece to "Roman Antiquities outside Rome drawn and etched by Giambat'ta Piranesi, Venetian Architect Part Two"…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the Ponte Rotto bridge over the Tiber with a round temple, bell tower, and ancient ruins on the hill beyond.

Plate 14: Senatorial Bridge, today called the Ponte Rotto (Broken Bridge). 1. Temple of Vesta. 2. Temple of Fortuna V…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome with ruined temple columns at left and a stepped hill at right.

Plate 13: Arch of Settimius Severus 1. Temple of Concord. 2. Ascent to the Capitoline Hill (Arco di Settimio Severo.…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Etching of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome with ruined temple columns and figures in the foreground under cloudy sky.

The Arch of Septimius Severus (Arco di Severo, e Caracalla)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Etching of a ruined Roman triumphal arch with small figures and overgrown walls, by Piranesi, ca. 1750.

Plate 24: Arch of Pola in Istria near the Gate (Arco di Pola in Istria vicino alla Porta), from "Alcune Vedute di Arc…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Etching of a ruined classical temple rear facade with overgrown plants, a smaller building, and figures among trees.

Plate 22: Rear View of the Temple of Pola in Istria. 1. Rear View of another temple. (Rovescio del Tempio di Pola di…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Engraved panoramic print of a columned hall with a throned ruler and crowded courtiers, with Latin inscription above.

The Queen of Sheba before Solomon

François Collignon, 1631

Pen and wash drawing of a riverside city with church spires, towers, a bridge and a sailboat, with handwritten labels.

View of Mâcon Seen from the East

Jan Peeters, mid-17th-late 17th century

Engraved print of a gallery wall crowded with classical busts, statues, urns and medallions arranged in tiers.

La Galerie de Girardon

Nicolas Chevalier, 18th century

Saint Cecilia with a halo, holding an ornate harp beside a tree, in a green gown and red mantle, with a river and crescent mo

Saint Cecilia

Gustave Moreau, ca. 1890-95

Woodcut of a reclining woman as a draughtsman sights her through a grid at a table beside a window with a plant.

Draughtsman Making a Perspective Drawing of a Reclining Woman

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1600

Pen and grey wash drawing of a female Fortune figure between two river gods, with sea creatures and reeds in a landscape.

An Allegory of Fortune with Two River Gods

Hans Jakob Ebelmann, 1624

Watercolor sheet of butterflies, moths, a green dragonfly, and beetles scattered on a pale background.

Insects, Butterflies, and a Dragonfly

Jan van Kessel, 1662

Black and white print of an old town skyline with twin church towers, gabled houses, and a round tower over open meadow.

View of an Old Town with a Church and High Gabled Houses

Johann Gottfried Schadow, n.d.

Engraving of an ornate Gothic crozier with a Virgin and Child and angel musician in the crook, and figures in niches on the s

The Crozier

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Pen and ink frieze design with a reclining nude man, a female figure, scrolls and a small unicorn head.

Design for a Frieze: A Nude Man, Sea Creature, a Garland and Volutes, Small Head of Unicorn

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1600-30

Pencil sketch of a classical statue of Venus holding drapery, standing on a rocky pedestal, with an Italian caption below.

Sketch of a statue: Venus Entering the Bath

John Gibson, ca. 1850

Pencil drawing of a classical border with symmetrical acanthus leaves and scrolls shaded to resemble carved relief.

Border Design from a Classical Frieze, Decorated with Vines and Leaves

Thomas Hardwick, 1776-79

Engraving of Perseus with a severed head beside a winged figure, and draped nymphs among fruit trees in a garden.

Perseus in the Garden of the Hesperides

Cherubino Alberti, 1628

Etching of many grotesque satyr and goat-like heads with horns, overlapping in a horizontal strip.

Heads of Satyrs and other Grotesque Heads

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1774

Reddish-brown ink drawing of a symmetrical scrolled ornamental border with central and end urns and leaf motifs.

Design for Panel Decoration

J. Hulme, 1828-40

Grey wash sketch of a horizontal foliate border with scrolls, rosettes and acanthus leaves on cream paper.

Sketch of Foliate Decoration

William Pitts, 1805-40

Hand-colored panoramic print of New York's waterfront from the East River, with sailing ships and a steamboat in the foregrou

Panoramic View of New York, from the East River

Robert Havell Jr., 1844

Watercolor drawing of a rocky alpine peak, a glacier patch, a lake, and snowy mountains under a pale sky.

Mont Blanc Seen from the Massif, Les Aiguilles Rouges

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1874

Engraving of woodcutters sawing a log in a forest, with a standing overseer, a small dog and tall pine trunks.

The Wood-cutters

Hubert von Herkomer, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a muscular bearded male nude standing in a twisting pose, shaded with hatched strokes on pale paper.

Standing Male Nude

Denys Calvaert, mid-16th-early 17th century

Etching of a horse and cart on a country path with a driver, a woman in a hat, a dog, trees and a distant cottage.

Alms given by a cart driver

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1814

Etching of a standing Russian infantryman in greatcoat and cap, holding a musket with bayonet, sabre at his side.

The Russian Infantryman

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1815

Watercolor drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with winged figures, a nude woman, and musicians among clouds under a sun

Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco

Francesco Albani, 1650-1700

Engraving of women weaving, spinning and sewing in a classical interior with columns and a loom.

Women spinning, weaving and sewing

Master FG, 1540-50