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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with putti, grape garlands, an eagle-head spout and fluted body on a pedestal.

Design for a Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1754-91

Watercolor of a seated fiddler in a green vest and wide hat playing violin beside a tree trunk.

Gypsy Fiddler

Monogrammist CG, 1858

Painted design for a wall with garlands, gilded scrolls, and a central doorway panel on a reddish-brown ground.

Design for Wall Decoration

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine

Pen and wash design for an oval gold box with rococo scrollwork, a reclining woman and a cherub, and a blank panel below.

Design for an Oval Gold Box

Hubert François Gravelot

Pencil sketch of a hillside monastery above a coastline with trees and distant shore, on a pale sheet.

Sketch of the Monastery of St. George Chalkis

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of an armored knight with lance and banner beside a pedestal with a laurel-wreath relief.

Statue of a Knight

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a two-story monastery with wooden balconies beside tall trees and a dirt path.

The Cloister Sanajia (?) at Kalki

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a columned interior with a grand staircase, ornate frieze, coffered ceiling, and a small floor plan overlay.

Interior of the Alhambra(?)

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a building with a curved bay window, balcony railing, heraldic medallion, and garden shrubs on grid paper.

Sketch of Building

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a landscape with a stone arch bridge, tall cypress trees, leafy trees and a hillside with buildings.

Landscape with Bridge

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a building with curved bay windows, a garden terrace with potted plants, and trees on the right.

Sketch of Building and Garden

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a coastal town with fortified walls, a hilltop fortress and mountains behind, drawn on squared paper.

Landscape

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil drawing of a bay with distant mountains, a fortified town on the right shore, and small boats on the water.

View of a Bay and Mountains

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch with touches of colour showing a town of rooftops and trees along water, with a shuttered house at right.

View of Town

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a panoramic view of a city with domes and minarets beyond trees, a distant shoreline, and hills.

Landscape near Constantinople

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pencil drawing of a stone aqueduct with pointed arches crossing a rocky landscape with trees and shrubs.

Landscape with Acquaduct near Smyrna

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Watercolor of a long building with tall spired towers on a flat plain under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Large Building

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 1818-83

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical palace interior with columns, arches, a coffered ceiling and statues.

Design for a Stage set Showing the Interior of a Palace (recto); Architectural Sketch (verso)

Josef Platzer, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of rococo ornamental panels with scrollwork, cherubs, and floral motifs within a green-bordered frame.

Design for plate 2, from "Orthographia"

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-mid-18th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of rococo ornamental panels with cherubs, scrollwork, and animal figures in a central cartouche.

Design for plate 8, from "Orthographia"

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-mid-18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of ornamental scrollwork panels with a central cartouche, winged figures, and urns.

Design for plate 5 from "Orthographia"

Johann Daniel Preissler, late 17th-mid-18th century

Pencil drawing of a large arched hall with rows of stacked framed paintings and two men in caps sorting them.

Candidates for Admission to the Paris Salon

Felicien Myrbach-Rheinfeld, late 19th-early 20th century

Ink drawing of a rococo frame design with scrollwork, blank central panel, and ecclesiastical motifs at the top.

Design for Frame with Ecclesiastical Motifs

Johann Oktavian Salver, 1750-88

Ink drawing of a rococo decorative frame with flowers, feathers, leaves and scrollwork around handwritten German text.

Design for a Frame with Flowers, Feathers, Leaves, and Grapes

Johann Oktavian Salver, 1750-88

Pen drawing of an ornate rococo frame with scrolling foliage, shells, a papal tiara and crossed keys, and a castle at the top

Design for a Frame

Johann Oktavian Salver, 1750-88

Pen drawing of an ornate rococo frame with cypress trees, trellis work, scrollwork and a radiant emblem at the top.

Design for Frame with Trees and Trellises

Johann Oktavian Salver, 1755

Ink drawing of a rococo ornamental frame with scrollwork, acanthus leaves, birds and a grotesque mask around a blank center.

Design for the Stucco Decoration of a Rococo Ceiling

Johann Oktavian Salver, 1755

Grey wash drawing of rocks, trees and animals framing a blank central panel, with an owl, squirrel, birds and an otter.

Design for a Title Page(?): Rocks and Animals

Joseph Martin Nideröst, late 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo altar design with twisted columns and a relief of Saint Michael and the dragon.

Design for an Alter with Saint Michael and the Dragon

Johann Baptist Modler, 1715-74

Pen and wash drawing of a harbor with sailing ships, a fortified tower, arched bridge, and a statue on a pedestal.

Harbor Scene

Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber, ca. 1730