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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,662 works

Watercolor design of a gilded rococo mirror frame on blue ground beside a candle sconce with a fluted base.

Design for a Oblong Mirror with Sconces

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil and watercolor design drawing of an oval gilt mirror with ram's head, urn, and laurel swags against pink wall.

Design for an Oval Mirror

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Design for a a Mirror with a Rounded Top

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Hand-colored print of the Crucifixion with three crosses, angels, a crowd of soldiers and mourners, and a gilded border.

Calvary, from Life of the Virgin and Christ

Francesco Rosselli, 1490-1500

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo fireplace with an ornate carved mirror frame above the mantel.

Design for a Fireplace

Henry Cheere, mid-18th century

Watercolor plan of a formal flower garden with scrolled parterres, rectangular beds and a central circular basin.

Plan of the Flower Garden on the Northern Front, Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire

Charles Chetwynd, 2nd Earl Talbot, 1836

Pen and grey wash drawing of three panel designs with seated allegorical women, a harp player, a globe, and a cherub.

Design for Three Panels for a Library

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1745-85

Watercolor design elevation of a bronze fountain with marble backing, plus ornament and drinking cup detail studies.

Design for a Fountain to be Executed in Bronze with a Marble Slab at the Back

Kay Maude Coggin, ca. 1895

Watercolor night scene of a man with clasped hands and a woman in white pointing at a starry sky under a moon.

Nocturnal Landscape with Two Figures (design for an engraved book illustration)

Henry Corbould, 1807-44

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a Romanesque church doorway with zigzag moldings and columns, opening onto a dim interior.

Doorway, Heckingham Church

John Sell Cotman, 1816-18

Grey wash drawing of Gothic abbey ruins with pointed arches, tall trees and a cloudy sky.

Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire

Thomas Sunderland, mid-18th-early 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a rocky wooded headland beside a calm sea, with a distant island under a pale sky.

Coastal Landscape

Alexander Cozens, ca. 1770

Brown wash drawing of a rocky cliff, stony riverbed and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Riverbed and Mountains

Alexander Cozens, 1770-86

Ink drawing of a lake with a small boat, framed by dark trees and shrubs, with a faint outline of sky at upper left.

A blot-lake with boat, surrounded by trees

Alexander Cozens, 1750-86

Ink and wash drawing of a ruined castle with an arched opening on a rocky hill, with trees and distant hills.

Ruined Castle and Trees

Alexander Cozens, ca. 1762

Watercolor elevation of a decorated wall with a central fireplace, arched mirror, floral panels and cameo medallions.

Elevation of Fireplace Wall in an Elizabethan Revival Room

John Dibblee Crace, ca. 1870-90

Watercolor design of a decorated room with painted ceiling, yellow wall panels, two fireplaces, and a central arched red door

Design for a room with two fireplaces

John Dibblee Crace, ca. 1860

Brown and white wash drawing of armored soldiers with spears and shields marching in a military procession.

Military Procession

Hans Mont, 16th century

Etching of two tall trees beside a shadowed hillside, with a distant church under a cloudy sky.

Souvenir of Italy

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1866

Etching of three women bending to glean grain in a harvested field, with a hay wagon and haystacks in the distance.

The Gleaners

Jean-François Millet, 1834-75

Black chalk study on blue paper showing several views of an infant's head with curly hair.

Studies of the Head of an Infant (after a three-dimensional model)

Poppi, 1572-74

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate crucifix with Christ, flanked by three figures at its base.

Design for a Crucifix with the Virgin Mary, Saint Mary Magdalen, and Saint John

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Watercolor ceiling design with an oval sky panel edged in flowers and lavender ornamental scrollwork panels.

Ceiling Design for the "Petit Salon" of the Duchess of Newcastle, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with pink and gold borders, scrollwork, and an empty central panel.

Ceiling Design for Madame Hope's Bedroom

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Etching of the ruined circular Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli with Corinthian columns above arched substructures and small fig

Altra V. del Tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli (Another view of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 18th century

Etching of the Basilica of San Sebastiano on the Appian Way, with an iron gate, arched portico, and travelers with horses.

View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori delle mura [St. Sebastian ouside the Walls] on the Appian Way, from Vedu…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Engraved plan of ancient Rome by Piranesi, with a central city map surrounded by stone fragments of ancient buildings.

Plan of Rome..., from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Etching of the round Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli with Corinthian columns, overgrown ruins, figures and a bell tower.

View of the Temple of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1761

Etched interior of a vaulted temple with relief panels, a central altar, and small figures on the stone floor.

Interior view of the ancient Temple of Bacchus, now the church of S. Urbano, two miles from Rome..., from Vedute di R…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ at a long table surrounded by apostles, a dog and ornate ewers in the foreground.

The Last Supper

Giorgio Ghisi, 1551