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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,003 works

Engraved panorama of a fortified hilltop town under siege, with mounted officers and a pikeman in the foreground.

The Siege of the La Motte, in Lorraine

Abraham Bosse, 1636-38

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a window topped with angels, draped swags, and a pink marble fireplace below.

Ecclesiatstical design for a window topped with angels

Nicolas Jean Baptiste de Poilly, mid-18th century

Watercolor design of a gothic niche with red drapery, gray foliate ornament, blue rosette, and gilded column.

Design for the decoration of a gothic niche

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a decorative painted ceiling with roundels, floral garland, blue cartouches, and small bird vignettes.

Design for the painted decoration of a baker's shop

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design drawing of painted ceiling and wall panels with ornamental scrollwork, ivy, a rose medallion and the word F

Design for painted decoration of wall or ceiling panels, including the word "Frascati"

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Painted lunette design of riders on horseback in a wooded landscape with a rocky outcrop and distant buildings.

Mural design picturing riders in a landscape for a lunette in the library of the Chateau de Lude (Sarthe)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Lunette-shaped painting of a hunting scene with hounds chasing game and horsemen in green coats riding through a landscape.

Hunting Scene; Mural design for a lunette in the library of the Chateau de Lude (Sarthe)

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a balustrade with an awning in Moorish pattern, hanging flower baskets, urns, and a sky backdrop.

An Outdoor Balustrade Overhung with an Awning in Moorish Style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Pencil design for hunting lodge panels showing a dog's head, scrollwork, and a boar with a spear and horn.

Two designs for panels to decorate a hunting lodge

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a door with Chinese-style panels, bird vignettes, flowering branches, and a gold dragon in the central

Design for the decoration of a door with Chinese motifs

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Watercolor design for a ceiling border with green and pink scrollwork and a band of flowers and foliage.

Partial design for the decoration of a ceiling with scrollwork and a border of ribbons and berries

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Narrow design drawing of a decorative panel with blue border, gold trim, and white and gold foliage scroll ornament.

Design for a decorative panel painted in rococco style

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Composite sheet of pencil drawings of an interior, a potted plant, figure studies, an ornamental cartouche and a painted frie

Seven drawings,including four decorative motifs and two scenes of interiors

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Aquatint frieze of classical figures in procession, a pig, an altar and laurel branches on a dark ground with ornamental bord

Frieze with Antique Motifs

Louise Pithoud, ca. 1791

Tall decorative door design with gilded panels, a dancing woman with a tambourine, and a lower roundel of ducks among flowers

Design for a decorated door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Horizontal ceiling border design with rococo cartouches, putti on the left and reclining figures in a landscape on the right.

Design for the decorative border around a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Ochre-ground design drawing of a ceiling border with scrolling foliage and a putto carrying a basket of flowers at center.

Design for decorative border to a ceiling with a putto carrying a basket of flowers

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1830-97

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted rider on a horse gesturing to soldiers, with a standard bearer and dog in the foreground.

Scene from the Life of Saint Bartholomew (fragment)

Erasmus Quellinus, 1620-78

Engraved horizontal frieze with clasped hands over an anchor, a dove, flanking cherubs, and scrollwork ornament.

Frieze of Ornament with Clasped Hands and Anchor

Abraham Bosse, 1625-76

Pen and watercolor design of a wall with lattice panels, climbing vines, bamboo framing, and a parquet base.

Design for the treatment of a wall with a pattern of lattices, vines, and bamboo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Narrow drawing of a pilaster with stacked grotesque candelabra, scrollwork and small masks in brown ink and wash.

Design for a Pilaster with Two Candelabra Grotesques and Three Masks

Giuseppe Salviati, ca. 1540-60

Pencil drawing of a tall cabinet in front and end elevation, with a decorative pediment, drawer pulls and paneled doors.

Design for a Cabinet

W. Strong, 1883

Pencil drawing of the south elevation of a Victorian house with a tall conical tower and gabled roofs.

Design for a House, South Elevation

W. Strong, ca. 1883

Etched interior of a laboratory with men in period dress around a table, shelves of jars, a furnace, and a garden view.

Laboratoire dans le Jardin Royale des Plantes

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a symmetrical foliage frieze with scrolls, ivy leaves, and bellflowers inside a double-ruled border.

Design for Frieze of Foliage

Thomas Pether, 1770-79

Watercolor design drawing of wall light brackets showing side and front elevations in brown, blue, gold and red.

Design for Church Lights or Standards

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Colored design drawing of an ornate church lamp standard with a domed lantern and a small circular plan diagram.

Designs for [Gas?] Lights for a Church

Richardson Slade & Co., ca. 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a heavy draped robe, looking upward, with hatched shading.

A Draped Bearded Man Looking Up

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, n.d.

Drawing with three panels showing a bird's-eye city perspective, a blank center, and a plan labeled commercial and residentia

Design and Plan for a City Bisected by Train Tracks

Robert Adams, ca. 1900

Pencil and wash drawing of a multi-arched bridge with timber trusses and a stone tower building at left.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1840-90