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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,003 works

Engraving of Minerva with a shield and coat of arms, a putto painting it, and putti holding garlands beside monogram cartouch

Minerva and the Arms of François Sublet de Noyers Painted by the Genius of Painting

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Pastel-toned design drawing of a gilded ceiling panel with two putti, scrolling foliage, and arts symbols.

Design for a ceiling with two putti and symbols for the arts

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

Painted decorative panel with a gilded urn, roses, foliage, a perched bird and red drapery in a trompe l'oeil niche.

Trompe l'oeil design of birds and flowers

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

Painted trompe l'oeil panel showing a ewer, clarinet and shell on red drapery within a brown frame.

Trompe l'oeil design of ewer and clarinet

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

Watercolor design of a paneled double door with gold scrollwork and a red medallion beneath a patterned pink frieze.

Design for a door

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

Black and white woodcut of a woman at a spinning wheel with labeled animals, beside a procession of men in armour.

The Tapestry at Michelfeld

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Pen drawing of an ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a nude man wrestling a lion, and winged figures.

Frieze with Acanthus Scrolls and a Man (Hercules?) fighting a Lion

Jean Le Pautre, 17th century

Etching of a farmhouse and trees beside a canal, with a dirt road on the right and a distant church tower.

Landscape with a Farmhouse Along a Road Beside a Canal

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1652

Ink and wash drawing of two architectural ornament designs: a scroll with beaded moulding and a panel of wavy forms.

Two Designs for Ornament

Richard de Lalonde, ca. 1770

Engraving of a family with hands folded in prayer at a long dinner table, with a servant at left and a garden view beyond.

The Benediction at Table

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Etched plate of three neoclassical ornamental panels with scrolls, laurel swags, ribbon bows and a central rosette.

Panels of Ornament, nos. VII-VIIII, plate 4 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, May 1, 1777

Ink and wash drawing of a stone grave monument with a stepped base, dark panels and a vase finial on grass.

Grave Monument, Pillar Topped with a Vase, No. 911

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Engraving of two mounted figures in plumed hats before an army with banners and a walled town beyond.

The French Forces: Louis XIII and Gaston d'Orléans

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1630

Ink drawing of a hatched Greek key fret border with measurement ticks above and numbered marks below, on pale paper.

Fret, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1760-70

Chalk study of a bent male figure in a cloak holding a diagonal staff, with a grid drawn behind it on grey paper.

Study of a Soldier

Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry, 1851-52

Etching of an old woman in a fur-trimmed hat and cloak, leaning forward and carrying a gourd at her side.

Old Beggar Woman with a Gourd

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1629

Ink sketch of a peasant man carrying a child on his back, with a seated figure with a staff in the lower left.

A Peasant Calling Out: "T is vinnich kout"

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Etching of an elderly peasant man in a fur cap grinning, with a small figure at lower right and inscription above.

A Peasant Replying: "Dats niet"

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Ink and wash design for a banknote with scrollwork, a carved mask, and a cherub holding a large numeral 5 over the word FIVE.

Design for Banknote

Robert William Hume, 1830-1904

Ink and watercolor design for a book title panel with ornate lettering, a blank oval center, and a red border.

Design for a trade publication titled: "Historical Copies Chronographically Arranged", by R. W. Hume; J. W. Schermerh…

Robert William Hume, second half 19th century

Hand-colored caricature of a mounted officer leading chained, ragged volunteers, with some riding a donkey and a cart.

French Volunteers Marching to the Conquest of Great Britain

James Gillray, October 25, 1803

Etching of a rural landscape with a round haybarn, dense trees, a flock of sheep, and grazing cattle under an open sky.

Landscape with a Haybarn and a Flock of Sheep

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Etching of cottages, a hay barn and trees beside a field with sheep and small figures on a path.

Cottages and a Hay Barn on the Diemerdijk with a Flock of Sheep

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1652

Etching of a rural landscape with thatched cottages, trees, a canal, and a milkman with pails on a road.

View of the Diemerdijk with a Milkman and Cottages ('Het Melkboertje')

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1650

Watercolor panorama of a calm sea with a sailboat, low islands, distant mountains and sandy hills under a pale sky.

Panorama View on the Islands of Delos

Johann Michael Wittmer II, early 19th-late 19th century

Pale watercolor of a stone bridge over a river, with boats, riverside wharves and a distant city skyline under cloudy sky.

Westminster Bridge, the Surrey side

Samuel Scott, ca. 1750

Engraving of nude Leda with a swan's wing and drapery, standing before a hatched background.

Leda and the swan

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1531-76

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a plumed hat riding a crowned white horse atop a globe, with labels reading Power and Lib

A Great Man on His Hobby Horse

Thomas Rowlandson, 1803

Engraved frieze of nude warriors fighting a battle beneath trees, with fallen figures, spears, shields and a raised banner.

Battle for the Banner (copy)

Barthel Beham, early 16th century

Engraving of a putto stepping right among looping banderoles and scrollwork, with fine parallel hatching.

Boy Stepping to the Right over Banderoles

Barthel Beham, mid-17th century