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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

506 works

Pencil sketch of women and a child gathered before a fireplace in an interior, with a standing figure at right.

Interior with Figures before a Fireplace

Charles Baugniet, 1871

Watercolor and ink drawing of a Gothic church interior with a stone pulpit, arches, and kneeling worshippers.

Interior of the Church of St. Jacques, Louvain

Genaro Pérez Villaamil, 1807-54

Engraving of Saint Luke painting the Virgin and Child in an ornate architectural interior with an ox and a basket.

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

Dirck Vellert, 1526

Brown wash drawing of a church interior with shadowed pointed arches, lit gothic windows, and stone columns.

Interior of the Church of Valmont Abbey

Eugène Delacroix, 1829-31

Grey wash drawing of a domed circular grain market interior with arcades, columns, and small figures among stacked goods.

Interior of Halle aux Blés, Paris [The Corn Exchange]

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of elegant figures in a columned interior, with a man drawing back a curtain and a dog.

The Husband-Confessor

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1770

Tonal print of a turbaned man leaning over a bed in a dim interior, with a prone figure on the floor at left.

Interior of a Military Hospital

Eugène Delacroix, 1828 or earlier

Pencil drawing of a forest interior with leaning tree trunks, branches and undergrowth shaded softly on pale paper.

Forest Interior

Henri Harpignies, 1835-1916

Watercolor of a gallery with marble sculptures, vases, and paintings, with visitors in dark dresses and shawls.

View of part of the French Court at the Great Exhibition

Eugène Lami, 1851

Engraving of a seated woman nursing an infant in a room with a window view of a walled town and a checkered floor.

The Virgin at the Window

Barthel Beham, 1502-40

Pencil drawing of a Gothic church interior with tall columns, arches, a statue in a niche, and small figures on the stone flo

Interior of the New Church in Delft with the Tomb of William the Silent

Jan Hendrik Verheyen, early 19th century

Pen and red chalk drawing of the Holy Family in an interior, with the Christ child holding a cross beside Mary and Joseph.

Holy Family in an Interior

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded martyrdom scene with a nude central figure and gesturing onlookers.

The Martyrdom of the Apostle Thomas

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1638-46

Interior of a rustic cottage with an old man eating beside a brick fireplace, bundled sticks and baskets nearby.

The Woodcutter's Breakfast (The Faggot Gatherer's Meal)

William Henry Hunt, ca. 1832-34 (?)

Pencil drawing of a tense interior scene with figures struggling around a candlelit table, one gesturing at right.

Illustration for a Book: Scene of a Murder in an Interior

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Watercolor drawing of an ornate arched portico with balustrades and figures in period dress in a cobbled courtyard.

The Entrance Portico of the Château d'Anet, seen from the interior of the courtyard

Jean Lubin Vauzelle, n.d.

Watercolor of a woman in blue gown and seated man watching an infant on a sofa in an ornate fireplace room.

The First Babe

Jehan-Georges Vibert, 1872

Pen and wash drawing of two women in a period interior, one seated playing a lute while the other adjusts her hair.

Two Women in an Elegant Interior: a Singer Accompanied by a Lutenist

Pierre-Alexandre Wille, 1771

Lithograph of a crowded iron and glass exhibition hall with galleries, exhibits, a statue, and visitors in 19th-century dress

An Interior View of the New York Crystal Palace

Charles Parsons, 1853

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornate theater facade with a central royal box, balustrades, and draped canopy.

Views of a Theater (Bayreuth): Interior Elevation of the Theater Showing Royal Box

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Engraving of a seated woman in a bonnet holding an open book beside a folding screen and candlestick.

The Moment of Meditation

Louis Surugue, 1747

Engraving of a woman in a bonnet holding a market bag beside a kitchen chest, with bread, a jug and a figure in a doorway.

The Return from Market

François Bernard Lépicié, 1742

Ink and wash drawing of a memorial interior with a central inscribed pyramid, skeletons, flags, crowns, and a skull and cross

Memorial Decoration for the Interior of a Building to Honor the Deceased Ernst Ludwig, 1725

Alessandro Rossini, 1702-36

Pencil sketch of a symmetrical rococo ceiling or wall design with scrolling cartouches and medallions.

Design for One Half of a Ceiling with Medaillons with Figure Sketches Inside (recto); Design for an Interior Wall Ele…

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen drawing of a seated woman in a patterned gown beside a table with flowers, with a dark stylized border below.

Madame Réjane

Aubrey Beardsley, 1894

Sepia wash drawing of a classical interior with a figural tripod table, smoking brazier, decorated urn and laurel branch.

Circular Drawing of a Classical Interior with Fire in Brazier, Greek Vase and Circular Tripod Table

Jules Frédéric Bouchet, 19th century

Pen and watercolor elevation design of a palace gallery with pilasters, painted panels, eagles in wreaths, and a coffered cei

Design for the Interior of a Gallery of a Palace

Leonardo Marini, 1760-97

Watercolor interior of a salon with red curtains, gilt mirror, console table and red upholstered chairs.

Interior of a Small Salon

Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux, mid-19th century

Pen and ink design sketch of a theater interior with columns, arches, drapery swags, a hanging lamp and curved balustrade.

Design for a Theater Interior

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Pen and ink sketch of an ornate palace interior with columns, balustrades, arches and a vaulted ceiling.

Sketch of a Palace Interior

Antonio Galli Bibiena, 1700-74