The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Engraving of a seated man turning to a ragged family beside a colonnade, with well-dressed onlookers at left and a garden bey

Etching of a woman in a doorway welcoming travelers with staffs and a turbaned man, with garden trees behind.

Engraving of a well-dressed woman offering bread to beggars on a terrace while an elegant couple watches from a doorway.

Etching of a lavish banquet with seated diners in feathered hats, a standing servant, and a garden view through a window.

Engraving of a prodigal son changing clothes in an elegant interior while a seated father and onlookers watch.

Engraving by Abraham Bosse, ca. 1636: a young man takes leave of his father in a columned room while he walks away outdoors w

Etching of a sailing boat on the sea beside weathered wooden posts and a seated figure on a shoreline with windmills.

Etching of a dark cliff above a bay with calm water, a distant ship, and a stormy hatched sky.

Lithograph of a Parisian couple in a top hat and wide hat walking past haystacks in a countryside field.

Watercolor design of a paneled ceiling with a blue center, pink corner panels and gold moldings.

Watercolor design for a paneled ceiling with a trompe l&#39;oeil dome of cherubs and clouds, framed by ornate coffers.

Daumier lithograph of a man lounging on a bench beside a woman, with a garden of trees behind them.

Pen drawing of a room corner with vaulted ceiling, columns, painted wall scenes and carved woodwork.

Watercolor elevation of a Louis XV style salon wall with mirror, marble fireplace, rococo paneling and cupid medallions.

Watercolor design for a rococo ceiling with a sky oculus, three cherubs with ribbons, and gilded scrollwork.

Watercolor design for a Baroque ceiling with an oval sky panel of cherubs and red and green decorative borders.

Colored design drawing of a paneled ceiling with a central octagon, putti, birds, and floral ornament in pastel tones.

Watercolor design of a wall with tan paneling, red cornice, and blue panels with pink scrollwork ornament.

Design drawing of a paneled ceiling, with a corner in color showing gilded moldings, blue and red panels, and grotesque ornam

Watercolor design of a decorative panel with a heraldic shield, crown, stag head, floral garland and scrolled frame.

Watercolor design for an arched painted ceiling with blue ground, rose scrollwork ornament and brown-red border.

Blue rinceaux scroll design on a peach ground with a central rosette medallion and foliate borders.

Watercolor design of a coffered ceiling with gilded strapwork, pine cone motifs, and a central rosette medallion.

Pen and watercolor design for a paneled ceiling split into two decorative schemes with gold scrollwork and a central medallio

Pencil elevation drawing of a dining room with a carved buffet, mirror, vases and draped window curtains.

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central rosette, green coffered grid, and scrolling ornamental friezes.

Design drawing of a coffered ceiling with a painted sky opening filled with flying birds and fruit medallions.

Watercolor elevation of a paneled wall with double doors, a painted panel of ducks, and a landscape mural with gold border.

Etching of a rocky forest clearing with a large boulder, fallen log, bare tree, and a small figure by the stone.

Etching of a moonlit ruined château with figures below, beside an ex libris bookplate with ships, music and a violin.