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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Pencil drawing of two symmetrical ornamental panels with scrollwork and oval cartouches showing a crown and a flower urn unde

Ornament Designs on Two Panels, the Central Cartouches Decorated with Tents

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a Gothic tracery ornamental design with foliate scrolls and yellow wash accents.

Lock from Elaborate Dresson de Sacristy, now in the Hotel de Clugny

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate scrolled wall lantern on a bracket, labeled No 4 and £15, dated 1885.

Lamp Design for 27 Old Steyne, Brighton

Richardson Ellson & Co., 1885

Ink design drawing of an ornate wall-mounted lantern with scrolled bracket and a circular plan view of the mount.

Wall-mounted Lamp Design

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1885

Etching of Saint Bruno kneeling in prayer beside books, a skull and a crucifix in a dark cave, with a halo.

Saint Bruno

Jean Bernard Restout, 1764

Engraving of a woman holding a pear beside fruit and a tree, with a hunting scene in the background landscape.

Earth, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Engraved portrait of a man in a tall hat beside a cannon, with a burning tower and fireworks in the background.

Fire, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1630

Engraving of a curled-wig man beside a dolphin fountain pouring water, with ships on the sea behind him.

Water, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1630

Pencil and chalk drawing of a nude woman seated by a fountain with attendants and a reclining cherub in a garden.

Bathsheba at the Bath

Antoine Pesne, 1750

Engraving of a woman in lace-trimmed dress holding out her hand to a bird, with birds flying and hunters in a landscape behin

Air, from "The Four Elements" (Les Quatre Eléments)

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Engraving of a 17th-century interior with women cooking at a fireplace, a laid dining table, and children carrying a plate.

Winter, from "The Four Seasons" (Les Quatre Saisons)

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1637

Engraving of a seated couple in a columned interior with a cupid and fruit basket, a formal garden fountain visible beyond.

Spring, from "The Four Seasons" (Les Quatre Saisons)

Abraham Bosse, 1635-37

Engraving of a armored man with a club beside a lion and rooster, with a battle scene and chariots in the sky behind him.

Declaration of War on Spain by Louis XIII: The King as Hercules

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1635

Engraving of a hermit reading beside a hut as water flows into a barrel, with a village and storm clouds in the background.

Ammon, from "Solitudo Sive Vitae Patrum Eremicolarum"

Maerten de Vos, ca. 1585-86

Grey wash drawing of Moses kneeling before a burning bush as a figure points, with sheep grazing in the landscape beyond.

Moses and the Burning Bush

Gerard Hoet, n.d.

A Seated Woman in Profile

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, n.d.

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.

Engraving of a bearded hermit reading beneath a tree by a cliff and waterfall, with a monk and distant town in the landscape.

Epiphanius, from "Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta...Anachoretarum"

Maerten de Vos, 1593-94

Engraving of the ship Argo passing between rocky cliffs, a lyre player at the stern and a rower beside him, amid waves.

Symplegades

Cornelis Bloemaert, 17th century

Design drawing of a cylindrical crystal jar with floral pattern, silver-plated cover and finial, on an oval tray with handles

Design for a Crystal Jar with a Silver-Plated Base and Cover

Elkington & Co., ca. 1890-1910

Red chalk drawing of a crowned woman holding a laurel branch and scepter, with faint obelisk and pyramid sketched behind her.

Cleopatra

Claude Vignon, 1647

Woodcut broadside showing mounted police charging a crowd with sabers, with newspaper columns of text below.

Cover of the 'Gaceta Callejera' reporting on the continuation of anti-reelection riots

José Guadalupe Posada, 1892

Etching of a gentleman in a plumed hat and fur-trimmed cape, seen from behind, on a terrace above a garden landscape.

Gentleman in a Cape and Plumed Hat Seen from the Back

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Etching of a gentleman in a plumed hat seen from behind, pointing toward a chateau with a gate and trees.

Gentleman Seen from the Back Pointing towards a Chateau

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Engraving of a gentleman seen from behind in a plumed hat, pointing toward a landscape with a castle, bridge and river.

Gentleman Seen from the Back Indicating a Landscape

Abraham Bosse, 1629

Woodcut of a kneeling bearded man with a scourge beside a curtain, candles, and an altar in an interior.

The Penitent

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Illuminated page with the poem The Bridge of Sighs, a falling woman in lavender above an arch and kneeling figures near a ros

The Bridge of Sighs

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Illuminated calligraphic poem with painted floral border, celestial globe and banner reading Another Year of Life Has Flown.

Another Year of LIfe Has Flown

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Watercolor of an Arcadian landscape with a stone arch, a statue, figures on steps, and a boat on a lake.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Diana

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Pencil drawing of soldiers with raised swords attacking infants beside a seated draped woman, with a crowd in the background.

Massacre of the Innocents

Willem van Mieris, late 17th-mid 18th century