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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

506 works

Pen and wash drawing of a classical stage set with arched colonnades, coffered ceilings, busts and armored figures.

Design for a Stage Set

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Watercolor interior of a room with green velvet chairs, coffered ceiling, bookcases, lace-curtained windows and a potted palm

Interior of a Smoking-Room or Club-Room

A. Fix, 1878

Scrapbook page with pencil and ink studies of canopied beds, drapery, griffin ornament and garland swags.

Scrapbook containing Drawings and Prints of Architecture, Interiors, Furniture and Other Objects

André Marie Chatillon, ca. 1804-10

Pen and ink architectural design sheet showing church interior elevations with arched niches, pilasters, and ornamental pedim

Design for a Church Interior

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700-1773

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a classical interior with a vaulted ceiling, pilasters, painted panels and an arched centra

Design for an Architectural Interior

Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette, n.d.

Pen and watercolor design of a palace interior with green drapery, gilded garlands, an oval frame and a console table.

Design for a Palace Interior

Leonardo Marini, 1730-97

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate rococo palazzo interior with arched niches, draped curtains, and large mirrors.

Design for a Stage Set: Interior of a Palazzo Decorated with Large Mirrors and Console Tables

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a palace wall with arched niches, columns, busts on pedestals, and ornate cornice.

Design for the Decoration of a Palace Interior

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1711-65

Pen and wash drawing of a grand armory hall stage set with columns, coffered ceiling, armor trophies and statues.

Design for a Stage Set

Carlo Zucchi the Younger, ca. 1748-95

Pen drawing with three architectural elevations of a parish church showing interior section, front facade with towers, and re

Drawing of Interior, Façade, and Rear of Church

Jacques Germain Soufflot, 18th century

Pen and gray wash drawing of a vast basilica interior with coffered vaults, Corinthian columns, and small figures below.

Interior of St. Peter's Basilica

Jean François Chalgrin, 1759-61 (?)

Architectural drawing of two dining room sections with statues in niches, paneled doors, and draped windows, titled Hotel de

Longitudinal and Cross Sections of the Dining Rooms of the Hôtel de Montholon

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, 1785-86

Pen drawing of a cluttered peasant kitchen with a standing woman, a seated man, a dog, and fish hanging from the rafters.

Peasants' interior with spinner

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1860

Elevation drawing of a Gothic cathedral interior with a draped throne on a dais, chandeliers, heraldic shields and a gilt can

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with the Rood Screen and Throne for the Coronation of King Louis XVIII

Charles Percier, 1815

Grey wash drawing of a man in a fur coat raising a dagger before two women on a couch in an ornate draped room.

Comme ils en étaient là, arrive l'oncle

Jean-Michel Moreau, ca. 1778

Ink and wash architectural section drawing of a multi-level house interior with vaulted rooms, a balcony, and a column at rig

Section of a House with Portico Seen at Right

Giovanni Battista Galliani, 1750-1850

Ink outline drawing of a classical palace interior with columns, arches, a staircase and statues, a theatrical stage design.

Outline Drawing: Stage Set Design for a Performance of "Iphigenia". Verso: Two Designs for Palace Interiors

Fabrizio Galliari, 1709-90

Grey ink and wash drawing of a vaulted stone fortress interior with arches, columns, steps and a hanging chain.

Design for a Stage Set Showing the Interior of a Fortress or Dungeon

Pietro Gonzaga, 1751-1831

Ink and wash drawing of a classical arcaded gallery with Corinthian columns, a triumphal arch, and a coffered ceiling.

Design for a Stage Set: Classical Arcaded Gallery with Triumphal Arch Motif

Paolo Landriani, 1757-1839

Grey wash architectural drawing of a multi-tiered columbarium with rows of arched niches, a central dome, and a scale bar.

Section (Interior Elevation) of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate baroque church interior with columns, arches, and a scrolled ceiling, partly unfinished.

Framed Unfinished Design of a Baroque Church Interior

the Younger Giovanni Maria Galli Bibiena, before 1769

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a colonnaded theatre interior with statues, arches, and a staircase in section.

Details of Theatre Interior: Interior Elevation of Corridor and Sections

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a columbarium with rows of arched niches and a central dome, with a scale bar below.

Elevation of the Interior of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Grey wash and pen drawing of a palace interior with a staircase, statues on pedestals and ornate arched pediments.

Sketch of a Palace's Interior's Foreshortening with Stairs, Statues and Ornaments

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1762-1844

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo theatre proscenium with an allegorical scene, beside a side view of tiered boxes with garlan

Elevation of Proscenium According to New Design and Lateral View of Boxes

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, ca. 1750

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a tall interior doorway with stepped frame, cornice, and scale bar below.

Design Elevation for an Interior Door in the Loggia of Pope Julius [III.]

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Pen drawing of a Gothic cathedral interior with tall columns, pointed vaults, kneeling figures and a processional cross.

Perspective of a Church's Interior

Pietro Bosio, 18th century

Watercolor design of a red gallery wall with framed paintings, a console table in an arched niche, and an ornate patterned ce

Design for Gallery Elevation and Ceiling, Hôtel Cottier

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Engraving of an artist's studio with bearded men and students drawing by candlelight beside classical statues and vessels.

Baccio Bandinelli in his studio holding a statuette of Venus, students sketching from a model by candlelight

Agostino Veneziano, 1531

Watercolor of figures in a Roman tavern courtyard with musicians, benches, and painted sun and rooster motifs on the walls.

Interior of a Roman Inn

Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1817