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Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus seated with a thyrsus and panther, within an octagonal frame with a temple behind.

Bacchus

1810

Brown ink drawing of allegorical Prudence seated with a hand mirror and two winged putti, inscribed PRVDENZA below.

Prudence

1810

Octagonal ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a spear standing over a fallen soldier amid a battle.

Leonidas

1810

Brown ink drawing of two octagonal panels: a winged figure handing a lyre to a seated youth, and women kneeling before a stat

Winged Victory Gives Apollo Lyre; Statue of Minerva

Two circular pen-and-ink drawings of winged victory figures with horse-drawn chariots on pale blue paper.

Two Roundels with Victories in Chariots; River Victory

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures welcoming a leader before a temple and crowd in a Roman setting.

Ceiling Design for Numa Pompilius Welcomed to Rome after his Election, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowned seated king watching a man thrust his arm over a brazier before soldiers.

Caius Mucius Scaevola and Porsena

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family in a landscape with a donkey, a figure leading it, and a hilltop town.

The Flight into Egypt, After Domenichino

1810

Portrait of a man

1810

Pen and wash drawing with three putti roundels, a central forge scene with draped figures, and a lower panel of winged figure

Venus at Forge of Vulcan, Winter, Victories and Three Roundels, Putti as Elements

1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged female figure in a lunette shape with clouds and a reclining figure, by Felice Giani.

Summer, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged woman with a lyre seated on clouds, flanked by two putti holding scrolls.

Personification of Poetry, After Raphael

1810

Pen and brown ink sketches of eight classical sacrificial scenes with altars, draped figures and putti on blue paper.

Eight Sacrificial Scenes

1810

Circular sepia wash drawing of Hebe and Hercules's wedding with seated woman, reclining man, and winged putti.

The Wedding of Hebe and Hercules

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto riding a leaping lion among clouds, a lunette design by Felice Giani.

Leo, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Brown ink drawing of two winged putti holding a banderole inside an oval frame, on a cream sheet.

Two Flying Putti with Banderole

1800

Pen and brown ink sketch of an ornate candelabrum with a winged figure, scrolls and foliage within a border.

Candelabrum Sketch

1800

Brown ink drawing of sea gods and nude nymphs in churning waves, with a trident at upper left.

Study of the Landing of Maria de' Medici to Marsala, after Peter Paul Rubens

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary holding the infant Christ and a bearded man gesturing from a platform.

The Nativity

1810

Pen and ink oval sketch of Ulysses and Penelope embracing beside columns and a balustrade, with an inscription below.

Ulysses and Penelope Embracing Each other

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a veiled seated woman with a torch and two winged putti, labeled Castita.

Chastity

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure pouring water from a jar among clouds, in a curved lunette format.

Aquarius, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing in an octagon of Bacchus and Ceres seated with cherubs, grapes and wheat.

Bacchus and Ceres

1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of two seated women in an oval, one with scales of justice and one with an olive branch.

Justice and Peace

Graphite drawing of a draped female figure with laurel wreath playing a flute, labeled Euterpe musica.

Euterpe, Muse of Lyric Poetry

1810

Pencil drawing of two draped muses, Melpomene holding a dagger and Clio with a scroll, beside a tall column.

Melpomane, Muse of Tragedia and Clio, Muse of History

1810

Ink and brown wash drawing of a seated man refusing coins offered by helmeted soldiers in an interior with hanging weapons.

Fabrizio Refusing the Gifts of his Enemies

1800

Pen and ink design of an oval ceiling with radiating panels, medallions and a central scene of figures.

Oval Ceiling with Three Graces, Design for Sala di Enea, Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna

1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of a frieze with four caryatid figures supporting an entablature above framed panels.

Frieze with Four Caryatids

Brown ink drawing of winged putti carrying garlands and objects in a frieze, with a classical altar below.

Putto Frieze; Classical Altar

1820

Pen and brown ink sketch of Hercules lifting the struggling giant Antaeus off the ground in a wrestling hold.

Hercules and Antaeus

1800

Ink and wash drawing of two circular roundels: a winged Victory with a horse above, and two winged figures flanking a helmete

Two Victories in Roundels

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo in a chariot pulled by winged horses across clouds, within an octagonal frame.

Apollo in his Chariot with Aurora, Sala Ottogonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Pen and ink ceiling design with an oval medallion, scrolling foliage, small figures, and a decorative border on pale paper.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling with a Central Circular Decoration

1820

Pencil sketch of a seated draped woman beside a tall urn on a stepped pedestal with a garland.

Study after a Funeral Monument and Study after Frieze

1800

Ink and wash drawing of two friezes with allegorical figures, chariots, horses, and winged putti.

Personification of Two of the Elements

1800

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seated bearded god on clouds with winged figures, musicians, and an altar inscribed PACE.

Olympus

1810

Brown ink and wash sketch of three panels showing winged cupids, a horse-drawn chariot, and a lion with a figure.

Three Panels with Cupids

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo seated playing a lyre beside a quiver of arrows and a decorative frieze.

Apollo

1800

Pen and brown wash sketch of mythological medallions with nude figures, bulls and a bull's head, by Felice Giani.

Deeds of Jupiter, for a Ceiling

1810

Ink and wash drawing with a central scene of a figure with a bow beside an altar and dog, flanked by two diamond-shaped figur

Three Bacchus Subjects: Bacchus Worshipped: Bacchus Marries Ariadne; Triumph of Bacchus

1800

Grey chalk drawing of a monumental fluted urn on a pedestal in a park, with trees and a small figure.

Monumental Vase in a Park

1800

Brown ink sketch of colonnaded arcades, church interiors, a tomb scene and ornamental candelabra designs.

Sketchbook Page: Atrium, San Pietro, Bologna and Detail from San Pietro; Detail from S. Michele in Bosco; Verso, Geom…

1810

Three-panel pen and ink drawing with brown wash showing mythological scenes of a forge, Venus with cupids, and a festive gath

Winter, the Forge of the Vulcan, Spring, the Bath of Venus, Summer Feasts of Bacchus and Ceres

1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of two women with a basket and a bearded man in a plumed hat, with draped classical garments.

Two Women with a Basket

1810

Pen and wash drawing of Apollo and Marsyas in a hexagonal frame, with a lyre beside them and a reclining satyr figure.

Apollo flays Marsyas

1790

Pen and brown ink sketch of kneeling women and children pleading before armored Roman soldiers beside a tent and standards.

Coriolanus Agrees to Lift the Siege of Rome

1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of four oval allegorical figures representing Fortitude, Justice, Prudence and Temperance.

Four Ovals: Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance

1800

Pencil sketch of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, with a kneeling saint and lion below and angels above.

Virgin with Christ Child and Saint Jerome

1800

Ink and wash drawing of two scenes: Thetis at a forge with armor, and Thetis presenting armor to a reclining Achilles.

Thetis in the Workshop of Hephaestus; Thetis Showing the Armor to Achilles: Two Designs for Ceiling Panels in the Gal…

1800

Circular ink drawing of classical gods and figures reclining and gathering among clouds, with a handwritten caption below.

Banquet of the Gods

1810

Pen and ink sheet of ceiling decoration studies with roundels and diamond panels showing winged putti and mythological figure

Project for Decoration of Ceiling

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of four putti playing music above a lower scene of a reclining body mourned by figures in a rocky

Four Putti Making Music, Study after Lodovico Carracci; Christ, Study after Massari

1820

Pen and brown wash design with a central tondo of seated Apollo with lyre and three diamond panels of seasonal figures.

Decorative Project for Central Tondo with Apollo, Autumn and Winter

1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of a dancing figure and a seated figure among looping grapevines in a rectangular frieze.

Celebration of the Vine

1800

Ink and wash drawing in three panels showing classical figures, musicians, putti and grapes representing the seasons.

Spring, Summer, Fall

1790

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing three putti roundels, a central Bacchus and Ariadne scene, and winged figures bes

Bacchus and Ariadne with Autumn and Victories and Three Roundels with Putti

1790

Pen and brown wash sketch of three classical figures: one beside a bust, one at a desk with books, one playing a lyre.

Allegories of Sculpture, Architecture and Music

1800

Four brown ink and wash studies of the Madonna and Child with saints, arranged in two rows on a single sheet.

Madonna and Child and St. John, Study after Francia; Madonna and Child with St. John, Study after Dossi; Madonna and…

1820

Pen and wash design sheet for a ceiling, with a central panel of Spartan women and warriors surrounded by medallions and scro

Design for Ceiling with Spartan Women in Central Rectangular Panel

1800

Pen and wash drawing of a seated lyre player in pink drapery beside a dog and grazing cattle in a wooded landscape.

Apollo Guards the Herds [or Flocks] of King Admetus

1800

Pen and brown wash sketch of eight octagonal panels showing Romulus and Remus legend scenes with warriors and a central emble

Romulus and Remus: Decorations for Reception Room, Aldini Villa, Montmorency

1810

Pen and ink design of a square decorative ceiling with central medallion and garlands, with a small architectural sketch abov

Decorated Ceiling and Wall

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a dove and laurel branch, flanked by two winged putti, labeled Castità Matr

Matrimonial Chastity, Sala di Corneglia, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

1810

Ink and wash sketch of three classical scenes with seated and standing figures, with handwritten Italian captions.

Cornelia, Mother of Gracchi; Socrates, Alcibiades and Aspasia; Zeus and the Maidens of Crotone

Pencil drawing of a youthful face with a garland and a bearded satyr mask with pointed ears and an open mouth.

Mask with Garland and ears; Mask with Beard and Ears of Satyr

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures in conversation around a desk in an interior, with a handwritten Italian caption below.

Socrates, Pericles, Alcibiades, Aspasia in Discussion

1810

Brown ink drawing of Alexander the Great in armor facing the reclining philosopher Diogenes beside an arch, with soldiers and

Alexander the Great and Diogenes

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of a putto holding a basin with a scorpion tail, a lunette design for a ceiling.

Scorpio, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Four vertical ink designs of ornate candelabra with scrollwork, figures and armor on pale blue paper.

Four Candelabra Designs

1800

Watercolor and ink ceiling design with radiating canopy, central oval of Aurora and putti, and garlands.

A Canopied Ceiling with Aurora in Central Panel

1810

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a Pompeiian-style wall and ceiling with winged figures, drapery swags, and columns.

Wall and Ceiling Decorations in the Pompeiian Style

1810

Pen and ink sketch of a pedestal table with flowers and a console table with fluted columns, with faint pencil room outlines.

Project for Tables; Sketches for Chests of Drawers and Possibly Frieze Stand

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna seated on clouds in an arched niche, holding the Christ child.

Madonna and child

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of the crucified Christ with soldiers, a skull, and a distant city.

Crucifixion

1810

Oval brown ink wash drawing of veiled women gathered around a seated figure with a scroll beside an altar in a classical inte

Figural Scene with People Gathered Around a Seated Woman who Reads from Scroll

Brown wash drawing of Hebe pouring wine for seated Jupiter, with an eagle, cherubs and clouds around them.

Hebe Pours Wine into Jupiter's Bowl

1810

Ink and wash sheet with eight oval studies of winged female allegorical figures holding trumpets, torches, mirrors and serpen

Ceiling Design, History, Abundance in Six Ovals, Sala di Ercole ed Ebe, Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of four horses through clouds, with a winged figure above.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Sun, for the Sala di Apollo e Diana, Palazzo Bianchetti, Bologna

1810

Pencil sketch of two classical women: one plays a lyre, the other dances with arm raised, with Italian annotations.

Terpsichore, Muse of Dance and Erato, Muse of Love Poetry

1810

Pen and wash design sheet with rows of arched and diamond panels showing classical figures with sea centaurs and scrollwork.

Women Riding Sea Centaurs, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures worshipping a nude statue beside an incense altar, with classical buildings in a

The Worship of Amor Vincitor

1810

Brown ink drawing of ten circular mythological scenes with classical deities, altars and ruins arranged in two rows.

Nine Circular Compositions with Diety Subject Matter

1800

Pen and ink drawing on blue paper of Hercules rising to Olympus among enthroned gods, winged figures and garlanded cherubs.

The Apothesis of Hercules, Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman with an open book, flanked by two winged putti on clouds.

Theology, after Raphael Sansio, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican

1820

Pencil drawing of two vertical panels of stacked military trophies with helmets, shields, armor, swords and ribbons.

Two Panels of Trophies

1810

Brown ink and wash sketch of a battle between centaurs and Lapiths, with warriors grappling and raised weapons.

Sketchbook Page: Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths

1810

Pencil drawing of two friezes showing a sea centaur with a ram-headed creature above and a sea figure battling a winged sea m

Sea Centaur Battles Sea Monster

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior pointing beside an altar marked Apollo, with a ship and crowd in an octagona

Themistocles

1810

Ink and wash drawing of three nude female figures holding a garland, flanked by two winged cupids in a trapezoidal frame.

The Three Graces

1810

Pencil frieze of winged putti riding dolphins over waves, with a bearded sea god's face at the right.

Frieze with Dolphins and Putto

1820

Brown ink and wash sheet of grouped studies: a Madonna with angels, robed figures, crowded interiors, and an architectural mo

Studies after Paintings by Perugino and Alfonso Lombardo in Bologna; sixteenth-century monument, Bologna

1810

Pencil sketch of two winged, serpent-entwined ornamental masks with a small scroll study beneath them.

Mask with Two Heads; Mask with Two Serpent Heads

1800

Ink and wash drawing of two octagonal mythological scenes with figures, vine arches and a mask, captioned in Italian.

Birth of Bacchus; Banquet of Bacchus and Ariadne

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining couple with a cupid in a garden, framed in an octagon with pencil grid numbers.

Ceiling Design with Rinaldo and Armida, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated veiled woman reading, with a winged putto holding a torch beside a lamp stand.

Vigilance

1810