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Brown ink drawing of a kneeling man at an altar with fire, an angel above holding a branch, and worshippers around.

The sacrifice of king David

c. 1812

Watercolor allegory with winged figures, a helmeted Minerva, a lion and a classical temple, inscribed with Canova's name.

Allegory on the Life of Canova

about 1822-1823

Brown ink and wash drawing of three classical women spinning thread, with a Latin inscription tablet at lower right.

The Three Fates

1810/20

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical temple beside a waterfall, tall cypress trees, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

Mountainous Landscape with Classical Temple

Pen and wash design for an oval coffered ceiling with a central medallion of mythological figures in clouds.

A Coffered Dome with Apollo and Phaeton

1787

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded classical academy hall with students drawing from statues and figures.

The School of Rome

1795

Brown ink and wash drawing of draped allegorical figures with wings beside a stone pedestal, by Felice Giani.

Allegory of Justice

Ink and wash drawing of a sacrifice scene with a bull, altar, robed onlookers, and a bearded satyr head at right.

Ancient Sacrifice and Head of a Satyr

Brown wash drawing of two scenes: a reclining woman with a fruit basket above, and a satyr among grapevines below.

Drawing - Felice Giani

Pen and brown wash drawing with several classical scenes, including seated figures, nudes, cherubs, dogs and an architectural

Design after Paintings by Raphael and Paintings in Bologna by Albani, Francia, Parmigianino; Monument Verso: Anatomic…

1810

Two octagonal brown ink wash drawings of mythological scenes: Juno nursing Hercules, and Hebe with Hercules aided by Minerva.

Juno Suckling Hercules, Hebe Marries Hercules with Help of Minerva, Designed for Sala di Ercole e Ebe, Palazzo Gaddi,…

1810

Pen and brown ink design sheet with octagonal putti medallions, scrolled ornament, and a scene of Coriolanus at the walls of

Design for Various Decorations including "Coriolanus at the Walls of Rome"

1800

Brown ink drawing of a classical frieze with an embracing winged couple, a flying winged figure, and a kneeling Cupid with a

Frieze with Psyche and Love

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman on clouds with two winged putti holding inscribed tablets, within an oval frame.

Personification of Theology, After Raphael

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo driving a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, with a winged figure leading the way.

Apollo in Chariot with Aurora and the Hours

1800

Pencil drawing of two draped muses, one holding a comedy mask and one reading an open book, labeled Thalia and Calliope.

Thalia, Muse of Comedy and Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of the goddess Diana reclining with a bow and quiver beside a stag in a rocky landscape.

Diana

1800

Brown ink drawing of two friezes: winged figures with a sea monster above, a seated woman and an ox below.

Two Friezes with Women and Sea Monsters

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored men and a draped standing woman around a nude figure, with a shield at lower left.

The Civil Law, after Perino del Vaga

1820

Pen and brown ink design drawing of a classical interior with a frieze, three arched niches with figures, altar and incense.

Decorative Design

Pen and ink drawing of Penelope recognizing Ulysses, a seated woman reaching toward a bearded man beside a torch-bearing serv

Penelope Recognizes Ulysses

1800

Pen and ink sketch of two decorative friezes with rosettes, flowers and a meander ribbon, with handwritten color notes.

Recto: Two Friezes with Flowers Verso: Sketch for a Decorative Painting

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing showing two architectural views: a vaulted colonnade hall above and a courtyard with arches and a

Two Designs for Portico and Court of Palace

1800

Pen and ink drawing of two octagonal scenes of classical figures in interiors, with handwritten captions below each.

Project for Two Octagonal Paintings: Daedalus using Breasts of Hebe as Model for Bowl for Jupiter. Hebe Receives this…

1810

Pen and brown ink sketch in four registers showing Alexander the Great's birth, a sacrifice, a battle, and a triumphal proces

Sketchbook Page: Birth of Alexander the Great; Battle of Alexander and Darius; Triumph of Alexander

1800

Four brown ink and wash studies of mythological scenes with nude figures, putti, a centaur, and a winged lyre player.

Glauco and Scylla, study after Agostino Carracci

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure holding scales of Libra among swirling clouds, in a semicircular lunette format

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

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure riding a leaping goat-like creature inside a lunette-shaped frame.

Capricorn, Lunette for Ceiling of the Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Pencil drawing of an ancient-style footed krater with scroll handles and a frieze of small classical figures.

A Krater

1800

Pen and ink drawing of Apollo with a lyre and a winged Cupid in a classical riverside landscape with ancient buildings.

Apollo with lyre and Love

Pen and brown wash drawing of bearded Jupiter reclining on clouds, offering a cup to an eagle beside him.

Jupiter

1800

Ink and wash sheet of octagonal and round mythological medallions with winged cupids, a central chariot procession, and red h

Chariot with the Hours

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing in two scenes: a seated queen receives two warriors above, and figures with cupids in a rocky land

Aeneas and Achates before Dido; the Love of Aeneas and Dido

1810

Brown ink wash drawing of the Virgin rising on clouds with angels, while a crowd gazes upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

1810

Brown ink drawing of a seated robed figure reading a book on clouds, with two winged angels holding palm fronds.

St. Paul in the Clouds with Angels and Palms

1810

Ink and wash design study with an octagonal central panel of classical figures and a cupid, flanked by two round roundels.

Peace, Vaulted Panel, Sala d' Onore and the Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

1810

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted warrior in a chariot dragging a nude body past onlookers at a city wall.

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector

1790

Pen and watercolor sketch of Phaeton and Apollo on a chariot amid clouds and sun rays, with a winged cherub below.

Phaeton Bidding Apollo Farewell

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of flying putti with a garland, a she-wolf nursing two infants, and musician putti below.

Three Putti with Garland; Romulus and Remus Breastfeeding from She-Wolf; Two Putti Playing Cymbals

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of decorative panels, griffins, putti, columns and architectural ornament on one sheet.

Rendering of Various Decorative details of Bologna; Verso: Architectural Details

1810

Pen and gray wash design for a vaulted ceiling panel with a central figural scene and two small putti medallions.

Abundance, Vaulted Panel, Sala d'onore, Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged putti in four octagons and two circles, surrounded by clouds, by Felice Giani.

Putti in Four Octagons and Two Circles

1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of two winged putti with wreath and thyrsus staff flying in a circular frame over clouds.

Two Flying Putti with Attributes of Dionysus

1800

Pen and ink sketch sheet with multiple scenes: a knight fighting a dragon, a battle, and classical figures.

St.George and the Dragon by Raphael; Biblical Scene; Disposition by Caravaggio; Ero e Leandro; Love by Lambert Sustri…

Brown ink wash stage design of a domed theatre with a winged figure, classical columns, and a crowd around a smoking altar.

Stage Design: Curtain, The Workshop of Apollo

1800

Brown ink drawing of two horizontal friezes showing winged putti playing among vases, garlands and animals.

Design for Two Friezes with Putti

1800

Pen and ink sketch of nude Hercules with club and lion skin beside a serpent in a garden, with Italian caption below.

Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

1800

Ink and wash drawing of Alexander and the family of Darius in a tent, with armored men, kneeling women and a child.

Ceiling Design, Alexander and the Family of Darius, the Clemency of Alexander, Sala di Alessandro, Palazzo Naldi, Faenza

1800

Pen and ink drawing of three stacked trapezoid decorative panels with mythological figures, putti, centaurs and flowers.

Decorative Project: Three Trapezoids with Flora and Zefiro

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery with a fruit basket, beside a sketched ornamental panel.

"The Foliage of Berenice:" from Callimachus

Ink and wash drawing of Ceres enthroned under a drape with attendants, plus sketches of figures and ornament on the right.

The Seasons Bring Gifts to Ceres and Triptolemus

1810

Pencil drawing of a winged woman seated on draped cloth, looking upward while writing on a tablet with a stylus.

Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical scenes with seated women, cornucopia, scales, and winged putti.

Two Octagons: Vigilance, Beneficence

1810

Brown ink drawing of Minerva in a helmet writing on a tablet, with an owl on a pedestal and scrolls beside her.

Minerva

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of four allegorical scenes with classical columns, a winged trumpeter, and theatre masks.

Four Allegories of Commedia and Tragedy

1800

Brown ink and wash design for a stage curtain showing winged figures and muses in a domed temple beneath beams of light.

Design for Stage Curtain: Temple of Fame

1810

Ink and wash drawing of a coffered ceiling design with octagonal and circular panels showing classical sacrifice scenes.

Decorative Design for Ceiling

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical wall designs with seated female figures and winged putti.

Justice and Strength: Project for Two Octagonal Wall Paintings

1810

Ink and wash drawing with four panels depicting scenes from the myth of Apollo, including Daphne, Hyacinth and the Python.

Four Drawings of the Myth of Apollo; Decoration of a Wall over a Mantel, Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

1810

Pencil drawing of mythological figures battling winged sea monsters in two horizontal friezes, by Felice Giani, 1800.

Triton Combats Sea Monster

1800

Sepia drawing of a canal with arched buildings and water wheels beside a Gothic arcade with figures and a cart.

Sketchbook Page, Folio 64: Study after Bolognese Architecture and Sculpture; Verso: Geometric Designs

1810

Ink drawing of a reclining nude man beside a standing draped figure offering a bow and arrows, with foliage behind.

Hercules adds Bow and Arrow to Philactetes

1810

Pen and ink sketch of a lunette with two reclining figures flanking a standing draped figure, labeled Apollo Mnemosyne Giove.

Design for Lunette with Apollo, Mnemosyne and Jove

1810

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure with curly hair standing before classical arches and architecture, with small figures in

Saint Sebastian

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged putto holding a flower wreath while flying among clouds, in a lunette shape.

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

1800

Ink drawing of four ornamental columns labeled Ariosto, Goldoni, Dante and Alfieri, decorated with masks, books and a lyre.

Four Columns to Italian Renaissance Writers

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical figures in two scenes, including a judgement and a flaying, by Felice Giani.

The Judgement of Solomon; The Flaying of Marsyas

1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of women gathered around jewelry in a room, with a seated man gesturing toward them.

Ulysesses Discovers Achilles in Scyros

1790

Pen and ink drawing of a sun god in a chariot pulled by winged horses, led by a winged aurora figure over clouds.

Sun God Being Dragged Into Sky and Preceded By Aurora

1810

Oval brown ink wash drawing of Ulysses and companions escaping in a boat from the Cyclops's cave with sheep.

Ulysses Escapes the Cyclops’s Cave and Embarks with a Companion

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman on clouds with a winged putto holding a tablet and a child.

The Astronomer, After Raphael

1810

Ink and wash design with a seated allegorical woman, a putto and columns in a central panel, flanked by two round medallions

Vaulted Panel Design, Allegory of Justice, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome, Italy

1810

Pen and ink design drawing of a quarter ceiling with curved bands, scrolls and floral ornament on pale paper.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling

1800

Brown ink drawing of figures in procession offering garlands to a nude statue before a classical temple and rotunda.

Worship of Venus in a Classical Landscape

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of robed men standing together in an interior beside a bench.

Apostles after Raphael's "Death of Ananias"

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helmeted soldier raising a sword over a seated man beside classical arches and columns.

The Death of Archimedes

1810

Pen and ink sketch of three octagonal vignettes of classical figures with Italian captions, study for a Theseus room.

Three Sketches of Theseus Subjects, for the Sala di Teseo, Palazzo Gaddi, Forli

1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of dancing women and reclining revelers beside a fountain and classical architecture.

Bacchanalian Scene with Circle of Dancing Figures

1820

Pen and ink design for a stage curtain showing a crowd gathered before a classical temple beneath clouds.

Design for Stage Curtain: Hercules Receives Gifts from Nymphys after his Victory over the River God Achelous

1810

Brown ink drawing of two friezes showing mythological figures with winged sea serpents and hybrid creatures.

Bythos and Aphros

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated veiled woman surrounded by angels and musicians on clouds under a radiant arch.

Virgin Ascending with Concert of Angels

1810

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental friezes with masks, grapevines, bull skulls, a classical base and scrollwork.

Three Friezes; A Base; An Ornament

1800

Pen and ink drawing of architectural ornament with columns, capitals, arched doorway, winged figures and an eagle.

Decorative Study; Verso: Anatomical Study

1810

Brown ink wash drawing of two draped classical figures on steps, one seated gesturing, with a standing figure behind.

Man and Woman, Cartoon for "Death of Ananias" after Raphael Sanzio

1810

Pen and ink sheet of ornamental friezes, moldings and a candelabrum with scrollwork and handwritten material notes.

Eight Studies of Friezes and Candelabrum

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing in an oval: a draped woman offers a cup to a reclining bearded god, with cherubs in clouds above.

Hebe Offering a Drink to Zeus

1810

Pen and ink drawing of a seated warrior in a tent as a woman is led forward by a helmeted man and bearded elders.

Achilles Yields Briseis

1790

Sepia drawing of four allegorical female statues in arched niches labeled Musica, Architettura, Pittura, Scoltura, with a sma

Four Statues in Niches: Music, Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture; Study of Bacchus and Mercury

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with saints, a lion, angels and classical temples in a landscape.

Madonna and the Infant, St. Jerome, Mary Magdalene and Angels, after Correggio

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of a young man holding a dagger toward a reclining older man on a draped bed.

The Son of Marcus Cato Bring a Dagger to his Father

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of two nude men in a landscape with a draped figure, discs on the ground, and a river.

Apollo and Hycianth, after Domenichino

1810

Pen and ink drawing of helmeted Prudence seated in an oval, holding a mirror and a serpent, labeled PRUDENZA.

Decorative Project with Prudence in Oval

1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of a neoclassical interior with seated and standing women, children, and a bust on a pedestal.

Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

1810

Pencil drawing of two decorative friezes with rams, candelabra, a shield and swords, and winged sphinxes, griffin and putti.

Two Friezes with Rams, Candelabra, Trophies and Putti

1800

Brown ink drawing of ten octagonal and round panels showing classical mythological figures with handwritten Italian labels.

Ten Octagons with Mythological Figures

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing in lunette shape: a helmeted figure points at a seated woman and a draftsman at a table.

Lunette with Allegory of Architecture

1810