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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brown ink drawing of men on horseback hunting bulls with eagles in a hilly landscape with trees and flowers.

Men Hunting Bulls with Eagles

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of a curly dog lying on a cushion atop a pedestal under a draped canopy with tassels.

Design for Memorial to a Dog

Giulio Romano, 1530

Charcoal study on blue-grey paper of a nude male back, two heads, and an outstretched arm.

Figure Studies

Carlo Bononi, 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a haloed figure on a chariot drawn by horses, with angels and trumpeters above.

Allegory of the Triumph of the Church, Third Scene

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink drawing of a seated pope receiving a kneeling visitor while attendants stand nearby in an arched interior.

Pope Receiving Visitor

Belisario Corenzio, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a symmetrical acanthus scroll ornament with small animals and birds among the leaves.

Design for Acanthus Rinceaux with Animals and Birds

Giulio Romano, 1540

Brown ink and wash drawing of horsemen and dogs driving deer toward a large net strung between trees.

Deer Hunt with Nets

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and ink drawing of a fantasy landscape with a castle on rocky cliffs, an arched bridge, a watermill and trees.

Fantasy Landscape with Watermill

Domenico Campagnola, 1530

Brown ink and wash drawing of a frieze with mounted warriors, rearing horses, shields and spears in combat.

Battle Scene

Giulio Romano, 1540

Pen and ink sketch of two galleys at sea, one with many oars and billowing sails, on aged toned paper.

Two Galleys at Sea

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown wash drawing of a crowded classical ceremony with a canopied throne, kneeling figure, colonnade, and distant city.

Study for a Fresco: Allegory in Honor of Ranuccio Farnese

Francesco Salviati, 1510

Sepia drawing of six classical-style oil lamps, several with grotesque human heads and reclining or seated figures as handles

Six Lamps in Classical Style

Giulio Romano, 1540

Brown ink and wash sketch of hunters with pumpkins among ducks, reeds and trees beside a pond.

Hunting Ducks using Pumpkins in the West Indies

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and brown ink drawing of a symmetrical architectural stage backdrop with arches, columns, pediments and oval cartouches.

Design for a stage backdrop with alternative suggestions

Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1600

Engraved page with two ornate ewers decorated with sea figures, cherubs, masks and strapwork.

Designs for Ewers, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork)

René Boyvin, 1540

Pen and wash drawing of a vaulted foundry with workers around cannon barrels, a large wheel, and a furnace.

The Invention of Gunpowder

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraved plate of a canopied bed, two armchairs and swagged drapery in a paneled room, labeled Tapissier.

Split Interior Elevation Showing Upholsteries

Engraved plate of Hotel Torpanne facade sculptures: arched relief panels, an oval medallion, and a frieze with winged figures

Hotel Torpanne: Sculptures de la Facade

A. Lenoir, 1600

Pen and brown ink sketch of a crowd of figures and horses gathered around a seated central figure beneath a canopy.

Adoration of the Magi

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Etching of a mythological sea vessel with a dragon prow, armored soldiers, a tree on deck, and a trumpeting escort ship.

Calai e Zeti condotti da Borea et Oritia, from Vessels of the Wedding Celebration of Cosimo de' Medici in 1608, plate 5

Remigio Cantagallina, 1600

Engraving of a man dancing with a woman while two musicians play bagpipes and flute beside a tree.

The Year's End

Sebald Beham, 1540

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped classical figure on a pedestal in a colonnaded street with crowds and vessels.

Nuptiae

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etching of an ornate galley with a sea-monster prow, armored warriors, oars, and a seated sea goddess at the stern.

Peleo e Talamone argonauti condotti da Tetide, from Vessels of the Argonauts for the wedding celebration of Cosimo de…

Remigio Cantagallina, 1600

Engraving of peasants feasting at a table under a grapevine trellis, with a man drinking from a tankard.

The Peasant's Feast, or, The Twelve Months

Sebald Beham, 1540

Pen and brown wash drawing of two religious interior scenes with crowds of figures beneath arches and beside a column.

The Mocking of Christ [left]; Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1580

Engraving of an ornate musicians' boat drawn by a sea monster, with Glaucus enthroned and tritons in the waves.

Barca di musici rapra Clauco dio marino e Tritone, from Vessels of the Wedding Celebration of Cosimo de' Medici in 16…

Remigio Cantagallina, 1600

Print of a fortified city under siege, with armies in combat, cannon smoke, and a wide rural landscape.

Siege of a City (Part 1)

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Pen and wash drawing of an interior with cooking figures at left, a robed man before a canopied bed at right.

The Discovery of Guaiacum as a Cure for Venereal Disease

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etching of an ornate galley with sail, armored warriors and a seated figure on a ruin, under dramatic clouds at sea.

Agamennone et Menelao argn. condo da Vulcano, barca del Sig Scipione et Ottaviano Percelaghi, from Vessels of the Arg…

Remigio Cantagallina, 1600

Engraved decorative border of putti riding sea monsters and dolphins over rippling waves.

Decorative Panel: Sea Monsters

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1540