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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and brown ink sketch of a group of angels with wings gathered on a cloud bank, heads turned in various directions.

Group of Angels on a Cloud Bank

Angelo Michele Colonna, 1650

Project: A pulpit shown in profile

Carlo Fontana, 1700

Pen and red chalk drawing of a domed columned catafalque with steps, a seated figure at an easel inside the arch.

Catafalque of the Bolognese Artist Elisabetta Sirani

Matteo Borboni, 1660

Red chalk drawing of a seated armored woman with spear and shield in a rococo ornamental panel with garlands and urn.

Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, October (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes)

Claude Audran III, 1700

Etching of two goats perched among curling vines, leaves and berries, forming a vertical grotesque ornament border.

Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Engraved frieze of sea nymphs, a piping satyr, putti and a sea dragon in fine line hatching.

Ornamental Frieze with Sea Nymphs

Michiel le Blon, 1630

Etched decorative frieze with two lions and a putto among acanthus scrolls, with a printed Paris publisher inscription below.

Frieze

Jean Le Pautre, 1660

Engraved plan and elevation of the Chigi Chapel with domed ceiling, arched altarpiece, sculptures and a scale bar.

Plan and Elevation for the Chigi Chapel at the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo

Pen and ink design for carved panelling with two putti holding garlands beside a central bust and blank framed panels.

Project for Carved Panelling

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1650

Engraved horizontal frieze of putti holding laurel, with trophies of arms, spears, and an oval shield showing a battle scene.

Frieze: Trophies of Arms and Putti

Jean Le Pautre, 1670

Black and red chalk study of a raised forearm and left hand on grey paper, with a small rounded shape above.

Study: An erected forearm and left hand holding something

Giovanni Maria Viani, 1700

Study: A right arm holding a stick

Ercole Graziani, 1700

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate rococo cartel clock with a green dial, Roman numerals, and a lion mask.

Design for a Cartel Clock

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1700

Etching of a child's head with curls over a stag skull, flanked by two dogs, crossed spears and ribbons in ornamental framing

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Engraved ornamental panel with a female head, scrolling foliage, putti, and an oval landscape with classical ruins.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted with a Head Flanked by Foliage, plate 11 from the Ornamental Panel Surmounted with a Head…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Engraved horizontal frieze of swirling acanthus scrolls, a small bird, and a figure holding fruit at right.

Frieze

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Etched vertical ornament panel with a stag head, boar head, crossed arrows and oak branches by Stefano della Bella.

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Engraved ornamental panel with a flower basket, cherubs, birds, scrollwork and a central landscape vignette.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by a Basket of Flowers and a Garland, plate 10 from the Livre de Diverses Grotesques pein…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Engraved design of two ornate knives with carved handles, one with a bearded head and figures, the other with an eagle on top

Two Knives

Flemish Aegidius Sadeler II, 1640

Etched ornamental plate with two ram heads, acanthus scrolls, ribbons and hanging fruit garlands, symmetrical grotesque desig

Plate, from Ornamenti o Grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Engraved ornamental panel with a crowned woman's head, two peacocks, putti, and an octagonal landscape vignette in the center

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by the Crowned Head of a Woman and Two Peacocks, plate 6 from the Livre de Diverses Grote…

Michel Dorigny, 1640