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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Red chalk drawing of a standing man in a flowing cloak, mounted on a grey mat with a printed label below.

Standing Cloaked Male Figure

Matteo Rosselli, 1610

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ and the Virgin above clouds and putti, with saints and a bishop gazing up below.

Christ and the Virgin with Patron Saints of Pistoia

Giacinto Gimignani, 1630

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate scrolled gilt bronze design with acanthus leaves and a crown on a pedestal.

Design for a Gilt Bronze Ornament

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1700

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Virgin standing on a crescent moon with cherubs, clouds, and a dove above.

The Immaculate Conception

Jusepe de Ribera, 1650

Red chalk study of a muscular nude man with raised arm, beside graphite sketches of figures in an architectural setting.

Studies for the Flagellation of Christ

Guiseppe Cesari, 1640

Project: A pulpit shown in profile

Carlo Fontana, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of a vertical ornamental panel with acanthus scrolls and two winged putti among the foliage.

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Chalk study on blue paper of a muscular male nude in a twisting pose with drapery, a preparatory figure sketch.

Study of Hermes, Preparatory Study for the Fall of the Giants, Ceiling Fresco at the Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo

Gian Giacomo Barbelli, 1640

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 kneeling veiled woman in draped robes, with a study of folded cloth below on toned paper.

Studies of the Virgin Mary and a Standing Man

Gugliemo Cortese, 1640

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate lip-spout pitcher with scrolling handle and a figural relief panel on its body.

Lip-spout pitcher

Auguste Bergeret, 1700

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a tricorn hat and cloak, set within a blue-green and yellow ink border.

A Standing Man

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700

Black chalk and white heightened study of a seated bearded man in draped robes gesturing with outstretched hands on blue pape

Studies: Two sitting men

Carlo Maratti, 1650

Red and black chalk study of a nude elderly man with a leafy wreath, holding a tall staff and seated on draped cloth.

Study of a nude elderly man, Bacchus or one of his companions

Giovanni Battista Merano, 1670

Pen and ink sketches of rococo brackets, consoles and scrolling ornament on a pale sheet, with a museum stamp.

Sketched for a Reliquary

Filippo Passarini, 1690

Pen and wash design of an ornate mantelpiece with a central clock, musicians, putti and scrolling foliage above a fireplace.

Design for a mantelpiece

the elder Jean Berain, 1700

Pencil drawing of an ornate ewer design with curling scrolled handle and spout, supported by a seated cherub on a cloud base.

Design for a Ewer

Johannes Lutma, 1620

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with saints, angels and putti gathered around a draped altar niche.

Virgin and Child with Saints

Charles Mellin, 1640

Pen and brown ink sketch of three men: one seated in a wide hat, one standing from behind, one with a staff on his shoulders.

Three Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1630

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

Brown-ground drawing of Christ in glory surrounded by angels, clouds and nude figures, heightened with white and blue.

Christ in Glory with Angels

Belisario Corenzio, 1640

Ink and wash architectural design of an altar with columns, a coffered arch, a niche statue, and a floor plan below.

Design for an altar for St. Anthony of Padua

Andrea Pozzo, 1700

Red chalk sketch of angels with a diagonal cross and draped shroud, showing overlapping figure studies on a pale sheet.

Angels Carrying the Holy Cross and Shroud

Mattia Preti, 1660

Blue-grey wash drawing of a female saint rising through clouds among angels and putti, with a crowned figure above.

Apotheosis of a Female Saint

Giacomo Farelli, 1700

Pencil drawing of an ornate scrolling ewer design with a bearded man at top, cherubs in side panels, and clouds at base.

Design for an Ewer

Johannes Lutma, 1630

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate cartouche with two putti, scrolling acanthus and a foliage garland around a blank pane

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of thirteen vertical panels

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Pen and wash sketch of a robed officer raising a crucifix on an altar beside columns, with a crowd and kneeling figure.

Sketches for paintings. Obverse: A Roman officer holds a crucifix upon a heathen altar. Reverse: Christ rising

Pasqualino Marini, 1700

Blue-grey wash drawing of the crowned Virgin Mary on clouds, surrounded by angels and saints in a heavenly scene.

Recto: Coronation of the Virgin

Belisario Corenzio, 1640

Etching of three goats resting under a large tree, with rolling hills, distant buildings and cloudy sky behind.

The Three Goats

Claude Lorrain, 1630

Engraved plate of an arched double door with an overdoor scene of putti, flanked by ornate panels, with a scale bar below.

Decoration de Porte a placards dans son chambranle fermé par le haut en anse de panier

Jean Mariette, 1680