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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of a winged angel lifting a radiant monstrance upward, with soft shading on pale paper.

Angel Carrying a Monstrance

Francesco Solimena, 1700

Five Grotesque Figures

Pier Francesco Mola, 1610

Engraved ornamental fan design with a standing female figure, seated figures, potted trees, cherubs on dolphins, and scrollwo

Fan leaves, Eighth and ninth plates of the set, "Divers Desseins de grands Eventails, Encrans, et autres Ornamens, in…

Alexis Loir, 1670

Engraved title page with winged putti, fruit garlands, a coat of arms, and the title La Sacra Genesi figurata.

"La Sacra Genesi figurata

Francesco Villamena, 1620

Circular etching of a formal French garden with a long reflecting pool, tree-lined paths, a statue, and a fountain.

French Gardens

Flemish Abraham Genoels, 1680

Pen and red chalk drawing of peasants listening to a harpist beneath large trees, with a dog in the foreground.

Peasants Listening to Itinerant Musicians

Giovanni Andrea Coppola, 1660

Grey wash drawing of the Pentecost with the Virgin Mary at center surrounded by apostles and a descending dove in clouds.

Pentecost

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1700

Pen and brown wash drawing of two draped figures beside a lattice fence, with a wooded landscape and distant town behind.

Design for Susanna and the Elders

Luca Giordano, 1660

Brown wash and red chalk sketch of an allegorical scene with a central enthroned figure surrounded by seated and reclining fi

Design for Allegory of Divine Wisdom, Reception Room, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

Andrea Sacchi, 1630

Ink study of a bearded saint raised among clouds, with angels and putti in flight around him.

Glorification of St. Filippo Neri

Giacomo Farelli, 1700

Pen drawing of an ornate royal galley seen from the stern, with carved decoration, a canopy, and choppy sea.

A Royal French Galley Seen from the Stern

Pierre Puget, 1660

Pen and ink sketch on blue paper showing a seated man presenting an apple to nude women, with a crowned figure at right.

Judgment of Paris

Pietro Liberi, 1650

Red chalk drawing of putti and female figures supporting a laurel-framed medallion with a coat of arms.

Project for a wall decoration (Female figures and putti support medallion with coat of arms)

Luca Giordano, 1700

Pencil study of loose drapery folds on aged paper, with an ink signature in the lower left corner.

Study of Drapery

Giovani Gioseffo dal Sole, 1680

Engraved ornamental design with a central floral cross, oval pendants with ribbon bows, and a woman playing a lute.

"Ornamental Design with Cross at Center," Plate 2 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Engraved octagonal ornament with scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers, and grotesque creature heads by Wendel Dietterlin the Yo

Plate 6, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Etching of a crowded tavern where a violinist plays while men drink and gather around a bench with a dog.

Violinist Seated in the Inn

Netherlandish Cornelis Dusart, 1680

Etching of a curly-haired man in a plumed fur cap and dark cloak, set within an oval frame.

Rembrandt with Plumed Hat and Lowered Sabre

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraved ornamental plate with a central horned grotesque mask, scrolling foliage and hybrid creatures, numbered 4.

Plate 4, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Engraved plate of an ornate symmetrical pendant design with scrolling foliage, flowers and beads on a light background.

Design for a Pendant, plate XXI, from the series Tabulae Gemmiferae XXIV

Peter Symony, 1620

Engraved plate of a symmetrical ornamental bouquet with scrolling foliage, flowers, and grotesque masks at the base.

Plate 1, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Engraved title plate with scrolling foliage, a lidded urn, winged creatures and a central inscription naming Wendel Dietterli

Title plate, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610