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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Circular print of the interior nave of Saint Peter's in Rome, with a coffered vault, side aisles, and a distant altar canopy.

Interior View of the Nave, Saint Peter's, Rome, Looking Toward the Altar

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, 1740

Red chalk sketch of a muscular bearded male figure raising one arm beside a draped female figure, on cream paper.

Christ and Mary from Last Judgment

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds in an arched frame, with figures around a woman and infant.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Antonio de' Dominici, 1720

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a seated putto leaning on a stone tomb beneath feathery trees and plants.

Angel with Tomb

Minardi Tommaso, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Trinity above apostles Peter and Paul, with angels, a cross, and clouds.

The Trinity and the Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1770

Ink and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint gazing up at a Christ child on clouds, with a mitre and open book below.

Bishop Saint Adoring Christ Child

Corrado Giaquinto, 1710

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child giving rosaries to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine, with cherubs in clouds above.

Design for an Altar Painting, Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Rosary from the Virgin and Child

Fedele Fischetti, 1780

Watercolor and ink elevation of an altar design with painted marble panels, a central oval medallion, and classical pilasters

Project for an altar: intended to be executed in colored marbles

Mario Asprucci The Younger, 1750

Brown wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the infant Christ, shepherds, animals, and angels holding a Latin b

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1790

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child on clouds with saints, a banner, and cherubs above and below.

The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Saints

Antonio de' Dominici, 1740

Engraving of a bearded elderly figure raising one arm above clouds, with two winged boy angels resting on a cloud below.

The Almighty in the Clouds, with Two Boy Angels

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1770

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the sleeping Christ child, with two angels above and a caption with a coat of arms below

The Madonna With Sleeping Child

Jean-Baptiste Michel, 1780

Etching of Christ crowned with thorns beside a large cross, surrounded by a crowd, with Italian caption below.

Via crucis - Station X, Jesus Despoiled

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Engraving of a winged angel carrying two sleeping children over a pastoral landscape with sheep, cattle and a farmhouse.

Angel with Two Children in Her Arms

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1760

Engraved print of the Madonna holding the infant Christ with young Saint John beside them in a circular frame.

The Madonna della Sedia

Raphael Morghen, 1800

Etching of two bearded men in turbans with a boy holding a staff, a fallen figure at their feet, and bare trees behind.

Two Magi and a Boy, plate 13 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Sepia print of a robed woman raising an arm beside an incense burner and pedestal, with a temple on a hill behind her.

Religion

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1780

Engraving of the Holy Family in an arched niche: Mary holds the Christ Child while Joseph reads an open book beside them.

The Holy Family with a Sack

Ferdinando Gregori, 1770

Etching of Jesus on a balcony above a crowd and soldiers, with a man carrying a cross in the foreground.

Via crucis - Station I, Jesus Condemned to Death

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Hand-colored print of Christ's head crowned with thorns, gazing upward with blood on his brow and neck.

Head of Christ

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1800

Engraving of the Holy Family under a palm tree with cherubs carrying palm fronds and a scroll.

Holy Family with Attending Cherubs

Ferdinando Gregori, 1750

Etching of the entombment: men lay a shrouded body in a stone tomb while mourners and a kneeling figure watch under tree bran

Via crucis - Station XIV, The Entombment

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Etching of two magi and two boys seated among ruins with a sheep and a sleeping figure in the foreground.

Two Magi and Two Boys, plate 14 from the from Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of the Holy Family with a lamb beneath a tree, with haloed figures and a dedication inscription below.

Holy Family with St. John

Etching of Station XI of the Via Crucis showing Christ laid on the ground beside a ladder, with a crowd and robed figure arou

Via crucis - Station XI, Jesus Nailed to the Cross

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna rising on clouds under a radiant dove, with kneeling saints gazing upward.

Madonna and Saints

Sebastiano Conca, 1720

Pen and ink sketch of robed religious figures around a central standing figure beneath a small glory motif, within an archite

Glory with Trinity and Saints (recto), architectural plan for the church of Santa Maria d'Itria in Rome

Francesco Manno, 1800

Etching of the Deposition: Christ's body lies in Mary's lap with mourners, a ladder and cross behind, and a standing man at r

Via crucis - Station XIII, The Deposition

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1730

Pencil sketch of a flying angel with flowing drapery on pale paper, with an inscription naming Placido Costanzi below.

Sketch for a Flying Angel

Placido Costanzi, 1720

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Adoration of the Shepherds with a kneeling woman, an infant, crowded figures and a standing d

Adoration of the Shepherds; Arcangle St. Michael after Raphael; St. Margarite after Raphael; Aloof de Wignancourt by…

Felice Giani, 1800