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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Head of a dolphin

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds surrounded by angels and putti within an oval.

Design for a Ceiling with the Ascension of the Virgin

Francesco Trevisani, 1700

Ink and wash drawing of a draped canopy bed alcove with a standing figure in a plumed hat at the right.

Bed Alcove with a Figure

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink and wash drawing of a winged figure representing Virgo within a semicircular lunette, with clouds and handwritten notes.

Virgo, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Colorful watercolor design of ceiling panels with star patterns, rosettes, acanthus leaves and floral garlands.

Design for Ceiling, City Hall, Vienna, Austria

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1890

Brown wash design drawing of a fireplace mantelpiece with carved putti reliefs, garlands, and pilasters.

Design for Mantelpiece Reliefs, Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil drawing of three winged putti playing tambourines and trumpets within an arched architectural frame.

Three Putti with Tambourines and Trumpets, Design for Lunette of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a saint ascending among clouds, surrounded by angels and putti.

Apotheosis of a Saint

Corrado Giaquinto, 1740

Brown ink and wash design drawing of three decorative wall panels with niches, trees, garlands, and small landscape scenes.

Design for the Decorations of a Wall Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor of a domed hall with crowds in academic gowns and red robes, galleries above, and a painted ceiling.

Encaenia in the Sheldonia

Thomas Uwins, 1810

Pen and wash drawing of rococo ceiling ornament with scrolls, garlands, putti and architectural moldings on a pale sheet.

Project for a Ceiling

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1750

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a columned bed alcove with draped curtains and a coffered ceiling in perspective.

Design for a Bed Alcove, Perspective

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged youth riding a rearing ram within a semicircular lunette composition.

Ares, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash design for a dome fresco showing clouds, angels, saints and putti above painted arched windows.

Project for a Fresco in the Dome of the Cathedral in Citta di Castello

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1780

Pen and brown wash design for a wall with arches, pilasters, hanging garlands, draped curtains and candelabra.

Design for Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of a lunette ceiling vault with winged figures, medallions and borders, plus a small bedroom sketch

Ceiling Vault Decoration, Camera da Letto, Sala di Cornelia di Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of an artist seated among easels and canvases in a studio interior, with a handwritten caption below.

Artist in the studio

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom alcove with a blue daybed, gilded panels, floral garlands and neoclassical painted decorati

Wall Elevation of Bedroom Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Pen and grey wash design for a coffered ceiling with a central frieze of horsemen and winged figures in square panels.

Ceiling Cabinet Dedicated to War, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk drawing of two cherubs with drapery and clouds inside an ornamental oval frame, a ceiling design.

Ceiling Design

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1720

Pencil sketch of a scaled dragon-like figure in an arch beside carved architectural ornament and a moulded cornice.

Architectural Details, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures in an interior, with an ambassador holding a staff before a seated man.

Ceiling Design: Roman Ambassador Ask the Sabine Numa Pompilius to Reign over Rome, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Mil…

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink design of a rococo wall elevation with ornate scrolled paneling, cartouches, and a bird motif.

Design for a Wall Elevation with Wood Paneling

Nicolas Pineau, 1710

Brown wash drawing of a family at a dining table with a melon, children eating, and a standing woman in a long skirt.

Family Eating Melon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink drawing of two caryatids, a seated figure, garland friezes and a crowded classical frieze below.

Friezes; Two Caryatids; Seated Figure

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a seated allegorical figure with a horned headdress and a lion, designed for a pendentive in St. Peter'

Africa, Design for a Pendentive in the Baptismal Vestibule of St. Peter’s, Rome

Francesco Trevisani, 1710

Brown ink and wash design sheet with three draperies with swags and a frieze of scrolls, wreaths and a putto.

Three Designs for Draperies and One Design for a Frieze

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto reclining on clouds beside a crab, a lunette design for a ceiling.

Cancer, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of a three-tiered wall design with columns, niches, reliefs, and statues.

Design for a Wall

Lattanzio Gambara, 1570

Watercolor of a floral-papered study with a portrait in uniform, grand piano, mirror, and bronze sculpture.

The Study of Grand Duchess Cecilia von Oldenberg

Ernst Christian Anton von Lautzow, 1830