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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Ink and wash drawing of two trophy pyramids topped by winged trumpeting Victory figures, with Italian handwritten notes.

Two Designs for a Pile of Trophies Surmounted by a Figure of Victory (or Fame)

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink wash drawing of the Virgin rising on clouds with angels, while a crowd gazes upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with a scrolling handle, two putti, fruit garlands and swags.

Design for a Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of an altar elevation in a paneled private chapel, with small figures on the altar ledge.

Elevation of an altar in a private chapel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and white chalk study of a seated woman in an off-shoulder dress, with studies of hands, a quill and an open book.

Study of Woman for "Philosophy and Christian Art"

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Brown ink drawing of a seated robed figure reading a book on clouds, with two winged angels holding palm fronds.

St. Paul in the Clouds with Angels and Palms

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and grey wash drawing of a landscape with ruins, a palm tree and a standing figure, set within an ornate decorative frame

Study for The Fleece of Gideon, Plate 375, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of three ornamental pillar capitals with rams, a mask, scrolls, and a griffin-like figure.

Three capitals of pillars, with alternative suggestions

Filippo Marchionni, 1800

Watercolor design for an oblong panel with an urn, scrolls, ribbons, a caduceus and floral cornucopias on a pale ground.

Project for the Decoration of an Oblong Panel

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1780

Girl Holding a Shell

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of rococo scrollwork, acanthus leaves, and a cartouche on a pale sheet.

Decoration of an Oblong Panel and an Escutcheon

Filippo Marchionni

Grey wash drawing of Vernal Falls cascading past a domed granite peak, with pines and a rocky stream in Yosemite.

Vernal Falls, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1900

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded herm figure on a scrolled pedestal topped by an Ionic capital, with handwritten notes.

Project for a Herm

Domenico Peruzzini, 1720

Grey wash drawing of a woodland bacchanal with satyrs, nymphs, a statue, wine jars and grapes beneath trees.

Bacchanalian Scene

Johann Sebastian Bach, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornamental tablet frame with a pediment, shell motifs, urns, and a laurel wreath.

Design for the Frame of a Tablet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

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

Charcoal drawing of a young child with voluminous curly hair turned to the side, shaded softly against a pale tan sheet.

Portrait of a Child

Samuel Worcester Rowse, 1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of a church facade with a dome, columned doorway, pediment and niche statues.

Elevation of a church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and white chalk sketch of maple trees with branches and foliage on tan paper, with handwritten note at lower left.

Maple Top on Road to Jackson, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin Mary, with angels and cherubs above.

Lamentation over Christ

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of a draped monument with putti, a helmeted figure, and shields, by Giuseppe Barberi.

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and watercolor sketch of Phaeton and Apollo on a chariot amid clouds and sun rays, with a winged cherub below.

Phaeton Bidding Apollo Farewell

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design of a four-branch candlestick with a standing figure, atlas figures, gilded eagles and relief-panelled pedes

A Candlestick with Four Branches

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Graphite and white chalk drapery study on blue paper of a standing figure in a belted gown.

Drapery Study for Angel in "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of flying putti with a garland, a she-wolf nursing two infants, and musician putti below.

Three Putti with Garland; Romulus and Remus Breastfeeding from She-Wolf; Two Putti Playing Cymbals

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown wash drawing of a neoclassical oil lamp design with side cups, fluted stem, and winged lion figures on a Greek key base

Design for an Oil Lamp

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Ink and brown wash drawing of a classical funerary monument with two draped female figures flanking an urn.

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of decorative panels, griffins, putti, columns and architectural ornament on one sheet.

Rendering of Various Decorative details of Bologna; Verso: Architectural Details

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil and wash sketch of a bearded teamster in a hat seated on a horse beside a wagon wheel.

Study of a Teamster

Winslow Homer, 1860