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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate candelabra-style scaffolding with candles, scrollwork and garlands, plus smaller studi

Scaffolding for Exhibition of a Revered Painting

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of the nine Muses seated in rows with labels, plus tragedy and comedy masks below.

Designs for paintings in Montmorency: The Nine Muses and two masks, Tragedy and Comedy

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of a standing bishop in a mitre holding a crozier, one arm outstretched, on pale paper.

Standing Bishop

Belisario Corenzio, 1610

Pencil sketch on paper of several daggers with ornate hilts and blades, with handwritten notes about gold embossed hilts and

Daggers

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Ink and wash design of an octagonal ceiling with hexagonal coffers and a central rosette medallion, with a scale bar below.

Design for Ceiling for the Basement Story, Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, England

Henry Holland, 1780

Pen and brown wash roundel of a chariot with two horses, a winged figure, and the word PACE above.

Triumph of Peace, Roundel, for the Aldini Villa at Montmorency

Felice Giani, 1810

Engraved horizontal frieze of acanthus scrolls, rosettes and berry clusters on a hatched background.

Frieze with Rinceau

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Graphite study of a right hand and forearm extended to the left, with a folded sleeve at the elbow, on aged paper.

Study of Right Hand for "Lesson of Charity"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decorative urn with putti on the lid, nude figures holding garlands, and winged creatures on

Decorative urn

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Design drawing of two gilt chandeliers with candle arms, one with a lyre motif and one with cherub figures.

Design for Two Gilt Bronze Chandeliers

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules wrestling the river god Achelous, with winged figure and spectators in background.

The Struggle between Hercules and the River God Achelous

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a couple embracing beside two draped standing women, an ornate chair and a pedestal in a classi

The Love of Helen and Paris

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketches of icebergs on tan paper, some highlighted in white, with handwritten notes and a distant coastline.

Floating Icebergs with Coastal View, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted blue and yellow butterfly above dark reflective water with a submerged branch at lower right.

Butterfly over Water

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer on horseback with surrounding studies of heads and a dog.

Two Sketches of an Officer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and wash drawing of a ceiling design in perspective with octagonal medallions, painted panels and small grotesque figures

Ceiling of a Small Cabinet, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink sketch of Venus in an oval composition surrounded by cherubs, winged figures and clouds beneath a crescent moon.

The Triumph of Venus designed for the bedroom of Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate oil lamp with female figure supports and a looped handle on a tall stem.

Design for an Oil Lamp

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of a cow lying down on tan paper, head turned toward the viewer, with horns and hatched shading.

Studying of a Lying Cow

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a horizontal rococo scrollwork band with interlocking C-scrolls and leaf tendrils.

Design for Wrought-Iron Railing

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1750

Pencil sketch of a fisherman with a long rod beside a boulder on a rocky shore, on a cream paper sheet.

Fisherman by a Boulder, Millinocket Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Drawing of a pendant with a satyr's head, scrolls, pearl drops and a shield cartouche in brown and blue wash.

Design for pendant with satyr's head

Medici Family, 1500

Graphite and white chalk study of a right hand with a folded cuff on tan paper.

Study of Right Hand, Possibly for Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, Jr.

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored soldiers and horsemen battling a giant serpent, with a crowd of figures behind.

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hall wall with fireplaces, pilasters, a central niche and arched relief panels.

Long wall of a hall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil drawing of two winged women in classical robes flanking a handled urn beneath a medallion and garlands.

Frieze with Bacchantes

Felice Giani, 1820

Grey wash drawing of an ornate rococo wall design with fireplace, scrollwork, cherubs and framed panels.

Design for a Chimney Piece and Adjoining Bays with Alternative Suggestions

Nicolas Pineau, 1700

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

Chalk design sketch of a tiered centerpiece with shell-like base and small putti, on yellowed paper.

Design for a Centerpiece

Johannes Lutma, 1630