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Graphite study of a reclining female figure in draped classical robes, with a squared grid and handwritten notes.

Study for "Equity," "The Reign of the Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pen and grey wash sketch of a reclining nude figure with flowers in her hair beneath a large tree in a landscape.

Sketch, Landscape

Antonio Baini, 1800

Watercolor of a forest stream cascading over large boulders beneath green trees, signed F. H. Smith and dated 1870.

Study of a stream

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1870

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man seated at a table served by two attendants, with a shield and sword on the wall.

Man at Supper with Attendants

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor and ink design drawing of an ornate baroque candlestick with scrolled feet and floral decoration, with a scale bar

Design for a Candlestick

Unknown artist, 1770

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

Pencil study of a man in a coat and cravat with handwritten color notes in the margins, by Daniel Huntington.

Study for Portrait of Mr. Winthrop

Daniel Huntington, 1880

A Medal of Napoleon Bonaparte as President of the Italian Republic, verso; Hebe Gives Immortality to Hercules's Chari…

Felice Giani, 1800

Loose oil sketch of a seated Bedouin man in a striped robe and red headcloth, holding a long staff, on sandy ground.

Seated Bedouin Figure

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venus reclining on clouds with Cupid, above two standing putti beside a balustrade.

Venus and Cupid, Study after Annibale Carracci

Felice Giani, 1820

Graphite and white chalk study of a right hand with curled fingers on a brown-gray paper sheet.

Study of a Right Hand

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and wash design drawing of two ewers, a swing-handle bowl, and a figural stand, with ornamental masks and scrollwork.

Designs for Two Ewers and a Swing-Handle Bowl

Luzio Romano, 1540

Pencil sketch of women carrying baskets on a beach with sailboats on sand and figures near the sea.

Beach Scene with Women Carrying Baskets, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown wash drawing of the Nativity: Virgin and Christ child, kneeling figures, and angels in clouds beneath a shaft of light.

Birth of Christ

Antonio Cavallucci, 1800

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

Pencil sketch of women gathered on a beach with sailboats on the water and a seated figure in the lower right.

Groups of Women at Beach, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Small sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a pink and mauve twilight sky.

Iceberg at Twilight, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite and chalk drawing of a left foot resting on a plinth, with toes shaded on gray paper.

Left Foot From a Plaster

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink drawing of Numa Pompilius seated with the nymph Egeria in a rocky grotto landscape within an oval frame.

Numa Pompilius and Egeria, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate covered reliquary with cherubs, scrollwork and a figure on top.

Design for Reliquary

Leonardo Scaglia, 1630

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate silver standing cup with lobed bowl, scrolled stem and figure finial.

Design for a Silver Standing Cup

Moravian Wenzel von Olmütz, 1400

Pen and ink architectural design of two Corinthian columns with arched pediments and faint putti, by Carlo Fontana.

Design for Altar at Santo Spirito dei Napolitani (Holy Spirit of the Neapolitans), Rome, Italy

Carlo Fontana, 1700

Painting of a cardamom flowering spike with pink-tipped white bracts and yellow blossoms against dark green leaves.

Cardamom, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Bust of Man Crowned with Vine Wreath

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Red chalk study of draped fabric folds for a standing woman figure on tan paper, with faint grid lines.

Study for a standing woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf seated on a grassy bank, with distant boats and trees across a hazy landscape.

Girl Seated on a Tree Trunk

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash sketch of a lancer on horseback holding a long lance, with the horse outlined faintly at right.

Lancer on Horseback

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite sketch of tall umbrella pines with spreading crowns, a smaller pine at lower right, labeled Borghese Villa, Rome.

Study of Pines, Borghese Villa, Rome

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Sketch of a seated man smoking a pipe in a red cap and jacket, with two donkeys on a pale background.

Smoking Man and Donkeys

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two girls standing in tall grass, one in a wide hat with her arm around the other in a bonnet.

Two Girls in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870