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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

Watercolor design of a waistcoat pattern with floral bouquets, sprigs and a purple and orange triangle border.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat

Mademoiselle Favel, 1770

Pencil study of a seated draped woman with telephone and ticker, gridded with handwritten proportions and notes.

The Telephone and the Ticker, Study for "Electricity as Applied to Commerce," Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building,…

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Pen and grey wash drawing of a veiled seated woman holding a reaching infant beside a hatched brick wall.

Woman with Child

Fortunato Duranti, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of six small classical gods and goddesses stacked vertically, each beside an altar or attribute.

Six Antique Gods and Goddesses

Pen and ink wash drawing of Hercules wrestling and killing the Nemean lion, with an Italian caption below.

Hercules and Nemean Lion

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink sketch on blue paper showing a seated man presenting an apple to nude women, with a crowned figure at right.

Judgment of Paris

Pietro Liberi, 1650

Watercolor sketch of a sailing ship's deck with rigging, masts, and a seated sailor beside a hanging boat.

On Board Ship

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Red chalk study of a smiling young woman in a white headscarf peeling fruit over a bowl.

Katrina Van Tassel, Study for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel or putto in flight, head turned upward, with sketched arms on a cream sheet.

A Seated Angel

Watercolor of a Neapolitan watermelon stall with vendors, customers, a pig and a dog in the street.

Water color; A Neapolitan watermelon shop

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of paired seated women in octagonal frames labeled with Muses' names, plus a small sketch below.

Autumn and Winter: Eight Muses in Pairs set in Octagons

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of two women seated on a sea wall by the water, with rocks and shoreline sketched behind them.

Two Women Seated on a Sea Wall, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil study of a twisted drape of fabric on pale paper, with faint grid lines marking the composition.

Study for "Commerce," "Passing Commerce Pays Tribute to the Port of Cleveland," United States Custom House, Cleveland…

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Graphite sketch of a cow's body and back with hatched shading, a study for a mural by Kenyon Cox.

Study for "Herding," "The Progress of Civilization: Hunting, Herding, Agriculture," State Capitol, Des Moines, IA

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Grey wash drawing of an oval ceiling design with a radiant sun god holding a torch, reclining figures, and cherubs among clou

Study for an Oval Ceiling Design, Apollo, Strength, and Love

Fedele Fischetti, 1780

Pencil sketch of two studies of a young girl looking over her shoulder, one wearing a tricorn-style hat.

Two Studies of a Young Girl Looking Over Her Shoulder

Winslow Homer, 1860

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

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