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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brown ink and wash drawing of two hexagonal panels showing classical figures, a lyre player, and musicians among attendants.

Orpheus Among the Muses; Orpheus Playing the Lyre

Felice Giani, 1810

Engraving of Christ with a crown of thorns before a seated judge washing his hands, with soldiers and dogs around.

Christ Before Pilate, from series The Passion of Christ

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Woodcut of a long-haired saint in prayer, surrounded by winged cherubs, rising above a rocky landscape with mountains and wat

Elevation of Saint Mary Magdalen

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Ink and wash sketch of three Hercules scenes: a centaur struggle, a central seated scene, and a warrior combat in roundels.

Three Deeds of Hercules

Felice Giani, 1810

Engraved portrait of Saint Dominic with halo, crucifix, lily and rosary, surrounded by oval scenes from his life.

Saint Dominic

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1630

Woodcut of Christ kneeling before an angel with a chalice while sleeping disciples lie nearby and soldiers approach.

Christ on the Mount of Olives (Agony in the Garden), from the Great Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Pen and ink drawing with three classical scenes: a banquet in an octagon, figures at a desk, and Minerva with cherubs and tro

Bacchus, Apollo and Mnemosine; Minerva with Trophies

Felice Giani, 1800

Engraving of Saint Francis and Saint Clara adoring the infant Jesus in a manger, with rays of light and a Latin inscription b

Saint Francis and Saint Clara Adoring the Infant Jesus

Flemish Pieter de Jode the Younger, 1650

Engraving of Saint Jerome kneeling beside a sleeping lion, holding a crucifix, with a skull at his feet.

Saint Jerome

Agostino Carracci, 1600

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules and Iole reclining on a couch with a winged Cupid beside them.

Hercules and Iole

Felice Giani, 1810

Engraved plate of nude Venus with a cupid in a circular landscape medallion framed by ornate scrollwork and birds.

Venus, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1690

Woodcut of the Crucifixion with three crosses, mounted soldiers, a ladder, and a crowd of mourners below.

Cavalry with the Three Crosses

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Pen and brown ink drawing in three panels showing mythological figures, clouds, draped groups and a sculptural relief.

Mythological or Biblical Scene; Juno and Jove Enthroned with Three Fates; Three Graces with Apollo and Minerva; Sculp…

Engraving of a martyrdom scene with an angel descending over a woman in a vessel, soldiers, and onlookers before classical co

Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia

Etienne Delaune, 1560

Etching of Christ speaking with a woman at a well, with a water jar and a town with figures in the background.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1620

Pen and wash drawing of two oval medallions: a farmer plowing with oxen, and Diana the huntress seated with a dog.

Man the Farmer, Diana the Goddess of the Hunt, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Siniba…

Felice Giani, 1800

Engraving of an winged angel appearing to a kneeling man beside a tree, with shepherds and sheep in the landscape.

Angel Appearing to Joachim

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

Etching of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, with an angel beside them and a leafy background.

Madonna and Child with an Angel

Teresa del Pò, 1650

Pen and brown ink sketch page with three panels of winged figures, a Madonna and child with an angel, and a seated draped fig

Sketchbook Page: Nine Muses

Felice Giani, 1758

Engraved grotesque ornament panel with two satyrs holding a temple, flanked by birds, dogs, scrolling foliage and a face mask

Grotesque Ornament with Satyrs, from a set of twenty ornament panels

Agostino Veneziano, 1530

Engraved plate of rococo ornamental designs with scrollwork, shells, floral garlands and a vase motif, numbered 37.

Designs for the Border of the Biblical Chronology for the King , 3rd Plate, pl. 37 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Pen and brown ink sketch of Phaeton approaching Apollo beside a large sun disc, with a city and clouds.

Phaeton Asks Apollo to Drive the Sun Chariot

Felice Giani, 1810

Engraved oval design with helmeted Athena at center, flanked by winged griffins, sphinxes and scrolling ornament on a dark gr

Athena, from Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories (Grotesques on Black Ground, Divinities and Allegories)

Etienne Delaune, 1570

Engraving of an ornate ewer with dragon spout, scrolled handle, and a figure of Neptune holding a trident.

Pitcher with a Figure of Neptune, from "Insignae Ac Planè Novum Opis Cratero Graphicum (A New Artistic Work, Eminent…

Matthias Zündt, 1550

Pen and ink sketch of the Deposition of Christ, with a lifeless body supported by mourning figures behind him.

Deposition of Christ

Etching of Leda seated nude beside a swan by a pond, framed by a draped curtain and trees, with Latin and German captions.

Leda and the Swan

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, 1740

Engraving of the Virgin and Child with three kings bearing gifts beneath a star, with attendants and a horse.

The Adoration of the Magi

Martin Schongauer, 1400

Brown ink and wash drawing of two octagonal scenes showing Jupiter with Hebe and Apollo with a lyre beside Terpsichore.

Jupiter and Hebe, Apollo and Terspsichore

Felice Giani, 1810

Engraved rococo ornamental border plate with scrollwork, floral garlands and paired year numerals in cartouches.

Designs for the Border of the Biblical Chronology for the King , 2nd Plate, pl. 36 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraving of the Entombment: mourners lower Christ's body into a tomb, with three crosses and a city on the hill behind.

The Entombment

Diana Mantuana, 1590