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Drawing of a lunette design with two putti, a central heraldic shield, flower garlands, and two reclining female figures.

Project for the top of a painted frame of an altar

Red chalk sketch of angels, a kneeling figure and a standing man around a cloud beneath an arched outline.

Study for an Alter Painting with Christ Child

Filippo Marchionni, 1800

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

Pen and wash drawing of an andiron with two winged griffins, a flaming urn, and floral garlands on a stepped pedestal.

Andiron with Griffins and

Pen and brown wash design of ceiling panels with diamond coffers, floral rosettes, and garland borders in vertical bands.

Designs for Decorations for a Ceiling and Architectural Sketches

Giuseppe Barberi

Watercolor design for a stairway wall with pastoral figure scenes above carved wood paneling and tall framed openings.

Design for Portion of Stairway, Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

Charles Salagnad, 1870

Sketch of a Woman's Head and Hand

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Loose pencil sketch on tan paper of winged figures in motion, rising across the page with a museum stamp in the upper left.

Sketch of Winged Figures for Ascension

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure seen from behind, arms outstretched, on tan paper with a blue museum stamp.

Study of a Nude Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Partial Sketch of a Face

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saints Peter and Paul floating above clouds, with a domed basilica seen beneath an arch.

Saints Peter and Paul over the Vatican

Minardi Tommaso, 1800

Pen and wash design for a chapel ceiling with rococo scrollwork, curtain swags, and arched panels with small figural scenes.

Design for the Decoration of the ceiling of a chapel

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, 1720

Pencil sketches on tan paper of a reclining nude male figure with extended arms and smaller studies of arms and hands.

Sketches of Nude Figure and Arms

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

A woman drawing

Jessie Curtis, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic hall with pointed arches, lion statues in the foreground and a tall traceried window at the far

Interior of Westminster Hall

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of winged angels around a central figure with raised arms, drawn loosely on cream paper.

Worshipping Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Charcoal sketch of a reclining nude figure with a raised knee and extended arm on irregular tan paper.

Sketch of Nude Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Painted textile showing elegant figures, a central flower bouquet in a red vase, a cherub, and a lute player.

Senses of Smell and Hearing

Paul Scarron, 1620

Pen and ink sketch in an oval of Mary holding the Christ Child with two cherubs below, shaded with hatching.

Mary with the Child

Donato Creti, 1710

Purple ink sketch of a reclining draped figure with flowing robes and palm fronds at upper right.

Study of Draped Figure with Palm

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sketches of Three Heads

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sepia wash drawing of an arched window opening with carved capitals on columns and a decorated keystone.

Design for a Window Opening

John La Farge, 1900

Pencil sketch with radiating clouds, a central figure, a row of small figures below, and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Sketches for a Passion

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

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

Pen and brown ink sheet with rows of octagonal and round medallions showing classical mythological scenes of Jove and other g

Stories of Jove

Felice Giani, 1800

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

Deposition of Christ

Watercolor study of the Madonna and Child with two draped attendant figures under an arched niche over a tiled floor.

Madonna and Child

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Graphite sketch of a female figure raising her arm with a dove perched on her hand, beside a reclining figure.

Sketch of Female Figure with a Dove

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Loose pencil sketch on brown paper of a head, shoulders and hands in quick overlapping lines.

Sketch of a Man or Angel with a Book

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Head of a Man

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900