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Pencil study of a standing nude male figure with clenched fists, drawn on cream paper with handwritten inscription below.

Nude Study for Figure of "Courage," Memorial Window to Jacob Dolson Cox, Oberlin College

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Watercolor interior elevation of a pink-paneled wall with a white fireplace, central mirror, green swags and an arched niche.

Wall Elevation with Fireplace

Frederick Crace, 1810

Blue watercolor floor covering design with stylized lotus border and grid of star rosettes on cream paper.

Design for floor covering

Cooper Union Art School, 1890

Pen and ink design of a wrought iron bracket with a red patterned hanging lantern on chains.

Design for a Wrought Iron Light Fixture

J. Flinch, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of two draped figures beside a lattice fence, with a wooded landscape and distant town behind.

Design for Susanna and the Elders

Luca Giordano, 1660

Watercolor design drawing of a tripod stand with a bowl, lion masks, paw feet and a fluted central column on a plinth.

Design for a Bowl

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of three figures, two women in hats and a mustached man, seated before faint distant hills.

Three Figures

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor interior study of gilded paneled walls, striped drapery and a floral-covered gilt bed in an alcove.

Detail, bed alcove, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of four octagonal panels with draped allegorical women and classical architectural settings.

Four Allegories of Virtue, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

Felice Giani, 1810

Octagonal ceiling study in brown wash showing Apollo and the Muses among columns and ornamental panels.

Study for "The Triumph of Apollo" for the Ceiling of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1770

Brown ink drawing of a symmetrical jewel design resembling a butterfly, with faceted stones and teardrop pendants.

Design for an Agraffe

Girolamo Venturi, 1730

Brown ink sketch of a man reclining on a couch with a sword as mourners raise their arms beside him under a stormy sky.

Suicide of Marcus Porcius Cato

Felice Giani, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of an alcove elevation with draped curtains, a feather finial, and two oval portrait medallions.

Elevation of an alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink and grey wash drawing of an ornamental bracket shaped as a helmeted warrior mask with scrolling foliage.

The mask of a warrior

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus seated with a thyrsus and panther, within an octagonal frame with a temple behind.

Bacchus

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk study of a rearing horse with raised head and flowing tail on an octagonal sheet of paper.

Study of a Rearing Horse after Leonardo da Vinci

Francesco Melzi, 1530

Pen and wash drawing of a seated helmeted warrior receiving a standing woman in drapery, with red chalk figures behind.

A Classic Warrior Receives a Woman

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Circular sepia wash drawing of Hebe and Hercules's wedding with seated woman, reclining man, and winged putti.

The Wedding of Hebe and Hercules

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a standing figure seen from behind in a fringed garment, with cloud studies and handwritten notes on cream p

Cloud Sketch and Figure of Cecrops

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Colored drawing of a neoclassical salon chimney wall with columns, statues, green central panel and swagged drapery above.

Elevation of Salon Chimney Wall

Pierre Louis Moreau Desproux, 1770

Brown ink drawing of two winged putti holding a banderole inside an oval frame, on a cream sheet.

Two Flying Putti with Banderole

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown wash and red chalk sketch of an allegorical scene with a central enthroned figure surrounded by seated and reclining fi

Design for Allegory of Divine Wisdom, Reception Room, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

Andrea Sacchi, 1630

Design drawing of an octagonal ceiling with blue vault, pink ornamental borders and a central scene of Mars and Venus.

Design for a Painted Octagonal Panel

Marco Capizucchi, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing in an octagon of Bacchus and Ceres seated with cherubs, grapes and wheat.

Bacchus and Ceres

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of women wading in surf near a beach, with a seated figure in a hat beside a rowboat on pebbles.

Women Surf Bathing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Oil study of a nude winged putto with a bow and blue drapery within a brown circular roundel.

Study for Roundel with Putto

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo in a chariot pulled by winged horses across clouds, within an octagonal frame.

Apollo in his Chariot with Aurora, Sala Ottogonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Yellow watercolor design of an ink stand with a central urn, two seated cherubs writing, and shell-shaped basins.

Design for ink stand

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

White painted garden scene with palms, figures, a bridge and flowers on an ochre-toned design sheet.

Design for Embroidered Gilet, pattern 1730 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Ink and wash drawing of two scenes: Thetis at a forge with armor, and Thetis presenting armor to a reclining Achilles.

Thetis in the Workshop of Hephaestus; Thetis Showing the Armor to Achilles: Two Designs for Ceiling Panels in the Gal…

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink drawing of an ornate tripod candlestick base with acanthus leaves, scrolls, and a beaded band.

Design for a Tripod Candlestick Base

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1540

Pencil sketch of a tree with leafy foliage on the left and bare branches rising on the right, on tan paper.

Sketch of a Tree

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Circular ink drawing of classical gods and figures reclining and gathering among clouds, with a handwritten caption below.

Banquet of the Gods

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design with pink roses, purple pansies, topiary, cypress trees and a fountain in decorative borders.

Design for Gile, pattern 1757 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Favel, 1780

Charcoal sketch of a group of fishermen in oilskin hats beside a rocky wall, with a pale sea horizon to the right.

Fishermen in Oilskins, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Oval brown ink wash drawing of veiled women gathered around a seated figure with a scroll beside an altar in a classical inte

Figural Scene with People Gathered Around a Seated Woman who Reads from Scroll

Pen and brown ink drawing of a scene with soldiers and a kneeling woman inside an ornate classical architectural niche.

Niche Scene

Francesco Salviati, 1500

Ink study of a bearded saint raised among clouds, with angels and putti in flight around him.

Glorification of St. Filippo Neri

Giacomo Farelli, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining couple with a cupid in a garden, framed in an octagon with pencil grid numbers.

Ceiling Design with Rinaldo and Armida, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown ink design drawing of an interior wall with a domed top, oval medallions, and a dark door panel.

Design for a Door Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo ornamental frame with scrolls, foliage, and a central urn motif.

Ornament Composition

P. Ludovik, 1730

Pencil design for a ceiling with a central chariot scene, winged figures, trumpets and ornamental scrolls in a grid layout.

Ceiling Decoration, Victory in a Chariot, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and blue wash drawing of two embracing bearded saints on clouds, with a rower in a boat and onlookers in an oval frame.

Two Saints

Corrado Giaquinto, 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of a clock design with a seated female figure, lion supports and a garland-decorated pedestal.

Project for a slightly varied suggestion for the upper part of the pedestal and the figure with the dial in 1938-88-2109

Giuseppe Barberi, 1820

Colored pen drawing of a coffered ceiling design with a central medallion showing a figure on a sea chariot among cherubs.

Design for Ceiling with Triumph of Galatea

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen drawing of an ornate royal galley seen from the stern, with carved decoration, a canopy, and choppy sea.

A Royal French Galley Seen from the Stern

Pierre Puget, 1660

Pencil sketch sheet of llamas in grazing and standing poses, with a handwritten note near Chimborazo at upper right.

Llamas near Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a low dome with ribbed panels and a classical frieze of rosettes and palmettes above a cornice.

Decoration for low dome of a room

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design with oval portrait of bearded Henry IV in armor, flanked by two putti holding fruit garlands above a coat o

Henry IV

Frederick Marschall, 1880

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

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

Colored drawing of an ornate classical ceiling design with medallions, garlands, scrollwork, and figures in red, blue and gol

Ceiling in Hadrian's Villa, near Tivoli

Luigi Rossini, 1820

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

Frieze with Bacchantes

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of a standing male nude with handwritten proportion notes in the margins and along the bottom.

Sketch of a Male Nude with Notations

Winslow Homer, 1850

Figure with Child

Passerotti, 1550

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen drawing of a rococo design with a lion mask, floral swags, ribbon bow and a circular medallion showing a dog in a landsca

Design for a Decorative Swag

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1770

Red chalk drawing of putti and female figures supporting a laurel-framed medallion with a coat of arms.

Project for a wall decoration (Female figures and putti support medallion with coat of arms)

Luca Giordano, 1700

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

Elevation drawing of a sauce boat with a hippocamp handle, laurel garland, pedestal base and lion paw feet.

Elevation of a Sauce Boat

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1810

Pen and wash design drawing of a covered soup tureen with a seated Juno figure on the lid, eagles, and garlands.

Design for a Round Tureen

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Pen and brown ink sketch of a draped Victory figure with a trumpet beside studies of a wall section and stool.

Sketch of Victory holding Bowknot and Trumpet; sketches of Wall Section and Stool

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a circular platter with a scalloped rim and leaf ornament on one edge.

Design for a Circular Platter

Johann Nepomuk, 1800

Pencil study of loose drapery folds on aged paper, with an ink signature in the lower left corner.

Study of Drapery

Giovani Gioseffo dal Sole, 1680

Pen and ink sketch of a wall decoration with columns, garlands hanging between rosettes, and vertical pilasters below.

Wall Decoration with Columns, Entablature, and Pilasters

A Bavarian Peasant

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor study of pink mallow flowers with yellow centers, green leaves and buds on a pale paper background.

Study of Mallow

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Pen and brown ink drawing of two flying winged putti with a shield and weapon inside an oval frame, surrounded by clouds.

Two Flying Putti with Weapons

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil studies of a hand and arm in several positions on tan paper, including open and cupped hands.

Three Studies of a Hand and Arm

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil architectural drawing of a ceiling fixture with a globe light, with dimensions and a handwritten label for Henry J. Al

Ceiling Fixture, Entrance Hall, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas

George Mann Niedecken, 1910

Circular watercolor sketch of winged Aurora flying with a chariot, flowers and putti in pink and violet clouds.

Project for Ceiling Design Depicting Aurora

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of toes and a foot in loose hatched lines on tan paper, with a museum stamp in the upper left corner.

Sketch of Toes

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated woman in draped classical dress resting her hand against her face.

Classical Figure

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Pencil sketch of two neoclassical salt cellars, one tripod with lion-paw feet and one bowl held by figures.

Elevation of Salt Cellars

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a reclining male figure resting his head on one hand, with the other arm bent beneath him.

Figure Study

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

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, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of Vulcan's forge with workers at an anvil, armored warriors, and a winged figure, in an octagonal

Vulcano forging the Thunderbolts of Jove

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite figure study of a muscular male torso with raised arms and several separate hand studies on grey paper.

Figure Study for Diana and Her Attendants among the Constellations

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Painted study of tall tree trunks, ferns, and a bromeliad in a dim tropical forest with olive-brown tones.

Trees and Undergrowth, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink study of decorative wall panels with geometric borders and handwritten Italian color notes.

Three Studies of Wall Mirrors

Felice Giani, 1820

Sketch of a Woman's Face

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Painting of thatch palms in a dense tropical forest with slender trees and a warm hazy sky at the horizon.

Thatch Palm, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated classical man beneath figural caryatids in an ornate architectural interior.

Godfrey de Bouillon, after Giulio Romano and Raphael Sanzio

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil study of a right foot with toes and toenails drawn on tan paper, with a museum stamp at lower left.

Study of a Right Foot

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Engraved ornamental design with a central floral cross, oval pendants with ribbon bows, and a woman playing a lute.

"Ornamental Design with Cross at Center," Plate 2 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Engraved octagonal ornament with scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers, and grotesque creature heads by Wendel Dietterlin the Yo

Plate 6, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Sketch of an Angel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Etching of a crowded tavern where a violinist plays while men drink and gather around a bench with a dog.

Violinist Seated in the Inn

Netherlandish Cornelis Dusart, 1680

Engraved ornamental plate with a central horned grotesque mask, scrolling foliage and hybrid creatures, numbered 4.

Plate 4, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

Wendel Dietterlin the Younger, 1610

Design study of a circular memorial window with a winged angel holding a banner, four cross roundels, and acanthus border.

Study for Memorial Window in Church at Oceanic, New Jersey

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Susan and Child Facing Each Other

Mary Cassatt, 1880

Etching of a curly-haired man in a plumed fur cap and dark cloak, set within an oval frame.

Rembrandt with Plumed Hat and Lowered Sabre

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Ink sketch on tan paper showing three studies of bird wings and a bird in flight with hatched feather detail.

Studies of Wings

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Engraving of a chaotic household where a couple fights amid overturned furniture, dogs and startled children.

Discord: The Good and the Bad Household

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1580

Engraved circular rococo cartouche with scrollwork, an urn with a mask, a column, feathery branches and a distant fountain.

Ornament, Cartouche

Matthias Lock, 1750