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Pen and wash design for a jeweled pendant with a bow top, green gems, and a cross of faceted stones.

Design for a Pendant with Cross

Girolamo Venturi, 1730

Tall ornamental panel with turquoise ground, white garlands, urns, figures and a central medallion in neoclassical style.

Panel of Arabesques for the Hôtel de Salm, Paris

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1780

Pencil sketch of two horses, one saddled and one carrying a mounted rider in uniform, on pale paper.

Two Horses, One Mounted

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a nude female figure holding flowers and drapery, leaning forward on a pale sheet of paper.

Venus Picking Flowers

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Handwritten ink inventory on grid paper listing saint and religious painting titles with prices and attributions.

Inventory of Paintings

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in glory with angels above, and a winged warrior driving a falling demon below.

Madonna and Child in Glory, Study after Mastelletta; Angel Gabriel Driving Lucifer from Heaven, Study after Marcanton…

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil drawing of a trophy of armor, helmet, shields and swords with wheat and foliage around a winged hourglass.

Trophy with Winged Hourglass

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pen-and-ink drawing of ornate wall panels and niches with sketched running figures above, on grey-blue paper.

Atalanta and Hippomenes

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of four vertical pilaster strips with medallions, lattice, garlands and foliage ornament.

Design for Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Design for Magazine Cover

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pencil sketch of a woman resting her head on her hand, drawn as a design for a magazine cover, with faint layout panels.

Design for Magazine Cover

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Brown ink wash drawing of Judith holding a raised sword beside the severed head of Holofernes, with an attendant kneeling at

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Grey wash drawing of a symmetrical chimneypiece with a central urn, star ornaments, and garland swags.

Ornament for the Intersec

Giuseppe Valadier, 1770

Drawing of a fountain design with nude figures supporting a draped basin and a tall central column, in black chalk and white

Project for a Fountain

Etienne-Maurice Falconet, 1720

Watercolor drawing of a trophy of war and peace with helmet, drums, arrows, laurel, and blue ribbons on a pedestal.

Trophy with Attributes of War and Peace

Henri Sallembier, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet, dark fringed shawl and full skirt, holding a rolled bundle.

La dame au châle (Lady in a Shawl)

Constantin Guys, 1840

Vertical watercolor pilaster design with scrolling foliage, floral garlands, and a female head in an oval medallion.

Painting Decoration of a Pilaster Strip

Giacomo Casa, 1850

Pencil landscape drawing of a farmhouse, leaning tree, wooden gate and rocky ground under a pale sky.

Landscape with Farm

Vincenzo Martinelli, 1800

Pencil sketch of a partial figure with curved lines on an aged paper sheet, with a faint stamp at lower left.

Figure

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned between two bishops, with a young saint and putti pulling back curtains.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Bishops with St. John

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink sketches of ornamental tablet frames with rococo scrollwork, shells and a grotesque mask.

Nine Sketches for Tablet Frames

Carlo Marchionni, 1740

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a tiered fountain in an arched niche with a papal coat of arms and two busts.

Design for a Fountain in the Garden of the Palazzo Quirinale, Rome, Italy

Ferdinando Fuga, 1740

Grey wash drawing of Noah's Ark on a hillside with a long rectangular hull in front, framed by ornamental tool borders.

Study for Noah's Ark, Plate 40, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Pen and ink sketch of two octagonal designs showing winged chariot figures and horses over clouds, with handwritten notes.

Night and Day, in Two Octagons, for a Bedroom

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped bed alcove with swagged curtains and a standing figure in a wide-brimmed hat.

Bedroom alcove with a figure

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil landscape sketch of rolling hills and trees with handwritten color notes beneath, on a cream sheet.

Looking South from the Farm, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Ink and wash sheet with handwritten text, a woman on a dragon, a coronation scene with angels, and an architectural frontispi

Inscription [above left]; Woman of the Apocalyse [above right]; Coronation of the Virgin [below left]; Frontispiece […

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pen and wash design drawing of a tall reliquary with a domed top, two standing female figures, and a fluted pedestal.

Design for a Reliquary of the Holy Cross

Luzio Romano, 1530

Ink and wash drawing of a neoclassical coffee urn with serpent handle, grapevine frieze, and fluted base.

Design for a Coffee Urn

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Grey wash drawing of Jacob pouring oil on a stone pillar at Bethel, framed by shells and rocks.

Study for Jacob Pours Oil upon the Stone at Bethel, Plate 87, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720