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Brown ink and wash drawing of armored soldiers and horsemen battling a giant serpent, with a crowd of figures behind.

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hall wall with fireplaces, pilasters, a central niche and arched relief panels.

Long wall of a hall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Head of a dolphin

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds surrounded by angels and putti within an oval.

Design for a Ceiling with the Ascension of the Virgin

Francesco Trevisani, 1700

Pen and wash drawing of two ornate bronze keyhole escutcheon designs with scrolling foliage and garlands.

Design for Two Bronze Key Plates

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Watercolor study of a cow's head facing forward, with white face, brown ears and curved horns on tan paper.

Two Studies of Cattle

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketches of ornate monstrance designs with oval crystal settings and rococo scrolls, plus a stepped base study.

Monstrance and Crystal Cover

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures, a horseman, and a crowd beneath a canopy, with a distant landscape.

Spiritus Intellectus

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a man with a scythe in a field, seen from behind, with two distant workers and trees.

Man with a Scythe

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of figures in colorful traditional Calabrian costumes on a dirt path beside a tree, with headdresses and staffs.

Costumes of South Calabria

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Pale sketch of clouds over a calm sea with a small distant iceberg on the horizon.

Distant Iceberg at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged woman driving a chariot of winged horses, with a trumpeting putto in the clouds.

Fame or Victory in a Chariot, Sala di Nike, Palazzo Naldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of a draped canopy bed alcove with a standing figure in a plumed hat at the right.

Bed Alcove with a Figure

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Painting of a seaport at night with town lights reflecting on calm water, a sailboat, and distant hills.

Night View of a Seaport

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a group of robed standing figures, one bearded man holding a staff at center.

Paul Preaching in Athens, after Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a youth taming a rearing white horse while a seated figure and soldiers watch.

Alexander the Great Taming Bucephalus

Felice Giani, 1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of Neptune riding a sea chariot over waves, with attendant figures blowing a horn.

Neptune Riding over the Sea in a Chariot

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of an old man kneeling before a seated warrior in a tent, with a banquet table and figures behind.

Priam in the Tent of Achilles

Felice Giani, 1790

Painting of rough surf breaking in white foam against dark rocks on a coast under a grey sky.

Maine Surf, Mt. Desert Island

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of a winged figure representing Virgo within a semicircular lunette, with clouds and handwritten notes.

Virgo, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and grey wash drawing of a Roman military trophy with armor, shields, spears, an eagle, and S.P.Q.R. banners.

A Trophy of Weapons Intended to be Executed in Painting

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pencil sketch of tree tops and foliage on tan paper, with the handwritten word Niagara at upper right.

Tree Tops, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a two-masted schooner on calm water with its reflection, and a smaller sailboat to the right.

Two-masted Schooner

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and ink design of a winged victory figure with a wreath and trumpet, beside handwritten notes and small figure studies.

Design for Victory holding a Wreath and Trumpet and Studies for Various Decorations

Felice Giani, 1810

Colorful watercolor design of ceiling panels with star patterns, rosettes, acanthus leaves and floral garlands.

Design for Ceiling, City Hall, Vienna, Austria

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1890

Pencil and watercolor sketch of two peacocks on open ground with trees and shrubs behind them, by Walter Shirlaw, 1880.

Two Peacocks in a Landscape

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a three-masted schooner near a rocky, wave-broken coastline with an oval museum stamp in the corner.

Schooner Near a Rocky Coast

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown wash design drawing of a fireplace mantelpiece with carved putti reliefs, garlands, and pilasters.

Design for Mantelpiece Reliefs, Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and gray wash design for a rococo frontispiece with a central coat of arms, cherubs, flower urns, and garlands.

Design for a Frontispiece

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornamental panel with scrolls, rosettes and acanthus leaves above a fluted pedestal.

Design for a Wrought-Iron Balcony

Jean François Forty, 1770

Watercolor design of a horizontal garland of red and pink flowers with yellow-green leaves, numbered No. 4.

Design for a printed framing, pattern no. 4 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of two ornate monstrance elevations with scrolling frames, draped swags and small figures.

Project for the Elevation of a Monstrance

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of three panels showing robed figures in arched interiors, studies for Passion scenes.

Three Stages of the Passion: The Mockery, Christ before Pilate, Flagellation

Francesco Coghetti, 1830

Grayscale design study of three draped allegorical women on clouds, with a steam locomotive and smoke at right.

Design for a Bank Note

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Pencil drawing of three winged putti playing tambourines and trumpets within an arched architectural frame.

Three Putti with Tambourines and Trumpets, Design for Lunette of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1800

Brown ink and wash design drawing of three decorative wall panels with niches, trees, garlands, and small landscape scenes.

Design for the Decorations of a Wall Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a saint ascending among clouds, surrounded by angels and putti.

Apotheosis of a Saint

Corrado Giaquinto, 1740

Watercolor of a domed hall with crowds in academic gowns and red robes, galleries above, and a painted ceiling.

Encaenia in the Sheldonia

Thomas Uwins, 1810

Ink and wash sketch of seated soldiers in a camp with conical tents and a crowd of onlookers in top hats.

Zouaves in the Camp of St. Maur

Constantin Guys, 1850

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a columned bed alcove with draped curtains and a coffered ceiling in perspective.

Design for a Bed Alcove, Perspective

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of rococo ceiling ornament with scrolls, garlands, putti and architectural moldings on a pale sheet.

Project for a Ceiling

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1750

Ink and wash drawing of a rococo garden with a central fountain, scrolled architecture, arches and draped female figures.

Design for an Ornamental Decoration

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Pencil study of a reclining nude woman holding a raised torch, unfinished, on pale paper.

Study for "Liberty," "The Reign of the Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of mounted soldiers riding through a flag-decorated city street, with a Willkommen banner overhead.

Illustration Showing the Triumphal Return of the German Army After the German-French War

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Drawing of twelve circular medallions in brown ink and wash showing Hercules fighting animals and monsters, with pencil inscr

Twelve Circular Medallions with Representations of the Deeds of Hercules

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketches on blue-grey paper of trees, vine stems, and foliage with handwritten notes about birds and plants.

Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mule lying on the ground with its head raised, mounted in a grey album page.

Mule Lying on the Ground

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged youth riding a rearing ram within a semicircular lunette composition.

Ares, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat leaning on a pitchfork in a field beside a haystack.

Haymaking

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch on paper of a boy in a hat, a cow's rear, cow legs with hooves, and a small tree.

Sketches of Theodore Cole, Cow Legs, and a Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of layered hills and a distant peak under a pale sky, with handwritten notes at the top edge.

Chimborazo from the Southwest, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink design drawing of a horizontal ornamental bracelet with linked scrolls, foliate motifs and pointed finials on pal

Design for a Bracelet

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1830

Pen and grey wash drawing of a trophy of arms with a central cuirass, plumed helmet, shields, spears and axes.

Trophy of Weapons

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Brown ink and wash sketch of shepherds adoring the infant Christ in a stable, with a dog in the foreground.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pencil drawing of a classical architectural elevation with a domed central pavilion and urns, above a matching ground plan.

Design for a Surtout de Table (Centerpiece)

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of Hercules wrestling a bull with a raised blade, with a sketched horned river god at left.

Hercules renders Horn from Bull Achelous

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of allegorical figures in a frieze, one reclining among wheat sheaves, by Felice Giani.

Summer on Earth

Felice Giani, 1800

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

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

Hercules and Nemean Lion

Felice Giani, 1800

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pen and grey wash design for a coffered ceiling with a central frieze of horsemen and winged figures in square panels.

Ceiling Cabinet Dedicated to War, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of women gathered on a beach with sailboats on the water and a seated figure in the lower right.

Groups of Women at Beach, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Small sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a pink and mauve twilight sky.

Iceberg at Twilight, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf seated on a grassy bank, with distant boats and trees across a hazy landscape.

Girl Seated on a Tree Trunk

Winslow Homer, 1870

Sketch of a seated man smoking a pipe in a red cap and jacket, with two donkeys on a pale background.

Smoking Man and Donkeys

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a shouting sailor in a sou'wester raising his arm, with a ship on the sea behind him.

The Lookout

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch sheet with tree studies, palm fronds, an alligator, and handwritten notes on foliage and bark colour.

Botanical Sketches with an Alligator, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash sheet with thirteen roundel and octagonal studies of Apollo mythological scenes, annotated in red ink.

Thirteen Apollo Subjects for Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude and draped female figures in a landscape beside a classical column and curtain.

Diana and Callisto, after Domenichino

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design of floral sprigs and ferns in a cartouche with green and violet borders, for an embroidered waistcoat.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1777 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Pen and brown wash design for a wall with arches, pilasters, hanging garlands, draped curtains and candelabra.

Design for Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures in an interior, with an ambassador holding a staff before a seated man.

Ceiling Design: Roman Ambassador Ask the Sabine Numa Pompilius to Reign over Rome, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Mil…

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated woman holding a lute, with studies of hands and a second instrument on grey paper.

Sketches of a Woman with a Lute, Study for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Ink drawing of two caryatids, a seated figure, garland friezes and a crowded classical frieze below.

Friezes; Two Caryatids; Seated Figure

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of an armored allegorical figure with shield, putti and acanthus scrolls, design for a carriage rear.

Design for the Rear of a Carriage with Valor Victorious over Vice and Arrogance

Pencil sketch of an artist seated among easels and canvases in a studio interior, with a handwritten caption below.

Artist in the studio

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and brown ink lunette design with classical figures, a lyre and a shield, labelled Poesia.

Design for a Lunette with Allegory of Poetry

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom alcove with a blue daybed, gilded panels, floral garlands and neoclassical painted decorati

Wall Elevation of Bedroom Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Pencil sketch page with two standing bulls, a bull head study, and an oak tree with branches, dated September 1840.

Sketches of Bulls and an Oak Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink and wash design of a rococo border with allegorical figures, putti, scrollwork and a blank central panel.

Design for an Ornamental Border Used for the Surround to the General Chart in John Pine's "Tapestry Hangings in the H…

Hubert François Gravelot, 1720

Ink and wash design drawing of a bedroom alcove with a bed, draped curtains, figural pilasters and an arched frieze.

Design for a Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil sketch of clouds and sea with handwritten color notes such as 'silver' and 'sky golden milky' on cream paper.

Moonlit Sky at Sea, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Two cloaked figures sit by a glowing campfire at night, with camels and a tent in the shadows behind them.

Bedouin Campfire at Night

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and wash design of a rococo ornament panel with a cherub riding a bird among clouds and scrollwork.

Design for an Ornament Panel

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1730

Pencil sketch of a square-rigged ship on choppy sea with hatched wind strokes at the right edge.

Square Rigger in a Stormy Sea

Winslow Homer, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of two neoclassical fender designs with putti, garlands, a mask and an oval figure medallion.

Two fenders

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800