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Red chalk drawing of two cherubs with drapery and clouds inside an ornamental oval frame, a ceiling design.

Ceiling Design

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1720

Pen and wash design sheet showing neoclassical silver tureens, coffee pot, platters and salt cellars with Medusa-head ornamen

Designs for Silver Serving Pieces

Pietro Belli, 1800

Pencil sketch of a scaled dragon-like figure in an arch beside carved architectural ornament and a moulded cornice.

Architectural Details, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and grey wash drawing of four festoon designs with floral garlands, a shield with crossed swords, and crowned eagles.

Design for Four Festoons

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1770

Oil sketch of a stormy sea with dark clouds, choppy waves, a distant sailboat, and a rocky headland at left.

Storm off Great Head, Mt. Desert Island

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a triangular pediment with draped figures, seated musicians and scroll ornaments by Walter Shirlaw.

Motif for Pediment Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and ink design of a rococo wall elevation with ornate scrolled paneling, cartouches, and a bird motif.

Design for a Wall Elevation with Wood Paneling

Nicolas Pineau, 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto reclining on clouds beside a crab, a lunette design for a ceiling.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor of a green covered wagon with a white canvas top and spoked wooden wheels on a plain under a blue sky.

A Covered Wagon

Samuel Colman, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man reclining beside a seated woman and a child with a column.

The Holy Family

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown wash drawing of a family at a dining table with a melon, children eating, and a standing woman in a long skirt.

Family Eating Melon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash design sheet with three draperies with swags and a frieze of scrolls, wreaths and a putto.

Three Designs for Draperies and One Design for a Frieze

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a seated allegorical figure with a horned headdress and a lion, designed for a pendentive in St. Peter'

Africa, Design for a Pendentive in the Baptismal Vestibule of St. Peter’s, Rome

Francesco Trevisani, 1710

Pencil sketch of two pine trees with spreading branches and a distant hill on pale paper.

Study of Two Pines, Catskill Mountains

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Painting of a dense forest with tall leaning trees, fallen branches on the dark ground, and a grey overcast sky.

Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Red and white chalk study of two outstretched arms and hands on blue paper.

Study of Angel's Hand for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a two-masted schooner with a dinghy on calm water, with faint distant sailboats in the upper right.

Schooner with Dinghy

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of tall rocky cliffs and jagged peaks above calm water, drawn on pale paper.

Iceberg Panorama, Canada, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and ink design study for a pediment with a winged female figure holding a sword, flanked by seated and reclining figur

Design for a Pediment

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor of a seated bearded man in a dark coat beside a standing woman and a barrel on a shadowed deck.

Deck Passengers

Winslow Homer, 1880

Red chalk drapery studies on blue-grey paper, with folded cloth and a smaller sketch at upper right.

Studies for a Young Man, Drapery

Giuseppe Passeri, 1700

Pen and brown wash drawing of two decorative festoon designs, one with a crown and ribbon, one with a shield and plumes.

Two Designs for Festoons

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1770

Red chalk drawing of three ornamental designs: a draped pedestal, a stacked urn column, and a fluted pillar with a foliate to

Cabinet, fountain and pillar

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of waves breaking on a rocky shore under a wide, empty sky with a distant horizon line.

Seashore, Newport, RI

William Trost Richards, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of a three-tiered wall design with columns, niches, reliefs, and statues.

Design for a Wall

Lattanzio Gambara, 1570

Watercolor of a floral-papered study with a portrait in uniform, grand piano, mirror, and bronze sculpture.

The Study of Grand Duchess Cecilia von Oldenberg

Ernst Christian Anton von Lautzow, 1830

Watercolor of a Rome studio with a painted ceiling, sculptures, and two men working by an open window.

A Studio in the Villa Medici, Rome

Joseph-Eugène Lacroix, 1830

Watercolor interior of a neoclassical room with coffered ceiling, mythological medallions, gilded doors, and a writing desk.

The Dressing Room of King Ludwig I at the Munich Residence Palace

Franz Xaver Nachtmann, 1830

Watercolor of a red-walled interior with a gilded chandelier, patterned carpet, table, pianoforte, and a blue room beyond the

The Red Room, Schloss Fischbach

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, 1840

Watercolor of a drawing room with blue drapes, bird-patterned wallpaper, a fireplace, wicker furniture and a hanging birdcage

The Drawing Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire

William Alfred Delamotte, 1830

Watercolor of an ornate 19th-century room with columns, a marble fireplace, gilt mirror, chandelier and upholstered furniture

An Interior in Moscow

Dominique Hagen, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a decorative arrangement with a lyre, torches, urn, sword, and ribbons on a neutral paper ground.

Design for a Decorative Motif

Carlo Bianconi, 1770

Pencil sketch of two men resting on a hillside, one smoking a pipe, with distant hills and a sailboat.

Men Resting on Catskill Hillside

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Grisaille painting of a crowded 17th-century parliament chamber with men in ruffled collars gesturing around a central table.

Scene in the House of Parliament, March 2, 1629

Frederick Coffay Yohn, 1890

Pale blue sheet with four small colored garden vignettes: a fountain, a potted topiary urn, a yellow house, and a pink garden

Drawing - Louis-Albert DuBois, 1810

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a candelabrum, a flame-like ornament and a decorated urn on a cream sheet with a thin border.

Study of balusters and candelabra

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child surrounded by angels and musical putti on an oval sheet.

Adoration of the Angels

Donato Creti, 1720

Watercolor elevation of a hall wall at Brighton Pavilion with an arched sky niche, Chinese-style cartouches and dark doorways

Entrance Hall, North Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Red chalk drawing of two ornamental pedestals, one with scrolled foliate carving and one tapering with a carved rim, on pale

Two pedestals

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of sailboats on calm water near a wooded island, with rocks and evergreen trees in the foreground.

Rodick’s Island, Mt. Desert

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of a blue-upholstered salon with a crystal chandelier, framed paintings, patterned carpet and a white tiled stove.

A Salon in Vienna

Franz Alt, 1870

Watercolor of a blue-walled interior with a dining table, chandelier, flower vases, and an open doorway to a red room.

The Blue Room, Schloss Fischbach

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, 1840

Oil sketch of wild flowers with a red bloom, yellow daffodils, and pink and white petunias on a dark green ground.

Wild Flowers

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Views of a Seated Bull, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketches of tropical trees, palm fronds and grasses on grey paper with handwritten notes about foliage.

Botanical and Landscape Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown wash drawing of a bed alcove with Corinthian columns, drapery swags, and an arched pediment with a central medallion.

Design for a Bed Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Design drawing of a watch chain and two bracelets with medallions, classical heads and the inscription UBI AMOR IBI ANIMA.

Design for a watch chain and two bracelets

Roman Augusto Castellani, 1860

Pen and watercolor design for a decorated coach body with gilded scrollwork and circular medallions containing winged figures

Decorated Coach Body

Brown ink and wash sketch of a robed standing man beside a group of draped women in classical dress.

Saint Paul and Figures, after Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a winged putto holding a torch on clouds, with a second cherub, in an octagonal frame.

Design for a Painted Ceiling

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1800

Pen and wash drawing in four scenes: a deer hunt with hounds and horsemen above, and skylark hunting with falcons and nets be

Deer Hunt with Hounds [above]; Skylark Hunt with Falcons [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a jagged iceberg rising above a calm sea on buff paper.

Iceberg near Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor of fishermen in a rowboat inside a cave at night, lit by a torch, with a basket of fish on the rocks.

Water color; Night Fishing at the Entrance to a Cave

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Pencil sketch of a feathery fern plant with stem and leaf studies, annotated with handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Botanical Sketch, Pride of the Mountain

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash design for a coffered ceiling with figures among clouds in ornate stucco panels, within a green and gold border.

Design for a Coffered Ceiling, with the Muses

Charles de Wailly, 1770

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in draped robes holding a board beside a wooden chair, with a faint second figure at right.

Study of Seated Woman for National Academy of Design Tympanum

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of infant Hercules strangling two serpents in a dark room, with a woman and an older man reacting nearby.

The Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpent

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash sheet with eight octagonal designs: six classical figure scenes and two circular foliated ornaments.

Six Octagonal Compostions, Hercules and Hebe, Two Foliated Ornaments, Sala di Ercole e Ebe, Palazzo Gessi

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of five draped female allegories of painting, poetry, sculpture, architecture and music.

Allegorical Figures of the Arts

Felice Giani, 1800

Study: A right arm holding a stick

Ercole Graziani, 1700

Pen and brown ink lunette drawing with grey wash showing figures in an allegory of painting, with a seated painter at an ease

Lunette with Allegory of Painting

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of figures in a rowboat, a bay window outline, and a hull in water, with handwritten notes reading Jaffa.

Boats and a Bay Window, Jaffa, Palestine (Tel-Aviv, Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Four brown ink and wash drawings of draped female caryatid figures standing side by side with raised arms.

Four Caryatids

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash sketch of horsemen with a pennant, a crowd and tents in a military landscape.

Retreat of the Turks after the Siege of Vienna, 1529

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Oil study of a brown and white cow standing side on in a sunlit field, with blue-green background.

Study of a Standing Cow

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pen and ink sketches of putti, a draped woman, and a globe with cherubs, with an inscription naming painting, poetry and astr

Sketches for wall paintings: Arts and Sciences

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pencil sketches of plants and foliage with a poplar branch on the right, annotated with handwritten color notes.

Plant Sketches with Poplar Tree

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor sketch of a cathedral choir interior with an artist at an easel and two figures in long dresses.

Lower Part of the Choir, Siena Cathedral

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Brown ink frieze drawing of two winged women with wreaths flanking two seated bulls and a central urn with garlands.

Design for a Symmetrical Frieze

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor design of a classical chimneypiece with two green satyr caryatids and a frieze of lions and scrolls.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Three circular brown ink and wash drawings depicting scenes of Bacchus with attendants, dancers, and satyrs before classical

Three Bacchus Subjects: Bacchus Worshipped

Felice Giani, 1800

Blue sheet with white chalk strokes showing waves, foam and a seagull in flight over the sea.

Seagull and Waves

Winslow Homer, 1900

Watercolor and pen drawing of boys in a rocky forest clearing with large boulders and tall trees.

Setting a Squirrel Trap

Winslow Homer, 1850

Ink and wash design drawing of an oval gallery tray with a central decorative frieze and four alternate border studies.

Design for an Oval Gallery Tray, with Alternate Suggestions

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Brown ink and wash design with two circular medallions of classical chariot scenes surrounded by winged figures and ornament.

Design with Classical and Winged Figures

Felice Giani, 1820

Nine circular brown-wash designs of Greek mythological scenes with handwritten Italian labels, including Leda, Neptune, and G

Design for Nine Circular Paintings in the Bathroom of the Aldini Villa, Montmorency, France

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a lagoon with a distant city skyline, a tall spire, and boats with figures in the foreground water.

View from Venetian Lagoon

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a lichen growth on pale paper with handwritten color notes and the date July 1844.

Lichen, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Study of a Mule

Samuel Colman, 1870

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornate neoclassical interior wall with a central chimneypiece, columns, and cherub relie

Elevation of an Interior Wall with Chimneypiece

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of a leaning evergreen on a rocky coast with a small lighthouse at left, dated July 1850.

Coastal Evergreen and Lighthouse, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures harvesting grapes under a vine arbor beside a wooden wine vat.

Winemaking

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a gnarled willow tree with twisting trunk and spreading bare branches on a pale sheet.

Willow on the Rhône, Geneva, Switzerland

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Sketches of Four Heads in Caricature

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Grey wash drawing of the Pentecost with the Virgin Mary and apostles kneeling beneath a dove and rays of light, with angels a

Scene from Acts of the Apostles, after Stradanus

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1700

Loose graphite sketch of several dancing female figures with raised arms and flowing drapery on cream paper.

Study for dancing women, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen drawing on blue paper of two ceiling schemes with rosette medallions and a fireplace wall with pilasters.

A Fireplace Wall and Two Alternative Ceiling Schemes

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite drawing of a nude woman with closed eyes, hand on chest, reclining on gray paper with faint background strokes.

Figure Study of Mercy for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Graphite sketch of two women with a dog and a flock of sheep in a grassy pastoral landscape.

Pastoral Scene

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780

Pen and ink sketch of decorative ceiling panels with ornamental borders, rosettes, an arched niche and a small figure.

Sketches for the Painted Decoration of Ceilings

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of an ornate palace wall with niches, classical statues, arched windows and decorative friezes with putti.

Sculpture Gallery: Project for the Decoration of a Hall in a Palace during the Reign of the Emperor Napoleon as King…

Brown ink and wash design for a wall decoration with arched niches, draped swags held by two female figures and foliate garla

Wall decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Red chalk drawing of three goats, one standing, one lying down, and a head study at left, on tan paper.

Three Goats, after an etching from Berchem's "Animalia" (Animals) [ Animalia ad vivum delineata et aqua forti aeri im…

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1650

Pen and brown wash design drawing of a wall with a draped alcove and a classical frieze of small figures above.

Design for Wall with Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Painted design of stylized multicolored flowers, leaves and berries with a black ruled border, for embroidery.

Design for Embroidery, Corner of Gentleman's Waistcoat

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1780

Brown ink and wash sketch of a chariot race in a classical arena with horses, charioteers, and colonnaded buildings.

Project for Wall Paintings, as Decoration of a Frieze

Felice Giani, 1820