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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Study: A right arm holding a stick

Ercole Graziani, 1700

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

Gray monochrome painting of a rooster and hens on a diagonal wooden roost, with chicks gathered in straw below.

Cock and Chickens

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tall fluted column on a stepped base, topped by a standing statue.

Monumental column

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

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

Two nude children recline on a pale cloth beside a vase, against a green and gold patterned backdrop with foliage.

Drawing - Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Brown ink study of the Death of St. Joseph with mourners, cherubs and angels in clouds above, drawn on a grid.

Death of St. Joseph, study for a ceiling painting

Francesco Solimena, 1740

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

Winemaking

Felice Giani, 1800

Vertical ink and brown wash design for a painted panel with a nude female figure, putti, scrolls and a grotesque mask.

Designs for Painted Panels

Claude Louis Desrais, 1780

Graphite sketch on tan paper of a standing man in a long robe and cap, head bowed, hands clasped in front.

Study of a Standing Man

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

Brown wash design drawing of a decorative ceiling grid with white scrolling foliage panels, fading to plain outlined panels b

Design for a Bedroom Ceiling

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Vertical pen and wash design for a decorative panel showing Fortune, a bust on a column, sunburst, and ornate scrollwork.

Designs for Painted Panels with Fortune and Jacques Necker

Claude Louis Desrais, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate rococo candlestick with a tall baluster stem and scrolled foot on pale paper.

Design for a Silver Candl

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1720

Drawing of a veiled female saint holding a lily and cross in a stone arched niche, a study for a stained glass window.

Study for the Goddard Memorial Window, in St. John's Church, Providence, Rhode Island

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate classical oil lamp with cherubs, serpent handles, and flames on a tall stem.

An Oil Burning Lamp

Giovacchino Belli, 1770

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate rococo cartel clock with a green dial, Roman numerals, and a lion mask.

Design for a Cartel Clock

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1700

Watercolor design of a winged angel above a sailor at a ship's sail, with a memorial inscription panel below.

Design for a Memorial Window for Albert Spencer

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil and watercolor design for a stained glass doorway with a painted swag frieze and fluted column, by John La Farge.

Design for Stained Glass for Doorway in Miss Caldwell's House, Newport, R.I.

John La Farge, 1880

Pencil design drawing of a symmetrical ornamental band with a central ROMA medallion, rosettes and scrollwork.

Design for a Bracelet

Salvatori, 1900

Charcoal study of a draped female figure with a halo, outlines pricked for transfer, on tan paper.

Study for a Mural

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Watercolor study of an arched stained glass window with gold lattice, floral borders and a fan-shaped top panel.

Study for a Window in the Judson Memorial Baptist Church, New York

John La Farge, 1900

Oil study of a bright green lizard seen from above against a warm brown background with the inscription Jamaica June 65.

A Lizard, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Design with a winged figure holding a laurel wreath and painter's palette, Latin inscription above, in grey, yellow and blue

Design for Mosaic or Stained Glass Window in Honor of a Painter (“Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat”)

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

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

Etching of a child's head with curls over a stag skull, flanked by two dogs, crossed spears and ribbons in ornamental framing

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a hand with curled fingers, with faint studies of another hand and a foot below.

Studies of Hands and a Foot

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil and watercolor design for stained glass with blue, green and yellow floral medallions in a window grid.

Design for Stained Glass in Music Room in Miss Caldwell's House, Newport, R. I.

John La Farge, 1880

Engraved frieze of hunters on horseback and foot attacking lions, an elephant, hounds and winged creatures beneath a tree.

Wild Animal Hunt (frieze)

Etienne Delaune, 1570

Engraved ornamental panel with a female head, scrolling foliage, putti, and an oval landscape with classical ruins.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted with a Head Flanked by Foliage, plate 11 from the Ornamental Panel Surmounted with a Head…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Watercolor design study of an arched church wall memorial with a chi-rho roundel, painted panels, and classical ornament.

Study for a Wall Memorial in the Judson Memorial Baptist Church, New York

John La Farge, 1900

Black and white ornamental frieze with two birds perched on arches, flanked by scrolling foliage, flowers and wreath motifs.

Frieze with Birds, Flowers, Wreaths and Scrolls

Theodor Bang, 1590

Engraved horizontal frieze of swirling acanthus scrolls, a small bird, and a figure holding fruit at right.

Frieze

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Engraved design of an ornate hand mirror with a medallion showing a chariot in the sky above a cauldron and fire.

Hand Mirror with Scenes from the Story of Medea

Etienne Delaune, 1560

Etched vertical ornament with a crucified Christ flanked by two mourning figures in a niche, surrounded by dense scrollwork.

Ornament with the Man of Sorrows, Mary and John

Daniel Hopfer, 1520

Etched vertical ornament panel with a stag head, boar head, crossed arrows and oak branches by Stefano della Bella.

Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Engraved ornamental panel with a flower basket, cherubs, birds, scrollwork and a central landscape vignette.

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by a Basket of Flowers and a Garland, plate 10 from the Livre de Diverses Grotesques pein…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Engraved design of two ornate knives with carved handles, one with a bearded head and figures, the other with an eagle on top

Two Knives

Flemish Aegidius Sadeler II, 1640

Engraved vertical ornament panel with satyrs, winged figures, putti and trophies, inscribed Victoria Augusta at top.

Ornament Panel Inscribed "Victoria Augusta"

Nicoletto da Modena, 1500

Engraved vertical ornamental design with nude figures, putti, a lion, fruit, kitchen utensils and scrollwork.

Ornamental Design

Johann Ladenspelder, 1540

Engraved ornamental panel with a crowned woman's head, two peacocks, putti, and an octagonal landscape vignette in the center

Ornamental Panel Surmounted by the Crowned Head of a Woman and Two Peacocks, plate 6 from the Livre de Diverses Grote…

Michel Dorigny, 1640

Engraved decorative strip showing an armored warrior with a sword above foliate scrolls and a winged figure below.

Dagger Sheath

Master of the Horse Skulls, 1500

Etched ornamental plate with two ram heads, acanthus scrolls, ribbons and hanging fruit garlands, symmetrical grotesque desig

Plate, from Ornamenti o Grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Engraved design drawing of an ornate standing cup with a tall domed cover, decorated with masks, cherubs and scrollwork.

Standing Cup with Cover, from "Novum opus cratero graphicum..."

Matthias Zündt, 1550

Engraved ornamental frieze with classical figures, scrollwork, and a central cartouche reading Theodor de Bry.

Plate 1, from a set of four frieze designs

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1590

Hand-colored design of a painted wall pilaster with birds, fruit garlands, grotesque figures, and classical medallions.

Wall Decoration, Plate XI from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano (Raphael's Loggia in the Vatican)

Giovanni Volpato, 1770

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a wall with a winged putto in an octagon, eagles, garlands, and a console table with a g

Design for a Console Table and Looking Glass

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800