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Pen and brown wash drawing of four ornamental architectural consoles with scrolled and fluted profiles and cornice moldings.

Four consoles

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Graphite and chalk study of a standing woman in a long period dress, one arm extended, on gray paper.

Study of Standing Woman for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Charcoal sketch of two girls in bonnets and long dresses standing close, one with her arm around the other's shoulder.

Two Girls

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of a carved mantelpiece with grotesque face, acanthus pilasters, and separate scrolled bracket stu

Mantelpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil botanical study of a large fern frond beside a flowering stem with lobed leaves and buds on cream paper.

Leaf Studies

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and brown ink sketch in four registers showing Alexander the Great's birth, a sacrifice, a battle, and a triumphal proces

Sketchbook Page: Birth of Alexander the Great; Battle of Alexander and Darius; Triumph of Alexander

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a theatrical hilltop town with turreted buildings, spires, and classical columns framing the scene.

Stage Design, Town on Hill with Turreted Buildings

Bibiena Family, 1770

Watercolor design drawing of a neoclassical bottle cooler with female masks, gilded grape garlands and a Greek key rim.

Design for a Bottle Cooler

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Circular drawing with a central heraldic shield bearing a tree, flanked by two seated women and cherubs above.

Design for a Tondo with Arms of Cardinal Giulio della Rovere

called il Trometta Niccolò Martinelli, 1570

Pen and wash drawing of architectural ornaments with an urn, griffin relief, and acanthus scrolls, with handwritten calculati

Architectural Studies and Accounting

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Drawing of a rococo ceiling design with a central circular medallion, scrollwork panels, garlands, and putti on blue-grey pap

Design for a ceiling

Robert de Cotte, 1720

Pen and brown wash design with draped curtains, oval medallions, cherubs and columns in a symmetrical decorative scheme.

Decoration for the marriage of Prince Paluzzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Charcoal and pastel drawing of three robed figures in an oval frame, one raising a torch against a pale disk.

Decorative Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Four brown ink and wash studies of mythological scenes with nude figures, putti, a centaur, and a winged lyre player.

Glauco and Scylla, study after Agostino Carracci

Felice Giani, 1820

Watercolor embroidery design of purple flowers, red poppies and wheat beside a looping gold ribbon with tassels.

Design for the Embroidery of the Top Part of a Man's Coat, Pattern No. 1410 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pen and grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint gazing up at a cross in clouds, with angels and cherubs in an arched frame.

A Saint's Vision of the Cross

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1830

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated classical woman and a winged child beside an ornate flaming oil lamp.

Oil lamp

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Brown ink drawing of an urn vase with satyr masks and grape vines on an octagonal pedestal with sphinx figures.

Design for a Vase on an Octagonal Pedestal

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Loose pencil sketch of a seated man with crossed legs, plus small studies of a shoe and hand on cream paper.

Figures

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ewer with a bird on its spout, putti reliefs, fruit garlands and vine foliage.

Design for a panel decoration showing a ewer, for a plate in the "Recueil d' Ornements"

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Pencil and wash sketch of a seated figure in a wide-brimmed hat on a wooden wagon bench under a curved canvas cover.

Back of an Army Wagon

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite sketch of dancing women in flowing draperies, with studies arranged in a chain across the top and groups below.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Watercolor design sheet of two andirons with sphinx heads, a Medusa mask, winged figures and an urn on a green panel.

Design for two andirons

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Hazy brown and green mountain slopes with trees in the foreground under a pale, cloudy sky, painted in oil on paper.

Mountains of Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of classical ruins with columns, urns, and small figures bathing beneath trees.

Architectural Fantasy with Figures Bathing

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of two women in period dress, one seated and one standing, with downcast faces and loose drapery.

Standing Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of classical ruins with fluted columns, an urn, and small figures among receding arches.

Ruin Fantasy

Louis Joseph le Lorrain

Pencil study of the Virgin and Child with a winged angel standing at left, drawn in loose sketched lines on pale paper.

The Virgin and Child with an Angel

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pen and ink architectural drawing with a front elevation of an arched building above a circular ground plan and small figures

Project for a building; point de vue in a park

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch on cream paper of a monkey's head with a crouching monkey study below and the word What written beside it.

Monkey

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a seated putto leaning on a stone tomb beneath feathery trees and plants.

Angel with Tomb

Minardi Tommaso, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a candelabrum topped by a draped female figure on a classical pedestal with a wreath.

Candelstick

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Graphite sketch of a seated woman with head tilted up, arm resting on a ledge, hand gathering drapery.

Sketch for a Portrait of a Seated Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing in two scenes: a seated queen receives two warriors above, and figures with cupids in a rocky land

Aeneas and Achates before Dido; the Love of Aeneas and Dido

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown wash drawing of a tiered funerary monument with mourning reliefs, a cross on top, and flaming urns on each side.

Funerarl Decorations for Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil study of a kneeling nude man with clasped hands, drawn on tan paper as preparation for a painting.

Nude Male Figure, Study for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Watercolor design drawing of an ovoidal tureen with draped female supports, scroll handles, a shield crest, and a figural fin

Design for an Ovoidal Tureen

Pietro Belli, 1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a Baroque altar with Corinthian columns, angels, putti and a monogrammed cartouche.

Design for an altar of the Virgin

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil study of a right hand resting on the edge of a book, with a striped sleeve and faint sketch lines below.

Study of Right Hand on a Book

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural monument with a seated reading figure in an oval niche and a putto.

Design for a monument

Corrado Giaquinto, 1740

Pen and wash design drawing of a lidded silver coffee urn with a lion head ring handle, spigot, and fluted legs.

Design for a Silver Coffee Urn

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of an altar elevation with Corinthian columns, a painted angel scene, and draped fabric with a plan belo

Design for an Altar: Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of a girl in a dress and striped stockings swinging from a tree branch, by Winslow Homer.

Girl on a Swing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of ornate candlesticks with tapered candles, putti, a sphinx figure, and obelisk-shaped bases.

Candlesticks

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of an ornamental stone relief with scrolls and leaves above a ledge, with two round fragments below.

Tomb Decorations in the Museum of Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a man and woman standing close in an embrace, with a small head study at upper right.

Man and woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Ink and wash drawing of two trophy pyramids topped by winged trumpeting Victory figures, with Italian handwritten notes.

Two Designs for a Pile of Trophies Surmounted by a Figure of Victory (or Fame)

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink wash drawing of the Virgin rising on clouds with angels, while a crowd gazes upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with a scrolling handle, two putti, fruit garlands and swags.

Design for a Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of an altar elevation in a paneled private chapel, with small figures on the altar ledge.

Elevation of an altar in a private chapel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and white chalk study of a seated woman in an off-shoulder dress, with studies of hands, a quill and an open book.

Study of Woman for "Philosophy and Christian Art"

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Brown ink drawing of a seated robed figure reading a book on clouds, with two winged angels holding palm fronds.

St. Paul in the Clouds with Angels and Palms

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and grey wash drawing of a landscape with ruins, a palm tree and a standing figure, set within an ornate decorative frame

Study for The Fleece of Gideon, Plate 375, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Trinity above apostles Peter and Paul, with angels, a cross, and clouds.

The Trinity and the Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of three ornamental pillar capitals with rams, a mask, scrolls, and a griffin-like figure.

Three capitals of pillars, with alternative suggestions

Filippo Marchionni, 1800

Watercolor design for an oblong panel with an urn, scrolls, ribbons, a caduceus and floral cornucopias on a pale ground.

Project for the Decoration of an Oblong Panel

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1780

Girl Holding a Shell

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of rococo scrollwork, acanthus leaves, and a cartouche on a pale sheet.

Decoration of an Oblong Panel and an Escutcheon

Filippo Marchionni

Grey wash drawing of Vernal Falls cascading past a domed granite peak, with pines and a rocky stream in Yosemite.

Vernal Falls, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1900

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded herm figure on a scrolled pedestal topped by an Ionic capital, with handwritten notes.

Project for a Herm

Domenico Peruzzini, 1720

Grey wash drawing of a woodland bacchanal with satyrs, nymphs, a statue, wine jars and grapes beneath trees.

Bacchanalian Scene

Johann Sebastian Bach, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornamental tablet frame with a pediment, shell motifs, urns, and a laurel wreath.

Design for the Frame of a Tablet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling veiled woman in draped robes, with a study of folded cloth below on toned paper.

Studies of the Virgin Mary and a Standing Man

Gugliemo Cortese, 1640

Charcoal drawing of a young child with voluminous curly hair turned to the side, shaded softly against a pale tan sheet.

Portrait of a Child

Samuel Worcester Rowse, 1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of a church facade with a dome, columned doorway, pediment and niche statues.

Elevation of a church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and white chalk sketch of maple trees with branches and foliage on tan paper, with handwritten note at lower left.

Maple Top on Road to Jackson, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin Mary, with angels and cherubs above.

Lamentation over Christ

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of a draped monument with putti, a helmeted figure, and shields, by Giuseppe Barberi.

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and watercolor sketch of Phaeton and Apollo on a chariot amid clouds and sun rays, with a winged cherub below.

Phaeton Bidding Apollo Farewell

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design of a four-branch candlestick with a standing figure, atlas figures, gilded eagles and relief-panelled pedes

A Candlestick with Four Branches

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Graphite and white chalk drapery study on blue paper of a standing figure in a belted gown.

Drapery Study for Angel in "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of flying putti with a garland, a she-wolf nursing two infants, and musician putti below.

Three Putti with Garland; Romulus and Remus Breastfeeding from She-Wolf; Two Putti Playing Cymbals

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown wash drawing of a neoclassical oil lamp design with side cups, fluted stem, and winged lion figures on a Greek key base

Design for an Oil Lamp

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Ink and brown wash drawing of a classical funerary monument with two draped female figures flanking an urn.

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of decorative panels, griffins, putti, columns and architectural ornament on one sheet.

Rendering of Various Decorative details of Bologna; Verso: Architectural Details

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil and wash sketch of a bearded teamster in a hat seated on a horse beside a wagon wheel.

Study of a Teamster

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor of a palace wall with a Flemish tapestry of a rider, gilt frame, carved cabinet, and upholstered armchair.

Section of a wall showing portion of Flemish tapestry, Tapestry room, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a garden with a monumental urn, obelisk, cypresses, an umbrella pine and two small figures on a path.

Fantasy of a Garden with a Monumental Urn, Sculptures, and a Fountain

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1730

Grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with scrolled handle, fruit garlands, a central mask, and reclining putti.

Design for a Decorative Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1760

Pencil sketch of a crowned figure on a spotted horse with figures below, annotated with handwritten color notes.

Ornament with Royal Procession

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a sloping mountain ridge with hatched shading, shrubs in the foreground and handwritten notes on the page.

Portion of a Mountain Panorama, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of two trophy designs with tools, drapery and wreaths above an inscribed plinth with flowers.

Designs for Two Trophies: Stonecutters and Goldsmiths

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1780

Charcoal and white chalk study of a standing draped female figure with heavy folds of cloth on grey paper.

Study for a standing woman with child, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen and brown ink drawing of two winged putti with wreath and thyrsus staff flying in a circular frame over clouds.

Two Flying Putti with Attributes of Dionysus

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink design for a vertical panel with drapery, flower garlands, a central cherub face and birds at the base.

Design for a panel

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat with arms gesturing outward, drawn in loose graphite lines.

Actor

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and ink sketch sheet with multiple scenes: a knight fighting a dragon, a battle, and classical figures.

St.George and the Dragon by Raphael; Biblical Scene; Disposition by Caravaggio; Ero e Leandro; Love by Lambert Sustri…

Brown ink design sheet with cherubs, a lion, an oval shield, caryatids and a SEMPER banner, for stained glass.

Design for Stained Glass in the Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy

Wouter Crabeth I, 1580

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a hat and long dress, drawn in loose quick lines on cream paper.

Woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical domed pavilion with columns, lattice panels, and a flower-crowned head finial.

Centerpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor of a steep mountain gorge with cascading white waterfalls and sunlit cliffs beneath a blue sky.

Toltec Gorge and Eva Cliff from the West, Colorado

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pen and grey wash drawing of a trophy arrangement with a cross, chalice, trumpets, shield, laurel and flowering branches.

Trophy with Symbols of the Virtues

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pen and wash design drawing of a rococo wall panel and fireplace with a pastoral scene framed by scrolling ornament.

Design for a Wall Panel with Fireplace

Johann August Nahl the Elder, 1740

Pencil study of two bird wings with detailed feather shading on cream paper, with faint guidelines.

Study for "Contemplative Spirit of the East," Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, MN

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Oil sketch of a standing Bedouin man in dark robe and yellow headwrap, holding a long rifle against a brown background.

Standing Bedouin Figure

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink studies of ornate candlesticks and candelabra with foliage and putti, with handwritten notes at top.

Candlesticks, Probably for the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780