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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

223 works

Brown toned sheet with a faint sketch of figures around a body and a darker ink group with a haloed figure above.

The Entombment

Giulio Romano, 1600

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel seated beside scrolled ornament and a large shell-shaped niche.

A Stucco Angel from the Nave Vault, Church of the Gesu, Rome," from the album "Drawings after Ornament and Architecture"

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and watercolor sketch of Apollo chasing Daphne, who reaches toward a laurel branch, in a hexagonal frame.

Apollo and Daphne

Felice Giani, 1790

Pencil sketch of bearded gods and a winged figure on a cloud bank, with a lion-like creature below, mounted in a grey border.

Gods on a Cloud-bank

Giuseppe Longhi, 1830

Pen and brown ink sketch of a rustic courtyard with a shed, a leaning tree, and a kneeling figure beside a glowing opening.

Set for a Christmas Crèche (Nativity)

Leonardo Scaglia, 1740

Brown ink and wash drawing of two Holy Family scenes with the Virgin, Christ child and Saint Joseph under a tree.

Holy Family

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1610

Ink drawing of Hercules raising a club while subduing the three-headed dog Cerberus, with an Italian caption below.

Hercules and Cerberus

Felice Giani, 1800

Red chalk drawing of the Entombment of Christ, with mourners lifting a lifeless body onto a draped slab.

Entombment of Christ

Aniello Falcone, 1640

Brown wash drawing of an winged old man on a cloud handing an infant to a seated nude woman beside a column.

Time (Chronos) Entrusting Cupid to Venus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Pen and brown wash drawing of four horizontal friezes showing crowded classical figures in Bacchic processions and sacrifices

Birth of Bacchus; triumph of Bacchus and Arianna; Triumph of Silos

Graphite and white chalk study of an outstretched arm and hand on tan paper, by Daniel Huntington, 1830.

Study of Hand for Angel Appearing to St. Peter in "Early Christian Martyrs"

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Brown wash drawing of a reclining woman with a winged cherub, a ship approaching on the sea at right.

Study for an Overdoor Painting, Ariadne Viewing the Approach of Bacchus' Ship

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1700

Brown ink drawing of nude and draped figures at a feast beside a table, with a distant classical temple in the landscape.

Diana and Callisto, Dining Room, Palazzo Rasponi, Ravenna

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil study on blue paper of a youthful head tilted downward with wavy hair and lowered eyes.

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

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink drawing of an angel kneeling before an elderly man beside a well, with standing robed figures in an arched architec

Copy after Annunciation of the Angel to Zechariah

Andrea del Sarto

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules hurling a figure into the sea, with a stormy sky, rocky shore and classical urn.

Hercules Hurls Lichas into the Sea

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink sketch of Apollo's chariot and horses driving through clouds, led by the figure of Aurora.

Triumph of Apollo and Aurora

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown wash drawing of Venus reclining while Cupid tends her foot, with a hilly landscape and tree behind them.

Study for an Overdoor Painting, Cupid Removes a Thorn from the Foot of Venus

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by winged angels and cherubs under a pale halo.

The Annunciation of the Virgin, After Guido Reni

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Ascension of the Virgin, with a crowd below and angels and clouds in the sky above.

Ascension of the Virgin

Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, 1590

Pencil sketch of horsemen, a standing figure on a horse, and a crowd with a boat in a loose study.

Feast of the Ascension celebration, Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and watercolor drawing in a hexagonal frame of Apollo with a bow striding toward a serpent-like python on a rocky ground.

Apollo kills the Python

Felice Giani, 1790

Pencil sketch on grey paper of figures around a table, a veiled woman at left and a kneeling figure at lower right.

Mary Washing the Feet of Christ

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Graphite drawing of three winged putti with trumpets and a wreath inside a stepped arched frame, with grid lines.

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

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of Ulysses and Penelope reunited with Minerva, framed by smaller classical narrative roundels and curved

The Return of Ulysses to Ithaca, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink sketch with compartments showing Elijah under a tree, a banquet, the Annunciation, and Christ among angels.

Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left…

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Circular painted design of a seated woman in pink drapery raising a cup, with two white doves above, on a gold ground.

Venus (Design for a Wall Painting)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man comforting a reclining woman in pink drapery before a rocky landscape, in a hexagonal f

Jupiter consoles an imploring goddess, probably Venus

Felice Giani, 1790

Brown ink drawing of Diana seated with a falcon, surrounded by hunting dogs, nets and hunters in a wooded landscape.

The Hunt, Personified by Diana

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of nude figures in a wooded landscape, one seated woman gesturing toward distant hills.

Diana and Endymion

Leonardo Scaglia, 1650