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Study for "Scientific Group"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Yellow watercolor design of a mantel clock with a rose top, a cherub holding a torch, and a flaming column.

Design for Clock

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Anatomical Sketches of Heads and Facial Expressions

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman with one arm raised to her head and the other extended toward a chair.

Seated Female Nude

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Watercolor design of two andirons with a green lion on a yellow pedestal and a lattice base with rosettes.

Two designs for andirons

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Pencil sketch of a forested gorge with a waterfall between rocky cliffs, with handwritten notes on light and rock colour.

Approaching Tequendama Falls, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a right hand on cream paper with handwritten colour notes in the upper left corner.

Sketch of Right Hand for Portrait of Mrs. Kennedy

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil drawing of two draped muses, one holding a comedy mask and one reading an open book, labeled Thalia and Calliope.

Thalia, Muse of Comedy and Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor sketch of a standing young Cheyenne figure in a red shirt and fringed leggings against a pale wash background.

Cheyenne Youth

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of a female ballet dancer in an 18th-century gown with pearl and ivy trim, mid-step.

A Ballet Dancer, Mademoiselle Marie Allard

Louis Carrogis, called Carmontelle, France, 1770

Brown ink drawing of two friezes: winged figures with a sea monster above, a seated woman and an ox below.

Two Friezes with Women and Sea Monsters

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of a vertical ornamental panel with acanthus scrolls and two winged putti among the foliage.

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of a vertical panel

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Pen and wash design for a neoclassical wall panel with urns, garlands, scrolls, and a central flower vase.

Design for a Wall Panel

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with a saint, an ox, and a faint angel among clouds.

Sketches of the Virgin with the Child and a Saint

Fortunato Duranti, 1830

Grey wash architectural drawing of a triumphal arch with columns, relief panels, statues and an ornate crest on top.

Elevation of a Triumphal Arch

Giuseppe Valadier, 1770

Brown ink and wash design for an oval escutcheon with scrolls, a shell base, and two armored figures holding spears.

Design for an Escutcheon

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Watercolor design of trailing blossom garlands and a scalloped lavender border for an embroidered overskirt.

Design for the Embroidery of the Lowe Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Red chalk drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds in an arched frame, with figures around a woman and infant.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Antonio de' Dominici, 1720

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a young girl in a ruffled dress holding a drinking glass, hair blowing in the wind.

Girl Holding a Drinking Glass

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite sketch of pine trees on a rocky bank with grass and shrubs, with handwritten color notes at upper right.

Pine Trees Along a Rocky Bank, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Red chalk drawing of a seated male nude viewed from behind, arm extended, with studies of a foot at right.

Nude

Domenico Corvi, 1730

Pen and brown wash drawing showing two architectural views: a vaulted colonnade hall above and a courtyard with arches and a

Two Designs for Portico and Court of Palace

Felice Giani, 1800

Chalk study on blue paper of a muscular male nude in a twisting pose with drapery, a preparatory figure sketch.

Study of Hermes, Preparatory Study for the Fall of the Giants, Ceiling Fresco at the Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo

Gian Giacomo Barbelli, 1640

Pencil sketches on paper: a certificate design with papal arms, a standing figure, and studies of cherubs and sheep.

Design for a Printed Certifiate of a Religious Ceremony for Children

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pen and ink drawing of two octagonal scenes of classical figures in interiors, with handwritten captions below each.

Project for Two Octagonal Paintings: Daedalus using Breasts of Hebe as Model for Bowl for Jupiter. Hebe Receives this…

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated man in a curled wig gesturing toward a book, with wash shading.

Portrait of a Prelate

Brown ink and wash drawing of a monument with a seated female figure holding a torch, flanked by Corinthian columns.

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil study of a left arm and open hand extending diagonally across a cream sheet, with white highlights.

Study of Left Arm for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and red chalk drawing of a domed columned catafalque with steps, a seated figure at an easel inside the arch.

Catafalque of the Bolognese Artist Elisabetta Sirani

Matteo Borboni, 1660

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tiered monument with a bust under a crown, seated allegorical figures, and putti over a drape

Design for Stuart Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Loose graphite sketch of a female figure with flowing drapery and a raised arm, on cream paper.

Figure

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil and watercolor design with a floral urn, birds and garlands for an embroidered overskirt, partly colored.

Design for the Embroidery of the Lower Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

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

Pencil sketches of two heraldic shield designs with scrolled ornament on a pale sheet of paper.

Coat of Arms

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

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