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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and ink drawing of Christ on a bordered cross with four small framed figures beside him on aged paper.

Medieval Crucifix

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Grey wash sketch of a robed bishop-like figure with a crozier and mitre among clouds, with a small cherub below.

Saint Gennaro Calming Vesuvius

Andrea Vaccaro, 1600

Red chalk study on blue paper showing sketched hands, an arm, and a reclining figure with handwritten inscription.

Dead Christ

Angelo Solimena, 1710

Studies for a religious representation

Filippo Marchionni

Ink and wash drawing of the Virgin rising with angels above kneeling apostles gathered around an open tomb.

Assumption of the Virgin

Luca Giordano, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary holding the infant Christ and a bearded man gesturing from a platform.

The Nativity

Felice Giani, 1810

Two pencil and white chalk studies of hands on tan paper, one reaching outward and one with extended fingers.

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

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pen and wash design of an ornate doorway with an allegorical vignette showing a cross, eagle, lion, and shield.

Portal Design,"la Prusse et la Religion," design for plate 40 in the "Nouvelle iconologie historique..."

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of an archway entrance with a standing robed figure and a seated figure beside a stone wall.

Entrance to a Mosque

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending among angels and clouds, with kneeling saints below looking upward.

Ascension of the Virgin

Pietro Novelli, 1640

Grey ink and wash drawing of a classical portal with caryatids, laurel garland, and an allegorical relief panel of religious

Irlande et sa Religion, (Ireland and its Religion), portal design for plate 44 in the "Nouvelle iconologie historique"

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1760

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Luke with a halo in an arched niche, holding a book, with an ox at his feet.

Saint Luke in a Niche

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pencil sketch of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, with a kneeling saint and lion below and angels above.

Virgin with Christ Child and Saint Jerome

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash study of a crowned divine figure in clouds with light rays, above kneeling people, within an ornate frame.

Study for God Appears to Moses and his Companions, Plate 171, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Charcoal and white chalk study of a seated bearded man in a robe, with sketched hands and head on brown paper.

Study for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Pope Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of four putti playing music above a lower scene of a reclining body mourned by figures in a rocky

Four Putti Making Music, Study after Lodovico Carracci; Christ, Study after Massari

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child in clouds with angels and saints in loose groups.

Virgin and Child with Saints

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Virgin ascending among angels and putti on clouds beneath a radiant heavenly glory.

Ascension of the Virgin

Giuseppe Galeotti, 1800

Four brown ink and wash studies of the Madonna and Child with saints, arranged in two rows on a single sheet.

Madonna and Child and St. John, Study after Francia; Madonna and Child with St. John, Study after Dossi; Madonna and…

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and ink drawing on red ground of a winged angel seated on a volute, one arm raised overhead.

Angel Seated on a Volute

Leonardo Scaglia, 1650

Grey wash drawing of the crucified Christ with a kneeling saint and angels in an arched composition.

Saint Jadwiga kneeling before the Crucified Christ; preparatory drawing for an altarpiece at the church of San Stanis…

Polish Szymon Czechowicz, 1720

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna seated on clouds in an arched niche, holding the Christ child.

Madonna and child

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite study on blue paper of a woman's bowed head and an outstretched arm with hand, by Daniel Huntington.

Studies for Angel in "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil drawing of the Madonna holding the Christ child with a rosary, surrounded by cherubs on clouds.

Sheet 15 of a Drawing Book, Group of the Madonna of the Rosary

Carlo Maria Giudici, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of the crucified Christ with soldiers, a skull, and a distant city.

Crucifixion

Felice Giani, 1810

Study of Titian for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures and a crowd beneath arched colonnades in an interior scene.

Christ Healing Paralytics near the Pool of Bethesda

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of turbaned, robed men in discussion around a celestial globe beneath draped curtains.

Magi Conversing about Heavenly Bodies, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

Red chalk and white highlight study on blue paper of a draped figure with outstretched arms and detailed drapery folds.

Studies for the Entombment of Christ

Giuseppe Passeri

Pencil and white chalk sketch of the Holy Family with the Virgin, Christ child, young John the Baptist, angels and a lamb.

The Holy Family

Mariano Rossi, 1800