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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Graphite drapery study of swirling and falling cloth, labeled Jacob and the Angel, on aged paper.

Drapery Study for "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Red chalk drawing of an angel with large wings, arm outstretched, and loose draped robes, framed by a black and gold border.

Angel with large wings

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and ink study of the Flight into Egypt with the Holy Family on a donkey, angels above among palm trees, and a distant lan

Study for Painting "The Flight into Egypt"

Antonio Bellandi, 1850

Charcoal study of two muscular nude male figures wrestling, one arm raised over the other's shoulder, on toned paper.

Figure Study for "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Watercolor design for a stained glass window showing a kneeling haloed figure reaching toward a standing bearded Christ figur

Stained glass window: Christ and Peter

John C. Wolf, 1900

Sketch on red paper of a robed female saint with raised arm, plus studies of a head and hands.

A Dominican Female Saint in Ecstasy and Other Studies

Sante Pacini, 1770

Gray chalk drawing on tan paper of a kneeling angel with bowed head, feathered wings, and draped robe.

A Kneeling Angel

Elisabetta Sirani, 1800

Watercolor stained glass design of a haloed young figure among bearded robed men beneath Gothic arches.

Stained glass window: Young Christ among the doctors

John C. Wolf, 1900

Blue ink drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, with sketched heads in the margins.

Madonna and Child

Egisto Rossi, 1830

Grey wash drawing of an ornate bedstead in an arched hall with robed figures gesturing, inside a rococo frame.

Study for The Iron Bedstead of King Og, Plate 324, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Brown ink and wash sketch of the Baptism of Christ with a central standing figure, flanking figures, and a dove in clouds.

Baptism of Christ

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1610

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna on clouds handing a rosary to a kneeling saint, with angels and putti around them.

Madonna Appearing to Saint

Rodriguez, 1640

Red chalk drawing of shepherds adoring an infant in a basket, within an arched frame with columns.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Antonio de' Dominici, 1720

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

Entombment of Christ

Aniello Falcone, 1640

Pen and brown ink sketch of several robed figures, one raising an arm above a pedestal and another seated below.

Four Sketches of a Saint

Francesco Manno, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a child, a lamb, and a rocky landscape with a tall tree.

Madonna and Child with St. Anna and Lamb, after Leonardo

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketches of a Madonna and Child with studies of faces and a hand, after works in the Uffizi.

Madonna and Child, Sketches after Leonardo Da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo of Works in the Uffizi, Florence

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated among onlookers as a woman stands before soldiers in an arched hall.

Christ and the Adulterous Woman

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1750

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

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

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, 1720

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