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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and blue wash drawing of an ornate ewer with a grotesque mask, scroll handle, drapery swags and pedestal base.

Design for a Ewer

Auguste Bergeret, 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of three vertical ornamental bands showing wheat ears, a leafy vine, and oval beads.

Three bands

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Graphite drawing of a draped woman seen from behind holding a celestial sphere, identified as Urania, Muse of Astronomy.

Urania, Muse of Astronomy

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of two nude putti, one holding a bundle of stalks and one raising a sprig of foliage.

Design for a Lunette, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, Summer

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1690

Pencil study sheet with sketches of heads, faces, eyes, a crouching figure and a reclining body on pale paper.

Anatomical Sketches of Heads, Faces, and Eyes

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated classical woman in draped robes, one arm outstretched, on a pedestal.

Study after an Antique Statue of a Seated Woman

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of an allegorical scene with a winged warrior, armored men, a seated woman, and horsemen.

Allegorical subject

Domenico Mondo, 1800

Red chalk drawing of studies of figures, including a reclining nude, a standing man in a hat, and a robed figure.

Studies of Five Figures

called Maso da San Friano Tommaso d’Antonio Manzuoli, 1580

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate ewer with putti, scrolling handle, mask spout and dolphin-supported foot.

Design for an Ewer

Jean-Bernard Turreau, 1700

Brown wash drawing of two rococo escutcheon designs with scrolls, masks, a cherub and laurel foliage.

Design for Two Escutcheons

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Ink and wash drawing of two neoclassical wall panel designs, one with a tree between seated figures and a landscape medallion

Designs for a Wall Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of a vertical panel with a helmet, shield, crossed swords and a fluted column as trophies.

Panel of Trophies

Felice Giani, 1800

Red chalk drawing of two children with a dog and sheep in a landscape, with an urn and cherub heads above.

Two Children

François Boucher, 1770

Brown ink drawing of a winged classical figure reaching toward a wreath in an arch spandrel, with pencil guidelines.

A Winged Victory in the Left Spandrel of an Arch

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated robed woman with scrolls, cherubs and an Egyptian-style figure on clouds.

The Philosopher, After Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate candelabra-style scaffolding with candles, scrollwork and garlands, plus smaller studi

Scaffolding for Exhibition of a Revered Painting

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of a standing bishop in a mitre holding a crozier, one arm outstretched, on pale paper.

Standing Bishop

Belisario Corenzio, 1610

Pencil sketch on paper of several daggers with ornate hilts and blades, with handwritten notes about gold embossed hilts and

Daggers

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decorative urn with putti on the lid, nude figures holding garlands, and winged creatures on

Decorative urn

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer on horseback with surrounding studies of heads and a dog.

Two Sketches of an Officer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink sketch of Venus in an oval composition surrounded by cherubs, winged figures and clouds beneath a crescent moon.

The Triumph of Venus designed for the bedroom of Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate oil lamp with female figure supports and a looped handle on a tall stem.

Design for an Oil Lamp

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Drawing of a pendant with a satyr's head, scrolls, pearl drops and a shield cartouche in brown and blue wash.

Design for pendant with satyr's head

Medici Family, 1500

Grey wash drawing of an ornate rococo wall design with fireplace, scrollwork, cherubs and framed panels.

Design for a Chimney Piece and Adjoining Bays with Alternative Suggestions

Nicolas Pineau, 1700

Chalk design sketch of a tiered centerpiece with shell-like base and small putti, on yellowed paper.

Design for a Centerpiece

Johannes Lutma, 1630

Red chalk drawing of a standing nude man holding a long staff diagonally across his body on a toned paper.

Study of a nude

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1740

Pen and watercolor sketch of an elegant couple in a red shawl and dark coat entering a crowded arched hall.

Arriving at the Hall

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pencil sketch of a Siena cathedral interior with inlaid marble floor, pulpit, Gothic arches, and a fresco of robed figures.

Notes of the Duomo Choir, Siena, Italy

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Study of Woman Praying for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840