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Pen and grey wash drawing of a veiled seated woman holding a reaching infant beside a hatched brick wall.

Woman with Child

Fortunato Duranti, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of six small classical gods and goddesses stacked vertically, each beside an altar or attribute.

Six Antique Gods and Goddesses

Pen and ink wash drawing of Hercules wrestling and killing the Nemean lion, with an Italian caption below.

Hercules and Nemean Lion

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink sketch on blue paper showing a seated man presenting an apple to nude women, with a crowned figure at right.

Judgment of Paris

Pietro Liberi, 1650

Watercolor sketch of a sailing ship's deck with rigging, masts, and a seated sailor beside a hanging boat.

On Board Ship

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Red chalk study of a smiling young woman in a white headscarf peeling fruit over a bowl.

Katrina Van Tassel, Study for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Red chalk drawing of a winged angel or putto in flight, head turned upward, with sketched arms on a cream sheet.

A Seated Angel

Watercolor of a Neapolitan watermelon stall with vendors, customers, a pig and a dog in the street.

Water color; A Neapolitan watermelon shop

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of paired seated women in octagonal frames labeled with Muses' names, plus a small sketch below.

Autumn and Winter: Eight Muses in Pairs set in Octagons

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of two women seated on a sea wall by the water, with rocks and shoreline sketched behind them.

Two Women Seated on a Sea Wall, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil study of a twisted drape of fabric on pale paper, with faint grid lines marking the composition.

Study for "Commerce," "Passing Commerce Pays Tribute to the Port of Cleveland," United States Custom House, Cleveland…

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Graphite sketch of a cow's body and back with hatched shading, a study for a mural by Kenyon Cox.

Study for "Herding," "The Progress of Civilization: Hunting, Herding, Agriculture," State Capitol, Des Moines, IA

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Grey wash drawing of an oval ceiling design with a radiant sun god holding a torch, reclining figures, and cherubs among clou

Study for an Oval Ceiling Design, Apollo, Strength, and Love

Fedele Fischetti, 1780

Pencil sketch of two studies of a young girl looking over her shoulder, one wearing a tricorn-style hat.

Two Studies of a Young Girl Looking Over Her Shoulder

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite study of a reclining female figure in draped classical robes, with a squared grid and handwritten notes.

Study for "Equity," "The Reign of the Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pen and grey wash sketch of a reclining nude figure with flowers in her hair beneath a large tree in a landscape.

Sketch, Landscape

Antonio Baini, 1800

Watercolor of a forest stream cascading over large boulders beneath green trees, signed F. H. Smith and dated 1870.

Study of a stream

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1870

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man seated at a table served by two attendants, with a shield and sword on the wall.

Man at Supper with Attendants

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor and ink design drawing of an ornate baroque candlestick with scrolled feet and floral decoration, with a scale bar

Design for a Candlestick

Unknown artist, 1770

Ink and wash design for a dome fresco showing clouds, angels, saints and putti above painted arched windows.

Project for a Fresco in the Dome of the Cathedral in Citta di Castello

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1780

Pencil study of a man in a coat and cravat with handwritten color notes in the margins, by Daniel Huntington.

Study for Portrait of Mr. Winthrop

Daniel Huntington, 1880

A Medal of Napoleon Bonaparte as President of the Italian Republic, verso; Hebe Gives Immortality to Hercules's Chari…

Felice Giani, 1800

Loose oil sketch of a seated Bedouin man in a striped robe and red headcloth, holding a long staff, on sandy ground.

Seated Bedouin Figure

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venus reclining on clouds with Cupid, above two standing putti beside a balustrade.

Venus and Cupid, Study after Annibale Carracci

Felice Giani, 1820

Graphite and white chalk study of a right hand with curled fingers on a brown-gray paper sheet.

Study of a Right Hand

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and wash design drawing of two ewers, a swing-handle bowl, and a figural stand, with ornamental masks and scrollwork.

Designs for Two Ewers and a Swing-Handle Bowl

Luzio Romano, 1540

Pencil sketch of women carrying baskets on a beach with sailboats on sand and figures near the sea.

Beach Scene with Women Carrying Baskets, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown wash drawing of the Nativity: Virgin and Christ child, kneeling figures, and angels in clouds beneath a shaft of light.

Birth of Christ

Antonio Cavallucci, 1800

Pen and grey wash design for a coffered ceiling with a central frieze of horsemen and winged figures in square panels.

Ceiling Cabinet Dedicated to War, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of women gathered on a beach with sailboats on the water and a seated figure in the lower right.

Groups of Women at Beach, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Small sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a pink and mauve twilight sky.

Iceberg at Twilight, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite and chalk drawing of a left foot resting on a plinth, with toes shaded on gray paper.

Left Foot From a Plaster

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink drawing of Numa Pompilius seated with the nymph Egeria in a rocky grotto landscape within an oval frame.

Numa Pompilius and Egeria, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate covered reliquary with cherubs, scrollwork and a figure on top.

Design for Reliquary

Leonardo Scaglia, 1630

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate silver standing cup with lobed bowl, scrolled stem and figure finial.

Design for a Silver Standing Cup

Moravian Wenzel von Olmütz, 1400

Pen and ink architectural design of two Corinthian columns with arched pediments and faint putti, by Carlo Fontana.

Design for Altar at Santo Spirito dei Napolitani (Holy Spirit of the Neapolitans), Rome, Italy

Carlo Fontana, 1700

Painting of a cardamom flowering spike with pink-tipped white bracts and yellow blossoms against dark green leaves.

Cardamom, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Bust of Man Crowned with Vine Wreath

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Red chalk study of draped fabric folds for a standing woman figure on tan paper, with faint grid lines.

Study for a standing woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf seated on a grassy bank, with distant boats and trees across a hazy landscape.

Girl Seated on a Tree Trunk

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash sketch of a lancer on horseback holding a long lance, with the horse outlined faintly at right.

Lancer on Horseback

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite sketch of tall umbrella pines with spreading crowns, a smaller pine at lower right, labeled Borghese Villa, Rome.

Study of Pines, Borghese Villa, Rome

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Sketch of a seated man smoking a pipe in a red cap and jacket, with two donkeys on a pale background.

Smoking Man and Donkeys

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two girls standing in tall grass, one in a wide hat with her arm around the other in a bonnet.

Two Girls in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a shouting sailor in a sou'wester raising his arm, with a ship on the sea behind him.

The Lookout

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch sheet with tree studies, palm fronds, an alligator, and handwritten notes on foliage and bark colour.

Botanical Sketches with an Alligator, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two tree trunks with leafy branches framing a woodland opening, drawn on cream paper.

Sketch of Trees

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Ink and wash sketch of a bearded older man in a wide-brimmed hat, mounted on tan board with a red wax seal.

Head of a Bearded Man

William Merritt Chase, 1870

Ink and wash sheet with thirteen roundel and octagonal studies of Apollo mythological scenes, annotated in red ink.

Thirteen Apollo Subjects for Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude and draped female figures in a landscape beside a classical column and curtain.

Diana and Callisto, after Domenichino

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design of floral sprigs and ferns in a cartouche with green and violet borders, for an embroidered waistcoat.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1777 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Pencil sketch of a standing male nude with handwritten proportion notes in the margins and along the bottom.

Sketch of a Male Nude with Notations

Winslow Homer, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a funeral catafalque with an obelisk, flanking draped figures, and ornamental reliefs on a tiered base.

Project for a Catafalque for the Funeral Service for Pope Pius VI in Forli

Felice Giani, 1790

Pen drawing of three vertical candelabrum designs with classical figures, urns, scrollwork and foliage on pale paper.

Candelabrum Designs

Giovanna Benati, 1800

Pen and brown wash design for a wall with arches, pilasters, hanging garlands, draped curtains and candelabra.

Design for Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a bonnet carrying a basket in a grassy field with trees behind her.

Young Woman Carrying a Basket

Winslow Homer, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude with arm raised behind his head, resting on draped cloth, on worn paper.

Slave from Hero and Leander in the Galleria Farnese, after Annibale Carraci

Annibale Carracci

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of three men, one seated, one standing looking up, one leaning on a ledge.

Three Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Watercolor design for an embroidered coat lapel with black fabric, painted flower bouquets, and pearl bead trim on pale paper

Design for Embroidered Coat (upper section), Gilet lapel, pattern 1464 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate altar elevation with arched niches, standing figures, and putti.

Elevation of an Altar

Leonardo Scaglia, 1650

Pencil study of a standing woman with foliage in her hair and draped cloth, sketched on cream paper.

Study for a standing woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Colored drawing of an ornate classical ceiling design with medallions, garlands, scrollwork, and figures in red, blue and gol

Ceiling in Hadrian's Villa, near Tivoli

Luigi Rossini, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures in an interior, with an ambassador holding a staff before a seated man.

Ceiling Design: Roman Ambassador Ask the Sabine Numa Pompilius to Reign over Rome, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Mil…

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor of an ornate interior wall with a central door, sculptural pediment, painted urns and garlands, and a console tabl

Section of wall, bedroom of Marie Antoinette, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880