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Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds surrounded by angels and putti within an oval.

Design for a Ceiling with the Ascension of the Virgin

Francesco Trevisani, 1700

Pen and wash drawing of two ornate bronze keyhole escutcheon designs with scrolling foliage and garlands.

Design for Two Bronze Key Plates

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Watercolor study of a cow's head facing forward, with white face, brown ears and curved horns on tan paper.

Two Studies of Cattle

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketches of ornate monstrance designs with oval crystal settings and rococo scrolls, plus a stepped base study.

Monstrance and Crystal Cover

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures, a horseman, and a crowd beneath a canopy, with a distant landscape.

Spiritus Intellectus

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a man with a scythe in a field, seen from behind, with two distant workers and trees.

Man with a Scythe

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of figures in colorful traditional Calabrian costumes on a dirt path beside a tree, with headdresses and staffs.

Costumes of South Calabria

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Pale sketch of clouds over a calm sea with a small distant iceberg on the horizon.

Distant Iceberg at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged woman driving a chariot of winged horses, with a trumpeting putto in the clouds.

Fame or Victory in a Chariot, Sala di Nike, Palazzo Naldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of a draped canopy bed alcove with a standing figure in a plumed hat at the right.

Bed Alcove with a Figure

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Painting of a seaport at night with town lights reflecting on calm water, a sailboat, and distant hills.

Night View of a Seaport

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a group of robed standing figures, one bearded man holding a staff at center.

Paul Preaching in Athens, after Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a youth taming a rearing white horse while a seated figure and soldiers watch.

Alexander the Great Taming Bucephalus

Felice Giani, 1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of Neptune riding a sea chariot over waves, with attendant figures blowing a horn.

Neptune Riding over the Sea in a Chariot

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of an old man kneeling before a seated warrior in a tent, with a banquet table and figures behind.

Priam in the Tent of Achilles

Felice Giani, 1790

Painting of rough surf breaking in white foam against dark rocks on a coast under a grey sky.

Maine Surf, Mt. Desert Island

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of a winged figure representing Virgo within a semicircular lunette, with clouds and handwritten notes.

Virgo, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and grey wash drawing of a Roman military trophy with armor, shields, spears, an eagle, and S.P.Q.R. banners.

A Trophy of Weapons Intended to be Executed in Painting

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pencil sketch of tree tops and foliage on tan paper, with the handwritten word Niagara at upper right.

Tree Tops, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a two-masted schooner on calm water with its reflection, and a smaller sailboat to the right.

Two-masted Schooner

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and ink design of a winged victory figure with a wreath and trumpet, beside handwritten notes and small figure studies.

Design for Victory holding a Wreath and Trumpet and Studies for Various Decorations

Felice Giani, 1810

Colorful watercolor design of ceiling panels with star patterns, rosettes, acanthus leaves and floral garlands.

Design for Ceiling, City Hall, Vienna, Austria

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1890

Pencil and watercolor sketch of two peacocks on open ground with trees and shrubs behind them, by Walter Shirlaw, 1880.

Two Peacocks in a Landscape

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a three-masted schooner near a rocky, wave-broken coastline with an oval museum stamp in the corner.

Schooner Near a Rocky Coast

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown wash design drawing of a fireplace mantelpiece with carved putti reliefs, garlands, and pilasters.

Design for Mantelpiece Reliefs, Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and gray wash design for a rococo frontispiece with a central coat of arms, cherubs, flower urns, and garlands.

Design for a Frontispiece

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornamental panel with scrolls, rosettes and acanthus leaves above a fluted pedestal.

Design for a Wrought-Iron Balcony

Jean François Forty, 1770

Watercolor design of a horizontal garland of red and pink flowers with yellow-green leaves, numbered No. 4.

Design for a printed framing, pattern no. 4 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of two ornate monstrance elevations with scrolling frames, draped swags and small figures.

Project for the Elevation of a Monstrance

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of three panels showing robed figures in arched interiors, studies for Passion scenes.

Three Stages of the Passion: The Mockery, Christ before Pilate, Flagellation

Francesco Coghetti, 1830