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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Oil study of a still lake with rocky shore, a pointed mountain and distant ridges under a glowing evening sky.

Mounts Katahdin and Turner from Lake Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1855

Landscape study of wooded hills, a meadow with a small house, and a warm orange foreground with pencil rock outlines.

Mt. Desert Island ?, landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted study of a tall coconut palm above terracotta tiled roofs of wooden houses, with two birds perched on its fronds.

Palm Trees and Housetops, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Painted seascape of a rocky shore with evergreens under a red sunrise sky, with distant headlands over calm water.

Schoodic Peninsula from Mount Desert at Sunrise

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose oil sketch of a calm sea under a pinkish cloudy sky with a thin distant horizon line.

Seascape with Icecap in the Distance

Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

Oil sketch of a snow-capped mountain above clouds and dark ridges, with smaller study panels of hills at right.

Studies of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Oil sketch of a snow-capped volcano above brown hills, with green shrubs and a thatched hut in the foreground.

Study of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Engraved rococo cartouche design with an eagle, peacock, grapes, garden tools and shells around an empty central panel.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Garden

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved pendant design with an armored figure in a central niche, scrollwork ornament, ribbon bow and hanging drops, on a bo

Pendant Design

Flemish Hans Collaert the Elder, 1580

Engraved sheet with three ornamental friezes of scrolls, fruit, a female face, and a flower basket.

Frieze, from the set, "Ornemens à la Mode"

Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, 1640

Engraved rococo cartouche with a pastoral scene of a flute player, seated figures, a tree, and ruins.

Design for a Cartouche with Vignette

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved grotesque panel with winged putti, grape vines, a central urn, female term figures and acanthus scrolls.

Grotesque with Putti and Grape Vines

Master of the Die, 1530

Engraving of Saint John seated on an eagle among clouds, writing in a book within a radiating halo of light.

Saint John, writing, seated on an Eagle

Giulio Romano, 1510

Engraved plate of a keyhole surrounded by scrolling foliage, with a bird and a winged figure among the ornament.

Plate 7, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Etching of a haloed preacher on a stone platform addressing a crowd, with a seated beggar and kneeling women in the foregroun

Christ Preaching ("La Petite Tomb")

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Etching of two goats perched among curling vines, leaves and berries, forming a vertical grotesque ornament border.

Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, 1610

Etching of classical gods and a warrior with shield in clouds, a chariot with radiating sun rays, and a reclining figure.

The Gods Representing the Planets

Christian Winck, 1770

Etching of the god Pan seated beside a large urn under a tree, with sheep and a distant mountain landscape.

Pan Sitting Opposite a Vase

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Woodcut of crucified Christ surrounded by saints, angels, and rose garlands, with figures rising from flames below.

The Great Rosary

Erhard Schön, 1510

Hand-colored floral design with pink, blue and white blossoms on lattice stems and feathery green, yellow and teal fern frond

Fantastic Flower Motif from Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de Fleurs Idéales

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Engraving of a seated man in a feathered turban and a seated woman in a gown beside a rococo chair and curtain.

La Sultane Favorite

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Etched fan leaf design with cherubs holding garlands, swans, a classical hunting scene, and a central medallion face.

Fan leaves, first half of the set "Desseins d'Eventails et Ecrans"

Nicolas Pierre Loir

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a cap, flanked by a sword, axe, and crowned helmet, with a lion below.

Portrait of Olivier de Clisson (1336-1407)

Alexis Loir, 1710

Engraved architectural design of a fountain with curved colonnades, sweeping stairs, and sculpted figures in a courtyard.

Print - Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved portrait of a woman with a jeweled upswept hairstyle, pleated lace ruff, and pearl necklace, dated 1600.

Portrait of Catherine-Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil (1579-1633)

Flemish Hieronymus Wierix, 1600

Engraving of a kneeling Christ reaching toward an angel with a cross while sleeping disciples lie in the foreground.

Agony in the Garden, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of women unwinding silk cocoons over a hearth in an arched interior, with a mother and child and a city street beyo

Unwinding the silk cocoons

Flemish Philip Galle, 1620

Black crayon drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, arm raised, set among dense dark foliage strokes.

Nude

Childe Hassam, 1910

Engraving of the Virgin Mary with a starry crown, standing on a crescent moon and holding the infant Christ amid radiating li

The Virgin with the Starry Crown

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a man dancing with a woman while two musicians play bagpipes and flute beside a tree.

The Year's End

Sebald Beham, 1540