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Pen and brown ink studies of ornate candlesticks and candelabra with foliage and putti, with handwritten notes at top.

Candlesticks, Probably for the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Loose pencil sketch of a standing figure with a head covering on a pale sheet of paper.

Figure

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of three stacked trapezoid decorative panels with mythological figures, putti, centaurs and flowers.

Decorative Project: Three Trapezoids with Flora and Zefiro

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil study of a woman's left arm and hand reaching toward a coin, with a separate sketch of her right hand above.

Studies of the Left Arm and Right Hand of a Woman

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil study of a swan with spread wing and curved neck beside a column and scrollwork, on pale paper.

Study for "The Sources of Wealth," Union Trust Company Building, Cleveland, OH

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil and watercolor sketch of gnarled cypress tree trunks in a grove, with a small building at the right edge.

Cypress Trees of Chapultepec, Mexico

Samuel Colman, 1890

Brown wash drawing of an arched stone doorway with an inscription DOMVS, dimension lines, and handwritten notes beside it.

Doorway for a town mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of a baroque architectural title page with a saint slaying a dragon and skeleton figures in niches.

Title Page, Part 9, from an Album of Drawings belonging to Don Gaspero Méndez de Haro y Guzman

Gasparo Mendez de Haro y Guzman, 1800

Red chalk and grey wash drawing of several architectural window cases and pediments with scrolled and shell ornaments.

Window Cases with Alternate Suggestions

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Graphite sketch of a seated nude woman with one arm raised to her head and legs crossed, on aged paper.

Study of a female figure

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Watercolor design of a radiant monstrance with angels, clouds, and two kneeling angels supporting a draped cloth below.

Project for a Ostensory

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of craggy mountain ridges above a sloping foreground, with the handwritten label Königsee at lower right.

Mountains over the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketches of ornamental rococo tablet frames with scrolls, urns, shells and moldings on pale paper.

Six Sketches for Tablet Frames

Carlo Marchionni, 1740

Pencil sketch of an arched doorway in a building with shadowed walls and loose foliage above, dated 1880.

Doorway

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Graphite drawing on grey paper of a pair of male legs beside a pedestal, with a muscular arm and clenched fist below.

Two Partial Anatomical Studies

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical title page with two draped women framing an oval portrait medallion.

Title page of a book

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate lip-spout pitcher with scrolling handle and a figural relief panel on its body.

Lip-spout pitcher

Auguste Bergeret, 1700

Pencil drawing of a winged woman seated on draped cloth, looking upward while writing on a tablet with a stylus.

Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite study sheet with a violin, several hands gripping an instrument and bow, a scroll detail, and a shoe.

Study of Hands of a Violin Player

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ecclesiastic stall design with a central arched niche, columns, and seated clergy figures.

Designs for Ecclesiastic Stalls

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical scenes with seated women, cornucopia, scales, and winged putti.

Two Octagons: Vigilance, Beneficence

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree beside a road, with a low wall and a figure with a cart in the background.

A Road in Polling, Bavaria

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a coat of arms with six stars, flanked by two winged putti, trumpet, hourglass and garlands.

Coat of arms of Cardinal Vincenzo Maria Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a two-masted schooner with dinghies alongside, and a small rowboat with a rower below.

Schooner and Three Dinghies

Winslow Homer, 1880

Black and white chalk study of a seated male nude looking upward, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Study for a Male Nude

Gian Giacomo Barbelli, 1740

Graphite and chalk study of a standing woman in a period gown with ruffled cuffs and full skirt, on gray paper.

Study of Sophia Chew for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of four allegorical scenes with classical columns, a winged trumpeter, and theatre masks.

Four Allegories of Commedia and Tragedy

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of ornamental designs with putti, foliage scrolls, a pedestal and small birds in medallions.

Ceiling decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Neoclassical design drawing of a centerpiece with a lattice bowl, two draped women holding garlands, and winged sphinxes.

Design for a Centerpiece

Pietro Belli, 1820

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a standing female nude with hair pulled back, one hand resting on a ledge.

Standing Female Nude

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Painting of a leaning coconut palm and an ivy-covered palm with a figure in a straw hat at right, under a pale sky.

Coconut Palm with Figure, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash design for a tomb with a draped female figure holding a cross above a sarcophagus and two putti.

Design for a Tomb

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Textile design drawing with white and blue flowers, leaves and scallop shells on a brown ground, 1800.

Design for a Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical wall designs with seated female figures and winged putti.

Justice and Strength: Project for Two Octagonal Wall Paintings

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of three scenes with draped classical figures, a sarcophagus and a reclining lion.

Sarcophagus and allegorical figures

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a stone fountain, walking figures in top hats, and a woman in a hat in the foreground.

Fountain

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Assumption of the Virgin, with angels above and kneeling figures around a tomb below.

The Assumption

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Brown ink drawing of an oval classical scene framed by radiating rays, with putti and a scrolled base below.

Decoration in a church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a tricorn hat and cloak, set within a blue-green and yellow ink border.

A Standing Man

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700

Pencil and ink sketch of a man in a high-collared uniform beside a book, with a cloudy sky and handwritten text on the page.

Sketch, Figure in Uniform with Book

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pen and ink architectural plan of a bastion with a circular central structure, labels, notes, and an octagonal diagram above.

Plan of a Bastion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Colored design drawing of a gilded reliquary with columns, a central urn, winged figures holding it up, and a risen figure on

Reliquary in White Marble and Gilded Bronze

Luigi Righetti, 1810

The Head of a Despairing Young Woman

Andrea Appiani the Elder, 1790

Pen and wash drawing of a classical double door design with a figure-filled overdoor, fluted pilasters and scrolling ornament

Design for a Double Door and Overdoor

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child giving rosaries to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine, with cherubs in clouds above.

Design for an Altar Painting, Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Rosary from the Virgin and Child

Fedele Fischetti, 1780

Pencil sketch of a coconut palm trunk with ringed bark, fronds and fruit at top, with handwritten color notes on the page.

Coconut Palm, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a boy in a cap standing on a wooden swing, holding the ropes overhead, with handwritten notes below.

Boy on a Swing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Ink and wash drawing with four panels depicting scenes from the myth of Apollo, including Daphne, Hyacinth and the Python.

Four Drawings of the Myth of Apollo; Decoration of a Wall over a Mantel, Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor and ink sketch of a woman in a yellow bodice and blue skirt with a pink shawl and high hairstyle.

A Lady Promenading

Édouard de Beaumont, 1880

Black chalk and white heightened study of a seated bearded man in draped robes gesturing with outstretched hands on blue pape

Studies: Two sitting men

Carlo Maratti, 1650

Grey wash drawing of a grotesque ornamental figure with a bearded mask in a medallion, garlands, and a seated figure on top.

Grotesque Figure

Filippo Marchionni

Pencil and wash sketch of a uniformed mounted cavalryman in a kepi cap beside a horse, with a second figure at upper right.

Mounted Cavalryman

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and ink landscape of trees and a road leading to a hilltop town with a dome.

Road Leading to a Mountainous Town

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Oil sketch of tree trunks, a clinging epiphyte and rocks in dense jungle undergrowth, inscribed Jamaica.

Trees in the Jungle Interior, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of a domed columned altar canopy topped with a statue and figures, by Giuseppe Barberi, 1780.

Design for an Altar

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of an ornate bay window with a pointed roof beside an arched doorway on tan paper.

Bay window

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a brook flowing beside two leafy trees and grassy banks, drawn in soft graphite tones.

Brook and Trees

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1840

Watercolor design with a column, oval monogram cartouche, pink roses and floral garlands on a pale ground.

Design for the Embroidery of the Right Top Part of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Loose pencil and colored chalk sketches of several figures on a peach-toned sheet, with a yellow and gray accent at right.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen and ink wash sketch of two men in an interior with a draped curtain, a barred window and a plumed hat.

The Beheading of St. John Baptist

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil architectural drawing of a pediment with a circular medallion, Corinthian columns, and two small sketched cherubs belo

Design of a Sepulchral Monument for a Cloister

Carlo Marchionni, 1740

Pencil sketch of two sailboats on water at the center of a pale cream sheet, with faint smudges across the page.

Sailboats

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Dance Movement

Carroll Beckwith, 1900

Pencil drawing of an ornate door frame design with a scrolled pediment and central cartouche on pale paper.

Design for a Door Frame

Filippo Barigioni, 1720