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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Grey ink and wash drawing of a classical portal with caryatids, laurel garland, and an allegorical relief panel of religious

Irlande et sa Religion, (Ireland and its Religion), portal design for plate 44 in the "Nouvelle iconologie historique"

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1760

Pencil study on blue paper of a youthful head tilted downward with wavy hair and lowered eyes.

Study of Angel's Head for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Luke with a halo in an arched niche, holding a book, with an ox at his feet.

Saint Luke in a Niche

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Brown ink drawing of an angel kneeling before an elderly man beside a well, with standing robed figures in an arched architec

Copy after Annunciation of the Angel to Zechariah

Andrea del Sarto, 1600

Pencil sketch of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, with a kneeling saint and lion below and angels above.

Virgin with Christ Child and Saint Jerome

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash study of a crowned divine figure in clouds with light rays, above kneeling people, within an ornate frame.

Study for God Appears to Moses and his Companions, Plate 171, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Charcoal and white chalk study of a seated bearded man in a robe, with sketched hands and head on brown paper.

Study for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Pope Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of four putti playing music above a lower scene of a reclining body mourned by figures in a rocky

Four Putti Making Music, Study after Lodovico Carracci; Christ, Study after Massari

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child in clouds with angels and saints in loose groups.

Virgin and Child with Saints

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Virgin ascending among angels and putti on clouds beneath a radiant heavenly glory.

Ascension of the Virgin

Giuseppe Galeotti, 1800

Four brown ink and wash studies of the Madonna and Child with saints, arranged in two rows on a single sheet.

Madonna and Child and St. John, Study after Francia; Madonna and Child with St. John, Study after Dossi; Madonna and…

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Ascension of the Virgin, with a crowd below and angels and clouds in the sky above.

Ascension of the Virgin

Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, 1590

Pencil sketch of horsemen, a standing figure on a horse, and a crowd with a boat in a loose study.

Feast of the Ascension celebration, Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink drawing on red ground of a winged angel seated on a volute, one arm raised overhead.

Angel Seated on a Volute

Leonardo Scaglia, 1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna seated on clouds in an arched niche, holding the Christ child.

Madonna and child

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch on grey paper of figures around a table, a veiled woman at left and a kneeling figure at lower right.

Mary Washing the Feet of Christ

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Grey wash drawing of the crucified Christ with a kneeling saint and angels in an arched composition.

Saint Jadwiga kneeling before the Crucified Christ; preparatory drawing for an altarpiece at the church of San Stanis…

Polish Szymon Czechowicz, 1720

Brown ink and wash drawing of the crucified Christ with soldiers, a skull, and a distant city.

Crucifixion

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite study on blue paper of a woman's bowed head and an outstretched arm with hand, by Daniel Huntington.

Studies for Angel in "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil drawing of the Madonna holding the Christ child with a rosary, surrounded by cherubs on clouds.

Sheet 15 of a Drawing Book, Group of the Madonna of the Rosary

Carlo Maria Giudici, 1800

Pen and ink sketch with compartments showing Elijah under a tree, a banquet, the Annunciation, and Christ among angels.

Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left…

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Study of Titian for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of turbaned, robed men in discussion around a celestial globe beneath draped curtains.

Magi Conversing about Heavenly Bodies, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures and a crowd beneath arched colonnades in an interior scene.

Christ Healing Paralytics near the Pool of Bethesda

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

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, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a swooning woman held by two winged angels, with a man and a cherub beside her.

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Felice Giani, 1810

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 blue wash drawing of two embracing bearded saints on clouds, with a rower in a boat and onlookers in an oval frame.

Two Saints

Corrado Giaquinto, 1710

Pen and brown wash study of a saint in ecstasy on clouds above, and a classical scene with a canopy and winged angel below.

Saint in Ecstacy, After Franceschini; Classicized Version of Vision of St. Catherine of Vigri, Study after Franceschini

Felice Giani, 1820

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