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Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing three putti roundels, a central Bacchus and Ariadne scene, and winged figures bes

Bacchus and Ariadne with Autumn and Victories and Three Roundels with Putti

Felice Giani, 1790

Black chalk study of a standing male nude with one arm raised, drawn on gray paper with white highlights.

Studies of a male nude

Carlo Maratti, 1650

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a ruffled collar and flowing gown, with hatched shading on the bodice.

Woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil drawing of an ornate church processional cross with IHS monogram and evangelist names on a pale sheet.

Ecclesiastical Ornament Drawing: Cross

George E Germer, 1930

Pen and wash drawing of a farmyard with a cottage, large tree, cow, sheep, chickens and figures tending animals.

Seated Shepherd

François Boucher

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical goblet with putto handles, garland rim and fluted pedestal base.

Goblet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of six ornate chalices of varying heights, some with cherub figures supporting their stems.

Six chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate chandelier with a coiled serpent around its central stem and hanging bead garlands.

Chandelier

Giuseppe Barberi

Pencil sketch of a large iceberg with jagged peaks above calm water, with a small sailing ship in the foreground.

The Iceberg, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash sketch of three women seen from behind in full skirts and veils, with a stone urn and trees in a garden.

A Street Scene in Madrid, from Series "Sketches in Madrid"

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pen and wash sketch of a carriage with two occupants and three top-hatted riders on horseback along a road.

A Carriage and Three Riders

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pencil sketch on paper showing a standing draped female figure with smaller studies of a seated figure and a head.

Women and children

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Graphite drawing on grey paper of a standing female nude seen from behind, with a separate study of bare feet at right.

Female Nude

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown wash drawing of Venus reclining while Cupid tends her foot, with a hilly landscape and tree behind them.

Study for an Overdoor Painting, Cupid Removes a Thorn from the Foot of Venus

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1700

Pencil sketches of several sailing boats and schooners on a tan sheet, with sails and hulls drawn in varying sizes.

Sketches of Sailing Craft

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink and wash design of an arched alcove ceiling with figural friezes, putti in spandrels, and draped curtains below.

Design for Bed Alcove Ceiling Decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a tall hemlock tree with feathery branches above smaller trees and undergrowth on pale paper.

Study of Hemlock, Gorham, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of an ornamental letter B surrounded by foliage, a horse head, armor, and scrollwork.

Ornamental Design for the Letter B

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1710

Pencil sketch of a figure reaching outward amid clouds and rocky ground, a study for a bank note design.

Electricity (Motif for Bank Note Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Pencil study sheet with figure sketches, hands, feet and head profiles by Walter Shirlaw, 1880.

Studies of Figures for an Historical Representation

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of two putti beside a classical urn overflowing with flowers, on a pale sheet.

Study for a Painted Wall Decoration: Two Putti beside a Vase with Flowers

Antonio de' Dominici, 1710

Pencil sketch of a whirlwind with concentric swirling lines and streaming strokes, with handwritten color notes below.

Whirlwind

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and neck in loose graphite lines on cream paper.

Horse

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pale iceberg rendered in white gouache on tan paper, with a handwritten date in the upper right corner.

Iceberg near Cape Race, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate escutcheon with putti, scrolls, a draped curtain and a blank central oval.

Design of Escutcheon and Draped Tablet

Leonardo Scaglia, 1620

Grey and ochre study of draped classical figures in an arched tympanum, with a panel inscribed CICERO.

Study for Tympanum in Honor of Cicero

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Pencil sketch of a sailboat on a horizon under loose clouds, with hatched study forms and handwritten notes below.

Seascape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a heraldic coat of arms with a crown, star, winged crest and scrolled shield ornament.

Sketch for Coat of Arms

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pen and brown wash sketch of three classical figures: one beside a bust, one at a desk with books, one playing a lyre.

Allegories of Sculpture, Architecture and Music

Felice Giani, 1800

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 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

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

Charcoal drawing of dark storm clouds over wind-bent trees and sand dunes, with a small figure running in the foreground.

Storm Coming

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of ornamental wall paneling, oval medallions, a console table, and a seated figure sketch.

Wall decoration; console table

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of villagers gathered on a street before a whitewashed building, including women in headscarves and children.

The Artist in the Village

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and wash design sheet for a ceiling, with a central panel of Spartan women and warriors surrounded by medallions and scro

Design for Ceiling with Spartan Women in Central Rectangular Panel

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a tiered sepulchral wall monument with columns, a bust medallion, and cherub ornament.

Design for a sepulchral wall monument

Girolamo Rainaldi, 1600

Pencil sketch of a dune coastline with three sailboats on calm sea under cloudy sky.

Seascape, Prout's Neck

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a seated lyre player in pink drapery beside a dog and grazing cattle in a wooded landscape.

Apollo Guards the Herds [or Flocks] of King Admetus

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash sketch of eight octagonal panels showing Romulus and Remus legend scenes with warriors and a central emble

Romulus and Remus: Decorations for Reception Room, Aldini Villa, Montmorency

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash design drawing of draped bed hangings with a valance, curtains, and central tassel swag.

Design for a Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Two graphite and white chalk sketches of a lake shoreline with reeds, trees and cloudy sky on grey paper.

Study of lake

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1870

Pen and ink design of a square decorative ceiling with central medallion and garlands, with a small architectural sketch abov

Decorated Ceiling and Wall

Felice Giani, 1800

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

Graphite study of a curly-haired child looking upward within an oval border, with a handwritten inscription below.

Study of Child for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil and white chalk sketch of water spraying up over rocks on a tan paper ground.

Water Falling on Rocks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of fishing boats on a beach with figures carrying baskets and two sailboats on the sea behind.

Beach with Four Fishing Boats, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a long layered dress, with loose shading on the fabric folds, on cream paper.

Seated woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of figures tending horses beneath a wooden shelter, with loose hatched shading and a figure in a hat at right.

Blacksmith

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of tall masts and a group of small figures on a low horizon, with faint handwriting and stains on the paper.

Figures on a Sand Dune

Winslow Homer, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a dove and laurel branch, flanked by two winged putti, labeled Castità Matr

Matrimonial Chastity, Sala di Corneglia, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a ruined stone wall, grasses, botanical studies and handwritten color notes.

Landscape and Botanical Sketch from the Temple of the Sun, Quito, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a girl in a short dress standing on a rope swing beside tree trunks.

Girl Standing on a Swing

Winslow Homer, 1870

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

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a standing man in a zouave-style uniform with hands on hips, on blue-gray paper.

Zouave

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash sketch of three classical scenes with seated and standing figures, with handwritten Italian captions.

Cornelia, Mother of Gracchi; Socrates, Alcibiades and Aspasia; Zeus and the Maidens of Crotone

Pencil drawing of a youthful face with a garland and a bearded satyr mask with pointed ears and an open mouth.

Mask with Garland and ears; Mask with Beard and Ears of Satyr

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman resting one arm on a ledge, gazing over her shoulder, on gray paper.

Seated Female Nude, Study for Portrait of Mrs. Cortland DePeyster Field (nee Hamersley)

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures in conversation around a desk in an interior, with a handwritten Italian caption below.

Socrates, Pericles, Alcibiades, Aspasia in Discussion

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink drawing of Alexander the Great in armor facing the reclining philosopher Diogenes beside an arch, with soldiers and

Alexander the Great and Diogenes

Felice Giani, 1820

Dog

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of two sailing ships and a coiled maritime device on cream paper, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1850.

Ships at Anchor and a Maritime Device, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a putto holding a basin with a scorpion tail, a lunette design for a ceiling.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Four vertical ink designs of ornate candelabra with scrollwork, figures and armor on pale blue paper.

Four Candelabra Designs

Felice Giani, 1800