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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and grey wash drawing of a jewelled earring design with faceted stone, scrolled ornament and teardrop pendants.

Design for an Earring

Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, 1740

Watercolor design drawing of a silver and gold classical ewer with a scrolling handle and gilded leaf decoration on a footed

Project for an Ewer and Basin

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Brown ink drawing split in two: a hunting scene with nude figures above, and a crowd of riders and horses in a storm below.

Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Brown ink and wash sketch of a kneeling woman before standing figures, with architecture and swirling flames above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Watercolor sketch of three brooch designs: birds with red berries, a flower cluster, and a flower with a beaded ribbon.

Designs for Three Brooches

Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a rocky landscape with a large tree at right, distant boats and hills, and a small figure.

Untitled. Landscape

Howard Russell Butler, 1900

Pen and brown wash design of a decorated interior end wall with pilasters, oval medallions, a painted panel and a doorway.

Design for the End Wall of the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing man gesturing to a seated man in an ornate chair beneath draped curtains.

An Audience

Domenico Mondo, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of two seated figures, one playing a flute, before ornate scrolled architectural decoration.

Seated Figures with Trophy

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1540

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornamental designs: a bearded mask among acanthus scrolls and a nude figure beside a grotes

Two doorknobs

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Loose dark ink sketch of a woman seated backward on a wooden chair, wearing a full dark dress, on pale paper.

Woman Seated

William Merritt Chase, 1890

Red chalk drawing on blue paper of a male torso with outstretched arm and sketched head, by Carlo Maratti.

A Torso of the Dead Christ

Carlo Maratti, 1700

Pencil and wash elevation drawing of a candlestick with urn-shaped body, handles and a square pedestal with rosette.

Elevation of a Candlestick

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Small watercolor sketch of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat, blue vest, and clogs on textured paper.

Sketch of a French Peasant

Samuel Colman, 1870

Brown ink drawing of a winged Victory figure with a wreath in an arch spandrel, with a helmeted head at right.

A Winged Victory in the Right Spandrel of an Arch

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wedding ceremony on the left and a banquet table with seated guests on the right.

Marriage of the Virgin [left]; Marriage Feast at Cana [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1580

Brown ink and wash drawing of two ornamental doorknobs, one with a coiled serpent among acanthus leaves, one with a rosette.

Two doorknobs

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a standing draped figure, architectural scrolls, arched niche and seated figure.

Sketches

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Watercolor design for a footed salt or pepper cellar with blue bowl, grapevine swags and three female heads.

Design for a Salt or Pepper Cellar

Giovacchino Belli, 1810

Ink and wash design drawing of a wall elevation with a central door, ornamental pilasters and a decorated upper frieze.

Design for a Door Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of Salome receiving the head of St. John the Baptist on a platter, with soldiers and angels.

Salome Receives the Head of St. John the Baptist

Domenico Piola, 1700

Watercolor and ink study of a standing cow's forelegs and hooves against a muted blue and tan background.

Forelegs of a Standing Cow or Ox, Newport

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers in helmets and a seated armored general with a lion in a circular composition.

Design for a Plate or a Tondo: Soldiers supplicant before a Roman General

Taddeo Zuccari, 1520

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped alcove curtain with a swag valance, rosette, scalloped fringe and tasseled side drapes

Elevation of an Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a bare elm tree with a tall trunk and spreading branches on grey paper.

Study of an Elm

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Grey wash design drawing of a draped salt cellar with Egyptian-style head supports on a stepped base.

Design for a Salt Cellar

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Cattle, a Cow Walking and a Cow Crouching

Samuel Colman, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate classical doorway with columns, relief panels, and a curved pediment.

Door Wall Elevation of the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of a crouching sphinx beside a flaming urn, framed by scrolling foliage in a decorative frieze.

Design for a Grotesque Frieze

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed woman, a peacock, and a winged figure above a reclining body, by Jan Luyken.

Juno, Mercury, and the Slain Argus

Jan Luyken, 1700