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Pen and watercolor design for an ornamental cross with winged angels, cherubs on clouds, garlands and crossed staffs.

Design for a Cross

Pietro Belli, 1810

Red chalk sketch of a standing woman holding a child on her hip, drawn on thin translucent paper.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude male figure turning his head, resting one arm on a ledge, on toned paper.

Drawing, Nude

Domenico Corvi, 1730

Red chalk drawing of a seated turbaned woman reading an open book, with a younger figure behind her on the left.

The Persian Sibyl

Michelangelo, 1600

Pen and grey wash drawing of two architectural window cases with pediments, garlands, and a carved mask.

Two Window Cases

Filippo Marchionni, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate ceremonial mace with an oval cartouche flanked by two figures on a tall shaft.

Mace with Arms of Pope Pius VII

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pen and grey wash drawing of a draped female figure balancing on a sphere, holding a pole that supports a double-bowled oil l

Desing for an Oil Lamp

Vincenzo Belli, 1820

Watercolor design of a painted ceiling above a living room elevation with fireplace, marble dado, draped sofa and Italian not

Design for Living Room with Alternate Suggestions

Gaspare Salvi, 1810

Pencil portrait of a young woman with a braided hair and shawl, drawn on brown paper with handwritten inscription below.

Senorita Filetta Molina Bolador del Carmen, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a child in a wide-brimmed hat reaching for a toy sailboat near water and rocks.

Theodore Cole Pulling his Toy Sailboat, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Monochrome watercolor of a granite cliff above conifers and boulders reflected in still water at Mirror Lake, Yosemite.

Mirror Lake, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil studies of monkeys on cream paper, including a head study of a marmoset and a young monkey, with handwritten labels.

Money and Marmoset

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a rococo candle bracket with two cup-shaped holders and curling leafy scrollwork on toned paper.

Design for a Candle Bracket

Romain Girard, 1770

Grey wash drawing of a ceiling design with an enthroned female figure, a dove, putti and allegorical figures among clouds.

Sketches for a Ceiling Painting: The Triumphant Church

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, 1740

Pencil sketch of two slender bare trees rising from boulders, with a small shrub at right, on tan paper.

Trees and Boulders near Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet and fringed shawl conversing with a man in a top hat holding a cane.

The Conversation

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pen and wash architectural drawing of an arched doorway with rusticated stonework, keystone and rosettes, with handwritten me

Doorway with alternative suggestions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil and chalk drawing of a stone gate tower with pointed roof and gabled houses along a village street on tan paper.

Neumagen sur la Moselle (Neumagen on the Moselle)

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1820

Pen and wash design for a jeweled pendant with a bow top, green gems, and a cross of faceted stones.

Design for a Pendant with Cross

Girolamo Venturi, 1730

Tall ornamental panel with turquoise ground, white garlands, urns, figures and a central medallion in neoclassical style.

Panel of Arabesques for the Hôtel de Salm, Paris

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1780

Pencil sketch of two horses, one saddled and one carrying a mounted rider in uniform, on pale paper.

Two Horses, One Mounted

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a nude female figure holding flowers and drapery, leaning forward on a pale sheet of paper.

Venus Picking Flowers

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Handwritten ink inventory on grid paper listing saint and religious painting titles with prices and attributions.

Inventory of Paintings

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child in glory with angels above, and a winged warrior driving a falling demon below.

Madonna and Child in Glory, Study after Mastelletta; Angel Gabriel Driving Lucifer from Heaven, Study after Marcanton…

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil drawing of a trophy of armor, helmet, shields and swords with wheat and foliage around a winged hourglass.

Trophy with Winged Hourglass

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pen-and-ink drawing of ornate wall panels and niches with sketched running figures above, on grey-blue paper.

Atalanta and Hippomenes

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of four vertical pilaster strips with medallions, lattice, garlands and foliage ornament.

Design for Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Design for Magazine Cover

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pencil sketch of a woman resting her head on her hand, drawn as a design for a magazine cover, with faint layout panels.

Design for Magazine Cover

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Brown ink wash drawing of Judith holding a raised sword beside the severed head of Holofernes, with an attendant kneeling at

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Grey wash drawing of a symmetrical chimneypiece with a central urn, star ornaments, and garland swags.

Ornament for the Intersec

Giuseppe Valadier, 1770

Drawing of a fountain design with nude figures supporting a draped basin and a tall central column, in black chalk and white

Project for a Fountain

Etienne-Maurice Falconet, 1720

Watercolor drawing of a trophy of war and peace with helmet, drums, arrows, laurel, and blue ribbons on a pedestal.

Trophy with Attributes of War and Peace

Henri Sallembier, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of a woman in a bonnet, dark fringed shawl and full skirt, holding a rolled bundle.

La dame au châle (Lady in a Shawl)

Constantin Guys, 1840

Vertical watercolor pilaster design with scrolling foliage, floral garlands, and a female head in an oval medallion.

Painting Decoration of a Pilaster Strip

Giacomo Casa, 1850

Pencil landscape drawing of a farmhouse, leaning tree, wooden gate and rocky ground under a pale sky.

Landscape with Farm

Vincenzo Martinelli, 1800

Pencil sketch of a partial figure with curved lines on an aged paper sheet, with a faint stamp at lower left.

Figure

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child enthroned between two bishops, with a young saint and putti pulling back curtains.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Bishops with St. John

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink sketches of ornamental tablet frames with rococo scrollwork, shells and a grotesque mask.

Nine Sketches for Tablet Frames

Carlo Marchionni, 1740

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a tiered fountain in an arched niche with a papal coat of arms and two busts.

Design for a Fountain in the Garden of the Palazzo Quirinale, Rome, Italy

Ferdinando Fuga, 1740

Grey wash drawing of Noah's Ark on a hillside with a long rectangular hull in front, framed by ornamental tool borders.

Study for Noah's Ark, Plate 40, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Pen and ink sketch of two octagonal designs showing winged chariot figures and horses over clouds, with handwritten notes.

Night and Day, in Two Octagons, for a Bedroom

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped bed alcove with swagged curtains and a standing figure in a wide-brimmed hat.

Bedroom alcove with a figure

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil landscape sketch of rolling hills and trees with handwritten color notes beneath, on a cream sheet.

Looking South from the Farm, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Ink and wash sheet with handwritten text, a woman on a dragon, a coronation scene with angels, and an architectural frontispi

Inscription [above left]; Woman of the Apocalyse [above right]; Coronation of the Virgin [below left]; Frontispiece […

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pen and wash design drawing of a tall reliquary with a domed top, two standing female figures, and a fluted pedestal.

Design for a Reliquary of the Holy Cross

Luzio Romano, 1530

Ink and wash drawing of a neoclassical coffee urn with serpent handle, grapevine frieze, and fluted base.

Design for a Coffee Urn

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Grey wash drawing of Jacob pouring oil on a stone pillar at Bethel, framed by shells and rocks.

Study for Jacob Pours Oil upon the Stone at Bethel, Plate 87, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Brown ink drawing of the winged Archangel Michael in armor standing over a fallen demon, with clouds and a distant town.

Archangel Michael

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of a tiered tower with columns, a pediment, arched openings, and a cupola topped by a flagpole.

Villa or observation tower

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oil study of a fig tree covered in philodendron vines rising from rocks, with a hazy sky and distant trees.

Fig Tree and Wild Philodendron, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Figure Study for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Sepia wash drawing of the Holy Family, a seated woman with an infant among arched architectural forms.

The Holy Family

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch of two studies of a left hand gripping, with shaded wrists and a museum stamp at lower left.

Studies of Two Left Hands

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds with angels, while kneeling figures gather beside a tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Watercolor sketch of two women in dark shawls and full skirts, one holding a gold fan, against a grey background.

Two Spanish Women Promenading

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a monument with a bust in a niche, pediment, pilasters and inscribed plinth.

Design for Monument

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite study of a right hand seen from behind, with white highlights on toned paper and handwritten notes below.

Study of Right Hand of Alexander Hamilton

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate catafalque elevation with paired columns, carved figures, and a winged trumpeter atop.

Elevation of a Catafalque for a General

Mauro Antonio Tesi

Pencil sketch of an arched niche between two columns with studies of arches below, labeled Niches in Rock.

Niches in Rock

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of two ornate door bolts with foliate and rosette decoration, with a French caption between them.

Designs of Bolts

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of three ornamental pilaster strips with medallions, putti, birds and small figures.

Design for the Decorations of Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

White Heron, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of four haloed bearded figures in paired scenes, including an angel and writing evangelists.

The Four Evangelists, Study after Giambologna

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil drawing of an ornate scrolling ewer design with a bearded man at top, cherubs in side panels, and clouds at base.

Design for an Ewer

Johannes Lutma, 1630

Loose watercolor study of a pale temple interior with a tripod stand, bronze urn, wreath, and green garlands.

Study for the entrance of a temple, “Vintage Festival”, Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate classical candlestick with an urn-shaped socket, pedestal, and foliate decoration.

Candlestick

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Painted sketch of a figure driving a sun chariot across a red dusk sky above a reflective lake and dark hills.

The Chariot of the Sun Fantasy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a young boy standing with a long pole across his shoulders, on aged paper with a museum stamp.

Boy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of two girls seated on a rope swing hanging from a wooden beam, viewed from behind.

Two Girls on a Swing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of a symmetrical earring design with pear-shaped gems and floral clusters on pale paper.

Design for an Earring

Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a gnarled bare tree above low shrubs and a leafy weed sprig, with handwritten labels on tan paper.

Gnarled Tree and Weed, Obersee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Red chalk sketch of a seated woman holding a standing nude child viewed from behind, on pale paper.

Study for a seated woman holding a child, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Brown wash architectural drawing of a doorcase with pilasters, a frieze of putti and an arched niche above the door.

Design for a Doorcase

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate cartouche with two putti, scrolling acanthus and a foliage garland around a blank pane

One of a set of projects for a title page and for the decoration of thirteen vertical panels

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Black chalk portrait study of a man with curled powdered hair, drawn with white highlights on tan paper.

Portrait of the Emperor Joseph II

Emperor Joseph II House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1770

Pencil sketch of a kneeling haloed saint in a monk's robe gazing up at a cross in the clouds, with a rocky landscape.

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical altar design with columns, a pediment, statues, and a relief scene beneath a cross.

Design for a Main Altar

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink drawing of a rococo escutcheon shaped as a sail boat with mast, framed by scrolls and waves, signed Lajoüe.

Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Boat with Sail, for Recueil Nouveau de Differens Cartouches

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1730

Pencil sketch of a single slender pine tree with loose foliage, labeled Pemadumcook Pine in handwriting below.

Pemadumcook Pine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Brown wash drawing of two young girls in long dresses standing in a field under white clouds, one in a wide-brimmed hat.

Two Young Girls

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pen and pencil sketches on tan paper showing a floor plan with rooms and window details by Robert Frederick Blum.

Floor plans

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch of a woman in a full skirt seen from behind, with loose background hatching suggesting a room.

Woman at Piano

Winslow Homer, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a cherub writing on a globe beneath an empty oval rococo frame with scrollwork.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730

Black chalk sketch on gray-blue paper of a standing monk in a hooded robe, one hand raised, seen from behind.

Sheet with Sketch of a Monk

Brown wash drawing of a steep rocky gorge with a stream over boulders and pine trees far below a pale sky.

Toltec Gorge, Colorado

Thomas Moran, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tree with branches and loose foliage on pale paper, with a handwritten date at upper right.

Sketch of a Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped standing woman in classical style, resembling an antique statue, with a staff.

Antique Female Statue

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink drawing with wash of two mitred bishops with crosiers standing among robed saints under a scrolled border.

Augustine, Ambrose, and Other Saints

Belisario Corenzio, 1590

Brown ink and wash design drawing of an ornate looking glass frame with garlands, putti, and urns, with measurements noted.

Looking glass

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of nude and draped classical figures on steps, with a winged figure in clouds above.

Composition Including Pagan and Christian Elements

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowned seated woman with a fleur-de-lis shield beside classical niches and urns.

Monument of King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pen and wash sketch of a robed officer raising a crucifix on an altar beside columns, with a crowd and kneeling figure.

Sketches for paintings. Obverse: A Roman officer holds a crucifix upon a heathen altar. Reverse: Christ rising

Pasqualino Marini, 1700

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a seated man in a suit and waistcoat, hands resting on his knees, on grey paper.

Man Seated

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketch of a mounted bugler sounding a trumpet, with a second soldier and horse study above on aged paper.

Sounding the Charge

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of an oval ornamental frame with a shell crest and a wall lantern on stone blocks.

Oval frame for the facade of a house, with lantern beneath

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770