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Brown wash drawing of the Nativity: Virgin and Christ child, kneeling figures, and angels in clouds beneath a shaft of light.

Birth of Christ

Antonio Cavallucci, 1800

Graphite and chalk drawing of a left foot resting on a plinth, with toes shaded on gray paper.

Left Foot From a Plaster

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate covered reliquary with cherubs, scrollwork and a figure on top.

Design for Reliquary

Leonardo Scaglia, 1630

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate silver standing cup with lobed bowl, scrolled stem and figure finial.

Design for a Silver Standing Cup

Moravian Wenzel von Olmütz, 1400

Pen and ink architectural design of two Corinthian columns with arched pediments and faint putti, by Carlo Fontana.

Design for Altar at Santo Spirito dei Napolitani (Holy Spirit of the Neapolitans), Rome, Italy

Carlo Fontana, 1700

Painting of a cardamom flowering spike with pink-tipped white bracts and yellow blossoms against dark green leaves.

Cardamom, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Bust of Man Crowned with Vine Wreath

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Red chalk study of draped fabric folds for a standing woman figure on tan paper, with faint grid lines.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Brown ink and wash sketch of a lancer on horseback holding a long lance, with the horse outlined faintly at right.

Lancer on Horseback

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite sketch of tall umbrella pines with spreading crowns, a smaller pine at lower right, labeled Borghese Villa, Rome.

Study of Pines, Borghese Villa, Rome

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch of two tree trunks with leafy branches framing a woodland opening, drawn on cream paper.

Sketch of Trees

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Ink and wash sketch of a bearded older man in a wide-brimmed hat, mounted on tan board with a red wax seal.

Head of a Bearded Man

William Merritt Chase, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of a funeral catafalque with an obelisk, flanking draped figures, and ornamental reliefs on a tiered base.

Project for a Catafalque for the Funeral Service for Pope Pius VI in Forli

Felice Giani, 1790

Pen drawing of three vertical candelabrum designs with classical figures, urns, scrollwork and foliage on pale paper.

Candelabrum Designs

Giovanna Benati, 1800

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a bonnet carrying a basket in a grassy field with trees behind her.

Young Woman Carrying a Basket

Winslow Homer, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude with arm raised behind his head, resting on draped cloth, on worn paper.

Slave from Hero and Leander in the Galleria Farnese, after Annibale Carraci

Annibale Carracci

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of three men, one seated, one standing looking up, one leaning on a ledge.

Three Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Watercolor design for an embroidered coat lapel with black fabric, painted flower bouquets, and pearl bead trim on pale paper

Design for Embroidered Coat (upper section), Gilet lapel, pattern 1464 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate altar elevation with arched niches, standing figures, and putti.

Elevation of an Altar

Leonardo Scaglia, 1650

Pencil study of a standing woman with foliage in her hair and draped cloth, sketched on cream paper.

Study for a standing woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Watercolor of an ornate interior wall with a central door, sculptural pediment, painted urns and garlands, and a console tabl

Section of wall, bedroom of Marie Antoinette, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Charcoal study of a seated nude woman with head lowered, hands resting on a bench, against a dark shaded background.

Nude Woman

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Colored design drawing of an ornate silver altar lamp with angels, cherubs and gilded details, with inscription and scale bar

An Altar Lamp in the Family Chapel of the Honorati in the Cathedral in Jesi

Luigi Valadier, 1770

Graphite and white chalk study of a seated woman in a bonnet and shawl, drawn on gray paper.

Study of a Seated Woman for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil and watercolor study of two grazing cows on grass, with faint sketches of cattle legs above.

Cattle, Two Grazing Cows and the Backs of Calves

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of a winged cherub with a floral crown rising above a loosely drawn draped figure on tan paper.

Cherub

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a palm tree trunk and fronds on tan paper, with handwritten color notes and a museum stamp.

Palm Tree, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a headscarf and long skirt, seen from behind, standing on a sloping sandy ground.

Woman Looking Out to Sea, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling man offering at an altar while a bearded god and eagle appear in clouds above.

Numa Pompilius Worshipping Jove on the Aventine, Ceiling Design for the Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of robed surveyors measuring a walled site, with a temple floor plan above and an ornate frame.

Study for the First Plan of Solomon's Temple, Plate 420, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720