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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Circular print of the interior nave of Saint Peter's in Rome, with a coffered vault, side aisles, and a distant altar canopy.

Interior View of the Nave, Saint Peter's, Rome, Looking Toward the Altar

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, 1740

Wash drawing of a columned classical mausoleum with arched niches, flanked by urns and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Mausoleum for Czar Paul I (1754-1801) in the Park of Pavlovsk, near Saint Petersburg, Russia: Side Elevation

Thomas de Thomon, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a standing draped figure with turned head and flowing robes, study for an Annunciation angel.

Drapery Study for the Angel of the Annunciation

Battista Franco, 1550

Watercolor of a Gothic church tower with a spire and adjoining rooftops under a cloudy sky.

Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris

Whitney Warren Jr, 1880

Watercolor of a standing winged angel in a pink robe holding a sprig of leaves, with a muted brown background.

Angel

Louise Cox, 1910

Pen and brown ink sketch of a group of angels with wings gathered on a cloud bank, heads turned in various directions.

Group of Angels on a Cloud Bank

Angelo Michele Colonna, 1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of the dead Christ held by mourning figures in a shadowed interior.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Red chalk sketch of a muscular bearded male figure raising one arm beside a draped female figure, on cream paper.

Christ and Mary from Last Judgment

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Ink and pencil sketch of two dancing women in loose gestural poses, with a small scene sketched at the right edge.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Grey wash drawing of classical figures with a three-headed dog and snake-haired women around a bearded god in a lunette.

Psyche Asks Proserpine to Put a Little of her Beauty in an Urn for Venus

Johann August Nahl The Younger, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ and the Virgin above clouds and putti, with saints and a bishop gazing up below.

Christ and the Virgin with Patron Saints of Pistoia

Giacinto Gimignani, 1630

Red chalk study of a muscular nude man with raised arm, beside graphite sketches of figures in an architectural setting.

Studies for the Flagellation of Christ

Guiseppe Cesari, 1640

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo driving a horse-drawn chariot through clouds, with a winged figure leading the way.

Apollo in Chariot with Aurora and the Hours

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Virgin and Child with a saint, an ox, and a faint angel among clouds.

Sketches of the Virgin with the Child and a Saint

Fortunato Duranti, 1830

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a seated putto leaning on a stone tomb beneath feathery trees and plants.

Angel with Tomb

Minardi Tommaso, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of Apollo with a lyre and a winged Cupid in a classical riverside landscape with ancient buildings.

Apollo with lyre and Love

Pencil sketches on paper: a certificate design with papal arms, a standing figure, and studies of cherubs and sheep.

Design for a Printed Certifiate of a Religious Ceremony for Children

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Red chalk drawing of a kneeling veiled woman in draped robes, with a study of folded cloth below on toned paper.

Studies of the Virgin Mary and a Standing Man

Gugliemo Cortese, 1640

Brown ink drawing of a seated robed figure reading a book on clouds, with two winged angels holding palm fronds.

St. Paul in the Clouds with Angels and Palms

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil study of the Virgin and Child with a winged angel standing at left, drawn in loose sketched lines on pale paper.

The Virgin and Child with an Angel

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin Mary, with angels and cherubs above.

Lamentation over Christ

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1810

Pen and watercolor sketch of Phaeton and Apollo on a chariot amid clouds and sun rays, with a winged cherub below.

Phaeton Bidding Apollo Farewell

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite and white chalk drapery study on blue paper of a standing figure in a belted gown.

Drapery Study for Angel in "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Ink and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint gazing up at a Christ child on clouds, with a mitre and open book below.

Bishop Saint Adoring Christ Child

Corrado Giaquinto, 1710

Pen and ink sketch sheet with multiple scenes: a knight fighting a dragon, a battle, and classical figures.

St.George and the Dragon by Raphael; Biblical Scene; Disposition by Caravaggio; Ero e Leandro; Love by Lambert Sustri…

Ink and wash drawing of mourning figures gathered around a reclining body beside an inscribed pedestal and bust.

Mourning Over the Dead Christ

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child giving rosaries to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine, with cherubs in clouds above.

Design for an Altar Painting, Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Rosary from the Virgin and Child

Fedele Fischetti, 1780

Brown ink wash stage design of a domed theatre with a winged figure, classical columns, and a crowd around a smoking altar.

Stage Design: Curtain, The Workshop of Apollo

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a nude Venus holding grapes while a small Cupid clings to her shoulder.

Venus and Cupid

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Red chalk sketch of a martyrdom scene with soldiers, a central figure, flying angels, and a distant city.

Martyrdom of a Saint

Andrea Sacchi, 1700