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Engraved frieze of putti leading Cupid's goat-drawn chariot, with a lion, torches, trumpets and a banner in procession.

A frieze arrangement depcting the Triumph of Love; Cupid in a Chariot led by goats, many other putti filling the comp…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of Bacchus squeezing grapes beside a reclining Venus, with cherubs, fruit and draped cloth, 1647.

Garden of Venus with Bacchus Squeezing Grapes

Giacinto Gimignani, 1647

Etching of Venus beside a forge with a cannon and cannonballs, while Cupid stretches away at left.

Fire, represented by Venus seated before Vulcan's forge, with armor, a cannon, and cannon balls surrounding her, she…

Giulio Carpioni, 1640-60

Etching of a bearded figure with a trident driving a chariot, carrying a struggling woman, with cherubs and clouds around.

Rape of Persephone

Gaetano Gandolfi, ca. 1755-90

Engraving of classical gods assembled on clouds, including Mercury with a caduceus, Neptune with a trident, and winged putti.

Assembly of the Gods after the ceiling composition in the Loggia di Psiche, Villa Farnesina, Rome

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, 1527

Engraving of Cupid and Psyche on a chariot drawn by birds, with winged children and a distant landscape.

The triumph of Cupid and Psyche who are seated on a chariot drawn by two birds restrained by children

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1550-67

Engraving of figures carrying a wounded nude man past a stone wall, with robed onlookers and a piper nearby.

The Wounded Paris Carried from the Field of Battle

Etching of Venus reclining in a garden surrounded by cupids, a herm of Pan, and trees, with a distant mountain landscape.

The Garden of Venus who reclines in the centre before a term of Pan and surrounded by cupids

Pietro Testa, ca. 1631-37

Engraving of warriors fighting and figures fleeing a burning city, with a seated figure and smoke rising from ruins on the ri

The Fall of Troy and Escape of Aeneas

Giorgio Ghisi, mid-1540's

Engraving of gluttony with drinkers at a table, giant barrels, grotesque creatures, and a burning town with a windmill-headed

Gluttony (Gula) from The Seven Deadly Sins

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

Grey wash drawing of an ornate rococo ceiling design with a central medallion, oval side panels, shells and scrollwork.

Design for a Staircase Ceiling

Isaac Ware, ca. 1756

Pencil and ink sketches of Turkish figures, including veiled women, a turbaned seated man, and standing figures in tall headw

Studies of two groups of Turkish figures

David Wilkie, before 1841

Grey wash drawing of old buildings, a tower, and ruined arches beside a sloping field under a pale sky.

House of Pompey at Albano

Richard Wilson, 1753-56

Hand-coloured fan-shaped print with oval vignettes of male character types labelled with titles and verses, c. 1795.

The Ladies Bill of Fare, or, a Copious Collection of Beaux

George Wilson, 1795

Pen and wash drawing of three ornate candlestick designs with classical motifs, including heads, garlands and a winged figure

Three Designs for Candlesticks

Henri Auguste, ca. 1770-1816

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic-style mill with a blue roof, central spire and weathervane, flanked by trees.

An Elevation for the Projected Mill at Méréville

François Joseph Belanger, n.d.

Etching of skeletons and skulls among rococo ornament, a fountain, and ruined architecture, with figures on a distant bridge.

The Skeletons, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1748

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo scrolled crest with hanging drapery, signed Roma in the lower right.

Design for a Crest with Drapery (the Upper Part of a Canopy or Window Treatment)

Giovanni Battista Natali III, 1698-1765

Sketch in black and red chalk of a seated woman in a classical hall with armed warriors and columns.

The Arming of Bellona

Laurent Hubert, 18th century

Sepia drawing of visitors in period dress strolling among classical ruins with carved masks, columns, and a large tree.

Visitors Inspecting Classical Ruins

Louis Jean Desprez, n.d.

Oval watercolor of a woman in a red bodice smoking beside a man at a table with glasses, with a crowded room behind them.

Un Mari Pour Rire

Paul-Emile-Anthony Morlon, n.d.

Watercolor of a kneeling man holding hands with a woman in a pink gown in a cluttered artist's studio.

Un Mari qu'on Aime

Paul-Emile-Anthony Morlon, n.d.

Engraving of the Annunciation: an angel on clouds with cherubs approaches a kneeling woman beside a lily vase and columns.

The Annunciation

Jean Cousin the Elder, ca. 1544

Engraving of dancing putti around a large tree, with a torch-bearing figure on clouds above and a temple in the distant lands

Amorini Celebrate the Rape of Proserpina

Francesco Rosaspina, 1805-12

Brown ink and wash sketch of a seated knight in armor and a robed monk raising a goblet, with a dog at left.

Book illustration: Knight and Monk

John William Wright, 1820-48

Neoclassical ceiling design with oval green ground, central medallion of classical figures, and garland borders.

Design for a Ceiling for the First Drawing Room at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire

Robert Adam, 1779-82

Engraving of the Laocoon sculpture with serpents, a temple to Minerva, ships on the sea, and scattered classical fragments.

Ancient bas-reliefs with Laocoon, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marco Dente, ca. 1516-20 (?)

Architectural section drawing of a theatre interior showing stage, tiered balconies, ornate decoration, and roof structure in

Longitudinal Section of a Theatre

Nicolas Marie Potain, 18th century

Architectural elevation drawing of a neoclassical temple facade with Corinthian columns, sculpted pediment, and central bronz

Façade of the Madeleine, Paris

Jean-Arnould Léveil, mid-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of Boston harbor in 1778 with ships, rowboats, an American flag, and a distant waterfront town.

Boston Harbor

Pierre Ozanne, 1778