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Pen and wash design of a classical stage set with colonnades, a fountain, statues, and putti carrying garlands in the sky.

Design for a Stage Set: Semi-Circular Colonnaded Building, a Bridge Surmounted by a Tempietto, a Fountain in the Fore…

Antonio Basoli, 1774-1843

Brown wash drawing of a crowded banquet in a colonnaded hall with courtiers, turbaned figures and servants.

The Banquet of Ahasuerus and Esther

Aurelio Lomi, 1600-17

Ink and wash architectural drawing of an ornate papal throne with canopy, columns and statues, with a ground plan below.

Elevation and Ground Plan for a Papal Throne

Antonio Basoli, 1841

Red chalk drawing of a young woman's head, eyes lowered, with curly hair drawn in flowing strokes.

The Head of a Young Woman

Ercole Procaccini The Younger, 1605-1680

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Descent from the Cross, with mourners supporting Christ's body beneath a tall cross.

Descent from the Cross

Pasquale Ottino, 1615-16

Brown ink and wash drawing of two kneeling saints below angels holding up a reliquary among clouds.

Two Male Saints Kneeling with Angels Holding a Reliquary

Marcantonio Bassetti, 1586-1630

Pen and ink drawing of a tall tiered funeral catafalque with columns, skeletons, statues, and a spire.

Design for the Catafalque of a Prince

Pier Francesco Battistelli, ca. 1610-25

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated vestal virgin holding a flaming lamp, gazing upward, with Latin inscription below.

Vestal Virgin

Giovanni Guerra, 16th century

Red chalk landscape drawing of a hillside with a church tower, trees, a low wall and soft clouds.

Landscape

Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of three men and a dog on a hill overlooking a walled city and distant sea with ships.

Three Men and a Dog on a Hill

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-1638

Pen and ink landscape with a large gnarled tree, a figure with a plaque, an arched bridge and a hilltop town.

Framed Landscape with a View of Castel Durante with a Figure Holding an Inscribed Plaque in the Foreground

Ercole Bazicaluva, 1600-38

Procession of Six Horsemen in Profile View Facing Left

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen sketch of a loaded wagon with spoked wheels and horses, a small standing figure at lower left, on pale paper.

A Loaded Wagon and Several Human Figures

Stefano Della Bella, 1610-64

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate griffin-shaped sleigh with scrolled body, pulled by a sketched horse.

Design for A Sleigh in the Form of a Griffin, Drawn by a Horse

Stefano Della Bella, 1630-64

Pen drawing of five grotesque heads and bearded masks entwined with curling foliage and ornamental scrolls.

Plate 4: five grotesque heads, from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1642-43

Pen drawing of an ornamental vignette with a grotesque mask, two birds, scrolls and a banner reading Alph: Grecum.

Design for a Vignette Accompanying a Publication on the Greek Alphabet

Stefano Della Bella, 1630-64

Red chalk drawing of a horse's head in a bridle, with a flowing mane, by Baldassarre Franceschini, ca. 1650.

Study for a Horse's Head

Baldassare Franceschini, ca. 1650

Ink and wash drawing of a grand classical interior with stone stairs, tall columns, and vaulted arches in strong light.

Framed Design for a Stage Set

Mauro Berti, 1772-1842

Pen drawing of an ornamental cartouche with two winged cherubs, fruit garlands and grotesque masks around an empty oval.

Design for a Cartouche with a Variant

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Pencil drawing of an empty shield cartouche with a lion's head, a curved band above, and a fruit garland below.

Design for a Cartouche with a Lion's Head and Nimbus

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Etching of a tall double spruce in the foreground, with mountains, a winding road, and a distant town under cloudy skies.

Landscape with a Double Spruce in the Foreground

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1521

Brown wash drawing of a female figure with arms outstretched and face upturned, surrounded by a halo and drapery.

Study for the Ascension of the Virgin

Marco Pino, 16th century

Ink drawing of two stacked ornamental masks: a winged Medusa head with snakes below and a bearded satyr face above.

Design for Two Masks Shaped as Satyr and a Winged Medusa Head

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Brown ink drawing of a Roman triumph: a bearded man in a chariot drawn by horses, with soldiers and a winged figure above.

Roman Triumph

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Pen and ink sketch of an ornate palace interior with columns, balustrades, arches and a vaulted ceiling.

Sketch of a Palace Interior

Antonio Galli Bibiena, 1700-74

Pen and wash drawing of a theatrical sacred interior with arches, columns, a staircase, statues and floating putti.

Design for a Theatrum Sacrum

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash drawing of a classical stage set with arched colonnades, coffered ceilings, busts and armored figures.

Design for a Stage Set

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Pen and wash ground plan of a catafalque with circular colonnade and square center, with an elevation drawing above.

Ground Plan of the Catafalque for Anna Cristina, Wife of Carlo Emanuele II of Savoy

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Architectural drawing of an ornate domed funerary catafalque with columns, obelisks, candelabra and sculpted figures, in grey

Elevation and Section of the Catafalque for Anna Cristina, Wife of Carlo Emanuele III of Savoy

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 1696-1756

Red chalk drawing of heavy draped cloth with soft hatched shading on an octagonal sheet.

Study of Drapery (Probably After the Antique)

Domenico Beccafumi, 1520-40