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2,003 works

Engraving of the nude god Apollo standing in an arched niche beside a pedestal, one hand resting on an open box.

Apollo partly naked standing in a niche, left hand resting on an open box

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Engraving of nude Venus embracing a winged Cupid standing on a ledge within an arched niche.

Venus and Cupid standing in a niche

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-27

Engraving of a messenger blowing a trumpet as figures ride through clouds toward an embracing couple in a roundel above.

The News Brought to Olympus

Agostino Veneziano, 1516

Pen and watercolor drawing of a standing young figure in a white headwrap, teal top, red sash and pale blue trousers.

Young Moroccan, Standing

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Engraved frieze with a winged cherub, a siren with fish tail, a griffin and a serpent among acanthus scrolls.

Frieze with Eros and a Siren

Agostino Veneziano, 1530

Watercolor design of scrolling vines with dragons, birds and blue flowers in a horizontal ornamental band.

Allegory of Vices

Adolphe Alcan, 1870s?

Red chalk drawing of a rococo stucco design with a cartouche of small figures, scrollwork, and winged motifs.

Design for Stucco Decorations with a Cartouche at Left

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1725-40

Ink and wash design drawing of an arched wrought-iron grille with a coat of arms, lattice, scrollwork and candle sconces.

Design for the Wrought-Iron Entrance Grille of a Chapel

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1700-1720

Pen and ink design for an ornate cartouche showing a religious scene of figures beside a draped curtain.

Design for a Cartouche with a Religious Subject in the Central Compartment

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Pen and wash architectural design of an arched altarpiece niche beneath a garlanded dome with rococo cartouches.

Architectural Design with an Altarpiece Framed in a Niche and Surmounted by a Dome

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1755-1817

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural altar design with columns, a statue niche, and a figure atop the pediment.

Design for the Left Half of an Altar

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1750-66

Ink and wash elevation of an ornate gallery wall with columns, painted panels, sculpted niches and paneled doors.

Design for a "Grande Galerie"

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1769

Ink and wash elevation of a long classical monument with colonnades, a central pyramid roof, and domed end pavilions.

Elevation of a Monument

Jean Jacques Huvé, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch sheet with studies of helmeted Roman soldiers, cavalry riders, and a battle scene with fallen figures.

Sketches of Roman Soldiers

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1842-85

Charcoal drawing on blue paper of a bearded saint in draped robes standing beside a diagonal cross.

St. Andrew

Juan Carreño de Miranda, 17th century

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated draped man holding a chalice, with an eagle beside him.

Saint John the Evangelist (recto; Cartoon for a Fresco); Saint Mark (verso; Cartoon for a Fresco)

Francesco Salviati, 1548-49

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate rococo mace design with two seated female figures, putti, and a tiara at its top.

Design for a Mace

Giovanni Giardini, 1646-1722

Pen and ink drawing of a left-side cartouche with a winged griffin at top and curling acanthus scrolls below.

Left Half of a Cartouche with Griffin and Acanthus Scroll

Carlo Bianconi, 1752-1802

Pen and wash drawing of a pyramidal funeral catafalque with classical columns, pediment, allegorical figures and a winged fig

Drawing of a Catafalque for Philip II of Spain, 1598

Alessandro Casolani della Torre, 1598

Pen and ink drawing of a cartouche design with scrolls, a fluted pilaster, and a small putto on grayish paper.

Two Alternative Designs for a Cartouche Decorated with a Frame, Statues, and Volutes

Michelangelo Colonna, 1624-87

Pen and ink design with scrolling cartouche ornament, a draped pilaster, and two putti on a pedestal.

Right and Part of the Left Half of a Design for a Cartouche

Michelangelo Colonna, 1624-87

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate half frame with cherubs, scrolls, fruit garlands and acanthus leaves.

Design for a Half Frame Decorated with Angels, Volutes and Garlands

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Engraved frieze of a bacchanal with Silenus supported by revelers, satyrs, a reclining woman and a Priapus statue.

A Bacchanal, Silenus supported by two bacchants in the centre, at right a female satyr reclining on a bed and another…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-13

Watercolor design of a tiered interior wall bay with columns, a heraldic doorway, an angel, and a robed figure.

Design for a Bay of a Side Wall, Château de Béhourt

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Vertical sheet of painted decorative border designs with scrollwork, fleur-de-lis and zigzag motifs in blue, pink and gold.

Design for Ceiling at Fontainebleau

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Colored design drawing of a Pompeiian-style wall with ceiling panel, columns, garlands, urns and a central candelabrum motif.

Design for Wall Paneling and Ceiling in Pompeiian Style, The Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Design drawing of a decorative ceiling with a sky opening, flowering trellis, classical medallions and garlands in pastel ton

Design for Ceiling, Bedroom of Mme de Marconnoy

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of an arched window with gold frame, scrolling purple foliage border, and a gilded chalice motif.

Design for Arched Window, Farnborough

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Brown wash architectural design of a pediment with strapwork carving above a fluted frieze with acanthus motifs.

Design for Carved Wood Paneling and Molding Featuring Strapwork

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Engraved bacchanal frieze with satyrs, revelers, a reclining woman, and a statue of Priapus among trees and curtains.

A Bacchanal; Silenus supported by two bacchants in the center, at left a female satyr reclining on a bed and another…

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1510-13