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Pencil drawing of ornamental cartouches with scrolls, shells, garlands and an urn on a pedestal.

Design for Cartouches Decorated with Sea-Shells, Garlands, Foliage, Volutes and Urns

Agostino Mitelli, 1609-60

Pencil drawing of floral scrollwork ornaments on the left and a half cartouche with laurel and a lion on the right.

Left Part of the Drawing: Floral Ornaments; Right Part of the Drawing: Half Cartouche Decorated with Leaves, Arms and…

Agostino Mitelli, mid-17th century

Pencil drawing of an ornate teapot with fluted body, leaf-carved spout and handle, and scrolled footed base.

Design for a Tea Pot Removed from the Factory Record Book

Haviland & Co., 1850

Gouache design of a gold pendant with a pink fish head, blue and pink leaves, and curling gold scrollwork on grey paper.

Design for a Pendant

Eugène Grasset

Hand-colored print of New York harbor from Brooklyn Heights, with paddle steamers, sailing ships and city buildings along the

View of New York from Brooklyn Heights

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, 1849

Engraved auricular cartouche with grotesque figures, putti, a lion mask and fruit garlands within a strapwork frame.

Auricular Cartouche with Figures within a Strapwork Frame, from "Veederley Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertim…

Cornelis Floris II, 1556

Grey wash architectural drawing of a multi-tiered columbarium with rows of arched niches, a central dome, and a scale bar.

Section (Interior Elevation) of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a columbarium with rows of arched niches and a central dome, with a scale bar below.

Elevation of the Interior of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash drawing of two rectangular boxes in elevation with two handwritten scale bars labeled in Italian at the bottom.

Elevations and Plans of Two Boxes

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Brown ink and wash drawing of a grid of repeated semicircular niches with stepped bases on a wall, with a scale bar below.

Elevation of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash plan of a Roman tomb with circular niches, an Italian title, and a palmi romani scale bar.

Plan of the Tomb of the Liberti di Augusto, Rome

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Pen and wash drawing of a steep rocky cliff with foliage and a hazy distant horizon at the left edge.

Study of the Side of a Rocky Cliff; Verso: Dam on a Mountain Stream

Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, 1600-1605

Sepia print of a garden with a stone terrace, staircase, tall cypress trees, and small seated figures near lion sculptures.

La Jeu de la Palette

Richard de Saint-Non, 1766

Drawing of an angel restraining an old bearded man above a blindfolded young man on an altar beside a tree.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Willem van Mieris, 1694

Brown wash drawing of a nude youth carried skyward by an eagle through clouds, with drapery streaming behind him.

Jupiter and Ganymede

Joseph Heintz the Younger, 1626

Pen and brown wash design for an arched sepulchral monument with statues above and a bas relief panel below, dated 1826.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument Divided in Two Parts with Bas Relief Surmounted by Statues and Foliate Decoration Below

Guiseppe Colignon, 1826

Pen and wash elevation drawing comparing the Column of Antoninus Pius and the Column of Trajan with spiral reliefs.

Elevation of Column of Antoninus Pius and Elevation of Column of Trajan

Antonio Visentini, 1688-1782

Brown wash architectural plan of a Roman tomb with surrounding niches, captioned in Italian, with a palmi scale bar.

Plan of a Tomb, Rome

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Grey wash drawing of a classical garden gate with a pediment and arch, framing a distant domed palazzo down a path.

Elevation of a Garden Gate Showing a Palazzo or Villa in the Distance

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash drawing of a vaulted stone archway with steps above a ground plan of a water channel and lake.

Canalization of the Mouth of the Sasso Vino into the Lake of Castel Gandolfo: Perspective and Plan

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Architectural section drawing of the Tempio della Speranza with arched niches, circular windows and grey wash shadows.

Three Sections of the Tempio della Speranza

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash architectural plan of a circular temple with a central rotunda and rectangular portico, labeled Tempio della Spe

Plan of the Tempio della Speranza

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Ink and wash plan of a circular building with niches, projections, and an entrance block, with a scale bar above.

Unlabeled Plan of the Tempio della Speranza

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Grey wash drawing of a ruined round temple with arched doorways, oval windows and stone steps in an overgrown landscape.

Perspective of a Rendering Round Temple in Ruins (probably Tempio della Speranza)

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Brown ink and wash elevation of a garden facade with three arched openings and Corinthian pilasters, inscribed Villa Madama.

Garden Elevation of the Villa Madama, Rome

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Architectural drawing with a plan and two elevations of a villa with arches, columns, statues and a Palmi scale bar.

Plan, Section and Exterior Elevation of a Villa

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Brown wash architectural drawing of a columbarium section with rows of niches, curved arches and a stepped wall, with a scale

Section of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Two architectural section drawings of a columbarium with rows of niches, arches, and cross-hatched brick walls in brown wash.

Two Sections of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Pen and wash floor plan of a hall with scalloped alcoves, an Italian inscription, and a numbered scale bar.

Plan of a Columbarium

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27

Architectural elevation drawing of a two-story palace facade with columns, arched windows, and a steep mansard roof.

Two-Story Façade of a Palace with a Mansard Roof

Pietro Paolo Coccetti, 1710-27