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32,885 works

Brown ink drawing of St. Michael flying over chained demons beneath God the Father and Christ among clouds and cherubs.

St. Michael Expurging Heresy

Pietro da Cortona, 1596-1669

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

Pencil drawing of grotesque masks, a bird-headed scroll and acanthus ornaments on a pale sheet.

Drawing of a Grotesque after a 16th-century Decorative Relief

Filippo Cretoni, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of trompe l'oeil architecture with columns, cornices, a parrot, a garland, and sky.

Design for a Trompe L'Oeil Ceiling with a Loggia

Faustino Trebbi, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of shepherds with sheep, goats and a donkey on a road by a fountain under a large tree.

Landscape with Shepherds and their Flock

Adriaen van der Cabel, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a brambling perched on a twig above grass, with orange breast and black and white wing markings.

Bramling (Fringilla Montifringilla)

Gerardus van Veen, 1679

Pen and brown ink drawing of a dune landscape with a large tree, shrubs, a ruined tower and birds in the sky.

Dune Landscape with Trees

Adriaen Hendriksz. Verboom, 17th century

Drawing of a wooded river landscape with two cattle in shallow water beside rocks, under a dramatic cloudy sky.

A wooded river landscape with cattle

the younger Benjamin Barker, 1826

Pen and brown ink drawing of grotesque ornament with putti, satyrs, vases and architectural niches in tiered rows.

Sketches of Grotesques

Giovanni Antonio Dosio, 1533-1609

Pen and watercolor design of an arched niche with a classical urn, laurel garland, and two putti beside a blank tablet.

Design for a Monument

Pietro Fancelli, 1764-1850

Pen and wash drawing of a two-basin fountain topped by a nude Venus figure flanked by putti.

Design for a Fountain with Two Basins One on Top of the Other and Statues of Venus and Putti on the Top

Francesco Fanelli, 1608-65

Pen and ink drawing with wash of an ornate wall design with a door, flower urn, blue ribbons, scrollwork and a figure.

Left Half of a Wall Decoration for a Chapel

Francesco Ferrari, ca. 1690

Grey-toned ornamental design drawing with white highlights showing a wall monument, balustrade, angels holding garlands and s

Ornamental Design for a Wall Monument Surmounted by a Balustrade with Human Figures, Angels Holding Garlands and Drap…

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

Pen and brown ink drawing of a garden fountain with nude statues, a colonnade and seated figures in the foreground.

Susanna and the Elders

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1647-1726

Grey wash drawing of a vaulted stone crypt with arches, columns, a staircase, and a hanging lantern.

Design for a Stage Set of a Crypt (for the Opera 'La Morosina' ?)

Carlo Ferrario, 1833-1907

Pen and brown ink drawing of three arched ceiling panels with robed figures, clouds and landscape scenes.

Drawing for Ceiling Decoration Consisting of Three Panels Each Showing a Different Scene with Figures

Ciro Ferri, 1634-89

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed mourners around a figure on a tomb in a vaulted church interior.

Raymond Diocrès Speaking During His Funeral (from the Life of Saint Bruno of Cologne)

Daniele Crespi, 1628-29

Pen and wash drawing of seated allegorical female figures on an ornate sculptural architectural design with columns and arche

Studies for a Sculpture with Figures of Prudence, Industry and Economy Supported by Slaves and an Oval Plaque with Ca…

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of two stacked designs for a bed alcove with swagged drapery and ornate scrolled pediments.

Designs for Bed Alcoves (recto); Studies for a figure of St. John the Baptist and a Bed Alcove (verso)

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Pen and wash drawing with two kneeling draped figures above and two ornamental altar front designs below.

Studies for a Kneeling Figure of Christ and Altar Fronts

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a sarcophagus design supported by two putti on plinths, with scrolled ornament and garlands.

Design for a Sarcophagus Supported by Putti for the Church of S. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, Florence

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725

Pen and ink drawing of a female face framed by ornate scrolls, acanthus leaves and curling tendrils in a decorative cartouche

Female Mask Surrounded by Tendrils

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Pen and wash drawing of a female face in a scrolled helmet topped by a winged dragon, on aged paper.

Design for a Helmet with a Dragon Presented in Frontal View

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1672-1725

Watercolor stage design for the ballet Don Parasol showing an ornate proscenium, draped curtains, gilded dome and garden back

Stage Set Design for a Ballet: Don Parasol

Carlo Ferrario, 1869

Ink and wash drawing of a stage set with high vaulted arches, stone columns, and a staircase rising at right.

Design for a Stage Set: A Dungeon with High Vaults and a Staircase at Right

Domenico Fossati, 1743-84

Pen drawing of an arched lunette design with putti, grotesque masks and scrolls framing a blank central cartouche.

Design for the Decoration of a Lunette with a Large Central Cartouche

Battista Franco Veneziano

Pen drawing of a fountain with an oval basin, tritons, dolphins, grotesque heads and a figure of Neptune above.

Design for a Fountain with Sea Horses and Triton Base, Basin, Dolphins and Tritons, Three Grotesque heads and Neptune

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1550

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate cartouche flanked by a bearded man, a laurel-crowned youth in armor, and four putti.

Drawing of Cartouche with Bearded Man Left, Young man crowned with Laurels Right, and Four Putti

Battista Franco Veneziano

Brown ink and wash drawing of The Last Supper with a haloed Christ at a long table surrounded by gesturing apostles.

The Last Supper

Philips Koninck, late 1650s

A Greyhound in Profile Facing Left

Virgilius Solis, 1549