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Etching of the pyramid of Gaius Cestius in Rome, surrounded by ruined walls, trees, and small figures at its base.

The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Etched street view of the Palazzo Odescalchi in Rome, with pedestrians, a carriage and a domed church in the distance.

View of the Palazzo Odeschali, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1753

Mezzotint of a crowded life drawing class with a nude male model posed before artists sketching at easels under a hanging lam

The Life Class of the Vienna Academy

Johann Jacobé, 1790

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ as the Man of Sorrows seated on a cross beam with Passion instruments below him.

Album with Twelve Engravings of The Passion, a Woodcut of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, and a Metalcut of St. Jerome…

Israhel van Meckenem, late 15th century

Design drawing of a hanging chandelier with a pink glass globe, scrolled candle arms, and a plan view below.

Design for a Glass Chandelier

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

A fencing master (recto); sketch of a man's head (verso)

Robert Dighton, 1790-1814

Watercolor sketch of a standing coachman in white jacket, red breeches and tall black boots, holding a hat and whip.

A coachman (recto); ships and rowboats (verso)

Robert Dighton, 1790-1814

Watercolor of a long columned interior with draped windows, chandeliers, and a nursemaid with children on a blue carpet.

Interior, Leningrad?

Charles de Brocktorff, ca. 1825

Brown wash drawing of an ornate tall candelabrum with bird-head supports, clawed feet, and carved floral shaft.

Design for a Candelabrum

Edgar George Papworth Sr., ca. 1826-37

Etching of a Baroque palace facade on a Roman street with pedestrians and a carriage in the foreground.

View of the Palazzo della Consulta on the Quirinal housing the Papal Secreteriat, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1760-78

Etching of a vaulted ancient temple interior with relief panels, an altar, and small figures on the stone floor.

The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of S. Urban, interior (Veduta interna dell antico Tempio di Bacco, or…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1767

Pencil architectural drawing of a classical building with Ionic columns, cornice, and balustraded roofline on aged paper.

View of a Building in the Ionic Style

Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, 1830-47

Etching of the circular Tomb of Caecilia Metella with ruined battlements, arches, goats and figures in the foreground.

The tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1762

Etching of a crumbling Roman brick arch and portico with overgrown ruins and small figures in the foreground.

Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoporticus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati ro…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1766

Etching of a ruined brick temple with Corinthian columns, figures and goats among rocks in the foreground, and a distant temp

The so-called Temple of Salus, on the road to Albano (Tempio antico volgarmente detto della Salute)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1763

Pen and ink architectural study of a tiered monument with columns, niches with figures, and reclining statues above an arch.

Architectural Study

Michelangelo, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a Gothic tomb with a recumbent effigy, canopy of tracery and rows of carved standing figures.

Monument of Bishop Mays, Hereford Castle AD1516

Charles Barry, 19th century

Pencil sketch of a tall clocktower with two clock faces, pinnacles, and a spire on cream paper.

Clocktower

Charles Barry, 1840

Watercolor drawing of the ruined Roman Forum with a tall Corinthian column, an arch, and small figures among stone steps.

View of the Roman Forum, unexcavated

Charles Barry, 1840

Pen drawing of a symmetrical Renaissance-style palazzo facade with arched ground floor, pedimented windows, and central balco

Design for a Public Building in the Italian Renaissance Palazzo Style

Charles Barry, ca. 1840

Pen and brown ink drawing of two ornate urns flanking a draped armor design with scale-like patterns and putti.

Ornamental Design with Amphore and Antique Style Armor

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of two decorated classical vases flanking a central panel with a helmet and draped tassels.

Ornamental Design with Amphore and Antique Style Armor (recto); Sketch with Two Figures (verso)

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Watercolor ceiling design with a central circular opening, floral garlands, scrolling foliage, and a small vignette of two bi

Ceiling Design with Center Cut Out

J. S. Pearse, 1854-68

Pen and brown ink drawing of a plumed landsknecht soldier in a flowing cloak holding a pole, standing on a ground line.

Landsknecht

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, early 16th century

Watercolor lunette of a kneeling woman in pink, three crowned youths around her, and putti in floral garland borders.

Three Boys Save the Despairing Pamina from Suicide

Moritz von Schwind, 1864

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a large gnarled tree at left and a winding road leading to distant trees and hills.

Landscape

Ercole Bazicaluva, mid-17th century

Etching of a bearded older man in three-quarter view with a smaller sketched head study below.

Victor Hugo (three-quarter view)

Auguste Rodin, 1885

Etching by Auguste Rodin showing a reclining figure supporting a globe with small winged cherubs clustered around its curved

Love Turning the World

Auguste Rodin, 1881

Grey wash drawing of an allegorical frontispiece with classical figures, flowers, putti and open books inscribed La Grammaire

Design for a Frontispiece

Bernard Picart, 1720

Ink and wash sketch of a seated man smoking a hookah beside a standing attendant, with tents and seated men behind.

The Croatian Portative Narguilé

Constantin Guys, 1855