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Pen and brown wash design for a wall decoration with empty central panel, scrollwork, an eagle cartouche and reclining figure

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Coat of Arms of the Borghese Family

Giovanni Guerra, 1590-1618

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 sketch on tan paper of three lion studies, one reclining lion and two head studies.

Three Studies of a Lion

Eugène Delacroix, 1815-63

Black and white woodcut by Paul Gauguin titled Le Sourire, showing a seated woman, a bird, and stylized faces with carved let

Le Sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate rococo frame enclosing a scene of a seated woman, a standing man, and a cherub above.

Design for a Sculptured Frame with Garlands and Statues and a Painting of Two Human Figures with Puttis inside the Frame

Carlo Borrelli, 1776

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of an armorial trophy with a plumed helmet, spears, shield and lion head.

Armorial Trophy

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornate urns with serpent handles, garlands, putti and relief figures.

Two Urns Decorated with Human Figures, Animals and Garlands

Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a recumbent lion with a curled mane resting its head over a rectangular stone pedestal.

Drawing after a Lithograph of a Recumbent Lion

Antonio Canova, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketches of grotesque wall ornaments with a central male figure, horses, masks and candelabra designs.

Sketches for Grotesque Wall Decorations

Girolamo da Carpi, 1501-56

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

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

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 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

A Greyhound in Profile Facing Left

Virgilius Solis, 1549

Pen and red chalk sketch of a man leaning on a staff beside a dog, with trees and landscape in the background.

Framed Sketch for a Man, a Dog and a Tree

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612-66

Watercolor design for a painted wall with a seated female figure, wheat sheaves, pheasants in a landscape, and floral borders

Design for Painted Wall Decoration for a Bakery

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

Pen and ink drawing of a table end pier with scrolls, a central eagle emblem, and seated sphinx figures at the base.

Design for the End Pier of a Table

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1537-91

Engraving of the Last Supper with Christ and twelve apostles at a long table, a dog and basket in the foreground, arched wind

The Last Supper

Hendrick Goltzius, 1585

Watercolor design for a decorative cove with cherubs, flower garlands, a classical bust medallion, and urns, labeled Hôtel de

Design for Cove, Hôtel Cahen d'Anvers

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

Watercolor design of a cloud-filled sky with flying cupids, hummingbirds and floral vines inside a gilded frame.

Design for Salon Ceiling, Hôtel Candamo

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1873

Watercolor design of a trompe l'oeil ceiling with blue sky, circling birds, peacocks, cherubs and fruit garlands in an ornate

Design for Trompe l'Oeil Stairway Ceiling, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Design drawing of a ceiling with a sky-filled oval panel, flying birds, floral garland, and pastel coffered borders.

Design for Grand Salon Ceiling, Hôtel Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Sheet of five ornamental designs: a rococo pastoral scene, a decorative panel, a paneled door, a coat of arms, and a floor pa

Five Miscellaneous Designs for the de la Rochejaquelein Family

Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, second half 19th century

Pencil and ink sheet with eight ornamental designs: a greyhound, heraldic crests, scrollwork borders and putti.

Eight Miscellaneous Designs for the de la Rochejaquelein Family

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

Engraving of a chaotic battle with armored horsemen, fallen soldiers, chariots, and a burning city in the background.

Battle with a Cutlass

Marco Dente, ca. 1515-27

Watercolor design of a chimney piece with a heraldic coat of arms above a grey mantel against a red wall.

Design for Chimney Piece, Château du Duc de Meternick, Johannisburg

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

Engraving of a lion hunt with armored men, horses, lions and a reclining nude woman beneath trees, with Latin text below.

The Lion Hunt, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Marcantonio Raimondi, ca. 1500-1534

Pen and brown ink drawing of ornamental military trophies with helmets, armor, griffins, scrolls and a shield.

Designs for Ornamental Military Trophies (recto and verso)

Enea Vico, ca. 1540-70

Red chalk vignette of a huntress with spear, hunting dog, stag head, and two putti within a rococo cartouche.

Vignette Illustrating Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata" (X:78)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1745

Brown ink drawing in a circle of a dragon head, a long-beaked bird, and a grimacing human mask.

Two Beasts and a Human Mask within a Circle

Gaetano Piccini, 1727