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Etching of ruined Roman Colosseum arches overgrown with plants, with small figures among rubble in the foreground.

Seventh View of the Colosseum

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Colosseum ruins with broken arches, a vaulted ceiling, a gnarled tree, rocks, and two small figures walking.

Eighth View of the Colosseum

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Engraved view of Roman ruins with columns, a round tower, arches and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

View of the Forum

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of overgrown Roman brick ruins with arches, stairs and a hilltop of ruined walls behind them.

View of the Colosseum with the Palatine in the Background

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Roman ruins with arches and columns overgrown with plants, beside a panoramic view of a distant city and sunrise.

Ruins on the Palatine with a Panoramic Landscape

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of Roman ruins with a tall tower and arch in the foreground, a distant ruined city and mountains beyond.

Ruins on the Palatine, Looking toward the Baths of Caracalla

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of ruined Roman arches overgrown with plants, with small figures among rubble in the foreground and birds in the sky.

The Basilica of Constantine

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Roman ruins with a domed rotunda, colonnaded temple, bell tower, and large brick arches, with small figures in the

The Temple of Augustus and Faustina, the Temple of Divus Romulus, and the Basilica of Constantine

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Engraving of Roman ruins with a tiered columned structure and the Colosseum, with two figures in the foreground.

The Septizonium and the Colosseum

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of overgrown Roman brick ruins with arches, small figures in the foreground, and clouds above.

The Baths of Diocletian

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of two ruined Roman brick arches with weeds and rubble in the foreground and a distant town beyond.

Second View of the Baths of Diocletian

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of crumbling Roman brick arches and overgrown ruins on a rocky hillside, with a distant city under a hazy sky.

View of the Baths of Caracalla

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Roman Forum ruins with broken columns, a triumphal arch, a small temple, and figures resting among stones.

View of the Forum from the Base of the Capitol

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of ruined Roman columns and an arch with scattered rubble and small figures walking through the site.

View of the Forum of Nerva

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Etching of Roman ruins with broken columns, brick arches and small figures in a rubble landscape under cloudy sky.

Second View of the Forum of Nerva

Hieronymus Cock, 1550

Etching of overgrown brick ruins with arches and a rocky landscape with trees and a small bird in the foreground.

View of Unidentified Ruins

Hieronymus Cock, probably 1550

Engraving of ruined classical architecture with a kneeling Saint Jerome, a lion, and an open book in the foreground.

Saint Jerome in a Landscape with Ruins

Hieronymus Cock after Maerten van Heemskerck, 1552

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a veiled mother holding a child in a carved arched niche, signed Bida, 1888.

Mother and Child

Alexandre Bida, 1888

Etching of a wooded landscape with a woman running from a soldier, ruins on a hill, and a heron by a river.

Landscape with a Woman Fleeing at the Sight of a Soldier

Léon Davent, 1550s

Etching of the Fontainebleau palace courtyard seen across a pond, with riders, a carriage, boats and tall trees.

Veue de la cour des Fontaines de Fontaine Beleau

Israël Silvestre, 1666

Nine small painted lunette studies on tan paper showing figures in groups, labeled Religion, Study, Family, Labor, Rest and R

Studies for Lunettes

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Graphite sketch of figures composed within an arched lunette shape on a tan sheet of paper.

Study for a Lunette

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil study of reclining figures inside a semicircular lunette, with rough strokes suggesting landscape and trees below.

Study for a Lunette [recto]

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil and white chalk study on tan paper showing a draped standing woman and sketched figures in a panel at right.

Studies for a Panel

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Red chalk drawing of a partially unrolled scroll on tan paper, with shaded rolled end and soft cast shadow.

Study of a Scroll

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a kneeling figure and a standing cloaked figure beside a sailboat mast on a horizon.

Study of Figures

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Graphite sketch of two figures arranged within a semicircular lunette on tan paper.

Study of Figures in a Lunette

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a seated figure in a flowing robe, seen from behind, with vertical hatching behind.

Study of a Figure from Behind

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil and chalk sketch on tan paper of a kneeling cloaked figure facing a winged standing figure beside a pedestal.

Study of a Figure from Behind [recto]

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897

Pencil sketches on tan paper showing robed figures in semicircular lunette frames and a large standing woman in a long dress.

Studies for a Lunette

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1890/1897