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Object ID #18540895

Object ID #18540895
pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper, lined .
1938-88-3388

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on October 3, 2001.

View of a triumphal arch placed on a piazza. At the foreground stands a triumphal arch with one archway, four columns with Corinthian capitals, two reliefs, and two medallions. It stands on a marble pavement. In the middle distance, inscribed by the opening of the triumphal arch stands an obelisk. Behind the arch and on either side of the obelisk are low, one story buildings with large arched niches and small round niches. In the facades facing the front, the niches are occupied by figurative statues.

Drawing, Triumphal Arch on an Ideal Piazza, 1807
pen and black ink, brush and blue, green and yellow watercolor on cardboard.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-4138

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on July 14, 2004.

Two elevations of long horizontal buildings. Positioned horizontally, one on top of the other; the bottom project suggests a greater length than the top one. The top project has a slightly projecting central section of nine bays and lateral sections of three bays each. The bottom project has a central section of seven bays and pairs of lateral sections of three bays each. In both buildings, the central sections show embedded fluted Doric columns supporting an entablature with triglyph friezes. In each intercolumnar space are a window and a relief depicting classical scenes. The lengths are inscribed in the bases of the buildings. A section, in graphite, beside the top design shows the top story as a sham one. Indication of scale in Palmi beneath each elevation and in lower margin

Drawing, Two Facades of a Public Building, ca. 1840
pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-4164

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on July 16, 2004.

Object ID #18170111

Object ID #18170111
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper.
1911-28-169

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on March 22, 2006.

Ceiling decoration featuring several putti and smiling faces, foliage and decorative scrolls.

Drawing, Design for Sculptured Decorations of Ceiling, 1650–75
brush and brown wash, pen and ink, graphite on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-2509

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on January 17, 2007.

Project for the sculptured decorations of three caulted ceiling strips. The lower half. The strip at left: the frame is supported by a flying child partly in front of the lower panel. It is decorated similar to the corresponding central one, shown in -2509. Below is a broken pediment with two children, standing and leaning upon the corners. The central strip: a flying putto supports the frame. He is in front of the lower panel which is decorated with acanthus blossoms. Below is an attic pediment, with a mask with a shell as a diadem and with cornucopias springing from the mouth. Below is a festoon. Strip at right: the lower panel is decorated similarly to the central one, shown in -2509. Below is a pediment with two sitting children. Crosses are in the free spaces, corresponding to those in -2509. The scale is at right, in the lower framing line. On the reverse is the other half of the project of -2509. Entwined palm branches are sketched as a decoration of framing strips at left.

Drawing, Project for ceiling decoration, 1650–75
brush and gray wash, white heightening, pen and ink, graphite on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-2510

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on January 17, 2007.

Drawing, Design for Woven Silk and Embroidery: Woman Swallowed by Fish and Head of Christ Surrounded by Seraphim, Italian

Drawing, Design for Woven Silk and Embroidery: Woman Swallowed by Fish and...
pen and brown ink, traces of leadpoint (recto only) on vellum.
1993-119-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on June 8, 2007.

Drawing (Italy)

Drawing (Italy)
pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, black chalk, graphite on....
1938-88-3578

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on February 13, 2008.

Horizontal view of a rugged terrain with goats or sheep, a gateway in a fence in the middleground leading down to the river.

Drawing, Landscape View of Rome from the Banks of the Tiber River, with...
graphite on green-gray wove paper.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-594-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on June 20, 2008.

Horizontal rectangle. View of garden in Italian villa, building with large arches at right, stairs leading up at left with figural and animal sculptures on pedestals. Fountain at lower left. At upper left, under striped canopy, two figures turn towards each other, woman holding tambourine. At top of stairs, male figure bends to pet dog.

Drawing, Stage Design, Garden in Villa, 18th century
pen and bistre ink, brush and sepia wash on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-450

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on September 13, 2011.

Ground plan of the San Carlo theatre at Naples. Verso: study for the base of a tomb and section of a circular ground plan.

Drawing, Pianta del Teatro Reale di Napoli Denominato di San Carlo [Ground...
pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-97

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on September 13, 2011.

Figure of a nude child, turned to the right. In the background, at left, a tree.

Drawing, Study of a Nude Child, ca. 1775
black, red, white chalk, graphite on gray paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-6789

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on October 21, 2011.

Iris flies with arms extended below a rainbow and above a thunderstorm. Beside her at left flies a putto with leaves in his hands, at right, two wind deities blow clouds.

Drawing, Ceiling Design Depicting Iris and the Rainbow, 1810–25
pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-1807

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on October 27, 2011.

Drawing, Design for a Candlestick

Drawing, Design for a Candlestick
black chalk, brush and brown wash, incised lines and compass points on cream....
1942-36-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 7 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on March 20, 2012.

An octagonal basin upon a square platform from which a shaft rises at center supporting a circular basin and two tiers adorned with statues depicting episodes of the Hercules legend. At the top of the shaft, Hercules supports the world. On top pier, Hercules is shown with the Cretan Bull (at right side); Hercules with Hydra and the Nemean Lion (at left side). Below them, on the rim of the circular basin (at mid-section of fountain), at each side, are two pairs of putti on Capricorns; the infant Hercules with a snake is shown at the center of this circular basin rim. On the rim of the bottom octagonal basin are three statue groups: Hercules killing Nessus (center); Hercules and Antaeus (at right); and Hercules about to club another unidentified male (left). The sides of the octagonal basin are adorned with relief panels, probably depicting additional scenes from the life of Hercules.

Object ID #18565531
black chalk on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on July 17, 2012.

Intended to be executed in silver. Shown from above. The plan is in the upper right corner. The scheme is that of a fountain with an oblong basin with circular, obliquely disposed bowls at the corners. Three sitting griffins support each of the three bowls which the support the fountain. In front of the straight central parts are a stream god lying upon a shell, at the back two wind gods sitting upon a shell and supporting a dial which stands between them. A sketch above, at left, shows this motif. Written above the figure, at left: "oleo cento"; at right: "Zefiro vento" "15" is written in ink, in the upper right corner of the frame, in opposite direction. In each bowl is a cupid, upon a dolphin, from which water pours. In the center is an ovoid base formed by three steps. Above it four winged and armless mermaids. Two dolphins with tails carry a bowl in which "venus" stands. Below is a dark vase stripe. The background is colored. Letters are written in the plan. The captions begin below it:
"Pianta di una scrivania da/farsi in Argento figurando una Fontana di cenere al Bagno."A" [both halves of the back of the lower basin] Bagnvola rota p[er] metere sigilli e cera/di Spagna "B" [the bowls at the front] piano figura/agva "C"[the bowl at the back, at left] sito per campanello 'the next word had been struc hout] "D" [the bowl at the back at right] ["bugia" had been struck out] Sito della bugia. "E" [in the shell at the front] sito o[ve]e/ untiratore capaco p[er] la grandezza/della carta da scrivere si tira/ via il fiume conchiglia [struck out: "ove sta il"]fiore e tiratore." Above, at left: below the sketch is written: "F" [in the shell at the back] sito ove la labra conchiglia litica/ la cochiglia e le due Figure che/regano lorologio e sticchia. "H"[both halves of the front of the lower basin] Il piano/sarra lavorato a Raeschi cisellati/ [ in the upper basin] siti lavorati in forma di acqua/vale a dire li quatro Siti e quello/sotto la bagnarola." "15" is written in ink, in the upper right corner of the frame, in opposite directions.

Drawing, Inkstand, ca. 1810
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-8189

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on August 13, 2012.

Architectural design for a sepulchral monument. Below is a dado which is shown in bird's-eye view. Upon a pedestal with the tablet for the inscription, of which the letters "D O M" are inserted, and which is framed by pilasters with trophies of shields, stands the sarcophagus. Upon it lies a cloth, the prelate, wearing a tunic and the mitre. An escutcheon with six roundlets, 3, 2, 1. A pedestal rises behind the figure. Above is a group of the Virgin and the Child, who stands beside her upon a bench. Torches stand at the right front and at the left back corners. Verso: some ink strokes are in the upper corners.

Drawing, Design for a Sepulchral Monument for a Medici Cardinal, ca. 1560–70
pen and ink, brush and bistre wash, incised lines, black chalk on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-2462

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on October 3, 2012.

Virgin touches Child with left hand as figures look on. Shepherds visible on right, with cherubim overhead flying in the clouds. Architectural background at right.

Drawing, Adoration of the Shepherds, 18th century
pen and brown ink, brush and wash on cream laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-1589

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on October 10, 2012.

Figure of an artist painting on canvas in a pavilion with a high dado, which is decorated with escutcheons with winged skulls. A pair of mermen holding candles flank the flight of stairs.

Drawing, Catafalque of the Bolgonese Artist Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665), 1665
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red chalk on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-2503

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on February 19, 2013.

Elongated quatrefoil. A nymph rides upon a sea centaur, accompanied by three mermen, and a nymph on a dolphin. Top part of eagle in ovoid under a crown; scheme of Briquet 209.

Drawing, Project for the decoration of a silver plate., 1590–1620
black chalk, pen, ink, bistre wash on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-6656

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on February 19, 2013.

Plan and perespective view. A flight of steps leads to a pavilion in which the painter is shown at work.

Drawing, Catafalque of the Bolgonese Artist Elisabetta Sirani, 1665
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over graphite on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-2493

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on February 19, 2013.

Design of four orange trees of various heights, all of which have black disks growing from them. The image is framed with a white border and shading.

Drawing, Design for Tree D11, 2011
orange crayon, pen and black ink, brush and white gouache on gray paper.
Gift of Marc Benda and Barry Friedman, courtesy of the artist.
2013-24-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on May 31, 2013.

Jewelry design for a brooch. Two bows—one larger and one smaller, stacked upon one another. Both decorated with patterned bands of stones, S-curves, rhomboids, X’s, and flowers. At center is a disk composed of concentric bands of scalloped stone petals with a central stone.

Drawing, Design for a Brooch, late 18th century
pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-864

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on June 17, 2013.

Boat-shaped vessel supported by baluster pedestal on either side of which two nudes sit with arms raised appearing to support the vessel. The curving body of a long-necked winged harpie rests beneath the spout or prow of the ship. A harpie or female half-figure at the stern curves outward; her tail curves behind her to form the vessel's handle. The central body of the vessel displays a figural frieze. Other decorative elements include a ram's head (in the center) and an eye (towards the stern of the vessel). On verso, pen and ink framing lines along right and left edges and across upper edge.

Drawing, Design for a Vessel (Sauceboat?), ca. 1550
pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, black chalk on cream laid....
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-6

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on June 17, 2013.

Jewelry design for a brooch in the shape of a feather. Feather positioned vertically and curving to the right at the top with a small knot around the shaft.

Drawing, Design for a Brooch in Shape of a Feather, late 18th century
pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-804

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on June 17, 2013.

Jewelry design for a brooch. A double bow—one larger and one smaller, stacked upon one another. The smaller one has six slopes. Lace ribbons with branches entwined by a scroll of ribbon between two framing bands. In the center, a blossom.

Drawing, Design for a Brooch, late 18th century
pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-865

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on June 17, 2013.

Jewelry design for a hair ornament or brooch in the shape of a feather. Feather-shaped ornament curved to the left, with knotted bow and disk decorated with stones, at stem. Bevelled corners.

Drawing, Design for Brooch or Hair Ornament in Shape of Feather, late 18th...
pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on light green laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-812

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on June 17, 2013.

Three jewelry designs, each below the other. The watch chain has three balls connected by thin pieces of chain. The first bracelet has six sheild-like disks connected by joints. The second bracelet has a center section inscribed "VBI AMOR / IBI ANIMA."

Drawing, Design for a watch chain and two bracelets, ca. 1870
graphite, brush and pale yellow wash on white wove paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-6352

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on June 17, 2013.

The precinct is shown partly in elevations, partly in sections. A ramp beside a platform with a pavilion and a pyramid leads to the entrance of a pavilion similar to the one described first. At left, beside it, is a colonnade with monuments adjacent to a steeple. At left, a staircase of the steeple leads to the vaulted basement below the steeple, colonnade and pavilion to the floors of the monuments. The building of a pavilion. Bottom row: at left, a bedstead, and a child in it, in the shape of a ship, on a platform. Center: a trough-like cradle. At right: a kind of bowl is supported by chimeras, upon a platform.

Drawing, Mausoleum, 1790
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-1180

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on July 29, 2013.

Two winged snake-like dragons and six heads of each are shown.
Verso: two men on horseback in classical armor, fleeing from a burning castle in Romanesque style.

Drawing, Studies of a dragon, ca. 1560–1600
brush and watercolor, pen and black ink on laid paper; verso: black chalk,....
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-2601

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on August 5, 2013.

Surmounted by a central eagle, floral garland, and corner vases, the overmantel, presented as an elevation, contains an antique relief of Antinous. The chimneypiece and fire screen below are decorated by garlands, rosettes, and shells. A man approaches from the left. Below is the plan of the mantelpiece and fireplace.

Drawing, Design for a Fireplace, Antinous Room, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy,...
pen and brown ink, brush and grey, brown wash, graphite on cream laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-1327

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on April 7, 2014.

Architectural study of arch topped with pediment. A semicircle is inscribed into an oblong, consisting of mouldings with a trophy of weapons inside. Dolphins lie upon the mouldings in the wedges. Laterally are the capitals of two embedded Corinthian columns supporting the entablature. Above is a stylized pediment with a mask between dolphins. The latter are intertwined with festoons hanging from two eagles standing above the corners of the pediment. The eagles' wings are displayed, the inner ones elevated, the outer inverted. Upon the point of the pediment stands an urn with garlands dragging from the handles. Its upper part is partially in front of an entablature that spreads across the upper portion of the picture and is divided into panels by consoles featuring ram's heads. The panels on the sides of the urn are decorated with a relief featuring two women standing beside a candelabra.

Drawing, Design for the East Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome,...
pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, black chalk on cream laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-485

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on April 7, 2014.

Two winged genii, symbolizing death, sit on pilasters supporting a sarcophagus to Carl Emanuel III. Pedestals on either side support two candle brackets with burning candles and two putti. Above, a broken pediment supports a putto sitting at left and holding a medallion of the King. Two additional putti support the crown. All is adorned with festoons and swags. Below are groups of men, of whom one is extinguishing a candle and another is walking with new lights. At right, two women appear, one running and the other accompanied by a dog.

Drawing, Design for a Catafalque for Charles Emanuel III of Sardinia, 1773
pen and brown ink, brush and wash, black chalk on off-white laid paper, mounted.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-1551

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on April 14, 2014.

In the shape of an obelisk without point. Three steps lead to a base with candle brackets, the front intended for an inscription. The obelisk is connected with the base by a part with winged skulls supporting festoons. On top, a crown and mace upon a cushion, above a cloth, covering the upper part of the obelisk. In front are a winged woman and a putto supporting a medallion with the image of the king. Upon the steps, at left, a gentleman with a dog, at right a cleric with candles.

Drawing, Catafalque for a king, ca. 1765
graphite, black chalk, brush and gray wash on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-2461

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on April 14, 2014.

Genii are supporting a cloth; they are winged with heads of fallen warriors with a helmet and laurel wreath respectively. The center is Saturn pointing with the handle of the scythe in his right hand at the intended inscription, and raising with the left hand the hourglass. As counterweight for his right hand serves a skull and a garland at the upper right edge of the cloth. A trophy of weapons in background.

Drawing, Design for a cloth as place of an inscription, 1750–86
graphite, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-2460

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on April 14, 2014.

Three panels framed by oblongs with masks above and below, supporting festoons, whose other ends are supported in the lateral panels by masks above and below, and in the central panel by rinceaux. Inside the panels are smaller ones framed by bands, with an oval containing a shell, at left and right, and a motif of four shells in the center; rinceaux; half-figures of winged animals at left and right.

Drawing, Design for a Frieze, ca. 1770
black crayon, pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-1237

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on April 21, 2014.