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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.

Three panels framed by pilasters, with alternate variations. The central panel has in the middle a candelabrum with a burning fire above a leaf base, the lateral panels have a floral candelabrum upon a similar base with two flying birds breaking stems of the rinceaux protruding from the bases. Two festoons are suspended beside each of the candelabra. In front of the pilasters are two crossed branches, fastened by a knot whose ends are hanging into the panels.

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.
1901-39-1236

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, A fish peddler. A gentleman., ca. 1625–50
pen and ink on paper..
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-7281

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration
pen and brown ink on laid paper, mounted on laid paper.
1994-64-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle. Like (not after) Androuet Ducerceau's etching, 1945-59-20 (19) with slight alterations. The owner wrote at right: "Rafe" and a cross.

Drawing, Design for a ewer, ca. 1540
black chalk, pen, ink, and bistre wash on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-5321

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration
pen and brown ink, black chalk on off-white laid paper, mounted on laid paper .
1994-64-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Half-length portrait of young man turned toward viewer and sitting at a table. He wears pince-nez. Right hand raised holding pen, the left rests on paper.

Drawing, Portrait of a Prelate, 1680–1700
pen and ink on paper.
Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.
1931-65-16

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Shown from the front, standing upon a base. He carries the bar in his right hand, and leans the left one upon a shield. Below are the quiver and weapons

Drawing, Design for Cupid and Trophy of Arms, 1710–28
red chalk on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-6441

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Bishop kneeling, in cloak and tall hat, leaning on staff, face turned away from the viewer.

Drawing, A Kneeling Bishop
pen and black-brown ink, brush and brown wash on cream paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-7082

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle. Cut along the outlines of the drawing. Supported by a blossom and two lion feet. The lower part has the shape of a pedestal, shown from one corner, the plan being above angular, below circular. Rising rinceaux are in the panels, in those visible. The shaft is of vegetable forms, intermixed with metal ones. On top is a shell rising from leaves.

Drawing, Candelabrum as part of decoration, ca. 1480–1500
pen, ink, brush, brown watercolor, white heightening on red colored paper..
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-6980

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle. Cut along the outlines of the drawing. Supported by a blossum and two lion feet. The lower part has the shape of a pedestal, shown from one corner, the plan being above angular, below circular. Rising rinceaux are in the panels, in those visible. The shaft is of vegetable forms, intermixed with metal ones. On top is a shell rising from leaves.

Drawing, Candelabrum as part of a decoration, ca. 1480–1500
pen, ink, brown watercolor, white heightening on red colored paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-6981

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Cupid shown from the front, standing upon a base looking upward.

Drawing, Cupid raising bunches of flowers with both arms, 1710–28
red chalk, graphite on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-6440

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Partial cartouche with military symbols and elements, a crown and a laurel wreath.

Drawing (Italy), 1750–86
pen and black ink, brush and gray wash on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-2241

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Large bow-like design with stones and vertical hanging figure eights with stone at center.

Drawing, Design for an Agraffe, ca. 1742
graphite, pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-990

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, The elevation of a door in Rococo style

Drawing, The elevation of a door in Rococo style
graphite, brush and watercolor on white wove paper.
1901-39-2130

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Large bow-like design with stones and vertical hanging stones in teardrop shape and cabochon.

Drawing, Design for an Agraffe, ca. 1742
black crayon, pen and ink, brush and sephia on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-991

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

The statue and the right of the ornamentation is shown. The architecture is of stone. A canopy hangs over the statue. A putto holds the ends of a bowknot to which a trophy is fastened, in front of the pilaster. The lower right part of the framing of an ovoid is shown over the arch.

Drawing, Design with Minerva under an Arch, 1590–1610
red chalk on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-728

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

A broken pediment, with ram’s head in the center above a drapery supported by the cornices; a crown on top. in the window opening is the upper part of a man with his hands resting upon a horizontal bar. Above some remnants of accounts. On verso: accounts and a sketch of a sleeping nymph; beside are trees.

Drawing, Design for a Window Case, ca. 1770
pen and ink on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-662

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Drawing, Study: Head of a boy, 1810–34
black crayon on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-4364

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Jewelry design for a brooch. Above, a knot with a blossom in the center; a hanging drop framed outside by arms with lozenges inside. In center, a drop-like gem. Verso: colored drawing of a lily.

Drawing, Design for a Brooch, mid- 19th century
pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash on white laid paper; verso: brush and....
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-763

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A dragon serves as handle. The half-figure of a harpy and scrolls decorate body.

Drawing, Design for a Decorative Vase, 1775–1800
pen and ink on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-4556

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Elevation of a console table supported by two columns with lion feet. A frieze with two birds and rinceaux.

Drawing, Console Table, ca. 1790
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-1408

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Cremation taking place in the center of the composition. Figures seated and standing in foreground. The eagle that has been reared by the dead Woman of Sestos throws itself on her funeral pyre and is consumed with her body. From Pliny the Elder, Natural History Book X, ch 6.

Drawing, Death of the Woman of Sestos, from Pliny's Natural History, Book 10,...
pen and ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-144

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Disposition of Christ. Verso: allegory of Time and winged genius.

Drawing, Deposition of Christ
pen and brown ink on cream wove paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-2725

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Female nude sculptural figure shown from the back. The right leg is shown down to the knee. The left leg is shorter in length and broken irregularly. A wedge, possibly a fragment of the sculpture, connects the leg with a square block. The reverse is not grounded.

Drawing, Sketch of Classical Sculpture of the Venus Pudica Type, ca. 1475
silverpoint, heightened with brush and white gouache on laid paper mounted on....
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-2971

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

The right half of the fireplace and the lower right corner of the looking-glass are shown. The frieze is decorated with festoons hanging beside an ovoidal medallion at right, with figures in the center. Brackets supporting the entablature separate the panels. Figures decorate the frieze at the wall. Reliefs for the mantelpiece in the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri.

Drawing, Design for Mantelpieceand Adjoining Wall Friezes, 1789
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-1678

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

The door openings are cut in a niche, topped by a medallion and flanked by columns carrying an inscription tablet. The bottom design shows another tablet over the niche.

Drawing, Two elevations of a doorway, 1790–1800
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-1735

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Left row: two fountains, the upper basins of which are supported by standing figures. Center row: a very roughly sketched top corner part of the background for a fountain. A fountain, with colossal basin before a semicircular colonnade on a high dado. Flights of stairs lead to the colonnade. Right one: plan and elevation of a wheel-shaped plan. Part of an elevation and plan of a café with octagonal plan.

Drawing, Fountains and coffee houses, 1788–1789
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-1752

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

A rising olive rinceau, with five birds sitting on it, and two more flying nearby.

Drawing, Pillar strip, 1780–1800
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-1860

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Drawing, Fender, 1746–1809
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.
1938-88-1962

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical rectangle. In the center below are steps leading up to an aedicula with a statue. Laterally rise candelabra, each between two lions crouching upon a base. Above the aedicula are two crossed halbards wtih a trophy of arms and festoons. Above them are scrolls with half-figures and an eagle. The candelabra end with half-figures of winged women who support with the head and the raised hands a picture of soliders in a landscpe. Upon the upper rim of the frame stand two running women, who support a candelabrum. At the corners sit sphixes with flower baskets upon their heads. From lateral scrolls of the candelabrum spring half-figures carrying branches of wreaths. On top are two dragons.

Drawing, Wall panel
polychromatic watercolor.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-2699

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

At the transition of the bowl into the handle, on the front, is the head of a woman. The handle is terminating in a herm representing the figure of a woman.

Drawing, Spoons, 1825–50
pen, sepia, brush, gray water color.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-5490

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Vertical rectangle. Cut along the outlines of the drawing. Supported by a blossum and two lion feet. The lower part has the shape of a pedestal, shown from one corner, the plan being above angular, below circular. Rising rinceaux are in the panels, in tho

Drawing, Candelabrum as part of a decoration, 1480–1500
pen, ink, brown watercolor, white heightening on red colored paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-6780

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Studies for eight chairs on a lightly washed background

Drawing, Designs fpr Chairs, ca. 1800
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-1460

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, Steeple in Gothic Style

Drawing, Steeple in Gothic Style
pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash.
1901-39-710

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, Vulcan, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo...
pen and ink, brush and bistre wash over black chalk on rolled paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-3433

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.