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Fragment of Nativity Scene with Music-Making Angels on Clouds Above
Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century
17th century
Death of Absalom
Anonymous, Spanish, School of Seville, 17th century
17th century
Design for Temporary Festival Pavillion at the Barrier du Maine
Charles de Blonde
n.d.
Ceiling Design
Matías Arteaga y Alfaro
1633–1703
Design for a Wall Fountain
Anonymous, Italian, Lombard, 16th century
1550–1620
Saint Phar Kissing the Hand of Aline, Queen of Golconda
Jean Honoré Fragonard
ca. 1770-75
Fragment of Strapwork Design (tracing?)
Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
16th century
Grotesques Designs with Various Inscriptions (recto); Candelabra Grotesque and Two Putti Holding Flowers (verso)
Andrés de Melgar
ca. 1545–60
Saint Sebastian
Pedro Duque Cornejo
ca. 1700–50
Male Saint (Stanisław Kostka?) standing on clouds supported by putti, holding infant Christ
Pedro Duque Cornejo
ca. 1731–33
Design for a Ceiling with an Oval Trompe L'Oeil Painting
Anonymous, Italian, 17th century
17th century
Design for Pediments with the Resurrected Christ surmounted by a Crucifix
Anonymous, Italian, 16th century
16th century
Design for a Triumphal Arch with Imagery celebrating Architecture
Anonymous, Central European, 18th century
ca. 1720–50
Design for a Repouseé Cane Handle
Juste Aurèle Meissonnier
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception Standing on Clouds
Pedro Duque Cornejo
ca. 1700–50
Architect's Sketchbook and Sourcebook
Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
1700–1743
Wine Cooler or Vase on a Classical Pedestal
Aubert Henri Joseph Parent
ca. 1784
The Infant St. John the Baptist
Bartolomé Estebán Murillo
1618–82
Design for a Flask
Juste Aurèle Meissonnier
first half 18th century
Diogenes
Jean Honoré Fragonard
1774
Saint Phar Escaping through the Window of Aline's Room
Jean Honoré Fragonard
ca. 1770-75
Elevation for a Wall Tomb
Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune
Caricature of a Sculptor
Jean Charles Delafosse
Acanthus Scroll
Anonymous, Italian, 17th century
17th century
Design for a Wall Elevation
Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin
ca. 1770–80
Architect's Sketchbook and Sourcebook
Ferdinando Galli Bibiena
1700–1743
Equestrian Group
Michel François Dandré-Bardon
18th century
Design for the Garden Façade of the Palais Royal
Victor Louis
1781
Overall Pattern of Acanthus Scrolls
Anonymous, Italian, 17th century
17th century
Wall Elevation with Three Chapels (recto); Floor Plan with Columns (verso)
Anonymous, Italian, late 16th century
late 16th century
Study for "On Guardian's Power," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"
Hubert François Gravelot
ca. 1737
Allegory of Louis XV as Patron of the Arts with Paintings and Sculpture from the Salon of 1769
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
ca. 1769
The Arrival in Venice, from Alexandria, of the Relics of Saint John the Alsgiver in 1247
Jacopo Marieschi
ca. 1743
Design for a cover or title page for the 25th anniversary publication of the Viennese Graphic Design School (1888-1913)
Erwin Puchinger
1913
Fragment of Frame Design (recto); Sketch of a Man's Head in Profile (verso)
17th–18th century
Presentation Drawing of a Table with a Wrought-Iron Base with a Rope Motif
Edgar Brandt
ca. 1950–60
Design for a Bulbous Vase with Abstract Female Figures (recto); Bull statuette (verso)
René Buthaud
1920–30
Design for a Jewel Coffer on a Writing Stand
Anonymous, French, 18th century
1770–75
Design for a certificate, awarded by the city of Vienna for the most beautiful floral balcony decorations (balcony above text)
Erwin Puchinger
ca. 1910
Study for "Hob Continues Dancing in Spite of his Father," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"
Hubert François Gravelot
18th century