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Study for an Inkstand

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · ca. 1740–45

Perspective view of the same candelabrum, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1778–80

Toilet Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale · 1760

Architectural Study

Michelangelo · n.d.

The Great Triumphal Car of Emperor Maximilian

Albrecht Dürer · 1523

Byzantine Column Capital

John Ruskin · n.d.

Design for an Arch

John Ruskin · n.d.

Street in Bologna

John Ruskin · 1845

Architectural Motif: Double Acanthus Fleuron

Georges Seurat · ca. 1875

Landscape containing "Four Secretly Hidden Silhouettes"

George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland · Charlotte, Queen of England · Marie Antoinette, Queen of France · Louis XVI, King of France · Anonymous, German, 18th century · 1793–1800

Seated Figures of Saint Ursula and Saint Cecilia

Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1598–1680

Cinerary Urn, after the Antique

Niccolo Pussino · 17th–19th century

Still Life with Flowers, a Snail and Insects

Joris Hoefnagel · 1589

Landscape containing fifteen silhouettes

Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre · Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France · Catherine II, Empress of Russia · Louis XVII · Louis XVI, King of France · Marie Antoinette, Queen of France · Anonymous, German, 18th century · 1793–1800

Title Page and Dedication for the "Compendiosa totius Anatomiae delineatio"

Andreas Vesalius · Thomas Geminus · 1545

Figure Studies Over an Etching of an Ornamental Vase

Paul Cézanne · 1870/72

Veelderhande Niewe Compartimente (Titlepage in Dutch)

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout · Clement de Jonghe · Michiel Mosyn · [ca. 1650–74]

Veelderhande Niewe Compartimente (Titlepage in Latin)

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout · Clement de Jonghe · Michiel Mosyn · [ca. 1650–74]

Overdoor with Satyr and Satyress

Paolo Veronese · 17th century

Study of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67

Giuseppe Arcimboldo · 1564–65

Architectural Sketches

Canaletto · c. 1720

A Tabernacle Containing a Papal Escutcheon Supported by Angels

Giulio Romano · ca. 1538–40

Design for a Casket with the Gonzaga Eagle

Giulio Romano · ca. 1527–46

Design for a Frieze with a Putto and Acanthus Leaves

Giulio Romano · c. 1520

Times of Day

Philipp Otto Runge · 1803–05

Morning

Philipp Otto Runge · 1803–5

Day

Philipp Otto Runge · 1803–5

Design for Daggers

Wenceslaus Hollar · 1644

Allegory of Earth

Charles Le Brun · ca. 1660

The Fan (L'Eventail)

Agostino Carracci · c. 1589–95

A Byzantine Well-head

Frederic Leighton · 1852

A Draped Female Figure (possibly an Amazon) and Architectural Studies (verso)

Antonio da Correggio · c. 1525

Panel of Ornament

Lucas van Leyden · 1528

Bowcase and Quiver of Arrows

Pisanello · 1438

A Censer

Martin Schongauer · c. 1480–90

Morning

Philipp Otto Runge · 1803/05

Day

Philipp Otto Runge · 1803/05

Auricular Cartouche with Figures within a Strapwork Frame from Veederley Veranderinghe van grotissen ende Compertimenten. Libro Primo

Cornelis Floris II · Johannes van Doetecum I · Lucas van Doetecum · 1556

Sketch for an Altar of Saint Bartholomew

Andrea Pozzo · n.d.

Les Penitents: Frontispiece

Abraham Bosse · ca. 1632

Design for a Wall Decoration with Pasted-in Sketches after Raphael (verso)

Federico Zuccari · c. 1580s-90s

Ornament Designs Invented by J. Berain

Jean Berain · Daniel Marot the Elder · Jules Hardouin Mansart · Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin · Pierre Giffart · Juan Dolivar · M. Daigremont · Jean Le Pautre · Jean Mariette · François Le Moyne · Claude Duflos · Joseph Vivien · François Chauveau · Jacques III Thuret · 1711 or after