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Designs, Monuments, and Objects

(Unknown Artist)

A cart

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Cart
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 2 4/5 x 4 2/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0667

(Unknown Artist)

A Door with a Landscape Panel

Artist: Unknown Artist, German
Title: A Coat of Arms
Date: c.1600
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 8 4/5 x 6 2/5" (220 x 160 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0116

(Unknown Artist)

A Door with a Landscape Panel Artist: Unknown Artist, German
Title: A Door with a Landscape Panel
Date: c.1780
Medium: Ink with watercolor wash
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 5 2/5" (350 x 137 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0107

(F.B.)

A Fountain in the Crimea

Artist: Monogrammist F.B.
Title: A Fountain in the Crimea
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 8 2/5 x 10 4/5" (200 x 270 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0698

(De Lucy)

A Gothic Ruin Artist: De Lucy
Title: A Gothic Ruin
Date: n.d.
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 4 3/5 x 6 4/5" (117 x 162 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0602

(Unknown Artist)

Prison Interior: Design for the Stage Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Prison Interior: Design for the Stage
Date: 1800
Medium: Sepia washand drawing
Dimensions: 11 4/5 x 18 1/2" (304 x 465 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0363

(Imitator of Salvator Rosa)

A Ruined Monument Artist: Imitator of Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)
Title: A Ruined Monument
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink and conte crayon drawing and wash
Dimensions: 13 x 9 3/4" (333 x 235 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0215

(Circle of Gerrit Groenewegen)

A Small Ship Artist: Circle of Gerrit Groenewegen (1754-1826)
Title: A Small Ship
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 4" (250 x 110 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0623

(Unknown Artist)

A Stone Block Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Stone Block
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash with pencil details
Dimensions: 5 4/5" x 3 9/10" (148 x 100 mm
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0636

(Vincenzo Chilone)

A Venetian Staircase Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839)
Title: A Venetian Staircase
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal drawing
Dimensions: 5 4/5 x 8 1/4" (150 x 208 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0622

(Jacques Francois Jose Swebach-Desfontaines)

A Wagon

Artist: Jacques Francois Jose Swebach-Desfontaines (1769-1823)
Title: A Wagon 
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Pencil offset
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 7 4/5" (147 x 203 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0555

(Unknown Artist)

A Wagon at Sunset

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Wagon at Sunset
Date: c.1840
Medium: Watercolor heightened with white on brown paper
Dimensions: 4 3/5 x 8 3/4" (117 x 222 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0083

(Unknown Artist)

An Arched Loggia Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: An Arched Loggia
Date: c.1830
Medium: Pencil, brown and grey wash
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5 2/5" (190 x 135 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0648

(Unknown Artist)

An Egyption Device Artist: Unknown Artist, European
Title: An Egyptian Device
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor over pencil
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 10 1/2" (185 x 270 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0145

(Unknown Artist)

An Urn with Lion Handles Artist: Unknown Artist, Belgian
Title: An Urn with Lion Handles
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and ink wash
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 9" (171 x 230 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0140

(Unknown Artist)

artouche for Framing an Earlier Portrait of a Woman Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Cartouche for Framing an Earlier Portrait of a Woman Date: c.1700
Medium: Ink wash, pencil drawing
Dimensions: 9 2/5 x 7" (230 x 175 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0359

(Unknown Artist)

Ceres: Design for a Ceiling Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Ceres: Design for a Ceiling
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink and pencil drawing
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 14" (233 x 353 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0455

(Unknown Artist)

Design for a Monument to Louis XVI(Charles-Auguste Taunay)

Design for a Monument: Marcgese of the Bourbon del Monte Family Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Design for a Monument: Marcgese of the Bourbon del Monte Family
Date: c.1600
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 9 x 7 1/2" (232 x 190 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0291

(Circle of Marco Marchetti)

Design for a Salt Artist: Circle of Marco Marchetti (c. 1528-1588)
Title: Design for a Salt
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash
Dimensions: 7 x 6 4/5" (180 x 175 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0172

(Unknown Artist)

Design for an Awning Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Design for an Awning
Date: c.1680
Medium: Brown ink drawing and grey wash
Dimensions: 8 x 5 3/4" (202 x 145 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0292

 (two entries) (Unknown Artist)

design for door

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Design for Door Decoration
Date: c.1760
Medium: Watercolor and ink drawing
Dimensions: 12 x 8 2/5" (312 x 95 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0108
design for door

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Design for Door Decoration
Date: c.1760
Medium: Watercolor and ink drawing
Dimensions: 12 x 2 3/4" (308 x 73 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0109
(Unknown Artist)

door designs Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Design for the Decoration of a Door with a Landscape
Date: c.1760
Medium: Ink drawing and watercolor with ink wash
Dimensions: 13 4/5 x 5 1/4" (346 x 134 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0106

(Unknown Artist)

Diagram of Fortress Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Diagram of Fortress
Date: 1842
Medium: Pencil, pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 6 " (267 x 155 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0946

(Louis-Felix de la Rue)

Fountain with Figures by an Urn Artist: Louis-Felix de la Rue (1730-1777)
Title: Fountain with Figures by an Urn
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink wash and drawing
Dimensions: 7 x 4 2/5" (184 x 115 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0075

(Louis-Felix de la Rue)

Fountain with River God

Artist: Louis-Felix de la Rue (1730-1777)
Title: Fountain with River God
Date: n.d .
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash
Dimensions: 7 x 4 1/2" (184 x 116 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0072

(Louis-Felix de la Rue)

Women by a Monument

Artist: Louis-Felix de la Rue (1730-1777)
Title: Women by a Monument
Date: 18th century
Medium:Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 4 2/5" (171 x 101 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0074

(Louis-Felix de la Rue)

Women by an Urn

Artist: Louis-Felix de la Rue (1730-1777)
Title: Women by an Urn
Date: 18th century
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 7 x 4 2/5" (184 x 115 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0076

(Cesare Nebbia)

Four Kings: Project for a Lunette

Artist: Cesare Nebbia (1536-1614)
Title: Four Kings: Project for a Lunette
Date: c.1600
Medium: Ink and conte crayon drawing with ink wash
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 10" (208 x 258 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0295

(Jean Thomas Thibault)

Monument in a Park

Artist: Jean Thomas Thibault (1757-1826)
Title: Monument in a Park
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink with sepia wash
Dimensions: 14 2/5 x 10" (365 x 258 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0659

Section of a Ceiling Design (four entries) Unknown Artist)


(Attributed to Antonio Rossi)

Steps Seen Through a Door Case

Artist: Attributed to Antonio Rossi (1700-1753)
Title: Steps Seen Through a Door Case
Date: 1525
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 7" (240 x 174 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0449

(Louis-Felix de la Rue)

Study for an Ornamental Fountain

Artist: Louis-Felix de la Rue (1730-1777)
Title: Study for an Ornamental Fountain
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and grey ink and brown wash 
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 4 2/5" (184 x 114 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0077

(two entries) (Vincenzo Chilone)
Trophies

Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839)
Title: Trophies
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over pencil
Dimensions: 12 4/5 x 4 3/5" (330 x 120 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-30-0631

Trophies

Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839)
Title: Trophies
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wsh over pencil
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 4 4/5" (330 x 130 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-30-0632

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