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(Unknown Artist)

A Chapel Among Trees

Artist: Unknown Artist, Dutch
Title: A Chapel Among Trees
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 6 1/2" (160 x 170 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0344

 (Unknown Artist)

A Chapel Near a Bridge

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Chapel Near a Bridge
Date: c.1830
Medium: Brown wash
Dimensions: 6 x 8" (150 x 210 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0635

(H. Nirl)

A Country Church

Artist: H. Nirl
Title: A Country Church
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4" (205 x 320 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0004

(Jean Jaques Champin)

A Church

Artist: Jean Jaques Champin (1796-1860)
Title: A Church
Date: 19th century
Medium: Pencil drawing over sepia wash
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 8 1/2" (145 x 218 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0664

(Dusommier)

A Church Among Cliffs or Mother and Child before Residence in Rocky Mountains

Artist: Dusommier
Title: A Church Among Cliffs or Mother and Child before Residence in Rocky Mountains
Date: n.d.
Medium: Sepia wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 5 2/5 x 4 1/4" (137 x 105 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0589

 (Unknown Artist)

A Church Among Hills

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Church Among Hills
Date: n.d.
Medium: Conte crayon
Dimensions: 7 2/5 x 10 1/4" (185 x 260 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0045

(Francois Alexandre Pernot)

A Ruined Church in Snow

Artist: Francois Alexandre Pernot (1793-1865)
Title: A Ruined Church in Snow
Date: 1821
Medium: Sepia wash with white highlights
Dimensions: 4 3/5 x 6 3/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0564

(Victor Jean Nicolle)

A Shrine at the Entrance of a Monastery

Artist: Victor Jean Nicolle
Title: A Shrine at the Entrance of a Monastery
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor and ink
Dimensions: 7 x 4 4/5" (138 x 182 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0005

(Jean Thomas Thibault)

A Temple in a Park

Artist: Jean Thomas Thibault (1757-1826)
Title: A Temple in a Park
Date: n.d
Medium: Sepia wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 14 2/5 x 10" (365 x 258 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0657

(Unknown Artist)

A Vaulted Undercroft

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Vaulted Undercroft
Date: c.1830
Medium: Pencil, brown and grey wash
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 9 3/4" (165 x 250 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0649

(Vincenzo Chilone)

A Venetian Church

Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839)
Title: A Venetian Church
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Pencil and ink sketch
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4" (120 x 190 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0621

(Unknown Artist)

Asia Minor, Temple of Apollo, Ruins with windmill in background

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Asia Minor, Temple of Apollo, Ruins with windmill in background
Date: 1842
Medium: Pencil
Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 17 3/8" (315 x 440 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0783

(Monogrammist I.D.)

Chapelle de Rosny

Artist: Monogrammist I.D.
Title: Chapelle de Rosny
Date: n.d.
Medium: Sepia wash and drawing
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 4" (148 x 105 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0611

(Scott)

Chartres

Artist: Scott
Title: Chartres
Date: 1844
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/2" (280 x 210 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0873

(Jean-Honore Fragonard)

Circular Temple

Artist: Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806)
Title: Circular Temple
Date: c.1760
Medium: Ink and watercolor wash
Dimensions: 6 3/5 x 9 1/5" (148 x 215 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0104

(Augustin Enfantin)

Figures in a Ruined Church

Artist: Augustin Enfantin (1793-1827)
Title: Figures in a Ruined Church
Date: c.1800 
Medium: Ink wash 
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 5 4/5" (182 x 152 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0549

(Victor Jean Nicolle)

Figure Under a Gothic Vault

Artist: Victor Jean Nicolle (1754-1926) 
Title: Figures Under a Gothic Vault 
Date: 1754-1826 
Medium: Ink wash and drawing 
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 6" (120 x 170 mm) 
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0646 

S. Maria della Salute, Venice Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839)
Title: S. Maria della Salute "Saint Mary of Health", Venice (recto)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Iron gall ink with white highlightsk
Dimensions: 3 4/5 x 5 4/5" (100 x 150 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0617


 S. Gervasio e Protasio (verso) Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839)
Title: S. Gervasio e Protasio (verso)
Date: n.d.
Medium: pencil sketch
Dimensions: 3 4/5 x 5 4/5" (100 x 150 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0617b



(Unknown Artist)

Temple

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: Temple
Date: 1842
Medium: Graphite 
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 10 1/2" (191 x 269 mm) 
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0954

(Unknown Artist)

Temple of Romulus

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Temple of Romulus
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor and ink drawing
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 7 4/5" (131 x 218 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0067

(Unknown Artist)

Temple of the Fawn

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Temple of the Fawn
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor and ink drawing
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 7 4/5" (127 x 213 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0070

(Unknown Artist)

The Basilica, Paestum

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: The Basilica at Paestum
Date: c.1830
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 7 4/5 x 9 3/4" (200 x 250 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0027

(Theodore-Henri Mansson)

The Door of a Cathedral

Artist: Theodore-Henri Mansson (1811-1850)
Title: The Door of a Cathedral
Date: 1837
Medium: Pencil heightened with white on brown paper
Dimensions: 9 x 6 1/2" (230 x 165 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0697

(Charles Caius Renoux)

The Entrance to a Church

Artist: Charles Caius Renoux (1759-1846)
Title: The Entrance to a Church
Date: n.d.
Medium: Sepia wash with pencil details
Dimensions: 6 3/10 x 4 3/5" (160 x 117 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0561

 (Victor Jean Nicolle)

The Interior of a Deconsecrated Church seen through a Door

Artist: Victor Jean Nicolle (1754-1826)
Title: The Interior of a Deconsecrated Church seen through a Door
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 5 3/5 x 3 4/5" (144 x 100 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0008

 (Vincenzo Chilone)

The Steps of the Salute

Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839
Title: The Steps of the Salute
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Ink drawing and wash with some pencil marks
Dimensions: 10 4/5 x 8 2/5" (278 x 215 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0627

(Unknown Artist)

The Temple Vesta

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Temple of Vesta
Date: c.1800
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 6 4/5 x 9 2/5" (171 x 240 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0321

(Thomas Dessoulavy)

View of Rome: The Temple Vesta

Artist: Thomas Dessoulavy (1801-1869) 
Title: View of Rome: The Temple of Portunus  
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor and ink drawing
Dimensions: 14 x 18"  (356 x 462 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0022

(Thomas Dessoulavy)

View of Rome: The Temple Vesta

Thomas Dessoulavy (1801-1869)
Title: View of Rome: The Temple of Hercules Victor
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor and ink drawing
Dimensions: 14x 18" (363 x 459 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0023

 (Vincenzo Chilone)

View of the Bacino di S. Marco from the Riva degli Schiavone

Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839) 
Title: View of the Bacino di S. Marco from the Riva degli Schiavone
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Ink wash and drawing
Dimensions: 5 x 9 1/4" (128 x 230 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0624

(Vincenzo Chilone)

View of the Frari, Venice

Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839)
Title: View of the Frari, Venice
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Oil painting on paper, ink drawing
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 11" (183 x 78 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0630



Cities and Public Buildings

(Monogrammist T.T.)

A Boathouse at Sorrento

Artist: Monogrammist T.T.
Title: A Boathouse at Sorrento
Date: n.d.
Medium: Sepia over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 8 x 6" (203 x 155 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0551

(Attributed to Lodewijk Toeput, Il Pozzoserrato)

A City on a River

Artist: Attributed to Lodewijk Toeput, Il Pozzoserrato (1550-1605)
Title: A City on a River
Date: 16th century
Medium: Iron gall ink drawing
Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 7 3/4" (105 x 195 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0322

(Agno)

A Classical Atrium

Artist: Circle of Agno
Title: A Classical Atrium
Date: n.d.
Medium: Conte crayon
Dimensions: 8 x 4 3/5" (205 x 122 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0545

(Giuseppe Valadier)

A Classical City

Artist: Giuseppe Valadier (1762-1839)
Title: A Classical City
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 13 4/5 x 18 1/4" (350 x 462 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-1047

(Charles Caius Renoux)

A Gothic Artium

Artist: Charles Caius Renoux (1759-1846)
Title: A Gothic Artium
Date: 1822
Medium: Brown wash
Dimensions: 9x 7" (232 x 183 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0562

 (Isidore Dagnan)

A Lighthouse by Moonlight

Artist: Isidore Dagnan (1794-1873)
Title: A Lighthouse by Moonlight
Date: c.1830
Medium: Watercolor heightened with white on blue paper
Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 5 2/5" (135 x 233)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0274

(Jean-Isidore Bourgeois)

A Market Place

Artist: Jean-Isidore Bourgeois (1810-1871)
Title: Old Tower at Rouen (A Market Place)
Date: 1840
Medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor heightened with white
Dimensions: 17 x 13" (431 x 330 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0061

(Jules Cogniet)

A Mill

Artist: Jules Cogniet (1798-1860)
Title: A Mill
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pencil and watercolor
Dimensions: 5 1/5x 7 1/2" (135 x 195 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0036

(Adrien Dauzats)

A Town Hall

Artist: Adrien Dauzats (1804-1868)
Title: A Town Hall
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor, heightened with white
Dimensions: 7 x 9 1/4"(180 x 240 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0035

(Victor Jean Nicolle)

A Vaulted Archway in an Italian Town

Artist: Victor Jean Nicolle (1754-1826)
Title: A Vaulted Archway in an Italian Town
Date: n.d.
Medium: Black chalk, pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 4 3/5 x 6 3/5" (120 x 170 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0647

(Unknown Artist)

A Vaulted Atrium

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Vaulted Atrium
Date: c.1800
Medium: Sepia ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 6 4/5 x 8 1/5" (143 x 185 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0178

(Attributed to Leon Cogniet)

A Village

Artist: Attributed to Leon Cogniet (1794-1880)
Title: A Village
Date: n.d
Medium: Pencil, brown wash
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 7 4/5" (141 x 195 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0610

 (Unknown Artist)

A Village Near a River

Artist: Unknown Artist, German
Title: A Village Near a River
Date: c.1800
Medium: Gouache over pencil
Dimensions: 4 x 6 1/2" (99 x 164 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0453

(Unknown Artist)

A Fisherman by a Mill

Artist: Unknow Artist, Dutch
Title: A Fisherman by a Mill
Date: c.1800
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 5 x 7" (125 x 180 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0042

(Charles Saxoni)

A Windmill

Artist: Charles Saxoni
Title: A Windmill
Date: n.d
Medium: Pencil drawing with white highlights
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 6" (210 x 155 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0552

(Unknown Artist)

Buildings by a River in a French Town Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Buildings by a River in a French Town
Date: 1838
Medium: Brown wash
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 7 1/4" (210 x 185 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0641
(Unknown Artist)

city with arched gate

Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: European City with Arched Gate, Children Playing in Road
Date: 19th century
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 12 1/4" (248 x 312 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0904

(Unknown Artist)

Figures in a Portico

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Figures in a Portico
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 5 x 4 1/2" (127 x 114 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0073

(Unknown Artist)

Figures Near a Gateway

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Figures Near a Gateway
Date: c.1800
Medium: Sepia wash, ink drawing over pencil
Dimensions: 6 x 10 1/4" (151 x 260 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0285

(Unknown Artist)

Figures Near a Gothic Door or a Couple and Messenger

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Figures Near a Gothic Door or a Couple and Messenger
Date: c.1830
Medium: Pencil, brown wash
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 3 4/5" (143 x 96 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0590

(Sebastian le Clerc, Elder or Younger)

Figures Outside a Walled Town

Artist: Sebastian le Clerc, Elder (1637-1714) or Younger (1676-1763)
Title: Figures Outside a Walled Town
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 6 2/5" (97 x 165 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0343

(Robert Gignoux)

In a French Town

Artist: Régis-François Gignoux (1814-1822)
Title: In a French Town
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pencil heightened with white
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 8 3/5" (320 x 218 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0115

(Monogrammist W.S.)

In a French Town

Artist: Monogrammist W.S.
Title: In a French Town
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pencil drawing with sketch on verso
Dimensions: 8 x 10" (125 x 147 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0553

(Unknown Artist)

Mill by a Stream

Artist: Unknow Artist, French
Title: Mill by a Stream
Date: n.d.
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 8.8 x 11" (225 x 281 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0900

(Unknown Artist)

Piazza San Pietro

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Piazza San Pietro
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and watercolor
Dimensions: 5 x 10" (131 x 255 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0030

(Georges Francois Blondel)

: Project for the Carceri Series

Artist: Georges-Francois Blondel (1730-c.1791)
Title: Project for the Carceri Series
Date: 18th century
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 3 2/5 x 2 4/5" (90 x75 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0187

(Vincenzo Chilone)

Sottoportego del partio dei Bijali, Venice Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839)
Title: Sottoportego del partio dei Bijali, Venice
Date: n.d.
Medium: Graphite and ink
Dimensions: 7 3/5 x 5 1/2" (193 x 162 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0619

(Marchi)

The Arch of Septimus Severus, Rome

Artist: Marchi
Title: The Arch of Septimus Severus, Rome
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor and ink drawing
Dimensions: 4 4/5 x 6 4/5" (118 x 173 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0015

(Unknown Artist)

The Arch of Titus

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Arch of Titus
Date: c.1820
Medium: Monochromatic watercolor and pencil
Dimensions: 10 2/5 x 7 2/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0324

(H. . L. Caizac)

The Louvre from the Seine

Artist: H. . L. Caizac (active 1833-1840, France)
Title: The Louvre from the Seine
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor with ink details
Dimensions: 7 2/5 x 11 2/5" (190 x 380 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0037

(Unknown Artist)

The Piazza of a Town

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Piazza of a Town (Trento, Italy)
Date: 1840
Medium: Gouache
Dimensions: 14 x 10" (351 x 252 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0021

(Unknown Artist)

Town with a Bridge

Artist: Unknow Artist, French
Title:  Town with a Bridge
Date: n.d.
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 10 3/5" (214 x 270 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0899

(Attributed to Bartolomeo Cavalotti) (two entries)

Venetian View

Artist: Attributed to Bartolomeo Cavalotti 
Title: Venetian View
Date: c.1700
Medium: Iron gall ink wash and drawing
Dimensions: 3 4/5 x 5 1/2" (98 x 143 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0861

Venetian View

Artist: Attributed to Bartolomeo Cavalotti 
Title: Venetian View
Date: c.1700
Medium: Iron gall ink wash and drawing
Dimensions: 3 4/5 x 5 1/2" (142 x 100 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0865

(Vincenzo Chilone)

view from via garibaldi

Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839)
Title: View from Via Garibaldi toward the Salute
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Pencil and ink
Dimensions: 6 x 8 1/2" (150 x 210 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0618

(Unknown Artist)

Title: Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: View Near Rome
Date: c.1820
Medium: Ink wash over pencil drawing, pencil sketch on verso
Dimensions: 4 x 7 3/4" (105 x 200 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0660

(Unknown Artist)

View of a French Town Artist: Unknown Artist, American
Title: View of a French Town
Date: 1845
Medium: Pencil
Dimensions: 9 x 12" (230 x 310 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0554

(Joseph Francois Dupresson)

View of Chillon Artist: Joseph Francois Dupresson (1800-1859)
Title: View of Chillon
Date: n.d.
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 8 3/5" (165 x 220 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0600

(Unknown Artist)

View of Julina Artist: Unknow Artist, German
Title:  View of Julina
Date: c. 1750
Medium: Pen and brown
Dimensions: 1.9 x 3.9" (50 x 100 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0856

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