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(Jean Baptiste Clermont)

A Boy, Two Girls, and Cildren

Artist: Jean Baptiste Clermont (1717-1807)
Title: A Boy, Two Girls, and Children
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink wash and drawing
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 14" (348 x 342 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0070

(Unknown Artist)

A Dance

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Dance
Date: c.1740
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 5 2/5 x 7 1/4" (138 x 184 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0276

  (Unknown Artist)

A Group of Classical Figures

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Group of Classical Figures
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Conte crayon
Dimensions: 8 x 11 1/2" (204 x 293 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0492

(Unknown Artist)

A Harem

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Harem
Date: c.1820
Medium: Watercolor and gouache
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 24" (410 x 585 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0078

(Hippolyte Lecomte)

A Knight and a Peasant by a Cross

Artist: Hippolyte Lecomte (1781-1857)
Title: A Knight and a Peasant by a Cross
Date: 1832
Medium: Watercolor, iron gall ink
Dimensions: 6 2/5 x 8 2/5" (153 x 204 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0074

 (Unknown Artist)

A Meeting in a Street

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Meeting in a Street
Date: c.1840
Medium: Sepia wash withsome pencil
Dimensions: 5 4/5 x 4 1/5" (122 x 112 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0676

(Antoine-Clause Fleury)

A Minstrel Playing to a Young Couple

Artist: Antoine-Clause Fleury (1743-1822)
Title: A Minstrel Playing to a Young Couple
Date: c.1795
Medium: Pen and black ink, wash, and chalk heightened with white gouache
Dimensions: 5 2/5 x 4" (135 x 105 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0583

(Attributed to Bartolomeo Pinelli)

A Peasant Family

Artist: Attributed to Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835)
Title: A Peasant Family
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pencil drawing and watercolor
Dimensions: 5 4/5 x 8" (149 x 206 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0025

(Unknown Artist)

A Serenade

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Serenade
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 7 4/5 x 5 4/5" (200 x 149 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0598

(Antoinette-Cécile-Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot)

A Sick Woman in a Garret with Her Relations

Artist: Antoinette-Cécile-Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (1784-1845)
Title: A Sick Woman in a Garret with Her Relations
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 7 x 8 3/5" (182 x 210 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0668

(Unknown Artist)

A Warrior Before a King and Queen

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Warrior Before a King and Queen
Date: c.1780
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 8 x 10 1/4" (202 x 258 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0294

(Unknown Artist)

A Woman with a Spindle and other People near a Tree

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: A Woman with a Spindle and other People near a Tree
Date: n.d
Medium: Ink and pencil drawing with wash
Dimensions: 6 3/5 x 5 1/2"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0431

(Unknown Artist)

A Woman with Two Maids Carrying her Train

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: A Woman with Two Maids Carrying her Train
Date: n.d
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 7 2/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0458

(Jean Francois Clermont)

An Artist Sketching Savoyards

Artist: Jean Francois Clermont (1717-1807)
Title: An Artist Sketching Savoyards
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Ink wash and drawing
Dimensions: 10 x 15" (348 x 342 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0071

(Unknown Artist)

An Emperor Escorted by a Youth

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: An Emperor Escorted by a Youth
Date: c.1780
Medium: Ink drawing over pencil
Dimensions: 6 2/5 x 8 3/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0152

(Unknown Artist)

An Old Man Being Fed

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: An Old Man Being Fed
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0393

(Charles Caius Renoux)

An Oratory

Artist: Charles Caius Renoux (1759-1846)
Title: An Oratory
Date:1821
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4" (210 x 287 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0003

 (Unknown Artist)

Arabs Under an Awning

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Arabs Under an Awning
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 4 3/4"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0643

(Unknown Artist)

Artists Sketching Near a Chateau

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Artists Sketching Near a Chateau
Date: 1825
Medium: Pencil and brown wash
Dimensions: 5.9 x  7 3/4"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0557

(Attributed to Rev. Mathew William Peters)

Banditti

Artist: Attributed to Rev. Mathew William Peters (1741/42-1814)
Title: Banditti
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Ink wash and watercolor
Dimensions: 11 4/5 x 9" (302 x 230 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-1046

(Attributed to Bartolomeo Pinelli)

Banditti 

Artist: Attributed to Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835)
Title: Banditti 
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Pencil drawing and watercolor 
Dimensions: 5 4/5 x 8" (149 x 206 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0026

(Follower of Salvator Rosa)

Banditti

Artist: Follower of Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)
Title: Banditti
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 9 1/4" (333 x 235 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0214

 (Unknown Artist)

Boys by a Dairy farm Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Boys by a Dairy Farm
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pencil and Watercolor
Dimensions: 7 4/5 x 10 3/5" (200 x 270 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0017

(Unknown Artist)

Boys on Stilts on the Sand

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Boys on Stilts on the Sand
Date: c.1830
Medium: Pencil, brown wash
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 7 1/4"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0684

(Unknown Artist)

Cavaliers and Ladies in a Roman Garden

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Cavaliers and Ladies in a Roman Garden
Date: c.1830
Medium: Gouache
Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 16"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0246

(Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas)

Clowns in a Street

Artist: Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas (1791-1834)
Title: Clowns in a Street (Scene du carnaval dans le grand Corso)
Date: 1821
Medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor over graphite
Dimensions: 4 4/5 x 6 3/5" (122 x 168 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0076

(Unknown Artist) 

Figures

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Figures
Date: c.1820
Medium: Watercolor over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 8 3/4"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0031

  (Jacques Francois Jose Swebach-Desfontaines)

Figures and a Hay Cart

Artist: Jacques Francois Jose Swebach-Desfontaines (1769-1823)
Title: Figures and a Hay Cart
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink with sepia wash
Dimensions: 5 3/5 x  9 3/4" (144 x 247 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0556

(Unknown Artist)  

Figures in a Clearing

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Figures in a Clearing
Date: n.d
Medium: Blue watercolor
Dimensions: 11 x 16"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0369

(Unknown Artist)  

Figures by a Natural Arch

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Figures by a Natural Arch
Date: c.1700
Medium: Ink wash and drawing
Dimensions: 8 3/5 x 5 4/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0340

 (Unknown Artist) 

Figures in a Portico

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Figures in a Portico
Date: n.d
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 5 x 4 2/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0073

(Unknown Artist)

Figures in a Ruined Church

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Figures in a Ruined Church
Date: c.1800 
Medium: Ink wash 
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 5 4/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0549

 (Unknown Artist)

Figures Near a Gateway

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

(Unknown Artist)

Figures Near a Gothic Door or a Couple and Messenger

Artist: Unknown Artist
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"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0590

(Unknown Artist)

Figures Round a Saint in Bed

Artist: Unknown
Title: Figures Round a Saint in Bed
Date: c.1720
Medium: Ink drawing over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 8 2/5 x 5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0252

(Victor Jean Nicolle)

Figure Under a Gothic Vault

Artist: Victor Jean Nicolle (1754-1826)
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 

(after the Antique) (Unknown Artist)

Figures with a Bull, a Hare, and a Pig (after the antique)

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Figures with a Bull, a Hare, and a Pig (after the antique)
Date: c.1800
Medium: Ink wash and lead white highlights
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 9"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0306

(Unknown Artist)

Figures with a Horse

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Figures with a Horse
Date: c.1780
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 2 4/5 x 4 1/2"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0387

(An Assumption) (Unknown Artist)

Figures Witnessing (at Assumption?)

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Figures Witnessing (an Assumption?)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Recto ink drawing with wash, Verso ink sketch
Dimensions: 5 x 7 1/2"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0452

(Vincenzo Chilone)

Fishermen by a Lagoon

Artist: Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839)
Title: Fishermen by a Lagoon 
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Pencil, iron all ink, ink wash watercolor 
Dimensions: 5 x 7" (215 x 161 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0041

  (Follower of Carlo Labruzzi)

Italian Peasants

Artist: Follower of Carlo Labruzzi (1748-1817)
Title: Italian Peasants
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Ink over pencil drawing
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 10 1/4" (260 x 190 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0427

(Karl-Pawlowitsch Bruloff)

Lovers with a Pleading Woman

Atrist: Karl-Pawlowitsch Bruloff (1799-1852)
Title: Lovers with a Pleading Woman 
Date: 19th century
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2" (276 x 218 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0011 

(Unknown Artist)

Makers of Musical Instruments

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Makers of Musical Instruments
Date: n.d
Medium: Sepia drawing and wash, lead white highlights
Dimensions: 12 4/5 x 15 2/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0027

(Unknown Artist)

Two Women with a Drunken Man

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Noah and His Daughters
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 4 1/2" (147 x 118 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0451



Oeuvres de Clermont: Group of Woman and Children Artist: Jean Baptiste Clermont
Title: Oeuvres de Clermont: Group of Woman and Children
Date: n.d.
Medium: Black chalk, pen and brwon ink, brown wash
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 14 3/4" (105 x 195 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0065


>Oeuvres de Clermont: Group of Woman and Children Artist: Jean Baptiste Clermont
Title: Oeuvres de Clermont: Group of Woman and Children
Date: n.d.
Medium: Black chalk, pen and brwon ink, brown wash
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 15 1/2" (268 x 397 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0066


>Oeuvres de Clermont: Group of Woman and Children Artist: Jean Baptiste Clermont
Title: Oeuvres de Clermont: Group of Woman and Children
Date: n.d.
Medium: Black chalk, pen and brwon ink, brown wash
Dimensions:11 1/2 x 17 1/2" (297 x 450 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0067


>Oeuvres de Clermont: Group of Woman and Children Artist: Jean Baptiste Clermont
Title: Oeuvres de Clermont: Group of Woman and Children
Date: n.d.
Medium: Black chalk, pen and brwon ink, brown wash
Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 17 1/4" (295 x 444 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0068


>Oeuvres de Clermont: Group of Woman and Children Artist: Jean Baptiste Clermont
Title: Oeuvres de Clermont: Group of Woman and Children
Date: n.d.
Medium: Black chalk, pen and brwon ink, brown wash
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 14 2/5" (243 x 363 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0069

(Attributed to Bartolomeo Pinelli)

Peasants and a Priest

Artist: Attributed to Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835)
Title: Peasants and a Priest
Date: 18th- 19th century
Medium: Pencil drawing and watercolor
Dimensions: 5 4/5 x 7 4/5" (147 x 203 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0024

(Unknown Artist)

Peasants on the Way to Market

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Peasants on the Way to Market
Date: c.1830
Medium: Ink wash on pencil sketch
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 9 3/4"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0653

(Francois Antoine Leon Fleury)

Peasants Resting by a Tree

Artist: Francois Antoine Leon Fleury (1797-1890)
Title: Peasants Resting by a Tree
Date: 19th century
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 7 x 8" (175-207 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0584

(Amedee-Auguste Desmoulins)

The Fortune Teller

Artist: Amedee-Auguste Desmoulins (1820-1870)
Title: The Fortune Teller
Date: n.d.
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 9 x 11" (225 x 280 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0593

(Unknown Artist)

Three Classical Figures

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Three Classical Figures
Date: c.1700
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 8" (170 x 205 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0255

(verso) (Unknown Artist)

Three Classical Figures

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Three Classical Figures (verso)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 14 1/2" (262 x 370 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0286b

(Unknown Artist)

Three Figures Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Three Figures
Date: n.d.
Medium: Black chalk
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 4 1/8" (122 x 108 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0384

(Auguste-Xavier Leprince)

Le Demenagement

Artist: Auguste-Xavier Leprince (1799-1826)
Title: Le Demenagement "Moving Day"
Date: c.1830
Medium: Pencil, brown wash
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 8 3/5" (166 x 222 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0696

(Unknown Artist)

Le Jeu de Diable

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Le Jeu de Diable
Date: c.1820
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 3 4/5" (160 x 100 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0375

(Circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze)

Feeding the Baby

Artist: Circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)
Title: Feeding the Baby
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal and Chalk
Dimensions: 10 2/5 x 12" (260 x 305 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0095

(Unknown Artist)

The Death of a Philosopher

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: The Death of a Philosopher
Date: c.1796
Medium: Pencil and chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 17.7 x 24.8" (450 x 630 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0872

(Unknown Artist)

Untitled (Figures at a Table)

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Untitled (Figures at a Table)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink wash
Dimensions: 15 1/4 x 10 3/5" (385 x 276 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0183

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