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 (Circle of Francesco Solimena)

A Prophet

Artist: Circle of Francesco Solimena (1657-1747)
Title: A Prophet
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Charcoal pencil with watercolor wash
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 5" (165 x 125 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0003

 (Circle of Francesco Trevisani)

A Prophet

Artist: Circle of Francesco Trevisani (1656-1746)
Title: A Prophet
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Charcoal pencil with white highlights
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2" (258 x 372 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0221

(Unknown Artist)

Jacob's Ladder

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Jacob's Ladder
Date: c. 1700
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash
Dimensions: 5 x 5" (130 x 130 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0857

(Follower of Pierre Jacopo Palma, Il Giovane)

Jacob's Ladder

Artist: Follower of Pierre Jacopo Palma, Il Giovane (1544-1628)
Title: Joseph Before Pharoah
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash with white gouache highlights
Dimensions: 8 3/5 x 11 1/2" (220 x 290 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0180

(Attributed to Benjamin West)

Joseph in Prison Artist: Attributed to Benjamin West (1738-1820)
Title: Joseph in Prison
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 18 x 13 3/4" (462 x 350 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-1039



(Domenico Bruno)

Judith and Holofernes

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: Judith and Holofernes
Date: 17th century
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 7 1/2" (146 x 190 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0462

(Circle of Donato Creti)

Judith and Holofernes

Artist: Circle of Donato Creti (1671-1749)
Title: Judith and Holofernes
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 8 2/5" (140 x 212 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0331

(After Guido Reni)

Salome

Artist: After Guido Reni (1575-1642)
Title: Salome
Date: 17th century
Medium: Conte crayon
Dimensions:18 3/5 x 11 1/2" (470 x 320 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0548

(Attributed to Bartolomeo Cavalotti)

Samson and Delilah

Artist: Attributed to Bartolommeo Cavalotti Jr.
Title: Samson and Delilah
Date: c. 1700
Medium: Pencil sketch
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 14 1/4" (230 x 355 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0181

(Unknown Artist)

Susannah and the Elders

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Susannah and the Elders
Date: c.1830
Medium: Ink and pencil drawing with white highlights
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 6 4/5" (142 x 176 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0127

(Unknown Artist)

The Angel Appearing to Saint Peter in Prison

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Angel Appearing to Saint Peter in Prison (retco)
Date: c.1650
Medium: Ink drawing and wash, pencil grid over drawing
Dimensions: 8 2/5 x 10" (212 x 266 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0001

(Giovanni del Cinqui)

The Baptist Preaching/ Hermit Preaching

Artist: Giovanni del Cinqui (1667-1743)
Title: The Baptist Preaching/ Hermit Preaching
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Ink drawing over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 8 2/5 x 5" (198 x 232)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0251

 (Unknown Artist)

The Crossing of the Red Sea

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Crossing of the Red Sea
Date: n.d.
Medium: Black chalk
Dimensions: 5 2/5 x 6 3/4" (136 x 173 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0398

  (Francesco Trevisani)

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter

Artist: Francesco Trevisani (1656-1746)
Title: The Crucifixion of Saint Peter
Date: n.d.
Medium: Conte crayon and watercolor wash
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 9 2/5" (340 x 235 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0220

(Circle of Marco Ricci)

The Finding of Moses (verso)

Artist: Circle of Marco Ricci (1676-1729)
Title: The Finding of Moses (recto)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing on both sides
Dimensions: 8 x 13 3/4"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-1026

The Finding of Moses (recto)

Artist: Circle of Marco Ricci
Title: The Finding of Moses (verso)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing on both sides
Dimensions: 8 x 13 3/4"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-1027

The Judgement of Solomon (3) (Unknown Artist)

(Filippo Lauri)

The Lapidation of Saint Stephen

Artist: Filippo Lauri (1623-1694)
Title: The Lapidation of Saint Stephen
Date: 17th century
Medium: Gouache
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 4 2/5" (165 x 110 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0111

(Attributed to Louis de Boullogne, Elder or Younger)

The Presentation of Samuel

Artist: Attributed to Louis de Boullogne the Elder (1609-1674); the Younger (1654-1733)
Title: The Presentation of Samuel
Date: n.d.
Medium: Sepia ink wash, ink drawings, white highlights, conte crayon
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 15 1/2" (282 x 328 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0029

(After Louis de Boullogne, Elder or Younger)

The Presentation of Samuel

Artist: After Louis de Boullogne, the Elder (1609-1674); the Younger (1654-1733)
Title: The Presentation of Samuel
Date: n.d.
Medium: Conte crayon and ink wash
Dimensions: 10 x 12 4/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0028

(Beniforte)

The Sacrifice of Abraham

Artist: Beniforte
Title: The Sacrifice of Abraham
Date: n.d.
Medium: Conte crayon and charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 16 x 11 4/5" (406 x 303 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0032

 (Unknown Artist)

The Sacrifice of Abraham

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Sacrifice of Abraham
Date: n.d.
Medium: Iron gall ink drawing and wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 5" (220 x 127 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0263

(Unknown Artist)

The Sacrifice of Issac

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Sacrifice of Issac
Date: n.d.
Medium: Iron gall ink wash over pencil
Dimensions: 13 3/5 x 10 1/5" (345 x 260 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0026

(Clement-Pierre Marillier)

The Triumph of Judith

Artist: Clement-Pierre Marillier (1740-1808)
Title: The Triumph of Judith "Judith with the Head of Holofernes"
Date: 18th century
Medium: Graphite on vellum
Dimensions: 2 2/5 x 3 3/5" (60 x 92 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0143


Life of Jesus

(Domenico-Maria Canuti)

Christ

Artist: Domenico-Maria Canuti (1625-1684)
Title: Christ
Date: 17th century
Medium: Conte crayon and ink wash
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 3 4/5" (165 x 96 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0198

(Unknown Artist)

Christ Among the Doctors: Design for a Ceiling

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: Christ Among the Doctors: Design for a Ceiling
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink wash with chaarcoal highlights
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 7 1/2" (188 x 188 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0298

  (Domenico Bruno)

Christ Preaching

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: Christ Preaching
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 5 x 7 3/5" (133 x 190 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0484

(Unknown Artist)

Christ's Charge to Saint Peter

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Christ's Charge to Saint Peter
Date: c.1600
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 8 3/4" (217 x 220 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0176

(Karl-Pawlowitsch Bruloff)

suffer the little children to come unto me

Artist: Karl-Pawlowitsch Bruloff (1799-1852)
Title: Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me
Date: 19th century
Medium: Pencil, iron gall ink with ink wash
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 13 4/5" (215 x 353 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0012

(Circle of Domenico Piola)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Artist: Circle of Domenico Piola (1627-1703)
Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds
Date: 17th century
Medium: Sepia wash with charcoal drawing over it
Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 9 1/5" (200 x 290 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0320

(Follower of Guiseppe Passeri)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Artist: Follower of Guiseppe Passeri (1651-1714)
Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Conte crayon and ink drawing
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2" (195 x 260 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0074

(Unknown Artist)

The Agony in the Garden

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Agony in the Garden
Date: c.1700
Medium: Charcoal with chalk highlights
Dimensions: 12 x 15 3/4" (305 x 395 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0407

(Unknown Artist)

The Apostles in the Empty Tomb

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Apostles in the Empty Tomb
Date: n.d.
Medium: Conte crayon
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 8" (175 x 228 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0474

(Unknown Artist)

The Ascension

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Ascension
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing with wash over pencil sketch, trace of sanguine
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 8 2/5" (332 x 214 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0063

  (Domenico Bruno)

The circumcision

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Circumcision
Date: 1750
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 6 4/5 x 9 1/4"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0482

 (Domenico Bruno)

The crucifixion

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Crucifixion
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink wash
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 20"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0511

  (Follower of Guido Reni)

The Crucifixion

Artist: Follower of Guido Reni (1575-1642)
Title: The Crucifixion
Date: 16th century
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 13 x 10" (297 x 210 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-1034

  (Unknown Artist)

The Dead Christ

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Dead Christ
Date: c.1800
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 17 1/2" (290 x 445 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0382

[after a drawing by Raphael]

The Entombment

Artist: Unknown Artist,
Title: The Entombment (after a drawing by Raphael)
Date: c.1800
Medium: Iron gall ink drawing
Dimensions: 10 2/5 x 12 1/4" (264 x 308 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0211

(Domenico Bruno)

The Flagellation

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Flagellation
Date: 1750
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0481

 (Unknown Artist)

The Flight into Egypt

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: The Flight into Egypt
Date: c.1820
Medium: Ink wash over pencil, pencil sketch on verso
Dimensions: 4 2/5 x 4" (114 x 106 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0149

 (Vincenzo Camuccini)

The Good Samaritan

Artist: Vincenzo Camuccini (1771-1844)
Title: The Good Samaritan
Date: 18th-19th century
Medium: Pencil with brown ink wash
Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 4 1/5" (87 x 107 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0148

(Domenico Bruno)

The Last Supper

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Last Supper
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 7 x 9 2/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0472

The Last Supper

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Last Supper
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 7 3/5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0490

(Domenico Bruno)

The Magdalen Annointing Christ's Feet

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Magdalen Annointing Christ's Feet
Date: 1750
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 8 1/4"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0480

 

(two entries)(Unknown Artist)

The Nativity

Artist: Unknown Artist
Title: The Nativity, Italian
Date: c.1700
Medium: Recto charcoal pencil drawing
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 7 1/4" (205 x 180 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0004

The Nativity

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Nativity
Date: 16th century
Medium: Ink wash and drawing
Dimensions: 12 2/5 x 9" (310 x 230 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0219

[after Veronese] (Unknown Artist)

The Presentation (after Veronese)

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Presentation (after Veronese)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and ink wash
Dimensions: 8 2/5 x 12 1/2" (213 x 319 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0303

 (Unknown Artist)

The Sermon on the Mount

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Sermon on the Mount
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Ink drawing over pencil
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 7 1/4" (142 x 183 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0247

(Domenico Bruno)

The Way to Calvary

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Way to Calvary
Date: 1740
Medium: Ink wash and drawing
Dimensions: 8 x 10 1/2"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0456

The Way to Calvary

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Way to Calvary
Date: 1750
Medium: Ink wash over pencil grid
Dimensions: 15 3/4 x 9"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0500

  (two entries) (Unknown Artist)   

The Way to Calvary

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Way to Calvary
Date: n.d.
Medium: Iron gall ink drawing
Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 6" (110 x 155 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0177

The Way to Calvary

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Way to Calvary
Date: c.1780
Medium: Ink drawing and ink wash
Dimensions: 11 x 9 1/4" (381 x 229 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0249


Ecclesiastical Scenes and Ritual

 (Louis Jules Frederic Villeneuve)

A Churchyard

Artist: Louis Jules Frederic Villeneuve (1796-1842)
Title: A Churchyard
Date: 1822
Medium: Brown wash
Dimensions: 4 4/5 x 5 3/4" (125 x 147 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0550

(Unknown Artist)

A Friar

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Friar
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 5 2/5" (195 x 137 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0669

(Unknown Artist)

(recto); Studies of the Annunciation in the manner of Trevisani (verso) (Pelagio Palagi)

A Martyrdom (recto), Studies of the Annunciation in the manner of Trevisani

Artist: Pelagio Palagi (1775-1860)
Title: A Martyrdom (recto), Studies of the Annunciation in the manner of Trevisani
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over charcoal
Dimensions: 10 x 15 1/4" (250 x 385 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0182

(Cornelius de Wael)

A Mass

Artist: Cornelius de Wael (1592-1667)
Title: A Mass
Date: 17th century
Medium: Ink and pencil drawing
Dimensions: 5 3/5 x 7 3/4" (143 x 198 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0242

(Domenico Bruno)

A Missionary Saint Converting Natives

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: A Missionary Saint Converting Natives
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over pencil or charcoal
Dimensions: 5 3/5 x 8 1/4"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0517

(Unknown Artist)

A Nun in Prayer

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Nun in Prayer
Date: c.1820
Medium: Ink drawing and ink wash with highlights
Dimensions: 5 2/5 x 3 3/5" (132 x 95 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0651

(Unknown Artist)

A Priest Restraining a Soldier

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Priest Restraining a Soldier
Date: c.1750
Medium: Charcoal, ink wash, white highlights
Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 12" (308 x 224 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0430

(Unknown Artist)

A Sacrifice of a Bull

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Sacrifice of a Bull
Date: c.1780
Medium: Ink drawing over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 5 x 7 1/2" (130 x 190 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0248

(Noël-Thomas-Joseph Cléria)

A Sermon

Artist: Noël-Thomas-Joseph Clérian (1796-1842)
Title: A Sermon
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 3 1/2" (121 x 91 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0087

(Domenico Bruno)

Alms Giving

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: Alms Giving
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0498

(Louis Dupre)

Friars at a Cross

Artist: Louis Dupre (1789-1837)
Title: Friars at a Cross
Date: 19th century
Medium: Sepia wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 8 x 6 4/5" (204 x 174 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0601

(Unknown Artist)

Friars in a Cloister

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Friars in a Cloister
Date: c.1830
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 5 x 7 1/2" (131 x 193 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0034

(A. Ford)

Friars in a Corridor

Artist: A. Ford
Title: Friars in a Corridor
Date: n.d.
Medium:Watercolor
Dimensions: 5 x 3 2/5" ((130 x 84 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0089

  (Robert Walker Weir)

Pilgrims in the Colosseum

Artist: Robert Walker Weir (1803-1889)
Title: Pilgrims in the Colosseum
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal with chalk highlights
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 8 2/5" (267 x 212 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0241

 (Unknown Artist)

Pilgrims Near a River

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Pilgrims Near a River
Date: c.1830
Medium: Brown wash
Dimensions: 5 x 6 1/4" (130 x 160 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0685

(Victor Jean Nicolle)

Priest and Kneeling Woman at a Shrine

Artist: Victor Jean Nicolle (1754-1826)
Title: Priest and Kneeling Woman at a Shrine
Date: 1754-1826
Medium: Watercolor and ink
Dimensions: 6 4/5 x 4 4/5" (177 x 120 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0006

(Paul Martin)

Priests in a Church

Artist: Paul Martin, (1821-1901)
Title: Priests in a Church
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 12" (210 x 305 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0014

 (Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps)

The Atrium of a Mosque

Artist: Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803-1860)
Title: The Atrium of a Mosque
Date: c.1840
Medium: Watercolor heightened with white
Dimensions: 11 4/5 x 9 1/2" (300 x 244 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0020

(Unknown Artist)

The Bishop of St. Asaph

Artist: Unknown Artist,
Title: The Bishop of St. Asaph
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 10 4/5 x 8"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0114

 (Domenico Bruno) 

The Circumcision

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Circumcision
Date: 1750
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 6 4/5 x 9 1/4" (278 x 203 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0482

 (Domenico Bruno)

The Death of a Missionary Saint

Artist: Domencio Bruno
Title: The Death of a Missionary Saint
Date: 1746
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 8 3/5 x 11" (206 x 280 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0504

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