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(4 Drawings on One Mount) (Unknown Artist)

A Dove and Cherubim

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Dove and Cherubim (4 drawings on one mount)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawings
Dimensions: Various sizes
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0318

(Unknown Artist)

A Crucifix at Sunset

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Crucifix at Sunset
Date: c.1840
Medium: Watercolor heightened with white
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 9 1/2" (145 x 241 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0099

(Charles Louis Lesaint)

A Crypt

Artist: Charles Louis Lesaint (1795-1843)
Title: A Crypt
Date: 1795
Medium: Ink/sepia wash and pencil
Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 6 3/4" (109 x 160 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0582

(Unknown Artist)

A Girl by a Grave

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Girl by a Grave
Date: c.1800
Medium: Ink wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 6 x 4 2/5" (150 x 110 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0655

 (Unknown Artist)

A Man Mourning at a Grave

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Man Mourning at a Grave
Date: c.1830
Medium: Brown wash
Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 7 3/8" " (132 x 90 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0679

(Julien Vallou de Villeneuve)

A Mother and a Daughter by a Grave, beside an Alpine Lake

Artist: Julien Vallou de Villeneuve (1795-1866)
Title: A Mother and a Daughter by a Grave, beside an Alpine Lake
Date: n.d.
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 9 x 6 3/5" (234 x 170 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0095



(Louis-Felix de la Rue)

A Woman at an Altar

Artist: Louis-Felix de la Rue (1730-1777)
Title: A Woman at an Altar
Date: 18th century
Medium: Sepia wash with pencil
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 8" (181 x 112 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-1037

(Circle of Donato Creti)

A Woman Kneeling Before Two Souls

Artist: Circle of Donato Creti (1671-1749)
Title: A Woman Kneeling Before Two Souls
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Ink drawing with white highlights
Dimensions: 9 x 7" (200 x 150 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0056

(Unknown Artist)

Pesant Family by a Grave

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Pesant Family by a Grave
Date: c.1830
Medium: Sepia wash over pencil
Dimensions: 6 x 4 1/4" (215 x 250 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0654

(Victor Jean Nicolle)

Figures Near a Shrine

Artist: Victor Jean Nicolle (1754-1826)
Title: Figures Near 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 4680-11-0007

 (Unknown Artist)

Figures Round a Saint in Bed

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Figures Round a Saint in Bed
Date: c.1720
Medium: Ink drawing over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 8 2/5 x 5" (212 x 228 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0252

(Unknown Artist)

Figures Witnessing (at Assumption?)

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Figures Witnessing (an Assumption?)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Recto ink drawing with wash
Dimensions: 5 x 7 1/2" (130 x 183 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0452

(Unknown Artist)

God the Father and a Head

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: God the Father and a Head (after Raphael)
Date: c.1820
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 8 x 6 4/5" (200 x 171 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0380

(Domenico Bruno)

The Christ Child in Glory

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Christ Child in Glory
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink wash and ink drawing
Dimensions: 10 x 5 1/2" (432 x 140 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0447

(Domenico Bruno)

The Holy Family

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Holy Family
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 5 x 7" (128 x 180 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0465

(Karl-Pawlowitsch Bruloff)

The Holy Family 

Artist: Karl-Pawlowitsch Bruloff (1799-1852) 
Title: The Holy Family 
Date: 19th century
Medium: Ink and pencil drawing
Dimensions: 11 x 8 2/5" (281 x 214 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0009

The Holy Family  (four entries) (Unknown Artist)

(Domenico Bruno)

The Holy Family with God the Father

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Holy Family with God the Father
Date: 1746
Medium: Ink wash
Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 3 3/4" (180 x 198 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0501

(Domenico Bruno)

The Holy Family with Saints

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Holy Family with Saints
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 7 1/4" (105 x 185 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0489

(Unknown Artist)

The Immaculate Conceptio

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Immaculate Conception
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 6" (215 x 148 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0437

(Unknown Artist)

The Immaculate Conception with Saints

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Immaculate Conception with Saints
Date: c.1700
Medium: Ink drawing and wash with white highlights
Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/4" (280 x 205 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0293

(Unknown Artist)

The Lamentation

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Lamentation
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing with ink wash
Dimensions: 7 x 9 3/4" (168 x 244 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0261

: Design for a Ceiling (Domenico Bruno)

The Lamb in Glory:

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Lamb in Glory: Design for a Ceiling
Date: 17th century
Medium: Purple and bluish wash, pencil grid
Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 11 1/4" (430 x 287 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0509

: Frontispiece Design (Unknown Artist)

The Sacrifice of a Lamb

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Sacrifice of a Lamb: Frontispiece Design
Date: c.1700
Medium: Blue wash with white highlights
Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 11 2/5" (412 x 283 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0508

(Domenico Bruno)

The Trinity

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Trinity
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing with wash
Dimensions: 6 x 5 2/5" (153 x 142 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0435

(Unknown Artist)

The Trinity

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: The Trinity
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 9 3/4" (210 x 250 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680--13-0479

(Domenico Bruno)

The Trinity with Saints

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: The Trinity with Saints
Date: 1746
Medium: Ink drawing and wash
Dimensions: 16 4/5 x 9 2/5" (380 x 232 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0512

 (Unknown Artist)

Three Cherub Heads and Dove

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Three Cherub Heads and Dove
Date: c.1600
Medium: Ink and pencil drawings
Dimensions: 2 1/4 x 3 1/4" (57 x 85 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0314

 (Unknown Artist)

Woman Mourning by a Tomb

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: Woman Mourning by a Tomb
Date: c.1820
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: 3 4/5 x 5 3/4" (100 x 147 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0390

Putti

(Unknown Artist)

2 Drawings: Putti: for a Frontispiece to Vasari's 'Vite'

Artist: Unkown Artist, Italian
Title: 2 Drawings: Putti: for a Frontispiece to Vasari's 'Vite'
Date: c.1730
Medium: Ink and pencil drawing
Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 6 2/5" (75 x 165 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0278

(Unknown Artist)

A Frieze of Putti

Artist: Unknown Artist, French
Title: A Frieze of Putti
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink wash
Dimensions: 3 1/5 x 8" (185 x 205 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0571

(Unknown Artist)

A Putti with a Scroll

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Putti with a Skull
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink wash
Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 7" (131 x 181 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0448

(Unknown Artist)

A Putto on Clouds

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: A Putto on Clouds
Date: c.1700
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 3 2/5 x 3" (88 x 80 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0351

(Domenico Bruno)

An Eye on a Triangle with Putti

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: Eye of God with Putti
Date: n.d.
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 11"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0485

(Unknown Artist)

Kneeling Putti

Artist: Unknkown Artist, Italian
Title: Kneeling Putti
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over pencil
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 4 2/5" (142 x 108 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0088

Putti (3) (Unknown Artist)

(Louis-Felix de la Rue)

Putti at Temples or Putti at the Altar of Love

Artist: Louis-Felix de la Rue (1730-1777)
Title: Putti at Temples
Date: 18th century
Medium: Ink drawing and watercolor wash
Dimensions: 2.9 x 3.1" (50 x 75 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0141

Putti at Temples or Putti at the Altar of Love

Artist: Louis-Felix de la Rue (1730-1777)
Title: Putti at Temples
Date: 18th century
Medium: Ink drawing and watercolor wash
Dimensions: 3 x 3 3/4" (55 x 74 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0142

(Domenico Bruno)

Putti Bearing the Cross

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: Putti Bearing the Cross
Date: 1750
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 7 2/5 x 7 1/4" (187 x 184 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0502

(Unknown Artist)

Putti Musicians

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Putti Musicians
Date: c.1800
Medium: Watercolor and pencil
Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2" (90 x 140 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-11-0062

(Unknown Artist)

Putti on a Dolphin

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Putti on a Dolphin
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 5" (190 x 97 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0332

(Unknown Artist)

Putti with a God

Artist: Unknow Artist
Title: Putti with a God
Date: n.d.
Medium: Recto charcoal pencil drawing
Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 6 1/2"
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0399

(Charles-Dominique Eisen)

Putti with a Mask

Artist: Charles-Dominique Eisen (1728-1778)
Title: Putti with a Mask
Date: 18th century
Medium: Pastel and charcoal drawing
Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 7 1/4" (205 x 195 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0084

(Domenico Bruno)

Putti with the Cross

Artist: Domenico Bruno
Title: Putti with the Cross
Date: 17th century
Medium: Charcoal pencil
Dimensions: 4 4/5 x 6" (124 x 135 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0461

(Circle of Carlo Maratti)

Putti, One with a Lily

Artist: Circle of Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)
Title: Putti, One with a Lily
Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over pencil sketch
Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 6" (110 x 150 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0137

(Unknown Artist)

Seated Putti

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Seated Putti
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over pencil drawing
Dimensions: 6 x 4 1/4" (154 x 111 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0085

(Unknown Artist)

Kneeling Putti

Artist: Unknown Artist Italian
Title: Standing Putti
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink drawing and wash over pencil
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 4 2/5" (154 x 111 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0087

(Unknown Artist)

Three Putti

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Three Putti
Date: c.1600
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 6 x 9" (152 x 230 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0424

(Unknown Artist)

Two Putti

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Two Putti (Seated)
Date: c.1800
Medium: Ink wash
Dimensions: 4 3/5 x 4" (117 x 100 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0349

Two Putti

Artist: Unknown Artist, Italian
Title: Two Putti
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pencil drawing
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 6 1/4" (173 x 160 mm)
Accession number: MSA SC 4680-13-0376

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