Artistic Sketches and Liturgical Objects

Detailed sketches and watercolor designs depicting unique objects, garments, and historical artifacts, demonstrating artistic creativity and cultural significance.

Design for a Sword Erasmus Hornick Netherlandish formerly attributed to Anonymous, 16th century 16th century

This is a strange visch that never goes cool on the DISC. Leaf with 4 performances of different nature: a fish, a sinking ship and two rebuses. Under every performance a caption. Numbered in the middle: No. 19.

Cravat and Box. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 52.5 x 38.2 cm (20 11/16 x 15 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William Spiecker.

John Flaxman, Three Inscription Fields Three Inscription Fields

Bronze votive phalli from Herculaneum: one with phallus and hand making an obscene gesture (making the fig) and one with eagle wings, a lion's feet, and four tintinnabula (bells). Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a catalog of the collection of erotic paintings, bronzes and statues excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum and stored in a Secret Cabinet at Naples.

Robert Mabon, died 1798, British, Hilt of the Peshwa's Sword, undated. Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Burners used to inflate the ship bridge in the Scheldt, 1585; NaVis Incendiaria Cum Cuniculo / Navis Cum Inverso Velo. Two examples of the burners used to inflate the Schipbrug laid out by the Duke of Parma in the Scheldt before Antwerp in the night of 4 on April 5, 1585. In the caption De Legenda A-I in Latin.

Door piece flanked by two children; Cartouches in role frames with grotesken, garlands and mascarons. In the middle above a pet skull, a mascaron floats in the middle.

Design for a Sword Erasmus Hornick Netherlandish formerly attributed to Anonymous, 16th century 16th century

Ornament Design with Vase and Cameos. Date: 1776. Pen and ink, brush and watercolor, gouache, over graphite on laid paper. Museum: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Grotesque Winding Column in St. Peter's 16th century Nicolas Beatrizet French This print comes from the museums copy of the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (The Mirror of Roman Magnificence) The Speculum found its origin in the publishing endeavors of Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. During their Roman publishing careers, the two foreign publishers - who worked together between 1553 and 1563 - initiated the production of prints recording art works, architecture and city views related to Antique and Modern Rome. The prints could be bought individually by tourists and collectors, but were also purchased in larger groups which were often bound together in an album. In 1573, Lafreri commissioned a title page for this purpose, which is where the title ‘Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae first appears. Lafreri envisioned an ideal arrangement of the prints in 7 different categories, but during his lifetime, never appears to have offered one standard, boun

Al Curry, Female Figure, c 1937 Female Figure

The Queen's bed at Trianon, in gilded walnut with Florentine linen bedspread. Hand-colored lithograph from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times," by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court.

Burning in the collections of the Krasian Arrangements in Warsaw - views of the upper and lower part; Frania, Zygmunt (1882-Post 1932); 1919 (1919-00-00-1919-00-00);

Kurzelowa city chick, il. Z: Aleksander Przedziecki, Edward Rastawiecki, "Patterns of the Medaline Art and from the Renaissance era after the end of the 17th century in former Poland" (Warsaw, 1855-1858), Series 2, tab. Ji; Podczeszych, Boles Aw (1822-1876), Walter, H., Fajans, Maksymilian (Warsaw; Litographic and photographic inn; 1853-1892), Fajans, Maksymilian (1825-1890), Przedziecki, Aleksander (1814 -1871), Rastawiecki, Edward (1804-1874), Unger, Józef (Warsaw; Drukarnia, Publisher, Ksi Garnia; 1841-Ca 1877); 1855-1858 (1855-00-00-1858-00-00);

Bernard Westmacott, Whirligig, c 1937 Whirligig

Saddle. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 50.8 x 35.7 cm (20 x 14 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rose Campbell-Gerke.

Neues Reich, Dynastie XVIII, Barkal, Grosser Tempel. The images feature a - c, two colossal rams; d - f, a fragment of a colossal hawk. All artifacts are currently housed in the Königliche Museen zu Berlin. Created between 1849 and 1856, published by Nicolaische Buchhandlung in Berlin. The collection includes elements of Egyptian antiquities, sculpture, colossi, and wildlife. The extent of the presentation is six images on one page

Gerhard Ludvig Lahde (1765-1833), blackboard for: "Guidance for the farmer to grow Hoer", (1806)

Productions of the exterior of good sense ./dodiated to MM. The knights of the big order of the exterior. (IT)

Warsaw. Overdoors (dragon/ salamander in flames and two lions) from the Salle de Salomon at the Palace on the Isle in the Royal Łazienki Park - two views in the scale of 1:10. Kotarbiński, Mieczysław (1890-1943), draughtsman, cartoonist

Jug. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 22.9 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 14 5/8" High. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Anne Nemtzoff.

Journal / Empire or debates / following events (IT)

Robert Mabon, died 1798, British, Keilghee or Ornament for Horses Forelock, undated. Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Five sabres with sheaths ; verso: blind man playing an instrument being a type of harpsichord, surrounded by other instruments. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Frank Gray, Snow Breaker, c 1940 Snow Breaker

Shell, right. .

Print (France)

Ecus des chevaliers du XIIe. siècle, peints d'après plusieurs manuscrits.. Willemin, N. X. (Nicolas Xavier), 1763-1833. Prints. 1839. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Art , France , History

Crystal flask from the 10th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1879. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck and published by Heinrich Keller. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Figures sculptured in walrus bone by Koryaks. Draeger, F. (Moskwa ; zakład litograficzny ; ca 1850-1860), lithography atelier, unknown, graphic artist, Niemirowski, Leopold (1810-1883), draughtsman, cartoonist

Different business. Leaf with 16 performances of various kinds, such as performances of the sun and the moon and allegorical representations of time and fishing. Under each image a caption in the Frisian.

Vignet met keeshond en roze strik, 1795.Vignet with a Keeshond at a putto armed with clubs and shield with French lilies. At the top of a pink bow. Part of a group of six signed vignettes, possibly for chasinets at a party on the occasion of the Alliance with France in 1795.

Unknown architect, collection device for ballot papers for the architect association in Berlin. Monthly competition November 1878 (11.1878): View, top view. Tusche watercolor and white heighted on paper, 41.2 x 59.7 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Sammelgerät für Stimmzettel für der Architekten-Verein in Berlin. Monatskonkurrenz November 1878

Pearl Pin. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Tulita Westfall.

Silver Spoon. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.8 cm (11 7/16 x 9 in.). Medium: graphite, pen and ink, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William P. Shearwood.

Twilight. (IT)

One of Twenty-Three Sheets of Drawings of Glassware (Mirrors, Chandeliers, Goblets, etc.) 1850-80 Compagnia di Venezia & Murano Italian. One of Twenty-Three Sheets of Drawings of Glassware (Mirrors, Chandeliers, Goblets, etc.) 344732

Textiles: four vignettes of stages in preparation of linen from flax. Wood engravings.

Scrimshaw. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 28 cm (14 1/8 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 6" long; 3" wide. Medium: watercolor and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Paul Ward.

Majel G Claflin, Wooden Grave Marker, c 1937 Wooden Grave Marker

Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Pineapple. / Pineapple. / Pineapple. (title on object), Pineapple, with a centipede and a million leg. Numbered top right: 159. At the fruit the name. Part of the second album with drawings of flowers and plants. Ninth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and French, fruits: pineapple, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, ink, pen, h 285 mm × w 186 mm

Pristipoma Pique 2.holocentre Sogo Classic Dictionary of Natural Sciences: presenting the definition, analysis and history of all beings that make up the three kingdoms, their general application to the arts, agriculture, medicine , to the domestic economy, etc. / w zbiór plansz z różnych albumów historii Naturalnej Meline, Cans et Compagnie., Delpierre, P.J.

Walnut Side Chair. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.4 x 22.8 cm (11 3/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 41"high, 21"wide, 17"deep.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Michael Trekur.

Weather Vane. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.1 x 23 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 18 1/4" wide; 18 1/4" high. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rollington Campbell.

Ice Skate. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Samuel O. Klein.

Andiron. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 39.3 x 28.4 cm (15 1/2 x 11 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 21" high; 19 3/4" deep; 9 1/2" wide. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Herman Bader.

Curtains, Charles Pierre Joseph Normand, 1820 Four types of curtains. Part (21st. Cah.er F.LE 54) of the Prentalbum with two series of a total of 138 ornament prints by Beauvallet and Normand, 'Fragmens d'Ortuens dance le style antique'. paper etching ornaments ~ art. decorative furniture. curtains

Drawing, Design for Mechanical Furniture: Canopy Bed; Germany; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 42 x 28.5 cm (16 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

The first passenger-carrying flight is made by a Montgolfiere (hot air) which carries a sheep, a cock and a hen from Versailles to Vaucresson. Date: 19 September 1783

Weather Vane - Cock. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.9 x 22.8 cm (11 3/8 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 21" high; 21" wide. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rollington Campbell.

WaterVendor. Artist, possibly by: Pancho (Francisco) Fierro, Peruvian, 1810-1879

Jessie M Benge, Bonnet, c 1937 Bonnet

Helmet of John de Courcy, Earl of Ulster, 13thC 1,2, helmet of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster 14thC 3, helmet similar to Oliver Cromwells 4, helmet for King Henry VIII 5. All in the Tower of London. Copperplate engraving from Francis Grose's Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812.

Large helmet with perforation around the circumference from the year 1100 at the International Exposition in Paris from the year 1867. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist

Two multiplaces with a cone as a starting point, Jost Amman, After Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1568 Complex geometric figures (polyhedra). Numbered: H.II. This print is part of a book. Nuremberg paper etching Complex geometric figures (polyhedra). Numbered: H.II. This print is part of a book. Nuremberg paper etching

Herman Bader, Firemark, c 1937 Firemark

Fashion Plate for 'The Repository of Arts'. Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834). England, London, October 1, 1826. Prints; engravings. Hand-colored engraving on paper

Cupid hits the centre of the target. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by William Nelson Gardiner after an illustration by Princess Elizabeth from Thomas Parks Cupid Turned Volunteer, London, 1804.

Vincent Lunardi in his balloon before his ascent from Heriot's Hospital Green on October 5, 1785. Copperplate engraving by John Kay from A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Hugh Paton, Edinburgh, 1842.

Charles Garjian, Carved Ornament, 1935 1942 Carved Ornament

Lantaarn, Henri Charles Guérard, 1876 print paper etching lantern

Jerome Hoxie, Stern Decoration, c 1937 Stern Decoration

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Aangetaste pear, print, prints, height 145 mm, width 102 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, wood engraving

Sword and lance head from the 9th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1879. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck and published by Heinrich Keller. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Armor; Augsburg (probably), Germany; about 1560 - 1570; Tempera colors and gold and silver paint on paper bound between original pasteboard covered with original brown calf; Leaf: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15,16 x 11 3,8 in.)

Wild, Franz .

Chair. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 38"high, 25 1/2"wide at front, 22"deep.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite with some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francis Law Durand.

Gerald Transpota, Spur, 1935 1942 Spur

Anthony Zuccarello, Butter Print and Mold, c 1936 Butter Print and Mold

Three Acrobats On Two Gondolas 1772 Artist Unknown Watercolor Correr Civic Museum, Venice

Horsetail standard (hetmans sign) from the collection of the Lubomirscy dukes ; drawing for the publication: Dominika Jeżewskiego Skarbiec Zabytków Polskich znajdujących się w prywatnych zbiorach Warszawy, malował z natury Władysław Sztolcman od r. 1909`???????????????????. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), painter

Description: Parang-Illang Head-hunters sword. Property of acting Gov W.H Treacher Labuan July 79. Location: Borneo Date: July 1879 asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

King Stefan Batory armor in Vienna, il. Z: Aleksander Przedziecki, Edward Rastawiecki, "Patterns of the Medaline Art and from the Renaissance era after the end of the 17th century in former Poland" (Warsaw, 1855-1858), Series 2, tab. S; Dembowski, Leon (1823-1904), Walter, H., Fajans, Maksymilian (Warsaw; lithographic and photographic inn; 1853-1892), Fajans, Maksymilian (1825-1890), Przedziecki, Aleksander (1814-1871), Rastawiecki, Edward (1804-1874), Unger, Józef (Warsaw; Drukarnia, Publisher, Ksi Garnia; 1841-Ca 1877); 1855-1858 (1855-00-00-1858-00-00);

Drawing, Design for Two Chairs; Designed by Jean Démosthène Dugourc (French, 1749-1825); Attributed to Georges Jacob (French, 1739-1814), Henri Jacob (1753-1824); France; brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on white laid paper; 21.3 x 34 cm (8 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

Silver Sauce Boat. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 28.9 cm (9 x 11 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 2 3/4" high; 5 11/16" wide. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Aaron Fastovsky.

L B Hartmann, Ship's Stern Ornament, c 1940 Ship's Stern Ornament

Sitting spinster. Draughtsman: Pieter van Loon. Dating: 1841. Measurements: h 224 mm × w 179 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Three niches with flora with a Sater, Venus with Amor and a Nymph, Etienne Delaune, After Jean Delaune, 1578 print paper engraving (story of) Venus (Aphrodite). (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros). (story of) Flora. nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)

Memento-Mori watch presented by Mary Queen of Scots to Mary Seaton, 16th century, (1840).Artist: C J Smith

Grey Stoneware Cuspidor. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 29.1 cm (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank Fumagalli.

Hawsing Beetle. Dated: 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Orison Daeda.

Limonadière. (Title registered (letter)) | Parisian genre. (Title of all)

Plate XVII; Thomas Annan (Scottish,1829 - 1887); Glasgow, Scotland; 1897; Photogravure; 12.6 × 7.9 cm (4 15,16 × 3 1,8 in.)

Baillie, William, Shell, The print is part of an album., print, picture, album sheet, prints, pictures, height 101 mm, width 127 mm, Irish, 1723-06-05 - 1810-12-22, print maker, printmaker, 1761 - 1761, paper, pasting, etching, etchings

Well Head. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 36.7 x 29.2 cm (14 7/16 x 11 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Majel G. Claflin.

Virginia Richards, Nutcracker, c 1937 Nutcracker

Viennese characters in pictorial representations , XXI, The death graves, Totengräber, Ignaz Franz Castelli -, Auteur, Anton Zampis -, Artist, Johann Rauh -, Printer, Leopold Theodor Neumann -, publishing house

Bracelet used by Roman and Greek military from the museum of Giovanni Pietro Bellori 1, strigil or bath scraper 2, metal discus in the Museo Oddi 3, and cestus bindings with metal knuckledusters used by lottatore or fighters from the Museo Fabretti 4 and Museo di Portici 5. Copperplate engraving by Domenico Pronti from his own New Collection Representing Religious, Civil and Military Costumes of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Nuova Raccolta Rappresentante I Costumi Religiosi Civili e Militari, Rome, 1805.

Bar Latch. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 28.8 cm (9 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jack Staloff.

Idols on the Island of Sarawak (Gotterbilder auf der Insel Rawak), 19th century, maker unknown. Acquisition history unknown.

Ornate Balloon, Hot Air Balloons & Derigibles

Freedom tree on Koningsplein, 1795, Anonymous, 1795 print De Vrijheidsboom, founded in the night of 5 to 6 February 1795 on Koningsplein, then renamed Burgerplein, in Amsterdam. Netherlands paper etching dancing around the tree of liberty Koningsplein

Grus Americana, alta major. Dimensions: plate: 28.5 x 21.6 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.) sheet: 39 x 25.5 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.). Medium: hand-colored etching on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Johann Michael Seligmann after George Edwards.

Print made by William Ward, 1766-1826, British, The Dragon Arum, 1801, from Robert John Thornton, the 'Temple of Flora', 1799-1812, December 1, 1801. Mezzotint engraving printed in color with original hand coloring on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper.

Rollington Campbell, Weather Vane, c 1936 Weather Vane

Temple ruins, James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 13 1/2 × 16 3/8 inches (34.3 × 41.6 cm), architectural subject

Antonio Baratta after A J de Fehrt, Gravure en Maniere de Crayon pl VIII, 1771 1779 Gravure en Maniere de Crayon: pl. VIII

Kop van een kaketoe. Papegaaienkop (title on object). Draughtsman: Aert Schouman. Dating: 1725 - 1792. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Seated Chalkware Rabbit. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 30.7 x 22.7 cm (12 1/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 3/4" long; 5 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Andrew Topolosky.

Musiciens et instrumens sic de musique pris du MS. no. 6808; intitulé: livre des echecs amoureux && dédié à Louis de France duc d'Orléans.. Willemin, N. X. (Nicolas Xavier), 1763-1833. Prints. 1839. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Art , France , History

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