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Design for the Decoration of a Ceiling

Charles de la Fosse (d. 1716)

ca. 1660–90 · Red and black chalk, pen and brown ink

Design for Section of a Rococo Room, with a Coved Ceiling and Ornamented Corinthian Doorway

Thomas Lightoler (d. 1775)

ca. 1750 · Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash and yellow watercolor

Design for 1/4 of a Ceiling, and Ornamentation of a Section of a Vault

Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century (d. 1800)

1700–1780 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled construction; framing outline at upper, right, and lower borders in brush and black ink; measuring scale on right border in pen and gray ink over graphite or leadpoint

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling

Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century (d. 1800)

1700–1780 · Pen and dark brown ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite or leadpoint, with ruled construction; scales, at bottom, in pen and brown ink

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling

Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century (d. 1800)

1700–1780 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction

Design for the Ornamentation of a Section of a Ceiling

Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century (d. 1800)

1700–1780 · Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash, over leadpoint or graphite, with ruled and compass construction; measuring scale, at bottom of design, in pen and brown ink

Design for One-Quarter of a Ceiling Decoration

Leonardo Marini (d. 1797)

1730–97 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite, with ruled and compass construction

Design for One Half of a Ceiling

Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century (d. 1800)

18th century · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, with ruled and compass construction

Au Choix Design for a Ceiling

Anonymous, Italian, 18th century (d. 1800)

n.d. · Pen and black ink, brush with gray wash and watercolor, over graphite

Design for one section of a ceiling painted in trompe l'oeil iron work with flowering vines and birds

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (d. 1897)

second half 19th century · Graphite, pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache

Design for one section of a ceiling painted with trees and lattices

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise (d. 1897)

second half 19th century · Graphite, pen and black ink, and watercolor

Design for a Ceiling with Magnolias

Auguste Herbst (d. 1951)

1898 · Pen and brown ink, brush and pink and rose wash, heightened with white and gold