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Triumph of Mars

Pinturicchio (d. 1513)

ca. 1509 · Fresco, transferred to canvas and attached to wood panels

Study for the Decoration of a Vault

Orazio Samacchini (d. 1577)

1532–77 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk, on blue-green paper

Design for the Decoration of a Ceiling

Charles de la Fosse (d. 1716)

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

Study for a Ceiling Decoration: Coronation of the Virgin (recto); Female Head (verso)

Giacinto Brandi (d. 1691)

1680 · Red chalk, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, on brownish paper (recto); red chalk study of a female head (verso)

Study for a Ceiling Decoration

Ercole Procaccini The Younger (d. 1680)

1600–1699 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over charcoal (?) and leadpoint (?) ruled lines

Design for a Ceiling Decoration with Chinoiserie Scenes

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

ca. 1720–60 · Watercolor

Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy

Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (d. 1768)

1724–25 · Black chalk, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, on pale rose washed paper; framing lines in pen and black ink

Design for a Ceiling with Grotesque Decoration

Francesco Bartoli (d. 1779)

before 1779 · Pen and ink with watercolor

Study for the decoration of the ceiling of the Opéra Comique

Thomas Couture (d. 1879)

ca. 1857 · Black chalk on blue paper mounted on cardboard

Study for the Ceiling of the Marquand Music Room

Frederic, Lord Leighton (d. 1896)

ca. 1886 · Oil and gold on canvas

Study for Ceiling Decoration

Kenyon Cox (d. 1919)

ca. 1894 · Graphite on off-white laid paper for transfer

Study for ceiling decoration

Anonymous, British, 19th century (d. 1900)

19th century · Gouache and gold pigment