Dido, Queen of Carthage

Assassination of Julius Caesar by Vincenzo Camuccini 

Italian, 1793-1796

pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash over graphite

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Julius Caesar by Andrea di Pietro di Marco Ferrucci 

Italian (from Florence), c. 1512-1514

marble

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Egyptian Goddess and Egyptian God by Claude Michel, called Clodion

French, probably 1780s

painted terracotta

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Vase of Flowers and Conch Shell by Anne Vallayer-Coster

French, 1780 (probably exhibited at the Salon of 1781)

oil on canvas

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Three Peonies and Two Roses by Anne Vallayer-Coster

French, c. 1810

pen and gray ink, with brush and gray wash, over black chalk

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A Reconstruction of the Temple of Janus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below) by Jan Goeree 

Dutch, before 1704

pen and black ink with gray wash over red chalk

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View of the Arch of Janus, with Shepherds and Goats in the Foreground by François Morel

French, 1795-1800

etching

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Theater design, possibly for The Triumph of Hannibal, by Louis-Jean Desprez

French, 1784-1792

pen and ink, brush and brown wash, squared in black chalk

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Ancient Scene with a Funeral Ceremony for an Actor by Louis-Jean Desprez

French, c. 1777

pen and black ink and watercolor

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Brisé fan, with representations of classical figures flanking Venus and Cupid, based on a composition by Angelica Kauffmann

Chinese, created for the British market, c. 1795-1800

pierced, carved, gilded, and painted ivory with painted paper and metal

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Design for a Ceiling: Apollo and the Hours by Angelica Kauffmann

Swiss, 18th or early 19th century

black ink, gray ink, brown wash, and watercolor, over black chalk

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A View of Rome from the Palatine by Carl Ludwig Frommel

German, 1813-1817

watercolor, graphite, and gum arabic

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View of the Roman Forum with the Column of Phocas and the Temple of Saturn and The Tiber at the Outskirts of Rome by Victor-Jean Nicolle

French, late 18th or early 19th century

pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over red chalk

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View of the Roman Forum with the Temple of Saturn in the Background and Fantasy View of the Roman Forum by Victor-Jean Nicolle

French, late 18th or early 19th century

pen and brown ink with watercolor on paper

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Saturn, Eros, and a Woman by Giuseppe Diamantini 

Italian, 1650-1700

etching

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Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, copies at a reduced scale of limestone reliefs by Edmé Bouchardon for a fountain in the rue de Grenelle, Paris, commissioned in 1735 and finished in 1745

French, probably mid-18th century

marble

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Rhea Outwitting Saturn by Edmé Bouchardon 

French, 18th century

red chalk on off-white laid paper

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