Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
John Brown meant for the dark background of this drawing to evoke the potential danger of Italian nights; the writer Johann Joachim Winckelmann had been murdered in Trieste in 1768, in the most conspicuous example of the period's widespread violence.
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William Pitts — Scene with Classical Figures
John Gibson|Antonio Canova — Sketches of Seven Sculptures: T
Jacques Louis David — Paris and Helen
Alphonse Marie Adolphe de Neuville (French, 1835–1885) — Ske
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison — Twee vrouwenkoppen
baron Dominique Vivant Denon — Les Délices de la Campagne
Anonymous, French, 18th century — Studies of Female Statues
John Bridge — Two studies of Headdresses from Scrapbook
Willem Hekking jr. — Man achter piano of orgel
Thomas Rowlandson — The Drawing Lesson
Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883) — Young Woman from Valence
Anonymous, Italian, Roman-Bolognese, 17th century — Figures 
