# Drawings of the 18th century

Style galleries · hang 749 · 31 works

Drawings made in the 18th century, from every museum.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [A Young Woman Buying a Pink from a Young Man](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-young-woman-buying-a-pink-from-a-young-man-cma-117766), Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1740. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/a-young-woman-buying-a-pink-from-a-young-man-cma-117766?hang=749)
2. [François Tronchin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/francois-tronchin-cma-149399), Jean Etienne Liotard, 1757. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/francois-tronchin-cma-149399?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

3. [Ancient Ruins on the Bank of the Tiber](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ancient-ruins-on-the-bank-of-the-tiber-nga-110206), Augustin Pajou, 1752/1756. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/ancient-ruins-on-the-bank-of-the-tiber-nga-110206?hang=749)
4. [Warwick Castle: The East Front](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/warwick-castle-the-east-front-met-459183), Canaletto, 1752. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/warwick-castle-the-east-front-met-459183?hang=749)
5. [Angel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/angel-of-the-revelation-book-of-revelation-chapter-10-met-340852), William Blake, ca. 1803–5. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/angel-of-the-revelation-book-of-revelation-chapter-10-met-340852?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

6. [Sketches for a tablet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sketches-for-a-tablet-si-chndm-1901-39-2245), Carlo Marchionni, ca. 1750. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/sketches-for-a-tablet-si-chndm-1901-39-2245?hang=749)
7. [A Stage Set with a Statue and a Palace](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-stage-set-with-a-statue-and-a-palace-nga-143800), Daniel Marot the Younger, 1730s (?). Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/a-stage-set-with-a-statue-and-a-palace-nga-143800?hang=749)
8. [A tulip, a butterfly of the species Arctia caja (garden tiger moth), and a beetle (possibly a longhorn)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-tulip-a-butterfly-of-the-species-arctia-caja-garden-tiger-met-908466), Barbara Regina Dietzsch, ca. 1750-60. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/a-tulip-a-butterfly-of-the-species-arctia-caja-garden-tiger-met-908466?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

9. [Worshippers at the Tomb of Saint Peter](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/worshippers-at-the-tomb-of-saint-peter-nga-139125), Matthäus Günther, 1740/1741. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/worshippers-at-the-tomb-of-saint-peter-nga-139125?hang=749)
10. [Study for Painting, Mount Olympus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-for-painting-mount-olympus-si-chndm-1938-88-7331), Vito D'Anna, 1750–60. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/study-for-painting-mount-olympus-si-chndm-1938-88-7331?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

11. [Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lindisfarne-castle-holy-island-northumberland-met-341793), Thomas Girtin, 1796–97. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/lindisfarne-castle-holy-island-northumberland-met-341793?hang=749)
12. [Portrait of Emma Hamilton](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-emma-hamilton-met-359453), Angelica Kauffmann, 1791. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/portrait-of-emma-hamilton-met-359453?hang=749)

## Section 3, south wall

13. [Project for the Painted Decoration of the Ceiling of a Hall (Painted Oval Ceiling)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/project-for-the-painted-decoration-of-the-ceiling-of-a-hall-si-chndm-1931-70-37), Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre, 1761. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/project-for-the-painted-decoration-of-the-ceiling-of-a-hall-si-chndm-1931-70-37?hang=749)
14. [The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-lictors-bringing-brutus-the-bodies-of-his-sons-met-371418), Jacques-Louis David, 1787. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/the-lictors-bringing-brutus-the-bodies-of-his-sons-met-371418?hang=749)

## Section 4, south wall

15. [Peamore, Devon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/peamore-devon-nga-137152), John White Abbott, 1799. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/peamore-devon-nga-137152?hang=749)
16. [Seated Woman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/seated-woman-met-459192), Antoine Watteau, 1716–17. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18/seated-woman-met-459192?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by Antoine Watteau](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/antoine-watteau?hang=749&via=continue) (4 works)
- [18th-century France](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-france?hang=749&via=continue) (75 works)
- [Drawings of the 18th century, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/drawing-18?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiVnpIS05KOXQifQ)