Collection: Prints and Drawings / Period: 17th century-18th century / Subject Terms: clouds

1. From the Painting of the Ceiling in the Banqueting House at White-Hall in the Year 1720

Creator:: Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733, French, active in Britain
Date:: ca. 1720
Medium:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 37 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (95.9 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Design for a Ceiling

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 x 12 1/2 inches (14.1 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Fall of Phaeton: A Study for a Ceiling

Creator:: follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 6 3/8 inches (15.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Design for a Mythological Scene, with Jupiter and Juno

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (13.7 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Assumption

Creator:: John Baptist Medina, 1655–60–1710, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 inches (16.5 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Design for a Wall Panel

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches (23.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Quirinal, or Palace of the Pope on Mount Cavallo at Rome

Creator:: Remi Parr, active 1723–1750, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 18in. (31.8 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Design for the Decoration of a Staircase

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 15 inches (21.6 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Annunciatio Beatae Mariae Virginis

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 inches (30.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Endymion and Diana

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/16 inches (22.5 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Pieta

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743, British
Date:: between 1681 and 1688
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 6 15/16 inches (14.4 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Tristis Mea est Anima Usque ad Mortem / My Soul is Sorrowful Even Unto Death

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 1/16 inches (24.3 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Bacchus et Ariadne

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 7 15/16 inches (27.1 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. The Judgement of Paris

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint with line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 12 7/16 inches (27.5 × 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Venus Attiring by the Graces

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint with line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 13 7/8 inches (28.3 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Saint Paulus

Creator:: Print made by Elias Nessenthaler, 1664–1714
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 9 1/4 inches (34.4 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Virgin

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, seventeenth century-eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 3 3/8 inches (12.2 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Nymphs Bathing

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 11 11/16 inches (25.7 × 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Plaudit Ave Regina

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 1/4 inches (24.6 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Juno, Venus, and Cupid

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 1/4 inches (24.3 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Juno and Iris

Creator:: Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703, British
Date:: between 1695 and 1703
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 inches (23.5 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Cornelis Solingen

Creator:: Print made by Johann Friedrich Bodecker, German, 1658–1727, German
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 5/8 inches (30.2 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Virgin and Child

Creator:: Print made by John Simon, 1675–1755, French
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 × 11 15/16 inches (39.5 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Bacchus and Ariadne

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 inches (22.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Christus Crucifixus

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, seventeenth century-eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 4 11/16 inches (18.7 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. The Crucifixion

Creator:: Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 4 1/2 inches (18.7 × 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Venus Presenting Armour to Aeneas

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 13 1/16 inches (25.4 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Salvator Mundi

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 5/16 inches (21.3 × 16 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Salvator Mundi

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 6 9/16 inches (22.1 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Jupiter and Semele

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 7 7/8 inches (16.8 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund