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Cup and Saucer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
ceramics, decorative arts, cup and saucer — hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold · 1740
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Sampler
Rebecca Knight, Scottish
embroidery & stitching, sampler — medium: linen, silk. technique: cross stitch embroidery. · 1740
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cup and Saucer (One of a Pair)
Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory, French, active ca. 1725 - ca. 1789
ceramics, decorative arts, cup and saucer — soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel · 1740
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Charger
Olérys-Laugier Factory, France, founded 1738
ceramics, decorative arts, charger — tin-glazed earthenware · 1740
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Second recueil et troisième livre de cartouches (Second Album and Third Book of Cartouches)
Jacques de Lajoüe, French
albums (bound) & books, album · 1740
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Architectural Study
Giuseppe Valeriani
pen and black ink with gray and brown wash over graphite on laid paper, with the cupola redrawn on a separate piece of paper and pasted down · 1740
National Gallery of Art
Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
John Baptist Jackson
chiaroscuro woodcut printed in tones of gray from four blocks on laid paper · 1740
National Gallery of Art
![Lorenzino de' Medici, 1514-1547, Son of Pierfrancesco II [obverse]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antonio%20Francesco%20Selvi%2C%20Lorenzino%20de%27%20Medici%2C%201514-1547%2C%20Son%20of%20Pierfrancesco%20II%20%28obverse%29%2C%20c.%201740%2C%20NGA%20126818.jpg)
Lorenzino de' Medici, 1514-1547, Son of Pierfrancesco II [obverse]
Antonio Francesco Selvi
bronze · 1740
National Gallery of Art
![Cap of Liberty between Daggers [reverse]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antonio%20Francesco%20Selvi%2C%20Cap%20of%20Liberty%20between%20Daggers%20%28reverse%29%2C%20c.%201740%2C%20NGA%20126817.jpg)
Cap of Liberty between Daggers [reverse]
Antonio Francesco Selvi
bronze · 1740
National Gallery of Art
Painting
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
etching on laid paper · 1740
National Gallery of Art
View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb
Canaletto
etching in black on laid paper · 1740
National Gallery of Art
Landscape with a Woman at a Well
Canaletto
etching · 1740
National Gallery of Art
![Ship Guided by Stars [reverse]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antonio%20Francesco%20Selvi%2C%20Ship%20Guided%20by%20Stars%20%28reverse%29%2C%201740%2C%20NGA%20103336.jpg)
Ship Guided by Stars [reverse]
Antonio Francesco Selvi
bronze · 1740
National Gallery of Art
![Giovanni Carlo de' Medici, 1611-1663, Cardinal 1644 [obverse]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antonio%20Francesco%20Selvi%2C%20Giovanni%20Carlo%20de%27%20Medici%2C%201611-1663%2C%20Cardinal%201644%20%28obverse%29%2C%201740%2C%20NGA%20103335.jpg)
Giovanni Carlo de' Medici, 1611-1663, Cardinal 1644 [obverse]
Antonio Francesco Selvi
bronze · 1740
National Gallery of Art
![Contessina de' Bardi, died 1473, Wife of Cosimo de' Medici il Vecchio [obverse]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antonio%20Francesco%20Selvi%2C%20Contessina%20de%27%20Bardi%2C%20died%201473%2C%20Wife%20of%20Cosimo%20de%27%20Medici%20il%20Vecchio%20%28obverse%29%2C%20c.%201740s%2C%20NGA%20103331.jpg)
Contessina de' Bardi, died 1473, Wife of Cosimo de' Medici il Vecchio [obverse]
Antonio Francesco Selvi
pencil lead · 1740
National Gallery of Art
![Ship and Fortified City [reverse]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antonio%20Francesco%20Selvi%2C%20Ship%20and%20Fortified%20City%20%28reverse%29%2C%20c.%201740s%2C%20NGA%20103332.jpg)
Ship and Fortified City [reverse]
Antonio Francesco Selvi
pencil lead · 1740
National Gallery of Art
Seated Youth Leaning against an Urn
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
etching in red-brown on laid paper · 1740
National Gallery of Art
Seated Youth Leaning against an Urn
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
etching on laid paper (proof before signature on urn) · 1740
National Gallery of Art
Animals in a Stable
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, II
red chalk on laid paper · 1740
National Gallery of Art
![Mucius Scaevola [recto]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8fabc202-bb19-4f10-9ee1-bdbaa8dd5863/full/!800,800/0/default.jpg)
Mucius Scaevola [recto]
John Hamilton Mortimer
pen and black ink on laid paper · 1740
National Gallery of Art
Studies with Central Female Face
John Hamilton Mortimer
pen and black and brown inks over black chalk on laid paper · 1740
National Gallery of Art
Venus and Cupid Discovering the Body of Adonis
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper · 1740
National Gallery of Art
Saint Mary Magdalene Lifted by Angels
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper · 1740
National Gallery of Art
Christ Led Captive from a Palace
Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena
pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash (for architecture), pen and black ink (foreground), pen and gray ink (background), both with brown wash (for the figures) · 1740
National Gallery of Art