Nicolò Boldrini (Italian, active 1525/30–1570)
Venus and Cupid, 1566
Woodcut on oatmeal paper
Chiaroscuro in two tones
12 7/16 x 9 1/8 inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; extended loan from the collection of Giuliano Ceseri, GMOA 1995.773E |

Circle of Bernardo Buontalenti (Florence, ca. 1531–1608)
Study for a Warrior's Theatrical Costume, n.d.
Pen and brown ink with red wash on white paper, laid down; the upper right corner has been repaired
4 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; extended loan from the collection of Giuliano Ceseri, GMOA 1995.347E
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Agostino Carracci (Bologna, 1557–1602)
The Madonna and Nursing Child on a Crescent Moon, 1589
Engraving on white paper
8 3/16 x 6 1/2 inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; extended loan from the collection of Giuliano Ceseri, GMOA 1995.782E |

Pier Antonio Novelli (Venice 1729–1804)
Hercules and the Hydra, n.d.
Pen and dark brown ink on off-white paper
11 15/16 x 9 1/16 inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; extended loan from collection of Giuliano Ceseri, GMOA 1995.23E |

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano, 1720–1778)
Carceri d'invenzione: Plate XI: The Arch with a Shell Ornament (Later State), 1749–50 and 1761
Etching on 18th-century laid paper
15 7/8 x 21 1/2 inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; university purchase, GMOA 1973.2984
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Marco Ricci (Venice, 1676–1730)
Rocky Landscape with Figures Beside a Stream, n.d.
Gouache on heavy paper
7 3/8 x 8 1/16 inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; extended loan from the collection of Giuliano Ceseri, GMOA 1995.50E |

Giambattista Tiepolo (Venice, 1696–1770)
Death Giving Audience, from the Capricci, 1743–49
Etching on off-white laid paper
5 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; museum purchase with funds provided by the bequest of Leighton Ballew, GMOA 1998.38 |