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Ornament & Design

5,940 works

Etched ornamental cartouche topped by a dragon head, framing a small landscape with figures, trees and a domed building.

Cartouche met drakenkop bovenaan

Daniel Rabel, 1632

Engraved cartouche with two flying putti holding a garland, framing a landscape with two walkers and a distant city.

Cartouche met twee zwevende putti

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraved cartouche with two winged putti framing a landscape with walking figures and a hilltop town.

Cartouche met twee gevleugelde putti

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraved cartouche with two putti and a monster mask framing a river view of a city with a bridge and boat.

Cartouche met monsterhoofd tussen twee putti

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraved ornamental cartouche with monster masks and fruit garlands framing a landscape with a hunter and dogs.

Cartouche met monsterhoofden en twee guirlandes

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraved cartouche with two putti, garlands, a grotesque mask, and a hilltop town landscape in the center.

Cartouche met putti op consoles

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Etching of an ornate cartouche framing a pastoral landscape with farm buildings, cattle, figures and trees.

Cartouche met groot masker

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraved cartouche with winged putti and a cherub head framing a landscape with trees and a domed building.

Cartouche met cherubijn en twee putti

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraved cartouche with two nude figures holding a drape, framing a landscape with trees and a building.

Cartouche met lege compartimenten en naakte vrouwen

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraved cartouche with two winged putti above and a pastoral landscape of a hilltop town and shepherds with sheep below.

Cartouche met twee putti

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraved cartouche with monster heads and fruit garlands framing two walkers and a domed building in a landscape.

Cartouche met twee monsterhoofden en guirlandes

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraving of a printer working a wooden press inside a scrolled cartouche, with Greek and Latin text beneath.

Plaatdrukker in een cartouche met rolwerk

Cornelis Galle, 1640

Engraving of a man carrying a fleece through a doorway, framed by a fruit-garland cartouche above Latin verse.

Bontwerker in een cartouche met fruit

Cornelis Galle, 1640

Pen and ink drawing of two vertical strips of grotesque ornament with scrolling foliage, a human head, and a seated animal.

Grotesque Decorations for Wall Panels

Giovanni da Udine, c. 1530

Bust portrait of Michelangelo facing right, set within a cartouche

Giulio Bonasone, 1546

Japanese print still life of hair ornaments with a lacquer box, red coral sprig, floral comb and patterned bowl, with calligr

Hair Ornaments

Kikugawa Eishin, c. 1804/30

Pen and wash drawing of a blank coat of arms flanked by two putti holding a crown, with scrolls and garlands.

Design for a Title Page with a Coat of Arms (blank) and Two Putti Holding a Crown

Giovanni Andrea Maglioli, 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a pedestal clock with a numbered dial and pendulum, beside a side-view apparatus with a hanging ball.

Designs for a clock, Illustrations for "Saggi di naturali esperienze"

Circle of Giuseppe Cocchini, 1666

Pen and wash drawing of a Roman-order column elevation with Corinthian capital and proportion diagram at the base.

Design for a column in Roman order

Maximilian Hardmuth, 1844-76

Colored design drawing of an altarpiece with a column, cherubs, and a figure of St. Sebastian, with a floor plan at right.

Design for an Altarpiece with a Figure of St. Sebastian

Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, 1741

Ink and wash drawing of a rococo church altar with angels, cherubs, scrolled ornament and draped canopy.

Design for the Transeptal Altars in the Klosterkirche Zwiefalten

Johann Michael Feichtmayr, ca. 1740-50

Engraved design for an ornamental ceiling with reclining figures, putti, garlands and fruit beneath a framed panel.

Ontwerp voor een ornamenteel plafond

Augustin Jacques Renard de Saint-André, 1695

Charcoal and white chalk study of a hooded, draped standing figure on grey paper.

Study of Ezekiel for "Frieze of Prophets"

John Singer Sargent, 1890-1892

Pencil figure study of a bent arm and torso on tan paper, with a small ornamental sketch below, by Gustav Klimt.

Studie zu einem Kinderakt; Ornamententwurf

Gustav Klimt, 1883

Engraving of Alexander the Great on a rearing horse with sword, framed by an ornate border of animals and putti.

Held Alexander de Grote te paard in omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581

Engraving of Saint Birgitta holding a cross and book, framed by an ornate border of putti, animals and skulls.

Heilige Brigitta van Zweden met kruis in omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581

Engraving of Julius Caesar on a rearing horse within an ornate decorative border of cherubs, flowers and scrollwork.

Julius Caesar te paard in omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581

Engraving of a standing female figure with a cross and book in an oval frame, surrounded by ornate scrolls, flowers and sea c

Geloof in ovale lijst binnen rechthoekige omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581

Engraved ornamental panel with winged figure, satyrs, sirens, dragons and scrollwork, inscribed Victoria Augusta.

Ornamental Panel Inscribed "Victoria Augusta"

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, 1516

Pen and ink design for a neoclassical ceiling with central medallion, scrolls, garlands and rosettes, with light colour washe

Design for Ceiling of Ladies' Dressing Room at the Pantheon, Oxford Street, London

James Wyatt, ca. 1770