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Ornament & Design

5,928 works

Hand-colored caricature of a stout man greeting a gaunt man holding a fish, with a pierrot figure and street crowd behind.

Hé c'est l'ami Carême!, Musée Grotesque No. 53

Aaron Martinet, early 19th century

Drawing of an ornate opera stage set with receding colonnades and arches, with five costumed actors standing in front.

A Stage Design for an Opera with Actors

Workshop of Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, 18th century

Red chalk design of a vertical panel with two sirens holding up a garlanded urn among scrolling foliage.

Design for a Decorative Panel with Two Sirens Holding a Vase Embellished with Dolphins and other Decorative Motifs

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1777

Watercolor design of an ornate neoclassical salon with coffered gilded ceiling, columns, and gilded statues holding candelabr

Décoration de sallon pour Brunoy (Design for the Interior of the Château de Brunoy)

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1781

Ink and wash design of a classical wall with two doors, fluted pilasters, and a central statue in a niche.

Design for a Wall with Two Doors and a Sculpture

Henri Pietre, c. 1785

Etching of an ornate cup base with cherubs, a griffin, a lion and a dog among scrollwork and bead garlands.

Base of an ornamental cup

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Engraved print of Saint Helena holding the true cross, framed by an ornate border with owls, putti and animals.

Heilige Helena met het Ware Kruis in omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581

Engraving of a crowned saint holding a bird and pitcher, framed by ornate putti, flowers and scrollwork.

Heilige Elisabet van Hongarije met kruik en vogel in omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581

Engraving of a praying female saint in an oval frame, surrounded by ornate scrollwork, birds and mythical creatures.

Hoop in ovale lijst binnen rechthoekige omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581

Engraving of blindfolded Justice holding scales and a sword in an oval frame, surrounded by ornamental scrolls, birds and ani

Rechtvaardigheid in ovale lijst binnen rechthoekige omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581

Engraving of a woman holding an infant with two boys in an oval frame, surrounded by ornate scrolling border with fish and fo

Liefde met drie kinderen in ovale lijst binnen rechthoekige omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1581

Engraved portrait of King Arthur in armor inside an oval medallion, flanked by putti, flowers and ornamental scrollwork.

Portret van koning Arthur in medaillon binnen rechthoekige omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Portret van Godfried van Bouillon in medaillon binnen rechthoekige omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Engraved portrait of Joshua in a plumed helmet inside an oval medallion, framed by putti, flowers and scrollwork.

Portret van Jozua in medaillon binnen rechthoekige omlijsting met ornamenten

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Engraved perspective of a hall with a receding barrel vault, niche statues, and grotesque-decorated ceiling in fine line.

Perspective view of the interior of a hall, with cross-vault decorated with grotesques, plate 18 from "Scenographiae…

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1601

Page with a red and blue woodcut of a town with a tower, above a black woodcut of a nude man beside German text.

Ornament from Kirchner Zeichnungen (Kirchner Drawings)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1925

Etched ornamental design with an oval landscape cartouche, scrollwork, two pillars and a skull below.

Ovale cartouche met een landschap in een omlijsting van rolwerk

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Etched ornamental cartouche with a winged putto playing a lute, flanked by two vertical floral ornaments on a light backgroun

Cartouche met een luitspelende putto

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Engraving of a leaf-shaped cartouche with a winged figure holding a torch, surrounded by grotesque ornamental creatures.

Bladvormige cartouche met een engel

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Etched ornament with a putto riding a dolphin in a leaf-shaped cartouche, surrounded by four grotesque birds and scrollwork.

Bladvormige cartouche met een putto op een dolfijn

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1573

Pen and wash drawing of a covered urn on a pedestal, with a frieze of robed figures holding torches below.

Study of an Urn; Study for the Frieze Decoration around the Urn

Edward Pierce II, ca. 1690

Engraved grotesque ornament with a central bat, hanging lantern, snail, grasshopper and flanking hybrid figures, dated 1550.

Design for a Candelabra Grotesque with a Bat in the Center

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1550

Engraved ornamental design with a central grotesque mask, two fauns, an eagle, urns and drapery, dated 1549.

Ornamental Design with a Mask and an Eagle between Two Fauns below

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1549

Engraved vertical ornament with two pairs of satyrs flanking a central horned mask and an urn of foliage.

Ornament with Two Couples of Satyrs

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1549

Engraving of a winged putto holding a shield and staff beneath a tall scroll of leafy foliage, with a monogram at top.

Ornament with a Genius Holding a Shield

Master MVHF, 1536

Decorative design sheet with dark wavy stripes, orange scrolls and drooping flower buds over a grid.

Decoratief ornament met golven en bloemen

Roelf Gerbrands, 1901

Drawing of a woman in an oval frame flanked by cherubs, flower garlands, urns and winged figures holding a globe.

Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in an ornamental frame

Johann Esaias Nilson, late 18th century

Etched design of an ornate urn with scroll handles and a Bacchic relief frieze on a stone base.

Design for a Vase with a Bacchic Frieze, from: Vases

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Engraved design of a term pedestal topped by two intertwined bearded bacchic figures wearing ivy wreaths, with a tassel below

Design for a Term with Two Bacchic Figures, from: Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antique…

Jean Le Pautre, 1645

Etching of a satyr seen from behind with a floral wreath, resting on an ornamental term with garlands and scrollwork.

Design for a Term with Two Embracing Satyrs, from: Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiqu…

Jean Le Pautre, 1645