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Ornament & Design

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Engraving of two ornate helmets with scrolling decoration, putti, a trumpet and a plumed crest, on a page.

Twee helmen met ornamenten

Honoré Blanc, 1682

Etched print of two ornamental helmets with scrolls, a winged horse, a grotesque mask, and a classical figure on a shield.

Twee helmen en een schild met ornamenten

Honoré Blanc, 1682

Cartouche met wapentrofee en twee pijlenkokers

Honoré Blanc, 1682

Etched print of three ornamental cartouches with scrollwork, medallion portraits, grotesque masks and a central mythological

Cartouche, pijlenkoker en helm

Honoré Blanc, 1682

Woodcut of a woman driving a peg into a sleeping man's head in an arched interior, with armed onlookers and a standing woman.

Jael Killing Sisera, without ornamental frame (copy)

Lucas van Leyden, early 16th century

Engraved cartouche with two putti at top framing a landscape with a building complex and small figures.

Cartouche met twee putti bovenaan

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraved cartouche with two nude figures, a lion head, and a coastal town with boats in the central scene.

Cartouche met twee naakte kinderen

Daniel Rabel, 1634

Engraved cartouche with a seated putto above, framing a river landscape with trees and a rowing boat.

Cartouche waarop een putto zit

Daniel Rabel, 1632

Engraved cartouche with anchors, dolphins and a shell, enclosing a harbour fortress and sailing ships on the sea.

Cartouche met nautische attributen

Daniel Rabel, 1632

Etched ornamental cartouche with two male torsos framing a landscape of a tree, cottages, a bridge and hills.

Cartouche met twee mannelijke torso's

Daniel Rabel, 1632

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a mask at top framing an oval coastal landscape with a castle and sailboat.

Cartouche met masker

Daniel Rabel, 1632

Etched cartouche with a mask, garlands and a central view of a castle on a river with a rowboat.

Cartouche met masker en kleine festoenen

Daniel Rabel, 1632

Engraved cartouche with hanging fruit garlands and a grotesque mask, framing an oval village landscape with a walking figure.

Cartouche waaraan guirlandes van fruit hangen

Daniel Rabel, 1632

Engraved cartouche with dragon heads and wings framing a landscape with a tree, two figures, and a walled city on a hill.

Cartouche met drakenkoppen en vleugels

Daniel Rabel, 1632

Watercolor design of a classical column with a Corinthian capital and ornate gold scrollwork filling the shaft.

Design for an Ornamental Colonette

Gertrude M. Clarke, 1900

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a Latin Epictetus inscription, flanked by birds, masks and foliage on a hatched background

Cartouche met een tekst van Epictetus

Frans Huys, 1557

Pen and wash drawing of a ceiling design with rococo scrollwork, garlands, and reclining putti within an architectural frame.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni, 1709-20

Etching of massive vaulted arches with a shell ornament at left and small figures on a stone walkway beneath a lantern.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1749/1750

Pencil drawing of an ornate rococo niche with an arched opening, scrolling ornament, and a domed crown.

Ornamental Design for Niche

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil design drawing of a rococo ceiling with an oval central panel framed by scrolls, foliage and floral ornament.

Design for Ceiling

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pen and ink design drawing of a paneled interior wall with a door and rococo scrolled ornament above.

Design for Door

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil drawing of a stage set showing an arched classical opening, garland, and a garden path lined with trees.

Design for Stage Set

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Pencil design drawing of a cartouche with scrolls, flower garlands and a classical vase on a pedestal.

Design for a Cartouche with garlands and antique vase

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Etching of a royal courtyard with a central colonnaded loggia, fountains, statues, and small figures on steps.

View of a courtyard with a loggia, fountains, statues, and other ornaments (Prospetto d'un regio Cortile nel cui mezz…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo ornamental design with scrolls, foliage and an oval cartouche, with a scale bar at left.

Ornamental Design

Leonardo Marini, 18th century

Engraved plate of eight floral pendant earring designs with teardrop drops, arranged in two rows with small floral motifs bet

Designs for Earrings

L. van der Cruycen, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of halved ceiling design with coffered vaults, rococo scrollwork, and diamond lattice patterns.

Halved Alternate Designs for a Ceiling Painting

Leonardo Marini, 1700-1780

Etched ornamental panel with a central skull in a laurel wreath, flanked by two cloth-wrapped skulls and scrollwork.

Tafelen der wet, wapentuig en ornament met doodshoofden

Bernard Picart, 1683

Etching of an ornamental cartouche with armor, drapery, putti and a cavalry battle in the central scene.

Wapentrofee in vorm van cartouche

Jean Lepautre, 1634

Engraved design of a classical chimneypiece with winged griffons on the lintel, candelabra on the sides, and a flame in the f

Chimneypiece: Affronted griffons on the lintel and candelabra on the jambs (Ch. accompagnée de son plan et décorée d'…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1769