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Ornament & Design

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Engraving of three seated muses playing instruments beneath a winged putto with cymbals in an arched niche.

Three Muses and a Putto with Cymbals, a cruciform composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Pr…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraving of Apollo with a lyre and Pan beside him, with a flying putto blowing a horn in an arched panel above.

Apollo, Pan, and a Putto Blowing a Horn, a cruciform composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco…

Giorgio Ghisi, 1560s

Engraved title page with an oval cartouche reading XX STUCK ZUM, flanked by female figures, insects and serpents.

Title page, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)

Master A.P., 1601

Engraved ornamental plate showing a goldsmith hammering at an anvil beside a woman, framed by scrolling grotesque decoration.

Plate 1, from twenty ornamental designs for goblets and beakers

Master A.P., 1604

Engraved cartouche with oval title reading Effigies Praepositorum Generalium Societatis Iesu, framed by scrollwork.

Cartouche met serietitel

Hieronymus Wierix, 1615

Two black-and-white ornamental panels with interlacing scrollwork, leaves and rosettes on a cream sheet.

Ornamental Panels

Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch, n.d.

Engraved ornament print with a winged siren at the base, a central urn, ram's heads and scrolling foliage.

Ornament met gevleugelde sirene

Monogrammist IG, 1522

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a central oval showing Christ as the Good Shepherd carrying a lamb, flanked by dragons and

Cartouche met in het midden Christus als de Goede Herder

Theodor de Bry, 1589

Engraved ornamental cartouche with a central medallion showing a winged female figure with a cross trampling a skeleton.

Cartouche met in het midden de Christelijke Religie, triomferend over de dood

Theodor de Bry, 1589

Engraved ornamental frieze with nude figures flanking a cartouche labeled Theodor de Bry, with scrolls, butterflies and folia

Fries met in het midden een cartouche met de naam van De Bry

Theodor de Bry, 1589

Etched cartouche with two putti flanking a blank oval panel, scrolling acanthus and a lion mask above.

Cartouche

François Collignon, 1646

Watercolor drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with winged figures, a nude woman, and musicians among clouds under a sun

Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco

Francesco Albani, 1650-1700

Album page with an engraved ewer, a figural vase, Saint Sebastian at a tree, and three ornamental border strips.

Albumblad met zes prenten met een kan, een vaas, de heilige Sebastiaan en ornamentranden

Virgilius Solis

Album page with seven engraved prints: a large ewer with a winged figure, Adam and Eve, a horseman, and a circular ornament.

Albumblad met zeven prenten met Adam en Eva, heiligen, ornament en een kan

Virgilius Solis

Etched ornamental frieze of three bands with dancing figures, a stag-headed hunter with hounds, and grotesque acrobatic figur

Ornament

Mathias Beytler

Etched sheet of jewelry ornament designs including cross pendants, oval necklaces, clasps and floral borders.

Achttien ornamenten voor juwelen

Paul Collet, 1663

Horizontal ornamental strip with a golden dragon, red heraldic shields, scrolling foliage, and a small wild man with a staff.

Grotesque Strip with Dragon, Shields and Wild Men

Unknown artist, c. 1475/1500

Woodcut broadside with German verse, a crowned Virgin and Child, and the Crucifixion between grotesque decorative borders.

Broadside with Two Scenes from the Life of Christ, and Grotesque Borders

Unknown artist, c. 1475/1500

Pencil design of an ornamental frame fragment with oval panels, circle motifs and curling tendrils on tracing paper.

Fragment van een ornamenteel kader

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pencil drawing of a heart-shaped map cartouche with lettering, a crowned coat of arms, two lions, and putti.

Title Cartouche for a Map of the Chateau and Village of Le Plessis aux Bois

Hubert François Gravelot

Ink wash drawing of an oval armorial cartouche with a crown, swags and ornamental border, empty in the center.

Armorial Cartouche with Crown and Swags

Hubert François Gravelot

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate state bedroom wall with draped curtains, caryatids, candelabra, and a central canopy.

Design for a State Bedroom

Francesco Nicoletti, 1730

Engraved sheet of twelve jewelry ornament designs with scrolling foliage, rosettes and faceted gem patterns.

Twaalf ornamenten

Daniel de Lafeuille

Engraved print of nine circular openwork ornaments with scrolling foliage and floral motifs, arranged in three rows.

Negen ornamenten voor horlogekastjes

Daniel de Lafeuille

Engraved title page with 'Nieuw Goutsmits Boeck' in a floral garland, draped curtains, figures and a balustrade.

Tekst in cartouche van bloemen

Daniel de Lafeuille, 1650

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, putti and scrollwork framing the words Alfabeto Di Lettere Iniziali.

Titelprent met een ornamenteel cartouche met putti en titel

Lorenzo Lorenzi, 1745

Engraved ornamental letter A with scrollwork, a bird with spread wings, a lion head and a grotesque mask.

Ornamentele letter A

Lorenzo Lorenzi, 1745

Engraved ornamental letter B made of acanthus scrollwork, with an ostrich and smaller birds perched on its curves.

Ornamentele letter B

Lorenzo Lorenzi, 1745

Engraved ornamental letter C with rococo scrollwork, a dragon head spouting water, a rooster and flowering branches.

Ornamentele letter C

Lorenzo Lorenzi, 1745

Engraved ornamental letter D with rococo scrollwork, a mermaid holding flowers, birds, and a dragon-like creature on a cream

Ornamentele letter D

Lorenzo Lorenzi, 1745