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Ornament & Design

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Etched frame design with a blank center, surrounded by books, scrolls, pens, and a cat resting before an open law book.

Design for a Frame for the Portrait of Armand Guéraud

Charles Meryon, 1862

Grey wash drawing of a design for a monument with an armored knight, heraldic shield, and arched niche beneath.

Design for a Monument

Pencil design sketch of a Gothic monument with a central shield and two standing draped figures flanking it.

Design for the Simcoe Monument, Exeter Cathedral

John Flaxman, c. 1814

Engraved ornament panel with a winged siren at the base, a central vase, ram heads and scrolling foliage.

Ornament with a winged siren at foot

Monogrammist IG, 1522

Monochrome repeating ornament of tendrils, blossoms and leaves within pointed arch shapes, by Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof.

Ornament met ranken en bloemen

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Horizontal engraved frieze with leafy scrolls, winged putti, serpents, and two nude figures at the center.

Frieze of Ornament

Johann Ladenspelder

Engraved ornamental cartouche with scrolling strapwork, putti, fruit garlands and a central mask, blank interior.

Cartouche met kwabornament, boven en onder een masker

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Engraved ornamental cartouche with fleshy scrollwork and a shell crest at top, empty oval centre, on a pale background.

Cartouche met kwabornament, bovenaan een schelpvorm

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Engraved oval cartouche with scrollwork, putti and cherubs among fruit and flower garlands, blank centre.

Cartouche met kwabornament met twee putti en vier engeltjes

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Engraved oval cartouche of curling strapwork and scrolls with a blank central field, numbered 8 in the lower right.

Cartouche met kwabornament, bovenaan een masker met open mond

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Etched ornamental cartouche with two winged putti, fruit garlands and scrolling forms around a blank central field.

Cartouche met kwabornament met twee putti

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Etched cartouche with fleshy scrollwork border, two sea gods at the base, and a blank central field.

Cartouche met kwabornament, onderaan twee zeegoden

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Etched oval cartouche with scrolling drapery framing hunting trophies such as bows, quivers, swords and a horn.

Cartouche met kwabornament met jachttrofeeën

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Engraved oval cartouche with fleshy scrollwork and two grotesque monster heads at the top, empty center.

Cartouche met kwabornament, bovenaan twee monsters

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Engraved ornamental cartouche with an empty oval center framed by curling scrolls and shell-like volutes.

Cartouche met kwabornament waarvan de randen naar binnen krullen

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Engraved print of an empty oval cartouche with fleshy scrollwork, volutes, and a mask motif at top and bottom.

Cartouche met kwabornament, boven en onder een masker met gapende mond

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Engraved oval cartouche with a scallop shell, dolphins, bearded sea figures with fish tails, and putti in scrollwork.

Cartouche met kwabornament, bovenaan een schelp geflankeerd door dolfijnen

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Engraved oval cartouche framed by fruit garlands, scrollwork and cherubs, with a blank central field.

Cartouche met kwabornament met vier kinderen en twee engeltjes

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Engraved cartouche with empty oval center, scrollwork, draped cloth, swords and axes as military trophies, and a laurel wreat

Cartouche met kwabornament met wapentrofeëen

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Engraved cartouche with scrolling ornament, an open central oval and a smaller lower compartment with a small face.

Cartouche met kwabornament bestaande uit een groot en klein compartiment

Michiel Mosijn, 1640

Pen and wash design for a ceiling with a central medallion of a seated female figure holding a celestial sphere.

Design for Ceiling with Allegorical Figure of Astronomy

Giovanni Battista Crespi, 1605-15

Engraved print of a reclining nude woman in an oval cartouche with ornate grotesque borders and the name DANA below.

Cartouche: Jupiter en Danaë

Abraham de Bruyn, 1584

Engraved ornamental cartouche showing Perseus with Medusa's head beside a winged horse, flanked by armored figures and sea go

Cartouche: Perseus met het hoofd van Medusa

Abraham de Bruyn, 1584

Engraved cartouche with an oval scene of armored men and a shield, flanked by sea monsters, putti and scrollwork.

Cartouche: Perseus toont zijn Medusaschild aan Phineus

Abraham de Bruyn, 1584

Engraved cartouche with a banquet scene of armed men fighting, framed by scrollwork, Pegasus horses and winged figures.

Cartouche: Phineus verstoort de bruiloft van Perseus en Andromeda

Abraham de Bruyn, 1584

Red chalk design for a triangular frontispiece with two seated allegorical women, a crown, and a winged figure in an oval car

Design for a Frontispiece with Figures of Faith and Hope

Martin Tyroff, 1704-59

Engraved frieze of acanthus scrolls with a winged siren at center and four nude children around her.

Frieze with Rinceaux, a Siren and Four Children

Enea Vico, 1541-43

Engraving of three horizontal bands with scrolling acanthus foliage, flowers, birds and a female figure with headdress.

Three Friezes with Ornamental Foliage

Enea Vico, ca. 1541-43

Pencil sketches of three monument designs with figural reliefs and pedimented tops on a pale sheet of paper.

Designs for Monuments [recto and verso]

Pencil sketch of an ornamental border with interlocking looping forms decorated with scrolls on pale paper.

Ornamental Border Design with Winged Female Figures