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Ornament & Design

5,928 works

Vertical engraved ornament with a central urn, scrolling foliage, griffins, and playing putti at the base.

Fragment van kandelaber-ornament met spelende putti

Zoan Andrea, 1500

Two Grotesque Heads

Francesco Melzi after Leonardo da Vinci, 1510s?

Engraved plate of a rocaille ornament with flowers and a vase on a pedestal, with French moulding labels above.

Rocaille ornament en vaas

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1755

Engraved plate with a rocaille cartouche framed by flowers and an urn, above French text describing a composite capital plan.

Rocaille cartouche in landschap

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1755

Engraved rococo vignette with four putti in a scrolling cartouche, flowers hanging below, labeled Planche LX.

Vignet met vier putti in een cartouche

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1750

Engraved cartouche with scrolling strapwork and mask heads framing a Latin Bible verse from Romans 13.

Cartouche met een tekst uit het Bijbelboek Romeinen

Frans Huys, 1555

Narrow engraved ornamental frieze with putti, garlands, ribbons, an eagle and scrolling foliage on a light ground.

Ornament met Bacchus en een knielende vrouw

Cornelis Massijs, 1550

Vertical engraved ornament strip with winged figure, satyr, flowers, flame and scrollwork on a pale ground.

Ornament met twee saters

Cornelis Massijs, 1550

Engraved ornamental frieze with scrolling foliage, armor, spears and draped figures on a pale ground.

Ornament met Minerva en een naakte vrouw

Cornelis Massijs, 1550

Engraved ornament print with a horned satyr holding branches, framed by scrollwork and a grotesque mask below.

Ornament met sater

Cornelis Massijs, 1550

Engraved ornament panel with two facing goat heads, scrolling foliage, a heart motif and floral rosettes on paper.

Ornament met twee bokken

Cornelis Massijs, 1550

Engraved ornament print with a female half-figure, floral garland, ribbons, and two griffins standing on spheres at the base.

Ornament met vrouwelijke halffiguur

Cornelis Massijs, 1550

Engraved ornament with a central roundel of figures under a drape, flanked by animals, birds, garlands and grotesque masks.

Ornament met drie figuren geknield onder een doek

Jacques Androuet, 1520

Engraved plate with an oil burner, a pitcher with griffins, a bench, and an ornamental border in line drawing.

Oliebrander, kan, bankje en ornamentele rand

Pietro Ruga, 1817

Engraved plate with ornamental friezes above a classical table holding urns, a central vase, and eagle finials.

Twee ornamentele randen en een tafel met vazen en urnen

Pietro Ruga, 1817

Print with two horizontal ornamental borders of scrolling foliage, rosettes and an urn motif, in black line on cream paper.

Twee ornamentele randen met arabesken

Pietro Ruga, 1817

Engraved plate with a neoclassical armchair, a table with fluted legs, and three ornamental floral and foliage borders.

Stoel, tafel en drie ornamentele randen

Pietro Ruga, 1817

Album page with two etched prints of ornamental ewers with curved handles, spouts, and decorated footed bases.

Albumblad met twee prenten van ornamentele kannen

Virgilius Solis, 1524

Ornamental design drawing with a yellow flower bud on a central stem, symmetrical curved leaves in ochre, and a brown frame.

Ornament met bloemknop

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Watercolor Art Nouveau wallpaper design with symmetrical whiplash curves and ochre teardrop motifs on a pale ground.

Ontwerp voor een behangsel met ornament

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1899

Engraved cartouche showing the risen Christ at a tomb, with startled soldiers below, angels above and allegorical women on th

Cartouche met de opstanding van Christus

Jan Caspar Philips, 1736

Engraved ornamental panel with a cartouche, putti, scrolling acanthus leaves, a fruit garland and a sprig of berries.

Rechterhelft van paneel met cartouche

Jean Lepautre, 1628

Engraved allegory with two seated classical figures, a laurel cartouche showing a palace, and an ornate border of trophies an

Allegorie op de zomer, in een cartouche

Sébastien Leclerc, 1670

Engraved allegorical print with two figures on clouds, fruit basket, leafy trees, decorative fruit border and Latin cartouche

Allegorie op de herfst, in een cartouche

Sébastien Leclerc, 1670

Etching of vast vaulted prison interior with arches, staircases, ropes, scaffolding, and small figures in deep shadow.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Pen and wash design for a semi-dome with framed scenes, garlands carried by putti, and a classical architectural order below.

Design for the Decoration of the Semi-Dome of a Church Apse

Battista Franco Veneziano, ca. 1545-55

Engraved ornamental title page with a central cartouche inscription, flowers, scrolls, and pendant drops, by Adriaen Collaert

Titelblad: dubbele hanger met titel in cartouche

Adriaen Collaert, 1585

Engraved seascape with fishermen, boats and rocks, framed by an ornamental cartouche bearing a dedication inscription.

Zeegezicht door ornamentaal wapen

Albert Flamen, 1687

Hand-colored caricature sheet with comic vignettes of exaggerated figures in domestic and social scenes, with verses.

Grotesque Borders for Halls & Rooms

Thomas Rowlandson, published August 1799

Engraved title page with a central cartouche reading Avium Vivae Icones, surrounded by birds, putti and ornamental scrollwork

Serietitel in cartouche omgeven door vogels

Adriaen Collaert, 1570