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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Woodcut of Saint Christopher wading a river with the Christ child on his shoulders, a tree and hermit beside him.

Saint Christopher

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Pen and wash drawing of soldiers in helmets and a seated armored general with a lion in a circular composition.

Design for a Plate or a Tondo: Soldiers supplicant before a Roman General

Taddeo Zuccari, 1520

Red chalk study of a rearing horse with raised head and flowing tail on an octagonal sheet of paper.

Study of a Rearing Horse after Leonardo da Vinci

Francesco Melzi, 1530

Brown ink drawing of an ornate tripod candlestick base with acanthus leaves, scrolls, and a beaded band.

Design for a Tripod Candlestick Base

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1540

Figure with Child

Passerotti, 1550

Circular engraved design with a bust portrait of a bearded man in a ruff, surrounded by ornate allegorical figures and foliag

Design for a Tazza with a Portrait of William of Orange as Commander of Wisdom

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1590

Engraving of a chaotic household where a couple fights amid overturned furniture, dogs and startled children.

Discord: The Good and the Bad Household

Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1580

Engraved plate of an ornate urn topped with a flower bouquet, butterflies, and two cherubs on a pedestal.

Plate from Omnia Conando Docilis Solertia Vincit (A Docile Disposition will Conquers all Difficulty)

Paul Birckenhultz, 1590

Circular engraving with an armored bearded man at center, surrounded by grotesque figures, animals and scrolling foliage.

Design for an Engraved Tazza with a Portrait of the Duke of Alba as Commander of Folly

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1570

Circular engraved design with a central allegory of Charity, a woman with two children, surrounded by ornate scrollwork and t

Design for an Engraved Tazza with an Allegory of Charity

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1590

Circular engraved design with a jester's head at center, surrounded by scrollwork, dragons, a peacock and mythical figures.

Design for an Engraved Tazza with the Head of a Jester and a Satyr, representing Pride and Folly

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1590