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Etching of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, with an angel beside them and a leafy background.

Madonna and Child with an Angel

Teresa del Pò, 1650

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man in a ruff collar and cloak, with a Latin inscription naming Franciscus Franck below.

Portrait of Frans Francken, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Hand-colored title page with a wreath of stylized flowers and foliage around French text, numbered No. 2.

Title page for "Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de fleurs idéales" No. 2

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1750

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a trident, scrolls, and a dolphin spouting water among waves.

Design for Cartouche Evoking the Sea

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved rococo wainscoting design with a central mirror, console table and two side panels labeled A and B.

Design for Wainscoting with a Mirror and a Console Table

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with a central pastoral scene of a shepherd, sheep, and tree beneath ornate scrollwork.

Design for Cartouche with Central Vignette

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved title page with rococo cartouche, classical columns, fountain, and a putto riding a sea creature with a trident.

Title Page

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a ruff collar and doublet, turned to the left, against a hatched background.

Portrait of Adam van Noort, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Hand-colored print of figures gathering grapes in baskets beneath a tree, with a pink pavilion on a hill behind.

Gathering grapes

Alexis Peyrotte, 1730

Engraved rococo ornament sheet with two vertical panels of scrolls, foliage, putti and figures, numbered 7.

Designs for Two Gueridons and a Wall Bracket with a Vase

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched rococo cartouche design with shield, spear, fruit, foliage, and a camel beside the scrollwork.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Continent of Asia

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved title page with symmetrical arabesque ornament, putti, garlands, medallions and a central flaming urn.

Title Page: Arabesque Ornament Design

Pierre Thomas Le Clerc, 1780

Bound page of six rococo ornament engravings with a central title cartouche, plants and shell-like scrollwork.

Ornament Design with Crayfish Motif, pl. 14 in Livre des Légumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament] pl. in Oeuvre de Just…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of ornate rococo wrought-iron gates and bolt hardware, with putti working a forge below.

Plate 86 from Nouveau livre de serrurerie (New Book of Locksmith's Designs)

Pierre Soubeyran, 1770

Engraved rococo fountain design with two putti holding a fishing net, an obelisk, balustrade and winged figure.

Design for Fountain with Two Putti with a Fishing Net

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved plate showing three rococo wall brackets with urn-topped vases and scrolling ornament, from a French design book.

Design for Three Wall Brackets with Vases

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo design for wainscoting with a central mirror over a settee, flanked by panels with a candelabra and a clock.

Design for Wainscoting with a Mirror

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etching of an allegorical scene with a reclining bearded man, a winged putto with trumpet, a veiled figure and animals.

The Genius of the Painter

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1640

Engraved rococo design for an apartment door with ornate panels, floral urn overdoor, sconces, and flanking upholstered chair

Projet de Porte d'Appartement fait pour M.e la Baronne de Bezenval

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of rococo chandeliers, two gueridon stands, and a wall bracket holding a vase with a bird finial.

Design for Two Chandeliers, Two Gueridons, and a Wall Bracket with a Vase

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved rococo design of a trumeau mirror with an arched scrolled crest above a marble console table, with French captions.

Design for Upper Part of a Trumeau with a Mirror and a Console Table

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, wearing a lace collar and draped cloak, with an inscription below.

Portrait of Paulus Pontius, from the Icones Principum Virorum

Netherlandish Anthony van Dyck, 1640

Etching of a fashionable dandy in a feathered hat and long coat walking through a garden with a pagoda and plants.

Petit Maître (Dandy)

François Boucher, 1750

Engraved plate of a rococo covered terrine with scrolled handles, leafy ornament and a cabbage finial, numbered 80.

Terrine

Pierre Germain, 1740

Engraved grotesque ornament panel with two satyrs holding a temple, flanked by birds, dogs, scrolling foliage and a face mask

Grotesque Ornament with Satyrs, from a set of twenty ornament panels

Agostino Veneziano, 1530

Engraved plate of a rococo salon interior with carved paneling and mirrors, plus a carved table foot below.

Vuë du même Sallon par le bout des Sophites (View of the Same Salon), plate 86, in Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnie…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Hand-coloured engraved monogram letter wrapped in flower garlands with a floral crown above, titled Cahier de Chiffres.

Title Page

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Title page of a French book on interior decoration, Recueil de décorations intérieures, by Percier and Fontaine, Paris.

L'Une des Faces de la Chambre à Coucher de Mme G. à Pari

Charles Percier, 1810

Engraved perspective view of an ornate vestibule with columns, arches, a staircase, urns and sphinx figures.

Vestibule en Perspective

Johann Nepomuk Maag, 1700

Black circle with white interlace knotwork around a heart-shaped medallion, with four flower and scroll corner ornaments.

The First Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion)

Albrecht Dürer, 1500