New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

3,291 works

Featured

Filters

Works per page

Color

Shape

Clear all

Engraved plate of eight rococo balcony railing designs with ornate scrolls and foliage, with a scale bar in feet below.

Diferents Desseins de Moitie de Balcons

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraving of an armored knight on horseback passing Death with an hourglass and a horned devil, with a dog and castle behind.

Knight, Death, and the Devil

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved ornamental plate with a centaur wrestling an eagle in a central oval, framed by grotesque scrollwork and figures.

Plate 26, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1560

Engraved plate of rococo snuff box designs and gold sword guard ornaments by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, numbered page 50.

Differents Desseins de Tabatières, deuxième planche [Different Designs for Snuff Boxes, second plate], pl. 50 in Oeuv…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with an empty oval, a helmeted figure with spear, globe, scrolls and laurel.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Liberal Arts

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Etching of a boy standing before a seated bearded elder, with turbaned onlookers and a reader in an arched interior.

Joseph Telling his Dreams

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Engraving of allegorical figures beside a classical marble head, a scroll and a fluted column, with a draped woman pointing a

Frontispiece or dedicatory page

Felice Giani, 1780

Engraved rococo interior with a wind dial in a niche above a fountain, beside a glazed door opening onto a garden.

Cadran à Vent de Me le Duc de Mortemart en 1724 (Design for a Barometer for the Duc of Mortemart in 1724), plate 98,…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraving of nude Juno with a peacock in an oval landscape, framed by an ornate scrolled border with animals and putti.

Juno, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1690

Engraved rococo design of a mustard pot with swirling scrolls, acanthus leaves, and a shell motif on a scrolled foot.

Moutardier

Pierre Germain, 1740

Etched rococo cartouche with a trophy of arms, flags, a parasol, and a small figure in Chinese dress among scrolls.

Tophée d’Armes d’un Grand de la Chine

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Engraved plate of a rococo ceiling design with cherubs, scrolled ornament and a carved fireplace below, by Meissonnier.

Projet du Plafond d'une Maison seise rue de Rochouard (Design for Ceiling of the House of Francois Petit), plate 95,…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo title page with a central cartouche, scrolling flowers, a seated lion, and a crowned coat of arms.

Title Page

Alexis Peyrotte, 1730

Engraved plate showing a rococo terrine above a cooler bucket with satyr handles and a coat of arms.

Terrine, pl. 57 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved rococo fountain design with a reclining figure atop a scrolled cartouche, musical instruments trophy, and seated mus

Design for Fountain with Trophy of Musical Instruments

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraved Rococo design of a bed in a niche with draped curtains, flanked by landscape panels and scroll ornament.

Design for Wall Niche with a Bed

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur-trimmed coat and ruff, seated beside books in an arched alcove.

Jan Uytenbogaert (1557-1644), Preacher of the Remonstrants

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Engraved plate of an ornate rococo church candlestick with scrolled tripod base, cherub heads, and a cross motif.

Chandelier d'Eglise (Church Chandelier), plate 81, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Me…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Engraved vertical ornament panel with satyrs, winged figures, putti and trophies, inscribed Victoria Augusta at top.

Ornament Panel Inscribed "Victoria Augusta"

Nicoletto da Modena, 1500

Engraved plate of a symmetrical lock escutcheon with scrolling acanthus, grotesque faces and a central keyhole, numbered 13.

Plate 13, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Engraved rococo design for a dining room wall with a central pastoral panel, candle sconces, and marble consoles below.

Design for Wainscoting with a Buffet, Elevation and Plan

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Engraving of a turbaned sultan and a woman standing on a rococo scroll cartouche under a sunburst sky.

Le Sultan de Lachine avec une Escalve

François-Thomas Mondon, 1730

Engraved plate showing an ornate wrought iron double gate with a crowned coat of arms, fleur-de-lis and scrolled panels.

Plate 16, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

Hugues Brisville, 1660

Engraved rococo cartouche with scrolls, a perched bird, flowers, a cherub, and shield and spear at the base.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Continent of America

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved design of an ornate ewer with a shell body, dolphin handle, and bearded sea figures on a fluted pedestal.

Plate, from a series of designs for ewers and vessels

Flemish Cornelis Floris II, 1540

Engraved plate of a rococo candlestick with twisting scroll-carved shaft, with a smaller floral ornament panel below.

Design for a Candlestick, plate 74, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved vertical ornament panel with mythological scenes, cherubs, griffins, and stags in framed medallions.

Ornament Panel with Orpheus and the Judgment of Paris

Nicoletto da Modena, 1500

Brown monochrome bust portrait of a figure with long dark hair and a white collar, looking to the side.

Portrait of a Woman

William Merritt Chase, 1890

Engraved rococo ornament plate with scrolled cartouches, foliage and floral sprays, plus a title block and caption.

Partie des Ornées de la Carte Chronologique du Roy faite en 1733 [Part of the Ornamentation of the 1733 Chronology (O…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Japanese woodblock print of a large black carp streamer over a city view with Mount Fuji, a bridge and figures on a riverbank

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1850